What kind of sticks do you keep in your golf bag?

[borg]

I'm curious what fellow Piloteers/golfers have for golf clubs, what do you like/dislike about them?

If you had a thousand dollars burning a hole in your wallet, which golf equipment would you upgrade?

I currently have a complete set of ADAMS GT Tight Lies from 2002. Driver, 3 & 5 woods have graphite shafts while the irons (3 to SW) have steel shafts, for a putter I use Odyssey DFX. I'm really quite happy with my sticks but if I had a thousand dollars to blow on new clubs I'd splurge on a 3 & 5 woods by Ping or Cleveland, even though I know that my ability will never reach the potential that my current clubs offer me now.

[GoCards]

My sticks are more of a hodge podge:

Mizuno Blue Rage driver
Callaway Steelhead 3 wood
Callaway Steelhead Plus 5 wood
Maxfli Revolution irons
Cleveland BeCu Gap and Sand Wedges
Oddessy White Hot Putter

I like my driver a lot. The ball just seems to shoot off the club face. The putter is inconsistent but I think that is the user more than the club. The irons are great if you are swinging well but if you are not quite on, then they let you know. If I had a grand to put into clubs, I would probably get the Cleveland Launcher fairway woods and a new set of irons (Ping I3, Mizuno MP30, or Titliest 762s).

TJ

[TheWorm]

Good topic!

My irons (3-GapW) are Henry-Griffitts "Greenbacks"...custom fit w/stiff steel shafts, low kickpoint, 1' upright lie. Love 'em. About 7 yrs old and courtesy of a bonus @ work back then. They were about a grand.

Driver is a Cobra 350SS titanium, graphite stiff. Best club in the bag for me (275ish with an occassional 290+), always in play. About 2 yrs old and I hit *everything* on the range before buying this one.

3w is an old Yonex300 graphite head, graphite stiff. Decent but a good 15 yrs old so technologically obsolete. Still works. Had the matching 7w at one time, but the head flew off and landed on someones roof (never found). 230 neighborhood with an occassional flyer to 250+. Consistently straight but not an easy one to hit off the deck.

Just got an Adams rescue club (18 deg IIRC; steel stiff) that I hit 215-230 depending. Was supposed to replace the 7w or 3iron or both. Having a helluva time getting a groove with this one; hit perfect before I bought it (tried the Nike and TM rescues @ the same time).

Sand wedge is a Ping (love it) and lob wedge is a Titleist Vokey (hated it at first but after a lesson it finally works properly). Putter's an Oddy Rossie Blade. Nice but I screwed around w/the new Nike putter @ the store the other day and it was calling my name.

No, I don't have ALL the clubs in the bag at the same time -- I play by the rules...including winter rules year-round.

Balls right now are the Maxfli M3 tours. Love 'em. Clearance @ $20/dozen. Used to play Titleist Tour Balata, then Titleist Professionals, then Maxfli Revolution (original), the Max A10, now the M3. www.golfballs.com has good deals, especially on logo overruns, but their inventory has been very weak for the past couple of months.

My latest addition(s) to the collection (aside from the Adams rescue) are a new Ogio Bag which I really like. It's a cart bag and hangs off the back @ a 45 degree angle. Neat design. The other is a Bushnell Rangefinder (YaragePro TourXL) which replaced an older one that croaked.

I am committed to buying my way to a better game. Currently an 8.5 hcp...had a hot month in April: 77, 79, 79, 79, 80 that brought it down from 10.x. Hacked my way to a 93 and 89 most recently

With $1k to burn:
new Nike Putter ($200ish)
new 3 wood, probably the Cobra to match my driver ($200 ish)
more ammo ($20/dozen)

I guess I'd add the rescue club (2i/3i replacement type) and the new bag to the list since they're both just a few weeks old ($100 and $200 respectively, though they were on sale @ $69 and $160).

Wow - that grand went fast!

[GoCards]

Has anyone else on this forum joined GolfServ?

http://www.golfserv.com.

It is the best site I have found so far to keep track of your scores and pertinent information about your rounds. I track everything from my game and this is a good site to be able to store it. You can compare rounds or compare groupings of rounds. Just this year, they got an affiliation so that they can provide official USGA handicaps also.

TJ

[rhcraig]

Callaway 1, 3, 5, 7 woods
Ping Eye-2 4-9 irons, sand & lob wedges
Titleist Vokey 58 degree wedge
TPA (old) putter
Titleist NXT Tour balls

Deep Woods Off for black flies, etc.

[RipRocK]

Wow, cool thread!

Driver: Mizuno T-Zoid Titanium Forged Driver. 9*, UST ProForce 65 Gold stiff. Predecessor to the Blue Rage model. I've tried out some of the newer models with those gargantuan heads, but just don't like them.

3W: Adams Tight Lies ST. 13*, True Temper Dynamic Gold S300.

2i - PW: KZG Forged Blades. TT Dynamic Gold S400. (Used to play with Mizuno MP-4's, but was showing its age. So, I put them up on eBay and luckily was sold enough for a set of KZG blades. I love these blades. Miura foundry (http://www.miuragolf.com/shop_blade.asp) makes these blades for KZG. I just wish they'd come out with a lefthanded model for their ZO (Zero Offset) line.

SW: Mizuno T-Zoid Comp EZ. Stock shaft/grip, which ended up being TT Dynamic Gold S300/Tour Velvet anyway

Putter: Wilson Tour Special I Forged. Ping putter grip. I bought this little gem from a roadside mini-golf place about 5 years ago for $5! It's a blade style putter you don't see around anymore.

The swingweight on all my clubs is D5, right from the driver through SW, save for my putter, which is D6. Except for the putter, they all have Golf Pride Tour Velvet on them.

I'm actually fairly happy with my set. None of the newer drivers and irons impress me much. It's the archer, not the arrow, anyway But if i had a grand to spend on golf, I'd probably spend it on some quality instruction at one of those resort type of schools.

[TheWorm]

Originally posted by RipRocK
...But if i had a grand to spend on golf, I'd probably spend it on some quality instruction at one of those resort type of schools.

There is your answer right there! Unless your gear is woefully out of date, that's a great one!

Come to think of it, I used to get brochures for all of 'em on a regular basis...haven't seen one in the past few years. Still subscribe to Golf Something and Golf Somethingelse magazines but maybe they're not sharing the mailing list anymore.

[desertpilot]

Ping 1, 3, 5 woods
Ping Eye 3-9 irons
Ping sand & wedge
Ping putter
Maxfli or Titleist balls

For 1K budget:
I'll start with upgrading the woods to Ping Ti/ carbon fiber Si3 then Ping G2 putter and the leftover Ping G2 irons.

I really need to upgrade to the new models but maybe after I finish my Pilot upgrades first.

[kaigoss]

2 - PW: Wilson Gear Effect 1200. Had these for 18 years now and would not want to trade them for anything!!!

Driver: Bazooka (da Bomb)

Putter: Ping answer

[borg]

I couldnt agree more about the value of taking golf lessons to help maintain the proper techniques & eliminate any bad habits I tend to aqcuire over the season (about 4 months compared to year round golfing for TheWorm). I'm actually taking lessons again this year, not at a fancy resort mind you but the head pro at this course I go to is pretty good, his rates are reasonable too. I signed up for 4 one hr lesson package which I can take at any time during the season, I've had one hour lesson so far & it has already benefitted my game.

I'ts 6 AM, beautiful day.......gonna head ou to play some golf.

[davemac]

Driver:Cleveland Launcher 400cc 9.5 degree
3wood:Cleveland Launcher 15 degree titanium
irons: Callaway Big Bertha 3-9 with rifle shaft
wedges: Cleveland 588 gunmetal wedges, 47 & 60 degree
Cleveland CG01 wedges 52 & 56 degree
putter:Odyssey 2 ball
ball: Titleist Pro V1x

[RipRocK]

Originally posted by borg
I couldnt agree more about the value of taking golf lessons to help maintain the proper techniques & eliminate any bad habits I tend to aqcuire over the season (about 4 months compared to year round golfing for TheWorm). I'm actually taking lessons again this year, not at a fancy resort mind you but the head pro at this course I go to is pretty good, his rates are reasonable too. I signed up for 4 one hr lesson package which I can take at any time during the season, I've had one hour lesson so far & it has already benefitted my game.

I'ts 6 AM, beautiful day.......gonna head ou to play some golf.

You lucky buzzard! Have a good round!

[LNewmark]

driver, 3 & 5 wood: Ping TiSi TEC
irons: Cleveland TA7
balls: NXT Tour

I had the Cleveland irons custom fitted - they put a 3 degree lie on them. Cleveland does this at no charge! I really believe it makes a difference in the way I contact the ball.

[borg]

Originally posted by RipRocK

You lucky buzzard! Have a good round!

Thanks RipRock, I had a pretty good day except when I had to switch to 3W on the back 9 'cuz my driver just wasnt doing it for me.

Hey, maybe we can hook up for a round of golf someday...better yet, perhaps we can do a Piloteer foursome with Mikey Likes It & regrus......hmmmmmm, whaddya think?

[elduderino]

Hogan Edge forged blades; 2 iron through E wedge; Apex 4 shafts; D4 swingweight. My sand wedge is the same, but with D9 swingweight. Golf Pride Tour Wraps. I've been playing with these for over 10 years. They're not the easiest to hit, but I've grown accustomed to them through the years.

Woods are Callaway Big Bertha Warbird driver with 11 degrees loft and Callaway RCH 96 shaft in firm flex. The loft is a little too high as 9 degrees would be better with my swing, but I bought this from a friend on the cheap. Golf Pride Tour Wrap grip. 3 wood is a Taylor Made System 2 with 14 degrees loft, TT Dynamic Gold S300 steel shaft and D1 swing weight. My 5 wood is the same but with 21 degrees loft. All with Golf Pride Tour Wrap grips (what else.)

My putter is a Ping Zing 2 putter with the original grip.

I play with Titleist Professional and Maxfli Revolution (I stocked up on both when a golf warehouse was having a closeout sale.)

My grand would go towards a new set of Hogan Apex irons and a new set of Taylor Made R500 series woods.