Login  | |
|
Best Golf Club Purchase Ever? - 05/23/12 10:14:13 AM
|
|
|
Rory
Posts: 10,000+
Joined: 12/13/01
From: Château de Pigfart
Status: offline
|
After I post this, I will start another thread titled "Best Golf Accessory Purchase Ever"?
But first....what was the single best golf club (or in the case of irons or wedges) the best set you ever bought?...A real game changer for you? The club or clubs that turned your game around?
For me?
While I went thru many of the evolutions of golf (i.e. bigger heads, MOI, square.....etc)...
The best club I ever bought, that changed my game, is my handmade Olympia putter by Tom Slighter.
I gave him the specs in 2005, it arrived a month later and I have never looked back.
_____________________________
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Best Golf Club Purchase Ever? - 05/23/12 10:47:40 AM
|
|
|
Darrell_KC
Posts: 1297
Joined: 04/15/04
From: Shawnee, Kansas
Status: offline
|
My strength is ball striking, Ive owned quite a few iron sets but painfully, truthfully, i will admit that i could switch between any and not notice much difference. For me, the best purchase was my YES putter I bought last year. It ended up taking lessons for me to figure out i had some bad alignment habits, but determined to have a nice putter I went to Golfsmith and literally spent 90 minutes trying every kind of putter they had, different grips, etc. I discovered i can yank a 300 dollar putter just as much as the 30 dollar grab bag special. The YES putter was the only one I found that felt good in my hands, gave me a consistent roll and its taken shots right off my card.
_____________________________
In the Bag:
BOM 10.5* / Proforce V2 HMOI (s)
Oxygen HT 2 iron / Apollo Hump (s)
Silver Diamond T6 3-LW / Apollo Hump (s)
YES! Tracy putter
Bridgestone e6
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Best Golf Club Purchase Ever? - 05/23/12 11:04:55 AM
|
|
|
sfhubbard
Posts: 2274
Joined: 08/12/07
Status: online
|
Putter for me too.
I grabbed a PennEagle Palisade about 5 years ago. I don't know if it's the putter itself or the fact that it's the first putter that fit me. But I roll the ball on target and at the right speed with that thing. Used to be honestly 40 putts per round routinely. That putter was an overnight change to about 35.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Best Golf Club Purchase Ever? - 05/23/12 3:26:01 PM
|
|
|
MulliganMan
Posts: 8113
Joined: 05/14/05
From: Cary, NC
Status: offline
|
Probably the Calloway ERC Fusion driver (legal version), Ping Craz-E putter, Ping Eye 2 irons, and Ping Zing 2 irons. I also have a Ping Anser (Phoenix) that I bought in 1974 that still sees some playing time.
I'm not using any of the above clubs at the moment, but the only ones that don't see occasional playing time are the Ping Eye 2's and that's because they were stolen. As you can see it's very difficult to choose just one purchase and I have left several out that are probably right up there with the ones I have mentioned.
_____________________________
"If you want to know the truth, everything you need is inside you"
Jimmy Bowskill
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Best Golf Club Purchase Ever? - 05/23/12 5:12:44 PM
|
|
|
Toulon
Posts: 3175
Joined: 11/01/09
Status: offline
|
Pearl Golf/Feel Golf 10* Malibu Woody Driver. I could never hit a driver consistently well until this club joined the bag. It has a different launch angle than a regular driver and works like a 5 wood for me off the tee.
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Best Golf Club Purchase Ever? - 05/23/12 5:59:53 PM
|
|
|
LBlack14
Posts: 10,000+
Joined: 01/24/07
From: Born and raised in Cincy, now live in Mason, Ohio
Status: offline
|
I've given up the search I think and maybe the game itself too.
_____________________________
ADAMS F11 9.5* Matrix Ozik X-con 6.1
ADAMS Idea Tech A4 3w & 5w Matrix Ozik 70
TAYLORMADE '09 Recue TP 22* RSVS8
WILSON STAFF Ci11 4-GW TT TX105
SONARTEC t46 EC 52*& 56* DGS300
YES! Natalie
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Best Golf Club Purchase Ever? - 05/23/12 6:06:22 PM
|
|
|
KMFA_00
Posts: 1209
Joined: 09/13/10
Status: offline
|
Callaway Fusion Wide Sole irons.
I always struggled with my irons, even short irons. I was able to hit these pretty well (even the mids) from the first time I picked them up.
I still use hybrids because I like them, but the Fusion Wide Soles were a game changer for me.
_____________________________
Bobby Jones Ultra Light 10.5* GD G40
PING G25 4w, 7w TFC
PING G25 4h TFC
PING G15 5-pw AWT w/Cushin
Cleveland 588 RTX CB 50*, 54*
PING Scottsdale TR Tatum
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Best Golf Club Purchase Ever? - 05/23/12 6:07:46 PM
|
|
|
wenog
Posts: 1180
Joined: 05/06/09
Status: offline
|
What's going on LB....That doesn't sound good....
w
quote:
ORIGINAL: LBlack14
I've given up the search I think and maybe the game itself too.
_____________________________
Ping O-Blade 85029
|
|
|
|
|
RE: Best Golf Club Purchase Ever? - 05/23/12 8:39:27 PM
|
|
|
shinny45
Posts: 1141
Joined: 11/19/05
From: NC by way of Ohio
Status: offline
|
Ive posted this before, but I will again . In the 90's I picked up a 19* QSII out of a grab bag at a local course. Took me awhile, but when my game got a little better, this club has never been replaced. Off the tee, off the turf, whatever. The distance is awesome. Ive tried to replace it, but it aint happenin! Ive even snapped the shaft that was in it, replaced it, and the magic is still there. I have 2 more in backup,,,just in case.
|
|
|
|
|
Support our Sponsors:
MyClubMaker.com - Shop everyone then shop us. We guarantee we will meet or beat any price.
My Ostrich Golf - When it comes to golf, we don't have our heads in the sand!
ActiveGolf.com - Book tee times online at top courses around the country.
Value Golf - Selling you components at rock bottom prices.
Solid Rock Golf - Building your game on a solid foundation.
Infiniti Golf - The best fit for your game.
|
Printable Version
Facebook 
Twitter