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BY06518 said:
I just got the Taylormade P760s with a Nippon modus 130G steel shaft love the irons have been hitting them on the trackman and seeing good results.

Irons: I would absolutely get fitted makes such a difference in your game. The Taylormade P790s are amazing and the face is extraordinarily hot. Let the fitter fit you so don't have any biases coming in see what the numbers say.

Woods: I am getting fitted in few weeks will probably go with the Taylormade M5 or M6 driver 9 degree with an orange tensi shaft and fairway woods switching out my Titleist 913 driver and fairway woods. Others in the running the Cobra F9, Titleist TS2 or TS3, or the Ping G410. There is a new company called dollar driver club where you can lease the driver for $30 bucks a month. dollardriverclub.com

I would get fitted for the driver then subscribe for the driver.

Wedges: Get the Ping Glide wedges such a great feeling wedge. Again get fitted so important.
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When I hit the lottery I might do this too.
 
Looking at the p7TWs only issue is you can’t get them fitted.
 
Chin Diesel said:
Hated to say this until about 5 years ago, but.....


You really should take the time to get fitted for clubs. The days of walking in to a sporting goods store or golf store and having the option of steel or graphite shafts with stiff or regular flex are long gone.

There are literally hundreds of combinations of shafts, lofts, and everything else that will make the club work as much as possible with your swing.

I am confident a good club fitting can easily shave 5 strokes off your score if you say 90-100 is the norm.

And you don't have to spend an arm and a leg for a set.

As for composition.

Driver? Yes.

3 AND 5 wood? No. I'd go with a 15 degree or so lofted 3-wood and get a 19-21 degree hybrid.

Irons? Very few sets come with 3-irons any more. Many don't even have 4-irons. Get what you like.

I play with four wedges- A pitching wedge (44 degree), an attack wedge (50 degree), and a 56 and 60 degree wedge.
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100% right on getting fitted. Makes a huge difference. Way more so than which clubs you pick.
 
Tuna said:
If you go to get fitted, try out Mizuno JPX’s. If you like them I have a set of 850s that has been used for 2 rounds and 2 range sessions that I’ve been meaning to sell but haven’t out of pure laziness. Would part with them cheaper than you’ll find anywhere else.
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I play Mizuno JPX 900 Hot Metals. Love them. Have always played Mizuno. Got fitted and had them bent for me - super consistent throughout the whole set.
 
As to driver fitting - I must have hit 7 different drivers when I got fitted about a month ago. Went to Golf Galaxy - tried a whole bunch of head/shaft combinations. Ended up with the Callaway Epic Flash - for my swing it reduced the spin. And the head/shaft combination they didn't have in the store to buy so they ordered it and adjusted it for me when it came in. Good experience.
 
Get fitted . If you are short there is a good chance that your clubhead is not laying flat and the toe is raised,This limits your sweet spot and impacts accuracy.
i rarely miss hit since i purchased custom made clubs,
 
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Appreciate the great advice on getting fitted, makes a lot of sense.
 
mauconnfan said:
Yeah good call here Chin. I am the same way on the wedges. 5-60 degree. Driver, 3 hybrids no fairway. 17,22,25 degree hybrids and the Twist Face.

I have never been fitted and probably should but happy with my game. I try the stuff at Golfers Warehouse or alike then go on EBay or my buddy (an EBay seller big $$$'s) and get what I want. The deals on EBay allow me to try fairway woods, hybrids even irons to see if I can improve. I have plenty "like new" because I'm hooked LOL.
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Just need an eight iron and a putter.
 
As I've gotten older, I gone down to 3 wedges because I dont hit the ball as far and I feel this gives me more options further back. Very comfortable using a pitching wedge further in. I suspect further down the road it will be down to two.
 
Also - it doesn't cost anything to get fitted - so there is really no excuse not to.
 
good advice here on club fitting, but don't forget the other necessary fittings too. first, ya gotta get the hat thing right

and finally, don't forget getting fitted for a straightjacket cuz, you know, you can spend 2 hours and 59 minutes doing everything absolutely perfect, then whammo! it all can go so horribly wrong, and then you gotta pay up. ugh, hours of thinking 'im getting paid, yesiree' becomes 'where's my wallet' in literally one second.
 
J187Money said:
Also - it doesn't cost anything to get fitted - so there is really no excuse not to.
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That is true...but the free fittings at Chris Cote and Golf Galaxy to me are not as good because one most the fitters don't know what they are talking about they fit based off numbers rather than swing type. I would rather pay for the fitting from Greenwich golf or downtown golf get the have the specs and look on ebay or through the company directly.
 
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LIuconn said:
loft + swing speed + angle of attack + contact quality will dictate how far a ball will fly (and how much it will spin on the green).

are you trying to cover a bunker to a tight pin? hit something to take 2 hops and stop?

it all depends on what you're trying to accomplish.
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My ball takes two hops and stops, also. Then I take a step forward and hit it again. That's why we love the game, right? I agree on a fitting being a good thing. I live in Chicago but the name Chris Cote comes up in a lot of golf magazines when they mention club fitters. I went to Club Champion last April and while I love my clubs the price was very high. I would only recommend Club Champion to lower handicaps or someone who will not experience sticker shock. I just set up a golf trip with my HS buddies so I'm fired up for the golf season.
 
BY06518 said:
That is true...but the free fittings at Chris Cote and Golf Galaxy to me are not as good because one most the fitters don't know what they are talking about they fit based off numbers rather than swing type. I would rather pay for the fitting from Greenwich golf or downtown golf get the have the specs and look on ebay or through the company directly.
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If I was a single digit handicapper I would probably do the same. But for a mid-teens or higher I think the free fittings are probably fine. I also feel good about my GG guy (Milford) since he has been there for years and seems pretty sharp. It might not be the same at other chain stores or locations.
 
J187Money said:
If I was a single digit handicapper I would probably do the same. But for a mid-teens or higher I think the free fittings are probably fine. I also feel good about my GG guy (Milford) since he has been there for years and seems pretty sharp. It might not be the same at other chain stores or locations.
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I understand my experiences at both places were awful. I also think if you want to invest your time into fitting having someone who isn't pressuring you to buy right then there but allows you to credit the fitting towards the purchase is such a bonus. Other people have different experiences so I am glad it worked there for you.
 
QDOG5 said:
My ball takes two hops and stops, also. Then I take a step forward and hit it again. That's why we love the game, right? I agree on a fitting being a good thing. I live in Chicago but the name Chris Cote comes up in a lot of golf magazines when they mention club fitters. I went to Club Champion last April and while I love my clubs the price was very high. I would only recommend Club Champion to lower handicaps or someone who will not experience sticker shock. I just set up a golf trip with my HS buddies so I'm fired up for the golf season.
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A huge variable on the stopping power of wedges on greens is the ball you play. Spin rates on short shots vary way more than spin rates off the tee. Pretty much every ball is low spin off the tee now. Very little consumer demand for a higher spin ball on tee shots to work the ball left or right. Most golfers lack that skill and end up with hooks and slices. Long and straight is the mantra off the tee.

Urethane covered balls get real grippy on the face of a wedge and spin much higher than surlyn covered balls. Compression doesn't matter as much on the short shots. Unfortunately the urethane covered balls are at the high end of the price range for golf balls.

I played the Titleist NXT Tour for a few years until Titleist discontinued it. I recently tried a direct to consumer company, Cut Golf and their 4-piece Blue. It played real nice across my clubs- drivers, irons, around the green and putting. $24/dz including shipping. Vice and Snell golf make direct to consumer balls but are a bit pricier. The Kirkland Signature, aka K-Sig, has a big following too.

EDIT:

Here's a spin rate graph to show how balls performed on a 50-yard pitch test from Golf Digest.

Spin the wheel: Hot List ball spin chart shows how short shots separate price categories - Golf Digest

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I just picked up 4 dozen of the Kirkland Signature balls. I'm a frequent Costco visitor and had never come across them at my store. Lo and behold there they were right at the entrance. They came 2 dozen to a pack for $24. There was a two pack limit. So, I bought a two pack took them to my car and went back and bought two more. I have never heard of cut blue but they performed well on the test. I'll have to pick some up. I wonder why the Kirkland ball didn't get tested.
 
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QDOG5 said:
I just picked up 4 dozen of the Kirkland Signature balls. I'm a frequent Costco visitor and had never come across them at my store. Lo and behold there they were right at the entrance. They came 2 dozen to a pack for $24. There was a two pack limit. So, I bought a two pack took them to my car and went back and bought two more. I have never heard of cut blue but they performed well on the test. I'll have to pick some up. I wonder why the Kirkland ball didn't get tested.
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I'm not sure why K Sigs weren't mentioned. Here's a video I came across yesterday. It's a bit long at 17 minutes but they do a Cut Blue vs. Srixon Z-Star XV. Shows how technology can pick up on all the characteristics of a golf ball. They do mention K Sig a few times in the video.

 
BY06518 said:
I understand my experiences at both places were awful. I also think if you want to invest your time into fitting having someone who isn't pressuring you to buy right then there but allows you to credit the fitting towards the purchase is such a bonus. Other people have different experiences so I am glad it worked there for you.
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Never had any pressure - then again I've always gone in with the intent to purchase so there was no need to...
 
Try to get fitted or at least have a launch monitor handy to know your numbers. I'm in the market for a new driver as the technology is changed enough to replace my 915D2 so I'm going to get fitted at Club Champion.

My Mizuno MP5's will stay in my bag for a long time. I love 'em but I don't play or practice enough to keep a 3 iron in the bag. Few amateurs have the swing speed to hit them consistently. I picked up a couple of Mizuno CLK hybrids (3 and 4) last year and I'm thinking about taking out the 3 hybrid and play an extra wedge this year.
 
jibsey said:
I want to get 1 more set so I want high quality. I know there are a million choices but my game would be 90-100 depending on course difficulty and tightness. Also need a new bag. Where is the best place to buy? Thinking driver, 3 and 5 wood, irons pitching wedge. Taylor made? Degree of loft? Material for shaft?
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Not sure what the quality is like nowadays, but the best set of clubs I ever owned was a set of Ben Hogan irons and woods that l bought 45 years ago and still use on occasion to this day.
 
I bought a set of Wilson D350's w/ steel shafts. Very forgiving club and reasonably priced. Got fitted for them and had some super aggressive grips put on because I dont care to wear a glove. So far so good.
 
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Chin Diesel said:
I'm not sure why K Sigs weren't mentioned. Here's a video I came across yesterday. It's a bit long at 17 minutes but they do a Cut Blue vs. Srixon Z-Star XV. Shows how technology can pick up on all the characteristics of a golf ball. They do mention K Sig a few times in the video.

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Good video. Guy hits his 6 iron 200-210. Just like me! I think I'll buy some Cut 4 piece balls in addition to the K Sigs I bought. Well made golf balls for under $25 a dozen is fantastic. And buying them online means I won't have to go to the PGA store to buy balls. It always seems I end up buying some hideous golf apparel from the 50% off rack that I bring home and the wife insists I return immediately. It's a vicious circle.
 
minidarren said:
I bought a set of Wilson D350's w/ steel shafts. Very forgiving club and reasonably priced. Got fitted for them and had some super aggressive grips put on because I dont care to wear a glove. So far so good.
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"I dont care to wear a glove"
You, me and Fred Couples.
 
QDOG5 said:
I just picked up 4 dozen of the Kirkland Signature balls. I'm a frequent Costco visitor and had never come across them at my store. Lo and behold there they were right at the entrance. They came 2 dozen to a pack for $24. There was a two pack limit. So, I bought a two pack took them to my car and went back and bought two more. I have never heard of cut blue but they performed well on the test. I'll have to pick some up. I wonder why the Kirkland ball didn't get tested.
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Here you go.


 
Danzz said:
"I dont care to wear a glove"
You, me and Fred Couples.
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I'm done having kids so I wear two gloves.

Over the winter I decided to keep gloves on while putting. I can have a tendency to death grip the blade and the gloves seemed to give me the feel of a sturdier grip.

I have no idea if I'll be able to keep it up during spring and summer with the higher temps.
 
J187Money said:
As to driver fitting - I must have hit 7 different drivers when I got fitted about a month ago. Went to Golf Galaxy - tried a whole bunch of head/shaft combinations. Ended up with the Callaway Epic Flash - for my swing it reduced the spin. And the head/shaft combination they didn't have in the store to buy so they ordered it and adjusted it for me when it came in. Good experience.
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Just bought new driver and a couple hybrids - much better experience at golf galaxy than golfer' s warehouse. Maybe it is being female - golf galaxy had better selection and better service. They fitted the clubs to me and my swing, no extra charge - definately improved my game.
 
Chin Diesel said:
I'm done having kids so I wear two gloves.

Over the winter I decided to keep gloves on while putting. I can have a tendency to death grip the blade and the gloves seemed to give me the feel of a sturdier grip.

I have no idea if I'll be able to keep it up during spring and summer with the higher temps.
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Meh, I always leave it on. Too tight to take on and off.
 
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