It gets up amazingly easy from almost every lie and drops and stops on a dime. Its finish doesnt seem to help spin as I had heard before as I have a chrome vokey that will easily outspin this club but for control nothing beats it inside 90. This truly is the trusty rusty in my bag and have yet to find one that can beat it. As for looks this club looked like it had played 200 greens 2 weeks after I got it but soaking it for a night in the pacific gave it an even beautiful rusty look. If you can get your hands on one do so and dont be afraid of the looks of a used one it really will grow on you, barring that it hasnt been abused.