Which club now or in the past has been your favorite?

[Javs]

Saw this article today and made me think. What is the best single club you ever owned? Mine would be the Taylormade Pittsburgh Persimmon I purchased in 1981. The switch from a wood driver to a metal driver was epic! 

https://www.golfmonthly.com/features/i-asked-the-golf-monthly-team-to-reveal-the-best-golf-clubs-theyve-ever-owned-do-you-use-any-of-these-beauties?utm_term=CFEB69DA-8695-406A-822D-71925C4B6E39&lrh=afabd56f8788996dec1eed39e53e29756a4fe34c1aff9fa4fdfa9f254cbb042a&utm_campaign=075440B8-601C-4440-A9B1-8A7444061AA8&utm_medium=email&utm_content=8B39F061-B4E5-4827-97C1-B029DE6B890E&utm_source=SmartBrief

Edited July 2 by Javs

[Erin B]

Hmmmm best club I’ve ever owned….

Now that’s a tough one. I think my irons I have right now have been the best set of irons I’ve ever owned and the best singular iron is probably my  6 with the 8 very close behind. Wedges I used to think were my old PXGs but my current titleist wedges SM10s are fantastic, especially my 52. I think the best driver I’ve ever had was a Ping 410 LST. Best putter has to be my current one, SeeMore. If I had to choose I’d go with a set and they’d be the New Level 902PDs. If it’s just one, the Ping 410 LST.

Edited July 2 by Erin B

[Donn lost in San Diego]

Mizuno S5 (S 5) wedge, 52 x 9 bounce.  I use 2: one bent up to 50 deg and one bent down to 54.  Most reliable and accurate club in my bag, for 5 years now.  I added the 2nd one and did the loft changes in June 2024. 

 

Update July 7 2024.   Darts.  had a good day today on a tough course, I think I smudged it once today and threw 4 or 5 darts.  Might buy another one just because.

Edited July 8 by Donn lost in San Diego
Clarify when I went from using 1 to using 2 of the this wedge, and update a good day today.

[cnosil]

Xenon putter.   Only club I regret selling. 

 

 

 

[Javs]

6 hours ago, cnosil said:

Xenon putter.   Only club I regret selling. 

 

 

 

That’s a classic! 

[Hook DeLoft]

I had a Wood Brothers Corker driver.  It was an oversize persimmon driver with a hollow area filled with cork.  It had a beautiful blond finish and a graphite shaft.  I hit some of my longest tee shots with it.  Wish I still had it.

[GolfSpy_APH]

Cobra F7 3-wood. Trusted and just so good that even now some 8 years later it is still my go to club.

[Indy_Oz]

I regret ever selling my first set of clubs (would have been late 80s when I started playing). I didn't know I had a set of classics at the time. Hand me down 1970s Wilson Staff blade irons and Staff II persimmon woods.

I felt I could hardly miss with the driver and I had my only albatross (I can't bring myself to call it a double-eagle, lol) with the Wilson driver and 5-wood on a par 5.

Sure, distance was low, but I loved them. I was convinced 'upgrading' to a set of metal woods and game improvement perimeter weighted Prosimmon irons would bring my game on. I was strapped for cash and traded in the Wilson set. If only I'd known what I know now.

My best for overall performance (distance and accuracy) would have to be my TSR2 7-wood. I absolutely love that club and have confidence whenever I reach for it. Since returning to the game that has, hands-down, been my best purchase.

[EasyPutter]

My  Tommy Armour #3 19 degree fairway hybrid - a go to club for distance when the grass is not up to the ball's center height and still the club that outdistances my driver off the tee (still looking to improve driver swing to change that).  It was a gift club at the graduation of my first PGA HOPE session donated by the benevolent organization Bunkers for Baghdad here in WNY that went for 2 years with the plastic still on the head in my spares bag in the garage because the O'Donnell Triumph Maraging hybrids (10, 15, 19, 27) were still my go-to fairway clubs I knew the distances I could hit with them, until something mental went wrong and I could not hit them well.  Out came Tommy Armour "just to see what it can do" and now on it's 4th year still pokes the ball regularly between 160-185 yards and fairly straight too.

[AverageSizedDog]

Ping icrossover, I fully don't understand the science behind the golf club but dang its incredible. It just feels so pure feeling off the clubface. 

[Byrnzee]

Last year I hated my 3-wood. It was a Titleist 915F 15º with an extra stiff shaft in it. I bought it secondhand on Facebook marketplace and I thought I was just incapable of hitting it. It was my least favorite club in my bag by a mile and I dreaded using it every round.

I got a new 3-wood this year, TSR2 15º with stiff Ventus Red Velocore shaft in it. It has quickly become one of my favorite clubs in my bag. It feels so good off the clubface and I feel very confident when I pull it out of the bag on a par 5 or off the tee on a short par 4.

Just goes to show, finding the right equipment for you and your game is extremely important to performing better and enjoying golf more. Get fitted!

[michalama]

Absolutely, I'm not entirely versed in the mechanics of golf clubs either, but there's something almost magical about the sensation when you strike that ball just right. Plus modifid, it's like the whole universe aligns in that split second of contact.

[Golfjopa]

It's not currently in my bag, but I bought it brand new in 2005 or 2006 - a PING Doc 17 putter. I got it on a Friday at work, and had zero chance to try it out because I had a 6:30 tee time the next morning. I didn't even try it out in the store because I had given the money for it to a co-worker for him to buy for me because I couldn't find it in the one golf store on my side of the DFW metroplex, whereas he lived close to a Golfsmith (I think it was that) on his side of town and they obviously had one in stock.

First time I hit a putt with it was on the first green that Saturday morning, and I made a 50-footer for par! A few weeks later, I made a 20 foot putt for eagle (the only eagle putt I've ever made, although I have more than a few eagle chip-ins). (I'm editing this because I just remembered I did make a second eagle putt a few years later).

Man, I just always felt confident with that club in my hand. I gamed it until 2018 or so (best I can remember) when I bought a PING Sigma putter. 

I also got a lot of comments over the years about putting with a satellite dish with that PING Doc, but I just laughed along and then made putts with it. 

Edited July 10 by Golfjopa

[Michael Milich]

Fun question!

I still game a Snake Eyes 7-wood from like 2006. It recently made its way back into my bag, but I used it as a practice club for a long time. It gives incredible feedback. Anything off-center is kind of like jamming yourself with a baseball bat. However, the middle feels like you hit air. It's the purest feeling club I've ever hit. Makes that "tuning fork go off in your heart" times 1,000. 

It's funny to see the 7-wood making a comeback. It replaced my 4-hybrid which had replaced my 4-iron.

[Erin B]

On 7/2/2024 at 9:43 AM, Javs said:

Saw this article today and made me think. What is the best single club you ever owned? Mine would be the Taylormade Pittsburgh Persimmon I purchased in 1981. The switch from a wood driver to a metal driver was epic! 

https://www.golfmonthly.com/features/i-asked-the-golf-monthly-team-to-reveal-the-best-golf-clubs-theyve-ever-owned-do-you-use-any-of-these-beauties?utm_term=CFEB69DA-8695-406A-822D-71925C4B6E39&lrh=afabd56f8788996dec1eed39e53e29756a4fe34c1aff9fa4fdfa9f254cbb042a&utm_campaign=075440B8-601C-4440-A9B1-8A7444061AA8&utm_medium=email&utm_content=8B39F061-B4E5-4827-97C1-B029DE6B890E&utm_source=SmartBrief

I just thought of the Titleist PT series metal woods. Those were some fantastic woods, I still have the 4 wood from that set. I let the 3 wood go years ago and kick myself for doing it.

 

[TheFrugalGolfer]

This goes back quite a ways, but I used to love a 2-wood (can't remember the brand). Couldn't hit the driver worth a darn back then, but the 2-wood was great and I got great distance out of it. Makes me wonder if there's something to the mini-driver trend. Maybe I'll see about testing one. (I can't imagine giving up driver now, with today's technology. But I'm curious.)

[Fongle]

 

This one. My first set of clubs was a set of men's Ram Aries blades my dad had cut down for me, and for some reason I just absolutely loved hitting the 4 iron. As I grew up, I had the shaft replaced with a longer one, and it's nearly always had a spot in my bag. Couldn't even begin to imagine the amount of times I've swung this in my life, but I can just about flush a ball with my eyes closed with this thing at this point.

[NC Golfer]

Fond memory PowerBuilt Citation woods. Most useful, Launcher XL Halo hy-wood, wish I had this club years ago, 2nd shot that is long and off the deck is no longer a problem. No topping the ball. 

[Flagpole]

Played my best golf with Yonex Super ADX irons with graphite shafts in the late 90's early 2000's. 2 iron thorough SW. In those days I could hit the 2 iron 250 yards acurately. Harldy used the driver. Todays drivers made the switch easy. Needed to ino order to keep the distance up.

[crope1]

Callaway X18 irons

[MarvChamp]

Mizuno TP Mills #9 Forged Putter. About as old, I guess, as me and my JPX800HD irons. I've tried other putters from time to time and keep coming back to this one. (Once lost the original blue and white headcover. I had marked the inside for identification. Broken-hearted, I found one at a local used golf club store and bought it for an exorbitant sum. Turned out to be the one I lost!) Best, -Marv

[SteddyGolf]

For me it was my first set of irons, Mizuno T-Zoid Pro II.  This was a big step because it signified a financial and emotional commitment to learning the game.  I played those irons until each had a circular rust spot in the face.  There is a guy in Arizona who refinishes clubs at about $60 a club.  I have been tempted but just haven't taken the leap yet.  

[mwcron]

My favorite irons were the Tommy Armour 845. My favorite woods were the Taylor Made Bubble Burners.

[tchopson339]

The best club I have ever owned has to be the Taylormade M2 3 wood. By far the hottest fairway wood I have ever played. Too bad I caved the face in and had to replace it. 

[nakman7]

I had a Daiwa monodyne persimmon 3 wood that I flat out roasted . While on the range with my son at a local tournament he decides to try my 3 wood and heels one cracking the head and sending it out on the range. To this day I wish he never touched that club. I tried others from ebay even using the same shaft. But no more magic

 

 

[Richard Wise]

Late 1980's , Diawa  Hi Trac irons, I played with them for years and loved them ,it was all about the shafts.

[Zac Tilton]

Titleist 975d driver, loved that thing for off tee or even off deck 

[Tcswan5871]

I would have to go with the current irons I have, purchased Maltby TS-4 irons in March they have exceeded my expectations in both feel  and quality.

[Mrbenkenobi]

5 minutes ago, Zac Tilton said:

Titleist 975d driver, loved that thing for off tee or even off deck 

Same here.  975D 7.5 with Ei-70 x.  loved that driver in college.  eventually cracked the face after 3 years.  

[Fatshot]

Undoubtedly, the Maltby M-05 irons I built for myself many years ago.  Unfortunately, I got rid of them for something else new and shiny......I know they still make them, and the newer models MAY be my next build....Unbelievably clean, simple and easy to hit!

Edited July 12 by Fatshot