What's In The Bag..???

[SteveT]

Golf clubs can be tools or toys. We've all gone through that phase thinking that new clubs have some secret technology incorporated in them that last years clubs don't have, and the promises of the OEMs will rescue our swing. Eventually we realize that new clubs will not fix old faults, and we settle on a set or two of clubs that we must make work or else we're failures.

I have two sets of clubs; one set for serious play and the other is a set of 'refresh' clubs that I play when my main clubs seem to go stale because I've lost my "feeel" for them..!!!

My serious clubs are a set of perimeter weighted clubs and my refresh set are true forged blades, but they are quite short from heel-to-toe requiring accurate striking or else you pay a dear price. They are unforgiving and make you work! I refresh about once a month and when I return to my forgiving perimeter set they behave nicely and my accuracy returns.

Here's my arsenal of main clubs:

10.5º Driver
12º Two-wood
15º Three-wood
17º Four-wood
21º Five-wood
23º Seven-wood
3 & 5 Hybrids
1 to 9 Irons
W/G/S/L Wedges
Anser-style Putter
Cashin-style Putter
8802-style Putter

My refresh set is from 2 to 9-iron plus three wedges. The perimeter set has 20 clubs and 3 putters; and I pick the 14 clubs I need for play. Of course, I don't ever carry the 1 to 4 irons, I just own them for satisfaction.

All shafts are 1" - 1 1/4" over standard length and my hybrids, irons and wedges are 2º upright.

What golf tools are in your bag?

 

[OLIVER1]

Steve
Not to threadjack but how long do you use the forged before you drift back to the perimeter weighted?
Do you keep going till you start buttoning the forged, or do you feel just a little time will give you the feeel boost to hop back to the perimeters?
R9 irons KBS 3-pw TM 52 & 56
Rocketballs driver x
R11 3 wood x
TM 2 hybrid s
All 2 degrees up and 1" over
TM ghost 32"

 

[SteveT]

O1 .... How long do I use my true forged blade irons to 'refresh' my swing before I return to my perimeter clubs? It depends how badly off kilter I feeel... it could be only one session in my hitting room, or it could be several rounds over several days.

It's like an enema... they clear me out really clean and when I return to my main clubs it's like being reborn...!!! (Occasionally, I must revert back to the muscle-back blades if I've prematurely gone back to my perimeter clubs... for more flushing out!!)

Is it physiological or is it psychological or is it a mix of both...???


Ooooh ... and nice new clubs in your bag... and how long did you have your previous set?

 

[softconsult]

Refresh set? Talk about introducing more variables to a game already overflowing with variables. I don't get it, but if it works, then it's fine.
Driver Titleist 910 D3 8.5 to 10 degrees, RIP 60 stiff, 44.5"
3 Wood Titleist 910 F 13.5 to 15 degrees, UST ProforceV2 86 gram stiff shaft
3 hybrid Titleist 910 H 21 degrees Fujikura something heavy weight stiff shaft
Irons 4 - W Ping S56 White dot AWT Stiff shaft +1" and bent 1 degree strong
Wedges Ping Tour S 50 deg. Yellow dot +1", 56 bent to 55 Yellow dot + 1", 60 Yellow dot + 1"
Putter - Edel Standard custom fit and built.

 

[SteveT]

Refresh set? Talk about introducing more variables to a game already overflowing with variables. I don't get it, but if it works, then it's fine.
...............

Surely you've heard the story about golfers struggling with their new putters and then going back to their old putter and their putting stroke and touch are rejuvenated??

I do it with clubs perhaps because my golfswing is not as secure and consistent as yours, having started golf in my 40s and not having the golfswing hard wired into my n-m system like those who started golf in their childhood. An extreme change of club styles forces me to rejig my golfswing on a conscious basis, and when I do that I struggle to normalize it which takes a few hours in the hitting room before I venture out on the course with them. The extra n-m workout seems to refresh my swing, and when I return to the forgiving perimeter weighted clubs it's like a pleasant relief.

That looks like new model Titleist and Ping clubs. How quickly can you adapt to a change of clubheads and graphite shafts?

 

[dschultz6072]

driver ping g15 9* s-flex tfc
3w nike sq 15* s-flex axivcore
3-4 hybrid adams a7 r-flex axivcore (from my first set, have to dial back when i hit these or i hook them pretty good)
5-pw adams a4 forged s300
50/55/60 vokeys
ping anser 2

everything is 20 degrees upright and fake.

 

[SteveT]

............ everything is 20 degrees upright and fake.

Hope you didn't have to cut back on the baby's food to pay for those beauties....

 

[willimatic]

Cleveland Classic 290 10.5 Kusala Black 72X
Srixon Z Star 3 metal Kusala Black 83X
Cleveland Hybrid 2i
Srixon I-701 Tour irons 3-PW KBS Shafts
Cleveland 588 wedges 54 & 60
PING Answer putter - Just got a cleveland classic putter I will be testing.

 

[mjstrong]

Callaway
FT-9 Driver 9.5*
Razr Fit 15*
Diablo Edge 21*
X-Forged 4-Pw, bent 1* weak, std-ish lies, Project X 6.0, std. length
Forged Wedges, bent 2* weak - 48, 54, 60*
PM style ProType blade putter

 

[gep]

Well this is an old guy set

ping g15 10.5 stiff tfc
ping g20 4 metal stiff tfc
ping I20 20degree (3iron) hybrid stiff tfc
ping craz-e putter
ping 4 - pw S56 blue lie KBS stiff soft stepped
ping 50 - 54 and 60 kbs stiff tour s wedges blk lie

 

[softconsult]

That looks like new model Titleist and Ping clubs. How quickly can you adapt to a change of clubheads and graphite shafts?

Irons, two or three rounds and a bunch of ball beating sessions. Not a big deal. Not sure what you mean by adapting to graphite shafts.
The irons shafts are steel.

 

[Jared Willerson]

D = Callaway Razr Tour 10.5* Aldila RIP (soon to be replaced)
3w = Callaway diablo Tour 15* Axiv core black s 79
4w = Sonartec SS03 16* Axiv core black s 89
3H = Titleist 585H 20* Mitsubishi Rayon Javln x 90
3-6irons = Scratch EZ 1 KBS Tour x (soft stepped)
7-9 irons = Scratch AR 1 KBS Tour x (soft stepped)
PW = Scratch SB 1 KBS Tour x
53 = Scratch 8620 KBS Tour DS Grinds Toe Relief, Trailing Edge
58 = Scratch 8620 KBS Tour DS Grind Max Heel / Toe Relief, Trailing Edge

 

[mgranato]

Driver - currently testing head/shafts for this season
14.5* 3w - currently testing head/shafts this season
21* Hy - Cleveland Mashie tour version
4-PW - currently testing heads, KBS C-Taper X
52, 56, 60 - currently testing heads/shafts for this season
Putter - custom made Byron Morgan 365 grm Anser style head with long neck.
Ball - currently testing for this season
Tees - CNC milled from endangered Honduran mahogany, tour issued
Shoes - Adidas since 1990
Socks - tour issued, hand knitted specifically for each foot
Shorts - hand woven silk from tour grown free range silk worms
Shirts - currently testing for this season
Hats - TBD, but tour issue
Sunscreen - baby oil
Underwear - cashmere vented compression boxers, tour issued
Finger tape - hospital grade
Prescription contacts - dustproof military grade

 

[finncox]

Gamer Set

Driver -- Titleist 910 D3 9.5, Project X Stiff
3-Wood -- Titleist 910 D3 F, 14.25 degrees, Project X Stiff
Hybrid -- Titleist 910 D3 H, 18.25 degrees, Diamana Stiff

3-Hybrid -- Wishon 331H, 20 degrees, Stiff
4-8i -- Wishon 555C, Wishon S2S Steel Stiff
9 & PW -- Wishon 555M, Wishon S2S Steel Stiff
54 & 60 -- Wishon PCF Micro Tour, Wishon S2S Steel Stiff

Putter -- Ping Anser Redwood, 34 Inches

Extra Set on Order:

4-PW -- Wishon 870 Ti, Wishon Stepless Steel Stiff
54 & 60 -- Wishon Micro Groove, Wishon Stepless Steel Stiff

 

[SteveT]

Interesting list of weapons, particularly mgranato's detailed list of clubs, clothes and contents. The only thing missing is Oakleys and a glock 19... but who knows what's in the pockets of his carry(?) bag.

Btw... with his environmental contributions maybe he should change his name from "mgranato" to "mgreeneto"....

Otherwise, everybody (except me) seem to be sporting the latest driver models with exotic shafts.... hmmmf

 

[Erik_K]

Love the tees made from endangered mahogany.

Driver - currently testing head/shafts for this season
14.5* 3w - currently testing head/shafts this season
21* Hy - Cleveland Mashie tour version
4-PW - currently testing heads, KBS C-Taper X
52, 56, 60 - currently testing heads/shafts for this season
Putter - custom made Byron Morgan 365 grm Anser style head with long neck.
Ball - currently testing for this season
Tees - CNC milled from endangered Honduran mahogany, tour issued
Shoes - Adidas since 1990
Socks - tour issued, hand knitted specifically for each foot
Shorts - hand woven silk from tour grown free range silk worms
Shirts - currently testing for this season
Hats - TBD, but tour issue
Sunscreen - baby oil
Underwear - cashmere vented compression boxers, tour issued
Finger tape - hospital grade
Prescription contacts - dustproof military grade

 

[finncox]

Driver - currently testing head/shafts for this season
14.5* 3w - currently testing head/shafts this season
21* Hy - Cleveland Mashie tour version
4-PW - currently testing heads, KBS C-Taper X
52, 56, 60 - currently testing heads/shafts for this season
Putter - custom made Byron Morgan 365 grm Anser style head with long neck.
Ball - currently testing for this season
Tees - CNC milled from endangered Honduran mahogany, tour issued
Shoes - Adidas since 1990
Socks - tour issued, hand knitted specifically for each foot
Shorts - hand woven silk from tour grown free range silk worms
Shirts - currently testing for this season
Hats - TBD, but tour issue
Sunscreen - baby oil
Underwear - cashmere vented compression boxers, tour issued
Finger tape - hospital grade
Prescription contacts - dustproof military grade

LMFAO.....always on point, sir...always on point.

 

[magicmarker]

Driver -- TM R9 10.5* set to neutral with 60g aldila stiff shaft and a few strips of lead tape on the bottom of the clubhead
3 wood-- TM R9 15* set to neutral with 70 g fujikura stiff shaft
2 hybrid- Adams 18* Idea Pro tour prototype aldila voodoo stiff shaft
4-PW -- Mizuno MP-57 irons DG s300
52* with 12* bounce and 56* with 14* bounce wedges are callaway x-forged copper finish
58* titleist vokey wedge with 12* of bounce and M grind nickel finish
putter-- scotty cameron newport 2
srixon q-star golf ball, but I'm still bitter nike stopped making the one platinums

 

[bcoak]

Wishon 949 Driver
Wishon 919 Driver
Wishon 949 3 wood
Wishon 915 5 wood
3-4 Wishon 775 hybrids
5-pw Wishon 560's
G-L Wishon Micro Groove HM wedges
Putter - various including Wishon Smooth, Piretti, Blue Goose

 

[finncox]

Wishon 949 Driver
Wishon 919 Driver
Wishon 949 3 wood
Wishon 915 5 wood
3-4 Wishon 775 hybrids
5-pw Wishon 560's
G-L Wishon Micro Groove HM wedges
Putter - various including Wishon Smooth, Piretti, Blue Goose

Wishon makes some great products, doesn't he?