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I did a ton of research before buying my Takomo clubs and people online were very helpful so I figured I’d return the favor. I lowkey wrote a story some helpful some fluff. Sorry for the fluff in advance.

Short and sweet, they are amazing. I got extra stiff shaft with oversized grips. Wouldn’t change a thing.

18 birdies has me at 17.6 I would say I have always been around a 20. I’m a covid golfer, started as something to do, get tipsy with the boys. Started taking it serious about 3 years ago. My original set of clubs were an OfferUp find, a very old set of Wilson’s that I couldn’t even find the specs on. Probably early 2000s tech, very forgiving clubs with graphite shafts is what I learned to swing with. After about 2 years of taking golf serious(I’m talking swinging the clubs AT LEAST 2 times of week). Practicing at the range or just playing I got a lot of swings in. Eventually, after talking with people, and my own personal experiences, I came to the realization that I outgrew these club. Was I a good ball striker? No. But when I did connect, the clubs were so forgiving my distances would be inconsistent and the ball would jump off my club. Would hit a good shot that almost became too good and would constantly fly the green.

I am giving all this background information in hopes to connect to others on why I made the decision to go with 301 compared to the other sets of clubs. 101,202,mk versions etc.

So the search for a new set began, obviously huge fan of YouTube golf. Watch the kiwi boys, BDS, Bryan bros, grant, etc.

The real question was did I see myself as a good enough player to use the same set of clubs as these scratch golfers. Short answer, yes. Why? Because I wasn’t a weekend hack. I golf. I love it and im addicted. I don’t plan on stopping anytime soon and definitely look forward to bringing the handicap down. I eventually came to the conclusion that if I’m going to GRIND and continue to get better than there’s no reason why I can’t “grow into” the 301 CB. I figured if I ordered them and couldn’t hit them, it would be a learning curve to help me learn how to strike the ball better.

I’ll have you know, there was NO learning curve. I used their online fitting tool, and it recommended the 301 CB for me. With my swing speed I knew I needed stiff shafts but the fitting tool gave me EXTRA stiff. They also suggested a 2 degree change in loft. I DID NOT do that and recommended to choose standard loft unless you know what you’re doing! I got the clubs and absolutely loved them from the very beginning. The look the feel, the look it gives when you address the ball. Look good feel good play good. They played great, was there a difference? Absolutely. But it was in a good way.

I was able to hit the clubs just fine. Less forgiving but in a good way. I could FEEL where I made contact. Whether it was toe or heel. I was more aware of my ball striking and the feedback it gave was only going to make me better.

My swing has grown even more since getting the clubs. I’ve tried to not swing so hard, but keep tempo up and always club up. With that being said maybe one day I get less stiff shafts for the longer irons (4,5,6) I’m 29 years old and I do feel like I’m starting to notice how much more effort it takes to swing the extra stiff 4 iron . I use it instead of a driver so that’s my own fault but it definitely just takes so much swing speed to get that club to work. Can’t really just smoothy one.

Okay I’m done, hope this helps someone. Love the clubs would do it again ten times over. Thank you Takomo for making golf affordable!