Waste of Money

[Paul Hedrick]

Let's be realistic; golf is expensive.  Or at least I think it is.  We buy this or that, and hope for the best. What have you bought that turned out to be such a disappointment, and a waste of your money?

[tony@CIC]

That's an easy one - Eclipse training aid. I would have been better off just lighting the $$ on fire. The eclipse training aid is cheap thin plastic that probably costs less a dollar to make. I was hoping it would help my wife from swaying when she swings - but didn't work for her.  At one point I was going to write an uncomplimentary "unofficial review", but decided it wasn't worth my time. 

https://www.eclipse.golf/

 

[revkev]

Aero tech shaft 

Got a great deal on it at $550.

[JerryB]

Not a disappointment, but definitely a waste of money...short tees.  There's always a number of broken tees available that work for most non-driver shots.

The $5 pull cart at a garage sale probably qualifies...used it once and realized why they were selling it .

My son and I have made some purchases that either we weren't ready for or don't need often enough.  He bought a Lagshot and didn't care for it but I've started using it a lot.  We'd bought a Garmin G80 last year which is great for new courses but we didn't hit many new courses this year.

We bought a divot board that was a waste of money because it doesn't work well with our current setup.

The Phigolf simulator kit was an impulse buy and a waste of money so far, but the plan for that was winter use so time will tell.

The growing collection of garage/thrift clubs in my basement is disappointing my wife!

[BIG STU]

I guess I am the king of Cheap SOB golf. I do have a lot of thrift store junkpile clubs. Actually this week I  am scrapping a lot of stuff. Most of my stuff I got when I worked for a Metal recycler. Some clubs I have a whopping 5 cents in. Scrap metal is up now so I will make a little bump on them. Most stuff I trade for. Good example this week I traded a M-6 driver that I did not get along with for an older Cally Gravity Core ( 2014) in pristine shape that I absolutely love. I actually got $40 to boot for the M-6. LOL the M-6 I traded a set of Izette persimmon woods for that I had 25 cents total in that were junkpile finds. Golf balls I have a plethera of having won quite a few in the shootiuts and door prizes the last few years. Gloves I am the same way. My golf I recently bought into a full membership that cost me up front. But I have unlimited free golf and cart fees and range balls. Also get reduced rates on events etc. I have had my membership some 2 months now and calculated I have saved around $1000 so far on greens and cart fees and on events. Even my Vokey wedges in my signature are a older generation or 2 but they were brand new in plastic never hit. A bud of mine is a former Titleist staffer and has a bunch of stuff. LOL those did "cost" me I traded a set of Mac Muirfields I had like $25 in. No loss on the Muirfields though I have 3 more sets including the ones in my signature. There is a methid to my madeness though. Good example--- TM Burner hybrids , drivers and FWs are dirt cheap these days. But those Rombax shafts are Fuji and are great shafts. I buy every one I see as long as they are cheap for the shafts. The NVS recently in my 3 wood after years of use split at the tip. No problem I had a Rombax from a Burner 3 wood I had $10 in and I changed it out and it hits just as good

As always I think outside the box and I guess I relish in Cheap SOB golf. Funny thing is even with the signature set I beat 90% of the guys with new expensive stuff. I can not beat everyone but I hold my own.