Which Club In Your Bag Do You Rarely Use?

[William Gothard]

8 iron. I don't think I have ever hit it other on the range.

[KC Golf]

Wow.  In less than a day we have gotten a lot of responses.  Thank you to everyone who has responded so far.  I really appreciate everyone's input so far.  The comments are all great.  But a couple of surprises have come out from the group so far.

I am surprised by how may people have mentioned the 5 iron.  Its interesting since I would think more people would say 4 iron or a 3FW. since they are usually harder to hit.  I believe its because many of the respondents in the group its their longest iron in the bag.

Surprised by how many people carry 58+ deg wedges in their bag.  Also how many rarely hit their low lofted hybrids.

Sadly no one has said Putter yet...   

My favourite comment so far... is this one!  

9 hours ago, Andrew75 said:

I carry 10 to 11 clubs, even for tournament play, and I use them all, frequently enough. 

5 handicap, walk/carry, superlight bag, hilly course, age 62, cancer survivor, it's about health and fun more than every advantage. 

Thanks Andrew for inspiring all of us... It just shows you don't need the max number of clubs to be a 5 handicap!

[Franc38]

There are 2 clubs in my bag that are not very often used, for different reasons.
The first one is the "3 hybrid" (21°). I don't find it accurate enough to attack greens with and find that statistically 230 yards from the flag I'm better off hitting a 4 iron 215 on the fairway in front of the green and then chipping than sending the hybrid somewhere and having a few eagle opportunities and a lot of recovery shots from unwelcoming places! So yeah, second shot on very long par 5s where I'll lay up but the 4 wood bring some danger into play?? Not frequent.

The second one is the 6 iron. The only reason for it not to be used often? I don't play courses where there are 185-190 yards par 3s, or have long enough par 4s (or short enough par 5s) that I'll use it for second shot. Now, obviously I might misshit my tee shot and need a 188 yard attack to the green occasionally, but well... not often.

and that's with a 13 club bag!

[Dweed]

1 hour ago, William Gothard said:

8 iron. I don't think I have ever hit it other on the range.

Welcome and thank you for your service brother. Hoo Ah!!

[Dweed]

I haven't used my foot wedge in years.  Next least used would be my sand wedge.  The primary 3 courses I play near home have very limited sand opportunities. 

[TylorJudd]

For me, it's definitely the 56 degree wedge. Technically 54 for me I guess but ya, its my least used for specific shots. That may change but my 60 far outweighs my 56

[JeffK]

None, I use them all equally. My club has 36 holes so whilst I may not use ll the clubs on one course I use them all over the 2 courses. Took me a while to get my club setup right. Dropped my hybrid for a 4th wedge (54 deg) then my 3W for a 5th wedge (50 deg) over the space of a couple of years. I couldn't hit my hybrid that well and once I upgraded my irons it only went as far as my 4 iron. I use my 2 iron off the tee so I rarely used my 3W, so it made sense to take it out and replace it with a scoring club.

[C92673]

This is Arccos data for my last 100 rounds...
My 5 iron then my ultra lob wedge.

Dr Driver 1794 shots
3w 3 Wood 354 shots
5h taylormade 5 wood  513 shots
5i 5 Iron 209 shots
6i 6 Iron 513 shots
7i 7 Iron 383 shots
8i 8 Iron 266 shots
9i 9 Iron 412 shots
Pw Pitching Wedge 289 shots
Sw Sand Wedge 228 shots
56 56° Wedge 336 shots
Lw Lob Wedge 431 shots
ULw Ultra Lob Wedge 216 shots
 

[GolfSpy TCB]

6 hours ago, C92673 said:

This is Arccos data for my last 100 rounds...
My 5 iron then my ultra lob wedge.

Dr Driver 1794 shots
3w 3 Wood 354 shots
5h taylormade 5 wood  513 shots
5i 5 Iron 209 shots
6i 6 Iron 513 shots
7i 7 Iron 383 shots
8i 8 Iron 266 shots
9i 9 Iron 412 shots
Pw Pitching Wedge 289 shots
Sw Sand Wedge 228 shots
56 56° Wedge 336 shots
Lw Lob Wedge 431 shots
ULw Ultra Lob Wedge 216 shots
 

Love that data!  The one I find interesting is that you are using your driver 17.94 times a round....  .  Assuming you average 33 putts a round... your scoring average is around 90?   I need to track this data for my bag... I'm geeking out on it a little.   

[GolfSpy TCB]

On 1/22/2023 at 8:15 PM, 202 said:

When I was playing regularly, the 15 degrees 3 Wood was the club I rarely used. I replaced it with a 4 Wood back then.
I just got back to the game after a couple of years, and my most problematic club now is the Driver. I didn’t use it during the last two rounds.

Welcome back to the game 202!  And welcome to the MGS Forum... happy to have you here!

[C92673]

Not sure what math you're using to get that number of putts but I wish my putting was that good, it's my weakest link and it's actually a lot closer to 39 putts a round.  Unfortunately I'd have to go in and add up the putts for each round to get an actual total.

[GolfSpy TCB]

23 hours ago, Gruff said:

Gruff

Has to to my 5 iron

I have a love/hate relationship with my 5 iron too @Gruff, it holds a pretty important position in my bag because several of the par 3's at my home club fall right in that distance more often than not.  

[GolfSpy TCB]

2 minutes ago, C92673 said:

Not sure what math you're using to get that number of putts but I wish my putting was that good, it's my weakest link and it's actually a lot closer to 39 putts a round.  Unfortunately I'd have to go in and add up the putts for each round to get an actual total.

No math involved... just a shot in the dark... just a little better than two putts per hole is all I did there...  I feel your pain with the flat stick... I give away more strokes on the greens than I'm comfortable with... Some days my putter looks like an unfolded lawn chair at the end of the shaft.  haha.  

[GolfSpy TCB]

12 hours ago, KC Golf said:

Sadly no one has said Putter yet...   

I think this would be the "Which club in your bag do you wish you used LESS" thread... haha 

[GolfSpy TCB]

21 hours ago, LebanonOz said:

I only hit it one time last year

My question is... how did you hit it that one time Oz?  

[tdroma98]

7 hours ago, C92673 said:

This is Arccos data for my last 100 rounds...
My 5 iron then my ultra lob wedge.

Dr Driver 1794 shots
3w 3 Wood 354 shots
5h taylormade 5 wood  513 shots
5i 5 Iron 209 shots
6i 6 Iron 513 shots
7i 7 Iron 383 shots
8i 8 Iron 266 shots
9i 9 Iron 412 shots
Pw Pitching Wedge 289 shots
Sw Sand Wedge 228 shots
56 56° Wedge 336 shots
Lw Lob Wedge 431 shots
ULw Ultra Lob Wedge 216 shots
 

This is good info C9!  Interesting your usage of 5i & 8i.  If you look back on the rounds, do you find you opt to move up a club to 5h vs using 5i?  Your 9i usage is a lot higher as well, do you prefer 9i over 8i & Pw?  Thanks for sharing! 

[silver & black]

The skull machine rarely ever sees the light of day...58* wedge.

[DocfromFla]

My 5 wood, which I am very inconsistent with. I have reverted to my 3H -- 15 yards shorter but much more consistent.

[LebanonOz]

2 hours ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

My question is... how did you hit it that one time Oz?  

Bad enough that I decided I wasn't going to do it again.  
It was the 3 iron from my previous set of Taylor Made SuperSteels and by that time the new Ping G425s had me spoiled.

[GolfSpy TCB]

1 hour ago, silver & black said:

The skull machine rarely ever sees the light of day...58* wedge.

But you are MONEY when you have to stay under a tree with 150 to the green!!!  Glass half full S&B!!

[202]

Welcome back to the game 202!  And welcome to the MGS Forum... happy to have you here!

Thank you. I’m glad I found this forum.

[Richard Fahrney]

On 12/28/2017 at 12:31 PM, MattF said:

Further to OG and GS Barba's posts regarding weight loss and helping each other out, I'm starting this thread in the hopes that those of us that need or could stand to lose a bit of weight will chime in.

 

I really want to get down to 180lbs. I've been struggling with my weight for years and my lowest (about 6 months ago) was 199.2lbs. 

 

I've crept back up to 207lbs and am not really happy about it....but that's the holiday season.

 

So, I'm thinking that those of you who want to participate can just post here, maybe what you're doing, eating etc or just a weekly/fortnightly weigh in.

 

So that's it in a nutshell, chime in or I'll talk to myself.

 

[kylebennett006]

It used to be my 60*. When I first got it, I just couldn't hit it right to get the feel I first experienced during the fitting. But through practice and resistance to giving up on it, I started to get the right feel for the various shots you can perform with it and now it's my go-to 90-100yd club. Or my need-to-carry a hazard club. Or my short-sided club. Flop-club. Once you figure out the 60*, it's insane how versatile it is.

Then it became my 3W. I actually have a post around here considering removing it from my bag. But this fall a couple buddies and I joined a simulator league and I have found a somewhat rekindled appreciation for it. I think being able to hit off a perfect lie and in perfect conditions, you start to get the feel for how it needs to be swung and you gain confidence. For me, I'm long enough off the tee that I rarely have to use it as an off-the-turf approach club. It's basically a secondary driver that aims to lower the risk given my trajectory and hole layout. Considering my home course complex and that I don't play the tips, this is highly valuable to me.

So I'm finally to the point where I appreciate, use, and value all 14 clubs. Probably use the 3W the least often but that's primarily because of where my league plays.

[kylebennett006]

On 1/23/2023 at 6:12 PM, William Gothard said:

8 iron. I don't think I have ever hit it other on the range.

How have you never played a par 3 that requires that distance? lol

[GolfSpy_APH]

30 minutes ago, kylebennett006 said:

How have you never played a par 3 that requires that distance? lol

I would say 8 is my most used iron. But then again I usually set myself up for using it.

[Jim Shaw]

Definitely my 4 iron, it seems to "stall" out at the same carry distance of my 5 iron, making a move to a 4 hybrid in the next month.

[GolfSpy TCB]

All the "3W" comments have me wondering if I'm doing something wrong... Behind my putter and driver and wedges, i believe it is my most used club.  

[Tom the Golf Nut]

58 minutes ago, Golfspy_TCB said:

All the "3W" comments have me wondering if I'm doing something wrong... Behind my putter and driver and wedges, i believe it is my most used club.  

Naah.. I use my 3 wood often as well. I love my 3 wood that's why I just purchased another one.  I figured after 7 or 8 years with the SLDR it might be time to see if something performs better or at least as well (To justify the expense of course).   

[Merlin1313]

I recently replaced my 4H with a 5I and still have the 3H-I RARELY use it though. For a while I was carrying both(4H and 5I & still at 14 clubs) until I figured out that my 5I could be my friend again and I took it out of "time out".. I just take a little off of the UW or swing for the fence w my 5I.

[YourKillingMeSmalls]

I hit my hybrid the least, basically just on two short par 4's off the tee laying up short of water, I was late adopting a hybrid and I can hit good off a tee but really inconsistent from the rough and fairway.