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husky429 said:
I'm uncomfortable admitting how bad I am with a 3 wood, even anonymously on the internet
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To answer q 1. I'm bringing 52 wedge, putter and 6 iron. I like to finish a round having lost no balls.

To the 2nd, im right there with you. My dad is a good golfer and he will always try to teach me how to hit the 3 wood off the fairway. He says "just try it! what do you have to lose?"

Well, alot actually- my bag in the pond, my dignity, 2 strokes, my red Bridgestone ball, confidence in my athletic ability, my self worth, my wife
 
Chin Diesel said:
Yes. There are probably 20-25 clubs a majority of players would choose from.

Want to get in to the weeds, you can probably get to 50 unique clubs.

Driver

2 wood through 9-wood (Tommy Fleetwood is carrying a 9-wood in his bag this week).

Hybrid clubs go from 2-hybrid up to 7 or 8 hybrid.

1-iron through 9-iron.

And about a dozen wedges with different loft numbers. Some go by function- Approach/Attack wedge, pitching Wedge, gap wedge, sand wedge. Some go by loft- 48 degree, 54 degree. Up to 60 degree. There are some gimmicky clubs that go up to 70 degrees or so.

Then there are some chipping irons

Finally, the putter.
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My wife just got a new set of Callaways and she has an 11-wood. Supposed to take the place of a 5/6 iron for her.
 
5h, 8i, 56⁰ wedge

Recently I have been using my hybrid as a chipper, so I suppose I could use it as a putter since it would be the same stroke.
 
3 Hybrid, 7 iron, Vokey wedge. Would put with the hybrid.

There's a guy who plays speed golf for charity at the place where my parents live. He does something like this and runs between shots.
 
Deepster said:
I see it differently.

If you bring a putter, you are very limited on how to use a third of your chosen clubs. I'm curious how the putter folks think they can navigate 18 holes with 2 clubs except for the green and flat fringe just off the green.

I'm golfing today and I'm going to try the hybrid and a 7 iron on the practice green just for kicks.
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You can do an awful lot with a 7 iron by adjusting your swing. Best club in the bag.

I think putting with an iron is pretty doable. The issue that you will have is a lot of near misses on putts you would have made with a putter. I putt with a wedge fairly often when I'm just messing around and find myself far from the cart with a wedge in hand. Its not hard to come close.
 
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I’ve played in a few three club tournaments
Usually did well .
I’m taking a putter . That wedge always costs be 4-5 stokes minimum on a green
Some guys could putt with a wedfev I couldn’t
Also I was known as the master of the Texas Wedge..
You want to get off the tee so a three Wood. Plus I could hit it off the Deck extremely well . Also a 7-8 iron which you could either choke down on or open the face to change the configuration
In AZ sand is a huge deal and you could even configure it for a bunker
 
Half the game is on the green, so a putter. One of my wedges. And, since I suck and can’t hit worth a damn probably some mid iron. Anything longer isn’t going to actually help me.
 
Icehawk said:
Half the game is on the green, so a putter. One of my wedges. And, since I suck and can’t hit worth a damn probably some mid iron. Anything longer isn’t going to actually help me.
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What would you do on a long par 5?
 
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Icehawk said:
Half the game is on the green, so a putter. One of my wedges. And, since I suck and can’t hit worth a damn probably some mid iron. Anything longer isn’t going to actually help me.
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Deepster said:
What would you do on a long par 5?
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What would you consider long? In this scenario, I said I'd dring a hybrid, 6-iron and a wedge. So, I'd go hybrid off the tee, hybrid from the fairway and a wedge on to the green. If I don't catch my hybrid clean off the tee or off the fairway, it's a 6-iron on to the green.

These 2 or 3 club tournies do a mind trick on people because everyone is thinking their opponents have some magical formula. It's a compromised solution for everyone. Par makes a lot of money in these tournies.

My final piece of "advice" for anyone is if you have a club which is your golden ticket, you take that and use your other two clubs to fill in the gaps. You're not going to have three clubs which are perfect for the whole course, but if you have a club you can trust in any situation, always take it.
 

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Chin Diesel said:
What would you consider long? In this scenario, I said I'd dring a hybrid, 6-iron and a wedge. So, I'd go hybrid off the tee, hybrid from the fairway and a wedge on to the green. If I don't catch my hybrid clean off the tee or off the fairway, it's a 6-iron on to the green.

These 2 or 3 club tournies do a mind trick on people because everyone is thinking their opponents have some magical formula. It's a compromised solution for everyone. Par makes a lot of money in these tournies.

My final piece of "advice" for anyone is if you have a club which is your golden ticket, you take that and use your other two clubs to fill in the gaps. You're not going to have three clubs which are perfect for the whole course, but if you have a club you can trust in any situation, always take it.
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I wasn't questioning you with the hybrid. I was questioning bringing a mid iron, wedge and a putter. Even if you hit a 5 iron 180? You're driving with it on long par 5's and sometimes you may have to carry it over trouble/water. Two 5 irons and a wedge are 180+180+110 for 480 which probably does work.
 
Chin Diesel said:
What would you consider long? In this scenario, I said I'd dring a hybrid, 6-iron and a wedge. So, I'd go hybrid off the tee, hybrid from the fairway and a wedge on to the green. If I don't catch my hybrid clean off the tee or off the fairway, it's a 6-iron on to the green.

These 2 or 3 club tournies do a mind trick on people because everyone is thinking their opponents have some magical formula. It's a compromised solution for everyone. Par makes a lot of money in these tournies.

My final piece of "advice" for anyone is if you have a club which is your golden ticket, you take that and use your other two clubs to fill in the gaps. You're not going to have three clubs which are perfect for the whole course, but if you have a club you can trust in any situation, always take it.
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Our mens club does a 6 club tournament in the late fall, and I've found I can actually score as well with only 6. Makes decisions easier sometimes.
 
I imagine most golfers could get away with only seven clubs: driver, fairway wood, two long-mid irons (2 & 4 or 3 & 5), two short irons/wedges (7 & 9 or 8 & PW) and a putter).
 
Deepster said:
I wasn't questioning you with the hybrid. I was questioning bringing a mid iron, wedge and a putter. Even if you hit a 5 iron 180? You're driving with it on long par 5's and sometimes you may have to carry it over trouble/water. Two 5 irons and a wedge are 180+180+110 for 480 which probably does work.
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I don't know, even the mid clubs I play have some 500+ par 5s. I agree with you the shortest "long" club I'd consider is a 3 hybrid for me, maybe a 4 hybrid for younger guys who haven't lost as much distance.

Looked up the local club my friends belong to, Hole #3 is 542. #6 is 502. But there's another problem, that course has 2 200 yard par 3s and one at 220. Short on par 3s could put you in water, or deep rough on a slope, who knows what. I think it's unwise to not have a 200 yard club in the bag unless you're on senior tees.
 
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uconnfan68 said:
Our mens club does a 6 club tournament in the late fall, and I've found I can actually score as well with only 6. Makes decisions easier sometimes.
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FfldCntyFan said:
I imagine most golfers could get away with only seven clubs: driver, fairway wood, two long-mid irons (2 & 4 or 3 & 5), two short irons/wedges (7 & 9 or 8 & PW) and a putter).
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Play a couple of rounds and keep a tally of how many times you use each club. It should be somewhat enlightening.
 
HuskyHawk said:
I don't know, even the mid clubs I play have some 500+ par 5s. I agree with you the shortest "long" club I'd consider is a 3 hybrid for me, maybe a 4 hybrid for younger guys who haven't lost as much distance.

Looked up the local club my friends belong to, Hole #3 is 542. #6 is 502. But there's another problem, that course has 2 200 yard par 3s and one at 220. Short on par 3s could put you in water, or deep rough on a slope, who knows what. I think it's unwise to not have a 200 yard club in the bag unless you're on senior tees.
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You (and others) have hit on the most important point…There’s no one right answer, you need to know the course characteristics and think about what 3 clubs will get you around the course best…

A course with mostly safe tee shots that don’t require 150-175 yard carries over water and/or a course with nice inviting aprons on most/all greens will/should have a different set of 3 clubs than one that is the opposite.

For the former, I’d probably go with something like putter, a 8i/9i, and some kind of comfortable wood based on how I’ve been hitting them.

For the latter, I’d probably go with a Driver, something like a 6i/5i (which I’d putt with), and something in the 9i-gap wedge range
 
Chin Diesel said:
Play a couple of rounds and keep a tally of how many times you use each club. It should be somewhat enlightening.
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I know. I'll wager that for 80% of the rounds they play, most on this board will only use six or seven clubs.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
Play a couple of rounds and keep a tally of how many times you use each club. It should be somewhat enlightening.
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I have couple I’m not totally comfortable with, so they tend to be less used, but I carry 14, and basically use all of them. I could add another (lob wedge) if allowed 15.
 
4 iron
7 iron
9 iron.

Putting with the 4 iron.
 
husky429 said:
I have disparaged golf on here but I actually play all the time.

One of my buddies owns 3 clubs so my whole group (6 of us) have decided to play all the local public courses on Friday over the next couple months. Same 3 clubs at each course.

What are you bringing?

I was thinking 5 wood, 7 iron, putter.
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2 six packs and a sandwich.
 
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