If they changed the rules tomorrow...

[Jcosta]

If they changed the rules tomorrow to allow 15 clubs in your bag verses the currently allowed 14, which club (if any) would you add as your 15th? 

[JeremyD]

I could go so many ways. A second putter for when my first stinks. Maybe putting my hybrid back in, or my 2 iron. 

[MWL_9]

Very good question there - currently, I'm debating on what to do for club #14.  I have an old 3H, but my new irons overlap it in distance so it isn't used.  I'm debating on a 5W, 3H, or 60 degree wedge.  I need to see the distances on the new 5W and 3H.  I'm probably going to go 5W with club #14 so I'd add the 60 degree wedge for club #15.

[SD1199]

I am trying to figure out a club or 2 to drop to lighten the load a little when walking :).  

[Tom the Golf Nut]

Another wedge. I have a PW, 50* Gap Wedge, 56*, and a 60*. The 56* works great out of the sand but not so great out of the fairway. I have a Sub 70 JB wedge bent to 55* and it plays great out of the fairway but I'm not as good out of the sand with it. So the JB would go in the bag. 

[BostonSal]

On 8/2/2021 at 9:21 PM, Jcosta said:

If they changed the rules tomorrow to allow 15 clubs in your bag verses the currently allowed 14, which club (if any) would you add as your 15th? 

I would add a high loft 9 or 11-wood to hit recovery shots from the rough.

I'm not really missing anything else, but restoring the GINTY concept could be helpful,

if anybody here is old enough for that reference.

[cnosil]

Like @Tom the Golf Nuti am going wedge.   Something that I can put a longer swing on to fill the < 100 distance gaps.  

[RickyBobby_PR]

Don’t think I would but if I did would be an additional wood/hybrid that’s a pure distance club 

[stuka44]

I would say a 1 or 2 iron, loft wise less than my 4 iron.  Solely to have a flatter recovery club to keep the ball low, when I have to roll it out of the trees, and back into play.

[Deacon Blues]

I wouldn’t. I’m perfectly happy with just 12 clubs in my bag.

[Calvo90]

Lefty 7 iron in otherwise righty bag for those nasty shots by the tree or from under the bush. 

[SharkyM]

I'm going with a *20/*21 7W!!!!   Went back to  an 18* 5W after playing 18* hybrid for many years and kicking myself for not having done it sooner.  The 5w is a beast, hzrdus t1000 shaft I can play any shot that I want, high low fade draw...Looking to cover the gap between my 18 5W (230) and 23* 4i(205).   21* 7w with a stout shaft !!!

 

[SharkyM]

5 hours ago, BostonSal said:

I would add a high loft 9 or 11-wood to hit recovery shots from the rough.

I'm not really missing anything else, but restoring the GINTY concept could be helpful,

if anybody here is old enough for that reference.

Ginty FTW!!!  

[Donn lost in San Diego]

Maybe a 2nd putter. I would go with my fav. lighter weight putter for long shots, and add a heavier and more stable/less likely to rotate even a degree, for the short putts.

Or I might go with 2 different 3 woods: one low profile flat bottom for hitting from fairway, the 2nd one a fuller face, like Callaway Steelhead XR, for the tee box. 

[Donn lost in San Diego]

BostonSal, SharkyM. I have a Ginty 2 copper sand wedge that I use about 30 yards from the green, and a copper 7 iron I use as a range practice club/warmup club.  And sometimes I add in my Stan Thompson CloseUp chipper.  Stan Thompson and Don Martin made some nice clubs in southern Calif back in the pre civil war era, I think it was.   Or was it after Teddy rode up San Juan Hill???

[DougE]

Instead of one single, medium bounce Vokey LW, I would add two, a high bounce and a low bounce. SM8 58.12 D and a 60.04L. I own them both and play each one regularly depending on the conditions, but they both aren't kept in the bag for the same round. Inevitably, no matter which one is in the bag, I often wish I had the other at least once a round for a specific lie.

[Hacker Rod]

I'd stop alternating between my 20* hybrid and my 20* utility, and carry them both. 

[Hoyoymac]

A 4 utility iron.  It is my 15th club now.  I bought a Tour Edge EXS 220 #4 utility iron earlier this year.  It is remarkable for low punch shots under trees or any time to get under the wind.  Super hot face and the ball just runs forever.  Good off the tee as well.  I bought it for a trip to Ireland and Scotland for links style courses.  Unfortunately my trip has been postponed due to Covid travel issues.  I carry it in my bag when practicing or playing casual rounds with friends and swap it for my 5 hybrid when playing in a competition if it is windy.  

It produces the most beautiful stingers!  Addicting to hit.  Great for bump and runs and for courses that don’t have raised greens.  Just not as good as my hybrid for hitting the ball high and landing a ball softly on a green.

[MichaelJW]

I would not add any. I only carry 13 now...  

[MCB14230]

I would add a UTI or a driver length 3 wood