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A TaylorMade RBZ hybrid for my wife, hoping it’s easy enough to hit that it’s a gateway club of sorts. Worst case scenario is that I’m out $24 (and have a brand new ladies flex club to use as a LagShot).

PXG Bat Attack with the M16 shaft. Really liked it at first, but I’m increasingly thrown off by the weight and how soft it is. Too expensive to justify picking up others to rotate though, so…just have to grind I guess.

Pic doesn’t quite do it justice - was heavy, wet snow and I was in a sweatshirt + vest. Technically the “worst”, but it was a great time. Edit: worst weather without a picture was 25*F to start the round with 30-40 mph winds. Lasted about four holes.

I’d say definitely. One month of waiting vs. years of having a great putter you customized in your bag.

Did my putter fitting at PXG last fall; also did a 3-wood fitting but didn’t buy anything. There was zero pressure to upgrade/buy anything, which honestly was both a good and bad thing. Putter fitting was solid; he got a sense of what I wanted (consistency/stability), recommended one, and then had me try a couple more to make sure. Honestly I wish he had been a bit more structured - it was basically me doing stuff on my own and trying to figure out what I liked/didn’t like for grips/head/shaft/etc. without much help. Felt like I wasted a good amount of time as a result. I ended up upgrading to the M16 shaft in the end, but the fitter didn’t pressure it at all. Literally just had me try the stock and upgrade shafts and let me figure it out. The wood fitting was pretty disappointing. Didn’t talk about really any details/what I wanted out of the club, just got swing speed and threw a few different shafts in a head without any dialogue. No upselling…but also not really any selling at all. Thinking of going back to do another fitting just because it’s so cheap, but the first time around was not useful at all.

Wilson Staff Model 56* HT wedge, used in great condition for a crazy price. Will probably never put it in the bag, but…it’s a great living room practice wedge.

I use a Garmin Venu watch and the Garmin Golf app…it’s very useful when you’re on the course (when the watch works). I hate fiddling with my phone during a round so I do love having a watch. However, the app itself is terrible. If you want anything more than even the most simplistic, barebones stat-tracking after a round you should look basically anywhere else. It gives you next to no data and lacks even the basic ability to look at results from individual shots or clubs. Really disappointing and seems completely unsupported by Garmin at this point.

Thanks for the suggestion - will have to look that up. I’ve been meaning to try out one of the Wilson Staff Infinite putters or something similar.

Probably sounds weird, but experimenting with different putter weights by fiddling with warmup swing donuts. Nothing fancy...literally just held a 145g donut between my upper and lower hands to see how my putting stroke changed with more weight at the top. Eventually added a second donut to the bottom (just dropped it down to the club head like a normal warmup weight) and tried hitting putts with both donuts. Definitely a bit odd because it obstructed part of the face, but...hey, forced me to be more accurate and the goal was just to get some information on feel. Hit probably ~40-50 putts in each configuration from 5-6 feet on my PuttOut matt with the ramp target at the end. Ended up being really useful, even if it was weird to hit putts while avoiding a swing donut hanging over the putter face. Stroke was more stable, could actually feel myself using my shoulders instead of wrist/arm, I had to do far less to get the ball rolling straight, etc. For context, my putter is a stupid old Golf Works Accu-Site ACS-9 that I found back in college for $1 at Goodwill and for some reason have never gotten around to changing. Better late than never.

Working on flighting the ball down/playing more bump and run shots around the green. The winter golf combination of losing distance in high winds + seeing approach shots hit frozen greens and bounce off the back made me realize that I have a good opportunity to work on shots I don't usually play and am less comfortable with.

Cobra Forged Tec irons. Was deciding between them and Honma TWXs - read great things about both, but went with something I've hit before instead of buying something sight unseen.