Right guys so we've got today.
A real life test with the s55 against the s56s why i say real life because i've currently got the s56s in my bag. But i'm going to see if the s55s are going to budge them out the way. And rick gets a new set of golf clubs so looking forward to that um i've got flight scope set up in the background my name's rick shields down here with traffic gold center in manchester hopefully you've watched some more videos before in the past if not please do enjoy this. And check out some of the ones on the channel i've done in the past i've just reviewed the s55 just in its in its own right really today.
Um. And i'm now going to test it up against the 56. i've got these in an identical spec now believe it. Or not i'm absolutely black spot i went all the way to gainesville to get custom fit maybe i think about two. Or three years ago um took the journey up there to the ping factory in england probably about three hour journey got there hit some shots really looking forward to thinking yeah i'm gonna get all this new spec they went honestly rick you could have just bought them off the shelf i am exactly black spot stiff shaft. And normal length so i could have literally saved myself three hours well six hours in total and not bothered going all the way up there. But don't tell that just that's just for me but pink factory is awesome. So i'm gonna go with s56s first the ones that i'm more used to now i just i was just doing this before the video started i put the two golf clubs together. And i went right let me get the 56 and i actually picked up the 55 by mistake they look so alike it's unreal they're they're identical from the top the back edge is a little bit different the other technology that's changed is that the the lofts have now got stronger with the new one it's 1.25 degrees stronger on the mid-irons. And a little bit less on the on the shorter irons so i'm gonna hit five shots now i do like my s56 i've had him. For i'd say probably about three years or two or three years maybe and i do enjoy him i do like him a lot. But everyone likes a bit of a change now again so i'm gonna hit some real golf shots real golf balls let's see how we get i'm gonna have to concentrate now cause this is this is my own testing now my normal seven iron would be around the 165 170 mark on most shots 177 on that one bit longer i'm obviously pumped excited to try the clubs we're on a normal day here in manchester as well. And i've tested clubs in the past and many times i thought is this the one that's going to replace my 56. And it's just not been the case tried nikes i tried taylormade but nothing really has wanted me the desire to change 175 on that one now the important factors i'm going to test on this as long as i don't hit any particularly duff ones i'm going to say distance obviously that's a big factor in when you're changing clubs to see which one of these two is going to give you a little bit more distance whether that's something you want. And i'm also obviously going to test the accuracy as well i'm going to hit a couple of shots out the toe in the heel just to see if they uh change the figures too much. But for me it's all about that kind of accuracy really and how they feel off the face yeah as i expected i do like these clubs a lot okay let's have a look at some distances five shots there. So i have it four shots 172 that one went let's see what that one goes now i'm just going to test a couple as well a couple of missed strikes let's say 166.. So now if i hit a couple maybe if i ate one off the toe so obviously i want forgiveness as well i don't play a great deal of golf in fact a very rare play i've played on a golf course four times this year believe it or not i'm down here most of the time teaching 161 that's gone played twice in america when i was away in the summer which was nice a little bit from the heel that one. And forgiveness they feel they feel great you know i've probably lost four or five yards on both of those two not really actually one seven three so generally some decent shots and i would expect that with a club that i've been using for two or three years now and a new shiny one the 55 with with any testing or or when you're trying try new clubs it's more the desire i already want to hit this better i think i feel like i'm probably do a change. So already i'm starting to think oh i could probably just take this a little bit better. And get away with getting a new club just going to change it onto the 55. like i said from the top there is no difference at all it is a degree. And a half stronger sorry a degree 0.25 i'm hitting seven irons here a degree 0.25 stronger see if that reflects that on the distance now flight wise for me exactly the same as a normal seven that has looked like it's pitched a touch longer yeah 179 to start off with there. So it's definitely longer on the first shot anyway nice and straight still which is good beautiful very nice yeah some good length as well about about the same as the last one one seven seven two yards difference on that one not as well hit that'll be interesting then.
That wasn't as good as strike let's see how much distance that's taken off my shot with that strike 164. So it's taking about 10 12 yards off that shot which on an off-center hit you're going to probably be on the front edge of the green rather than the middle of the green which you're not going to get too punished. For i say i'm checking distance ease of hit and also dispersion oh that's wide it's a bit down that round so i'm not terrible though they do feel identical to my 56s absolutely do. So it's only going to be the stats i'm going to be able to tell which one of these two is better yeah it just feels that identical beautiful feel off the face he's just launching that little bit lower. And i'm guessing obviously that 1.25 degrees of loft on the 7.9 difference 174 there right now if i hit one off the toe let's see what happens if i catch one a bit toei that was certainly toei it was still in the grooves mind. But it was toei that's not bad probably in the 170s yeah 176. okay we'll go one more off the heel yeah nice probably top end of 160s well actually it's thrown a bit that i might even go a bit further 174. So interesting there the feel off the face identical now i would not know which of these two now i would prefer unless i went out there and paste it and i'd hit yellow golf balls with one and white golf balls with the other and see what the spec dispersion was everything else luckily i've got flight scope. So we're going to check back in two ticks to see what which are these two is the best club. And i'm gonna honestly look at investing in probably a new set i'm almost preempt i want this i want the s55 already please figures be good so dispersion distance and ease of hit both identical and ease of hits that's a feel thing we look at dispersion and total distance in two secs right so the results are in. And honestly this is this is i'm excited to see these results i have not looked at these just. Yet i'm really excited to see out of these two which one is going to be in my golf bag. For next.
Year i do genuinely feel like these two golf clubs are easy to hit very very comfortable. For me from how i hit it unless i would have gone for the 56 or then.
Three years ago if i didn't feel that so the 55 seems like a good um progression from that so we've got the 56 this is my old one up first this is the seven iron distances my average carry distance i'm going to go off carry with these today.
Because that's obviously important is 170 yards that's average carry distance. And that's about right for me about 165 170 i'm normally happy with the seven iron um club head speed 91.9 um the rest of the stats i don't really need to know much more about those i don't really need to know how much it's spinning um i'm not really that bothered about the rest of it 102 feet average height but again i'm not too bothered about that what i am interested in is the dispersion level. So if i go into the dispersion this time on the 56 out of the seven shots that i hit my dispersion was 14 yards. So not bad you know you'd think a normal size green would be bigger than that. So the dispersion of my uh 50 56 was pretty good 14 yards right let's go. For the 55 this time so this is where the stats become interesting let's see now if i go into the 55. So remember it was 170. For the 56 and the 55 with it being a 1.25 degrees stronger it's up to my carry distance to 173 yards that's an average out of seven shots i hit 173 yards which i'm pleased with you know three yards four yards is comfortable in increase of distance to myself i don't need it going another 10 15 yards because that would have completely upset my own kind of judgment of distance every hell. So i'm very pleased with that three yards is a nice improvement um very similar speed 91.2 in fact 0.7 miles per hour slower. But nothing much really everything else stats i'm not too bothered about a little bit less height so 99 ft average on height now the dispersion now this is really important. For myself because obviously i want to hit greens i'm not bothered about it going too far if i want to go a bit further just hit another club now if we look at the dispersion yes it's 12 yards. So the 55 is 12 yards dispersion obviously i'm pleased with this. So it's three hours longer and two yards tighter in dispersion i'm comfortable with that i'm very happy with that improvement and i get a nice shiny new set golf clubs so the 55 is the one. For me so 56 sorry guys you are out here see you later that is no longer coming back in the bag the 55s is the one. For me i love this club love the look of it love to feel it 56 is gone done i'm gonna get these in the set ready. For next.
Year guys thanks very much for watching my name has been rick shields down here for golf center and that is a genuine test. For me trying out these new golf clubs do test it yourself though do test golf clubs internally as you can test against your current golf club there's no point in testing it because you will go to the driving range you will go to the shop with the desire of buying a new set of golf clubs. But you need to be realistic you need a golf set that's going to improve. And three yards improvement and distance i'm happy with that with a seven nine and two yards tighter more than happy with that so that was the ping s55 guys my new set of golf clubs um thanks very much. For watching please do subscribe to this channel i've got loads more videos on on the way tips reviews hints everything that you can possibly want do check me out on facebook. And twitter as well guys and thanks so much [Music] [Music] you.
