What should I add to my bag?

[Koho1985]

Right now I have the following in my bag:

10.5 Driver, 17 3 W, 3H 4H 5-9i PW 56W

what should I add? I’m thinking another wedge and possibly another long club just unsure what makes most sense?

Edited September 10, 2021 by Koho1985

[BostonSal]

Useful items in the bag are determined by a lot of factors.

For example, how friendly are the girls on the beverage carts?

[cnosil]

 

5 minutes ago, Koho1985 said:

Right now I have the following in my bag:

10.5 Driver, 17 3 W, 3H 4H 5-9i PW 56W

what should I add? I’m thinking another wedge and possibly another long club just unsure what makes most sense?

First thought based on that list is putter.  
 

serious answer is we can answer that without more information.  The clubs on your bag are there to hit specific distances.  It could be possible that you need fewer clubs based on gapping.   Give us a list with carry distances for each club and how well you cover distances that are less than your 56 

[MDGolfHacker]

7 minutes ago, cnosil said:

 

First thought based on that list is putter.  
 

serious answer is we can answer that without more information.  The clubs on your bag are there to hit specific distances.  It could be possible that you need fewer clubs based on gapping.   Give us a list with carry distances for each club and how well you cover distances that are less than your 56 

This. Definitely need more info on gapping to start. There are a lot of other factors that determine what clubs go in the bag

 

MDGolfHacker

[Tyler86]

Im with @cnosil. Having a putter is a HUGE benefit! @Koho1985 between D and Pu what yardages do you struggle to hit greens? Also, you dont have to have 14 clubs. 

[MNUte]

3 hours ago, Tyler86 said:

Im with @cnosil. Having a putter is a HUGE benefit! @Koho1985 between D and Pu what yardages do you struggle to hit greens? Also, you dont have to have 14 clubs. 

What? You guys don't use your 56° and thin it for putts??? Definitely missing out on the thrill of nailing s 50 footer that way... or a 3 footer for that matter. 

[BIG STU]

4 hours ago, MNUte said:

What? You guys don't use your 56° and thin it for putts??? Definitely missing out on the thrill of nailing s 50 footer that way... or a 3 footer for that matter. 

Love the belly wedge thing---- I have been doing that for years--- Learned that trick years ago putting in Money matches on our old Par 3 course---- I can also putt with a 5 iron-- Played a lot of 1 club games back in the day with the 5 iron. 

[BIG STU]

4 hours ago, MNUte said:

What? You guys don't use your 56° and thin it for putts??? Definitely missing out on the thrill of nailing s 50 footer that way... or a 3 footer for that matter. 

Love the belly wedge thing---- I have been doing that for years--- Learned that trick years ago putting in Money matches on our old Par 3 course---- I can also putt with a 5 iron-- Played a lot of 1 club games back in the day with the 5 iron. 

[BostonSal]

Adding to my bag isn't the problem.

The stuffed shirts at the USGA stipulate a fourteen club maximum.

If you like dedicated putter wells, the cleanest layout for a forward-facing cart bag is

3--4--4--3--putter well.   That's fifteen, one more than the USGA considers kosher.

Depending on your point of view, let's go with the fifteen, just to be mischievous, truculent old men.

Getting down to fifteen isn't easy with me.

With my bare minimum skill level, I need a club for every type of shot just to have a fighting chance.

[Firebird]

So which clubs do you hit well and which do you struggle with. I used to carry 1 or 2 irons, now I have a hybrid. Much easier to hit consistently.

[Jonny_Crash]

I've got a spot for a 14th club, but I think I'm just going to leave it empty for a while.  The "gap" in my bag is a 230 yd club, but honestly.... That isn't a shot I ever really hit (or hit well).  Thus, it remains empty for now.

Gapping is really the key to golf, it takes a lot of the guess work out of golf if you know your gaps

[Larryd3]

seems the gap between wedge and the 56* may be really big but we don't know for sure.  I'd start there