What Have You Bought Lately? (CHA - Club Ho's Anonymous)

[BallsLeon]

New putter showed up yesterday, and pics of driver that showed up about a week ago, both from Callaway Pre-Owned.

Odyssey Eleven Tour Lined S w/ Stroke Labs shaft 35"


Rogue ST Max LS, 10.5°, Stiff, Standard Length w/ TENSEI AV White 65 shaft

[Kenny B]

I picked up another Ping putter just like my gamer in great condition. Not to my specs that was fitted by Ping HQ, but the price was right.  My putter is 34" Green Dot; this putter is 38" Black Dot.  Thinking about modifying for armlock stroke.

[StrokerAce]

1 minute ago, Kenny B said:

I picked up another Ping putter just like my gamer in great condition. Not to my specs that was fitted by Ping HQ, but the price was right.  My putter is 34" Green Dot; this putter is 38" Black Dot.  Thinking about modifying for armlock stroke.

That's nice.
Could also make a nice counterbalance option!

[StrokerAce]

54 minutes ago, BallsLeon said:

New putter showed up yesterday, and pics of driver that showed up about a week ago, both from Callaway Pre-Owned.

Odyssey Eleven Tour Lined S w/ Stroke Labs shaft 35"


Rogue ST Max LS, 10.5°, Stiff, Standard Length w/ TENSEI AV White 65 shaft

CPO might be the most underrated golf club reseller. I've ordered all sorts of things from them and the condition is always better than expected. Their customer service is also very good - especially if you're on the fence about something. The reps know their stuff and can help out.

[Kenny B]

1 minute ago, StrokerAce said:

That's nice.
Could also make a nice counterbalance option!

The Ping Sigma G Doon putter is already counterbalanced.  It's what sold me on it 5 years ago.  

[Fred Mitchell]

16 hours ago, chisag said:

 

... I am literally right there with you my friend and installed the same grip on my Sport 60 (last on left). I started to wear the paint fill off my last gamer!  




 

looks like the same lamkin/ cleveland gr

ip my putter came with 

[BallsLeon]

36 minutes ago, StrokerAce said:

CPO might be the most underrated golf club reseller. I've ordered all sorts of things from them and the condition is always better than expected. Their customer service is also very good - especially if you're on the fence about something. The reps know their stuff and can help out.

Have been pretty impressed so far with condition and price, I don't think either club had been used. Definitely beats the conditions of the used stuff I was seeing at my local Golf Galaxy.

[pgr]

came into some money so I went to buy a 5 wood. Only ones in stock were a Callaway Paradyme and a TM stealth (wonder why that is?). Tried them both- Callaway felt just a little lighter and easier to swing so took that one (@ $389!!!!). So far I am loving it and definately hitting more consistently then my 3 wood.

[vandyland]

I had been playing with a fairly large gap in my bag between my 5 iron (26*) which carries about 185-190 and then my super hot 3Hybrid (18*) which carries about 225. So I was looking for a 21-23* option that would carry about 200-205. I wasn't in a huge hurry because I don't run into that shot too often but I was only carrying 12 clubs so I had room for it. Anyway, fast forward to I am in my local golf shop and I was looking at their used clubs and they had a Callaway Apex UT 21* driving iron with the exact same shaft as my irons. It was in great condition and was being sold for $35 . I went to the owner of the shop who I know really well and I was like, "what's wrong with this club??" He said the guy that brought it in just wanted it sold and had no use for it and that it had just come in that morning. I snapped that thing up and through 3 rounds (honeymoon period) it has been MONEY. Amazing luck so far. 

 

Edited June 21, 2023 by vandyland

[Fred Mitchell]

3 hours ago, vandyland said:

I had been playing with a fairly large gap in my bag between my 5 iron (26*) which carries about 185-190 and then my super hot 3Hybrid (18*) which carries about 225. So I was looking for a 21-23* option that would carry about 200-205. I wasn't in a huge hurry because I don't run into that shot too often but I was only carrying 12 clubs so I had room for it. Anyway, fast forward to I am in my local golf shop and I was looking at their used clubs and they had a Callaway Apex UT 21* driving iron with the exact same shaft as my irons. It was in great condition and was being sold for $35 . I went to the owner of the shop who I know really well and I was like, "what's wrong with this club??" He said the guy that brought it in just wanted it sold and had no use for it and that it had just come in that morning. I snapped that thing up and through 3 rounds (honeymoon period) it has been MONEY. Amazing luck so far. 

 

Only story better than a great shot or round of golf is a bargain, nice.

[J7Hawkins]

3 hours ago, vandyland said:

I had been playing with a fairly large gap in my bag between my 5 iron (26*) which carries about 185-190 and then my super hot 3Hybrid (18*) which carries about 225. So I was looking for a 21-23* option that would carry about 200-205. I wasn't in a huge hurry because I don't run into that shot too often but I was only carrying 12 clubs so I had room for it. Anyway, fast forward to I am in my local golf shop and I was looking at their used clubs and they had a Callaway Apex UT 21* driving iron with the exact same shaft as my irons. It was in great condition and was being sold for $35 . I went to the owner of the shop who I know really well and I was like, "what's wrong with this club??" He said the guy that brought it in just wanted it sold and had no use for it and that it had just come in that morning. I snapped that thing up and through 3 rounds (honeymoon period) it has been MONEY. Amazing luck so far. 

 

That's a steal! One thing I miss about living in a bigger city is that it is hard to find a deal on used clubs here!

[Parshooter36]

I picked up a Bloodline Vale off of ebay last week.  It got delivered yesterday, so I went home for lunch so I would have it for league last night.  9 holes in and I don't hate it, my lag putting was solid, everything started on my intended line, and I actually drained a 25 footer to boot.

[Fred Mitchell]

21 hours ago, J7Hawkins said:

That's a steal! One thing I miss about living in a bigger city is that it is hard to find a deal on used clubs here!

I live in rural Alabama, tell me about it. I recently broke down and bought a Value rated used Stealth 3 High Loft 3 wood off flea bay because a course I play often including a monthly scramble has some holes to short for my driver from the geezer tees and at least 3 holes with dog legs I might cut over the top of trees IF we have a solid ball in play lol. The Value rated club was from global golf and and came with a brand new head cover still in bag and looked barely played, I will give them my business on used clubs on fleabay based on the generous grading alone.

[Hickory Chris]

I bought a great set of 1986 Wilson Tour Bloc persimmons, 1/3/5 with R400 TT DG shafts. I'm enjoying stripping them down and refinishing for play in our Persimmon Revival Open at the end of next month.

The irons in play are 1974 Wilson Dynapowers with the adjustable weight ports towards the toe, great hitting irons. Dynas won more Majors than any club before or since, can't be beat.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

So…this happened.

As mentioned in the what equipment are you thinking about thread, I went to demo the Callaway Paradym TD fairway woods. I liked what I saw on the trackman, so I decided to pull the trigger. 
 

Now for the best part of the story. I had brought along my Mizuno JPX 923 HMP irons that I don’t play anymore. I asked what the trade in would be, hoping to offset some of the $700.00 these woods were going to run me. The helpful sales associate at Golf Galaxy tells me that Callaway is running a promotion that doubles the trade in value of 1 item towards the purchase of new Callaway club/clubs. So that means the $469 I was getting for the Mizunos became $938.
 

So on the way to the register I grabbed 2 midsize GP +4s, a dozen TP-5, and a palm glove. All said and done, I left the store with all that, 2 new fairway woods, and an $82 gift card. 

[Badams69]

10 minutes ago, Ben Joest said:

So…this happened.

As mentioned in the what equipment are you thinking about thread, I went to demo the Callaway Paradym TD fairway woods. I liked what I saw on the trackman, so I decided to pull the trigger. 
 

Now for the best part of the story. I had brought along my Mizuno JPX 923 HMP irons that I don’t play anymore. I asked what the trade in would be, hoping to offset some of the $700.00 these woods were going to run me. The helpful sales associate at Golf Galaxy tells me that Callaway is running a promotion that doubles the trade in value of 1 item towards the purchase of new Callaway club/clubs. So that means the $469 I was getting for the Mizunos became $938.
 

So on the way to the register I grabbed 2 midsize GP +4s, a dozen TP-5, and a palm glove. All said and done, I left the store with all that, 2 new fairway woods, and an $82 gift card. 

Like a golfing bandit!  Good work man!

[Badams69]

Latest purchases: (preface by saying I am used only guy)  don't make money playing golf, so like to keep the expense down to about 20-40% of new and spend the balance on playing etc.

 

While looking for a new wedge with a bit more bounce I happened into a market with booths of all types with my wife.  About to purchase an old Cleveland or two with high bounce, when I found the cheaters special - SMARTSOLE.   I consider myself a solid short gamer, and have to say although I never thought I would, I love it and have yet to find a shot it doesn't work for.  Preconceived notions and prevailing wisdom haven't matched my experience with it.  Cost - $15 condition - excellent ...... results?  Well I have a Ping Glide 2.0, Cleveland RTX-4 and CG15 sitting on the bench and unlikely to get minutes soon.

 

Now ...... since the mid 90s I have used Ping Zing 2 with the exception of a brief stint with a 2-ball (weeks) and a season or so with Anser 3 (same slant neck and finish as the Zing2) .......

Came across a post or two on here about Bobby Grace putters and went with the LoPro (in the Zing2 general styling) and find it to be excellent.  Can't say it is better than the Zing2 for me, but it also shows at worst fractional signs of being less effective (chalk it up to familiarity so far).   Cost - $35 - excellent condition with solid results.  In bag for now with old standby ready at any time.

Also - giving an Adams 3w a spin with more solid results than anticipated to this point.  It stays in the bag if the chips are on the line - but casual play it has performed well so far.  Cost - $30 - good shape, promising results.

Thanks

[MattF]

7 hours ago, Ben Joest said:

So that means the $469 I was getting for the Mizunos

This is what is a load of s***. $469 for a set of clubs that were released 9 months ago that cost around $1200. They're all thieving bastards.

[rkj427]

1 hour ago, MattF said:

This is what is a load of s***. $469 for a set of clubs that were released 9 months ago that cost around $1200. They're all thieving bastards.

 

I tend to agree MattF, but that  is how they are able to take clubs in trade and then hope to resell. Similar to trading in a used car, get wholesale dollars so they can resell at retail.

Sometimes it is better to try and sell them on your own to limit the losses.

[GolfSpy_BEN]

3 hours ago, MattF said:

This is what is a load of s***. $469 for a set of clubs that were released 9 months ago that cost around $1200. They're all thieving bastards.

While I agree with you in principle, trade-in values are always skewed toward the retailer, in this particular case before taxes the irons cost 962.50, so getting 938 was about as close as I’ll ever get to receiving full value. But yes, they are all definitely thieving bastards.

[Badams69]

3 minutes ago, Ben Joest said:

, so getting 938 was about as close as I’ll ever get to receiving full value. But yes, they are all definitely thieving bastards.

I'm impressed every time I read it! 

YOU WON!!!   

It's like going to Vegas and they just hand you loaded dice or something!

I don't think you could have gotten that if you would have tried to resell them instead.  Haven't checked, but highly doubt it would have been within $100 of that

[richk9holes]

5 minutes ago, Ben Joest said:

While I agree with you in principle, trade-in values are always skewed toward the retailer, in this particular case before taxes the irons cost 962.50, so getting 938 was about as close as I’ll ever get to receiving full value. But yes, they are all definitely thieving bastards.

What gets me is when the store has a pre-owned section where all the clubs are thrown together unsorted, hardly any have price tags and you have to ask the price of each one. Clubs in the pre-owned section look like they've never come in contact with a wire brush. No labeling of shaft flex so you have to pull every club out and look at the shaft. 

It's usually these stores that want to offer the least in trade. I'm not sure what they're doing with their margins but it's not going to operating the business.

I don't mind getting dimed down at Golf Galaxy because, *looks around at the golf galaxy* they're using their profits to pay employees to put fresh grips if needed, price tags and labels to make sorting their inventory easier, clean the tuft of mud from the weight on the FW, and all the other stuff that makes a business a business and not a flea market.

[03trdblack]

I'm weak... Found a set of these Nike VR Forged Pro Combo irons 3-PW at my local Dicks Sporting Goods. They are super clean and no browning on the faces. 

 

These are going to turn out nice! 

[Nick_D]

22 hours ago, Hickory Chris said:

I bought a great set of 1986 Wilson Tour Bloc persimmons, 1/3/5 with R400 TT DG shafts. I'm enjoying stripping them down and refinishing for play in our Persimmon Revival Open at the end of next month.

The irons in play are 1974 Wilson Dynapowers with the adjustable weight ports towards the toe, great hitting irons. Dynas won more Majors than any club before or since, can't be beat.

I would love to see pictures of these & the process of refinishing!

[anotherburntsteak]

I have a $200 Taylor Made credit that is burning a hole in my pocket... dying to get my hands on that bomber iron!

[cksurfdude]

Plain, boring, old school .. like me!

 

[Badams69]

4 hours ago, 03trdblack said:

I'm weak... Found a set of these Nike VR Forged Pro Combo irons 3-PW at my local Dicks Sporting Goods. They are super clean and no browning on the faces. 

N I C E !!!!

Whatever you could shoot with the latest & greatest ......

have no doubt you'd shoot better wit deze !!!!

[Grand Stranded]

On 6/14/2023 at 6:33 PM, ole gray said:

 

All my balls are yellow too.    

You might want to talk to your doctor about that, OG.

[chisag]

6 minutes ago, Grand Stranded said:

You might want to talk to your doctor about that, OG.

 

... Few days ago I was waiting in our cart for the kid to pass out the keys and the guy in the cart next to us yells at his cart partner "I grabbed your balls!" and I said "Sounds like you guys are really close so good for you, but I still wouldn't yell that out at a crowded range". 

[StrokerAce]

Recently switched out my 19 degree hybrid for a 19 degree version of this Callaway UW and put into play yesterday.

I hit that thing so pure. I was greenside in 2 on a par 5 on one hole, 80 yards away on a tight par 4 - it's laser straight and I can hit off the tee and the deck. 

If you're like me and hook your hybrids this should be on your short list for consideration. This club is amazing.