What equipment are you thinking about?

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

28 minutes ago, Chip Strokes said:

don’t do it…don’t do it…don’t do it…

I mean you could argue with your distance you have a chance to play in some Tournaments and win money to pay for them and you need the proper sticks? 

Just a thought for some reasoning if ya need it! Here to help!

[BostonSal]

I'd like to recommend a piece of equipment to the USGA that doesn't presently exist.

A good number of today's better cart bags have full-length dividers for fifteen clubs or fourteen regular dividers plus a putter well.   

I find the sight of an empty slot to be very disturbing.  You get a start that you've left a club out on the course.  Even

after you remember that it's a fifteenth compartment, the initial disturbance can effect your composure for the next shot.

There's no need for it.

Golf should approve some kind of head cover that identifies a fifteenth club as ineligible for play.   That way we wouldn't have to have that unsightly open slot or worse, some non club device sticking out of the bag as I've seen some do.

I, for one, have taken the initiative on my own.  I use the velvet pouch in which came a liquor bottle to identify the disenfranchised club.  I just don't like empty slots in a golf bag.  Those walking bags with the stand poles that stick out don't usually have individual dividers so walkers don't have this problem.

 

[Rickp]

8 hours ago, Chip Strokes said:

don’t do it…don’t do it…don’t do it…

I’ve been on that site about 3-4 times almost pulled the trigger!

[Paul Hedrick]

As for myself, I have been dreaming of a Scotty Cameron putter.  At my level of play it would most certainly be not a great choice,but dam they are sweet looking.

[GolfSpy_APH]

Well I'll let the picture speak for itself and you can take a guess as to what I'll be looking to get shortly!

[RollingGreens]

I have a brand new set of wedges 50/54/58 I was fit into earlier this year but have been playing well with the old set so I decided to ride out the rest of this year, and throw them under the tree at Christmas like a gift from old St. Nick but wondering if I should get them stamped or just throw them in the bag next year as is?

[GolfSpy_SHARK]

11 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Well I'll let the picture speak for itself and you can take a guess as to what I'll be looking to get shortly!

A grip!?!…..there are few things better in life than unwrapping that plastic and hitting a new club for the first time 

4 minutes ago, RollingGreens said:

I have a brand new set of wedges 50/54/58 I was fit into earlier this year but have been playing well with the old set so I decided to ride out the rest of this year, and throw them under the tree at Christmas like a gift from old St. Nick but wondering if I should get them stamped or just throw them in the bag next year as is?

as I was reading I really thought that last line was going to say “what wrapping paper should I use?”

[GolfSpy_APH]

4 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

A grip!?!…..there are few things better in life than unwrapping that plastic and hitting a new club for the first time 

as I was reading I really thought that last line was going to say “what wrapping paper should I use?”

Thankfully I have a whole set of new grips for when I need them. Probably next season I'll install them when I get my little work shop set up.

[RollingGreens]

6 minutes ago, Lacassem said:

A grip!?!…..there are few things better in life than unwrapping that plastic and hitting a new club for the first time 

as I was reading I really thought that last line was going to say “what wrapping paper should I use?”

If only I was that witty... 

[bens197]

22 minutes ago, GolfSpy_APH said:

Well I'll let the picture speak for itself and you can take a guess as to what I'll be looking to get shortly!

Are we looking at a rare USGA prototype photo for the 2022 air hammer?...

 

[KurtActual]

I've not been pleased with my irons. Nothing in particular and most likely it's the archer and not the arrow. 

Still interested in replacing them.

Can't really justify the pricetag of major OEMs, so considering options like Maltby, Sub 70, etc

[BostonSal]

I've deleted my signature for the time being out of embarrassment.

My new Mizuno numbered irons aren't playing as well as older gear for me.

I only changed because I was getting too much rollout with some clubs

and figured that my old grooves were too worn.

With the USGA police not looking, I should just gouge out some old grooves with a cutting tool.

[Jonny_Crash]

2 hours ago, KurtActual said:

I've not been pleased with my irons. Nothing in particular and most likely it's the archer and not the arrow. 

Still interested in replacing them.

Can't really justify the pricetag of major OEMs, so considering options like Maltby, Sub 70, etc

I'm about your HC and LOVE my Sub70 699 Pros.  They are long, straight and workable enough to groove a draw.  Highly recommended.  

[russtopherb]

Still got a hankering for some hybrid irons - Launchers, Launch Pads, etc. I may see what pricing looks like over the winter and I've (hopefully) got a bonus sitting in my wallet.

[BostonSal]

What I've noticed with irons, and it's more than what I've noticed--I've been recently affected by it--

is that if you chose the weakest lofted models available, you also get the least forgiving models.  The more perimeter weighted irons are, the stronger the manufacturer sets the lofts.

This isn't going to change. If you're old enough, you've seen lofts get radically stronger, and there's no sign of that ever turning around.  Working in conjunction with one another, the marketing people and the engineering people aren't trying to please potential customers like myself who are on their last legs as players.  Anyone other than seniors never once owned a  46 or 48º 9-iron, and have no use for one now.    I'm ecstatic to find a 42º one among newer models.

So it turned out that I have a new set of numbered irons that I don't play as well as any of my last three older sets.  I only bought them for the fresh, unworn grooves because I was getting too much rollout with some older gear.  What I'm going to do is bite the bullet, put the new irons prematurely among the decorative collectables, and do some serious gouging on some old, worn grooves.   If they're non-conforming, and I can't see how they wouldn't be, so be it.  I tried.

 

 

[dlow206]

Thinking about the Winn jumbo grips to go with my one plane swing. Actually have one on my driver and one on my lob wedge and a set of grips ready to be installed. Just waiting for those peaky new irons to arrive lol.

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

5 minutes ago, dlow206 said:

Thinking about the Winn jumbo grips to go with my one plane swing. Actually have one on my driver and one on my lob wedge and a set of grips ready to be installed. Just waiting for those peaky new irons to arrive lol.

Are you doing one length irons then or the Matt Kuchar one plane swing?

[dlow206]

3 minutes ago, rbsiedsc said:

Are you doing one length irons then or the Matt Kuchar one plane swing?

Neither.

and definitely not that flat of a swing like kuchar, more bryson like

[SmoothG]

I can't stop thinking about picking up a TM Spider X!  My putting has been terrible lately and the Spider X is so stable, so reliable.  I feel like all my short putts in the shop and dropping in .  Winters are long here in MI so I'll have plenty of time to save a few bucks and have one next season.  

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

Rolled some putters at DSG today waiting for my wife. First off the ping Tyne has got to be the quietest putter I’ve ever tried. I had to make sure I even hit the ball. Odyssey ten two ball is money. Also there is a new TA #4. It’s golden. 

[russtopherb]

Thinking about a new 3w/4w. My current one is decent, however it's got a busted shaft I did a DIY repair job on last year, and it hasn't felt the same since. Something around 16* that I can use primarily for tee shots, since my HWood is for the turf. I'm sure there's probably some stuff out there with a little more forgiveness and a hotter face. 

[Golfspy_CG2]

The Titleist U505 4 iron.   I originally didn’t think of this club as I didn’t think I could hit it.  But we had Titleist Fitting Day at my course today—-otherwise known as Christmas comes early for me

But I hit it several times.  It’s probably right there distance wise with my TSi1 hybrid.  But boy did it feel and look so much better. 

By the way, I posted this on social.  One of our instructors putting on a stripe show with  the U505 1 iron!   You know the old Joke. Not even God can hit a 1 iron.  But Ari sure can. 
 

Also the full bag of U505 options and a few CB’s. 
 

 

https://www.instagram.com/p/CTh_1KWlqF7/

 

 

 

[Vegan_Golfer_PNW]

Almost pulled the trigger on a LAB outlet putter. I may just need to ask for one for Christmas instead. 

[Grand Stranded]

On 8/27/2021 at 10:51 AM, BostonSal said:

I like a lob wedge with low enough bounce to hit from the parking lot asphalt.

My present one, which is great on full shots, doesn't fit that description.

AND, I don't hit that many full-shot lob wedges.  

Who can recommend what?

SM-7 M grind

[BostonSal]

25 minutes ago, Grand Stranded said:

SM-7 M grind

Yup. Got a 58-04 and a 60-04. Can't remember the grind letter off the top of my head, but it's probably what you said..

Edited September 8, 2021 by BostonSal

[ejgaudette]

Elbow had been feeling a bit sure after practicing lately so if course thinking graphite. Hoping my local fitter had some options in the 110 and up range. Also think it might be a good opportunity to help me feel like I can slow down without sacrificing speed.

[cnosil]

2 hours ago, BostonSal said:

Yup. Got a 58-04 and a 60-04. Can't remember the grind letter off the top of my head, but it's probably what you said..

probably an L grind.  M grind is 8*

[BostonSal]

13 hours ago, cnosil said:

probably an L grind.  M grind is 8*

Thanks.

[PMookie]

Well, this was nowhere near 10 weeks!!!

[KurtActual]

On 9/1/2021 at 1:12 PM, russtopherb said:

Still got a hankering for some hybrid irons - Launchers, Launch Pads, etc. I may see what pricing looks like over the winter and I've (hopefully) got a bonus sitting in my wallet.

I'm hoping Sub 70 will sell individual 799 irons. You should take a look at em