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Hard to say exactly what you should be looking for since everyone gets different feels from different shafts. Some things to think about: Swing weight: Adding weight to your driver head, or moving towards a more low balance point shaft could give you more feeling in the head Shaft profile: A softer butt section or mid section could help provide a "loading" sensation that you are looking for. So it really is going to come down to finding something that feels good to you - not really going to be a straight forward process. I am a HUGE Graphite Design wood shaft fan. I would immediately steer you to the AD DI. I love a shaft that feels explosive, while still feeling smooth. A great stable feel without feeling boardy or lifeless. As you can see in my signature I play AD DI in every single graphite shaft in my bag. The BB is another classic shaft from GD that is even softer in the handle than the DI, but stiffer in the tip. Another great feeling shaft that allowed me to really feel the shaft load.

More options is always better. Vokey continues to be the industry leader in wedge options and that's a good thing. 4 degrees of bounce terrifies me, so I won't be sniffing the T Grind. The lighter weight shaft options make so much sense for better iron set to wedge blending options

They had me at Spherically-tiled Tetrahedral Dimples

I would never buy a bag that doesn't have a dedicated putter slot going forward, but in the past it went with my driver.

I have a couple of golf books lined up to read: A Course Called Ireland - Tom Coyne A Course Called America - Tom Coyne The Cup They Couldn't Lose - Shane Ryan (savings this one for the fall before the Ryder Cup in Italy)

Big thing to think about is if you practice or go to the range a lot? Because cart and even staff bags fall over quite easily. I had a cart bag for about a year and switched my clubs out to a stand bag every time I wanted to go practice. I finally ditched the cart bag for a larger stand bag that works really well on a cart/push cart. Don't think I can ever go back to a bag that doesn't have a stand.

Because indoors is where he has his computer and all of his fitting carts - and it is where the teaching pro conducts his indoor lessons. So it's not something they just want to disconnect and bring it outside. It is a very small green grass facility.

GC2 He does it to fine tune the final fitting - either show the difference between two different clubs (ballspeed, spin, launch, etc) or to fine tune one club (weight placement, hosel settings, loft, lie, etc.

The guy that owns my driving range is a club fitter. He fits everyone outside first without a monitor and then brings them indoors on the launch monitor to fine tune. And he's great

The best thing to come from my ChipR experiment is going from 4 wedges to 3. I went from PW (45), 50, 54, 60 to PW, 52, 58. I find having only the 52 and 58 really simplify my decision making around the greens and forces me to commit to a shot. With the 50, 54, 60 - I often found myself getting too fixated on the club selection and not focusing on the shot execution. Chip or pitch with more runout - 52 Chip or pitch with more carry - 58 Long greenside bunker shot - 52 Short greenside bunker shot - 58 The ChipR also taught me how to hit a toe-down chip shot. It forced me to stand more vertical, hold the club more upright and take more of a putting stroke. I am now able to use that setup and stroke with my 7 iron up through my 58 -- it was something I was previously uncomfortable with.

No not at all. Ones that I have trouble consistently hitting the middle of the face (whether it be due to shaft options, sole design for irons and wedges, weighting distribution, etc). I can tell if a ball is launching too high or too low. Spinning too much or too little. Excessive horizontal dispersion. I don't need a launch monitor to tell me those things when there is a noticeable disparity. I like to use a launch monitor at the end when it is really close, or I am trying to optimize my final setup.

Ha! I was like that for a loooong time. Got a new Tmag driver? Well now I need TMaG irons, wedges, putter, etc. Did the same with Srixon, Callaway, etc. Took me a long time to get to the point where I was comfortable with a mixed bag, but the great thing about golf is that we all get enjoyment from different aspects of it. Some only care about score. Some only care about their equipment. Some only care about just playing and don't care about their score or their equipment. There is no wrong way to enjoy golf, and who ever is telling someone else they are enjoying golf incorrectly needs to get off his or her high horse!

For people that don't know their numbers and game very well (which is the majority of weekend golfers), I agree. However, I know my yardages, what different ball flights mean, etc etc. I actually prefer a monitor-less fitting outdoors to start the fitting. I can usually weed out the non-competitive clubs and then bring in the launch monitor when I need to do the fine tuning. But again, I am not your average weekend golfer. Nothing in life is binary, specially when it comes to golf, the golf swing, and fitting.

It is going to come down do the individuals feel - but for me I can notice a big difference in putter shafts. The two ping PLD putters that I have, one has graphite and one has steel, feel and sound DRASTICALLY different to me. I am extremely sensitive to weight, balance and torque so I learned I need to be careful regarding putter shafts. Something I never thought I would have to do - and it is the main reason I haven't swapped in a Stability shaft or anything else on my existing flat sticks; unless I can demo an identical setup, I am not going to spend $200 on something that I might hate

So I am pretty sure the ChipR is going to be on the sidelines to start the season. Going to go with 13 clubs and then determine, unscientifically, what I should do with the free spot.

There's a reason why golf marketing is what it is and golf digest still does the hot list. We are the outliers, my friend

Love seeing these responses. Makes me feel good know I'm not the only neurotic one haha

Great discussion, but please continue it on another thread so we can keep this one on topic

That's a lot of golf! I think I've only replaced a set of spikes once in the last 15 years. Generally my shoes get worn out or lose their waterproof seal long before the spikes need to be replaced And it seems the rubber/plastics they are using are much more durable and last longer than the material in many of the replaceable spikes

Tour 360 are my favorite golf shoes. Ive owned so many different golf shoes over the years and I always end up choosing my Tour 360s for the majority of my rounds. Love the look, grip, comfort and theyr ability to keep my feet dry

Jack was great for the tour, but at this point the best thing he could do is just smile at appearances. Dude opens his mouth and nothing but crotchety old man comes out. He is a detriment to the PGA Tour

Great callout on Arrcos! Negative for me as well. Subscription service is a cancer.

DLC is MUCH more durable, but also more expensive and hard to do on a large scale -- that is why no big OEMs offer it as a standard wedge. My ER2 that I had DLC'd from TheGolfGarage still looks as good as they day I got it in spring 2018 The Wedge finishes are often different. Much like the Cobra, Titleist, Callaway and taylormade wedges, the black finish is more likely to gently fade in the wear spots vs the black finish on putters that is cheaper and more likely to chip.

I can get us started. Positive Bias Anything that Ping, Titleist, Mizuno and Evnroll make, I will do my due diligence on. I like how their clubs look, I like the brands' messaging, and like the options within their brands that can preform for multiple levels of golfers. TaylorMade and Srixon are a notch below. "Brands of my past" as most of my clubs from HS and College were Taylormade and then Srixons were some of the first clubs I really started getting into when I started getting involved on golf forums in the early 2000s Cobra will always have a soft spot in my mind because, like Srixon, I really started enjoying their clubs when I was first getting into internet golf stuff. Particularly their woods. Negative Bias Not going to peel back the onion too much on this, but I don't think I will ever game another Callaway club in my life PXG - I am sure they perform great, but the marketing and brand image is just something I don't jive with New Level - I have interacted with their owner multiple times and it was all negative experiences Indifferent I don't dislike any of these other brands' they just do nothing for me. Wilson, Bridgestone, Tour Edge, Cleveland, Sub 70, other DTCs And let me be clear - my biases do not influence what I say on this forum or to other friends or golfers I meet. I don't think their is bad equipment, only poorly fit equipment. These are simply MY biases when I look to buy equipment for myself

I know we all try to say that any club that can help us has an equal shot of making our bag. But lets cut through the bullshit. We all know that isn't true. This doesn't mean you think that other clubs suck compared to the brands you like, it just means you know you have an internal bias that will push you into the brands you like if all things are equal during a fitting Call it what you want Bias Allegiance Fanboyism Preference We all have them Well this thread is where you can admit it without getting any crap. You don't need a scientific or tangible reason. This is about admitting our internal biases in a safe space