Backup bag contenders?

Thinking about creating a backup bag for my Callaway Apex CF19's. The contenders are the following:

Titleist T200 or T300

Taylormade P790

PXG 0211

What do you think would be a good backup bag iron?

Personally, if I had a backup bag it would likely include a set of irons that are quite different (blades, old clubs, hollow-body distance irons) vs another set in the same general class (GI/SGI for me). But I am a bit different - the only backup clubs I have right now are a couple of wedges with different soles/bounce.

My back up sets are all from my 'oldies but goodies' collection (tho admitidly I don't bother with new equipment anymore). All gear that I've had over the past 15ish years and all bring good memories and have hit good shots (full sets of Ping, TM and Titleist gear). Nice to have a little familiarity at a possible time of searching (swing just not working right) or travel.

Previous Apex lines

I’ve got two “back up” bags, I game TaylorMade MB’s and have a set of 790’s when I want a different feel. Also have a set of Taylormade MC’s with my old driver, wedges and putter when I travel or when friends play with me. I call it my beater set.

@jjfcpa ,

Is your backup bag going to offer a change of pace, or are you looking for a bag of clubs that play similar to your Apex CF19 setup?

My backup bag came about suddenly with TaylorMade stock. It's based around SLDR irons 4-AW, with the Tour Preferred SW and Tour Spin LW, a Burner Driver and a RBZ Stage 2 3W/HL (17*), two vintage Burner rescues and a TM TPA.VIII putter. These all fit into a plain but sturdy blue-and-white TM stand bag I got for $95 at a holiday clearance. I hunted down matching blue-and-white head covers for woods and hybrids from kindly shop owners who had them laying around. These are the Jetspeed-era headcovers that had no club model listed, but were used on three different long club models that year.

Look into Maltby DBM's. I've tried (demo or owned) almost all the current CB/GI irons on the market today and the aforementioned has really impressed me. I bought a set this past winter for my backup bag but now they're currently my gamers. Great feeling and very forgiving, especially on toe mishits.

My backup bags have become my kids clubs. If I want to play something different, I just grab one.

> @Brennanf said:

> My backup bags have become my kids clubs. If I want to play something different, I just grab one.

^^^Some version of this.^^^

The “backup bag” idea gets thrown around here quite a bit, and for the life of me I don’t understand it, other than having an identical set of clubs collecting dust in the closet in the unlikely event that our primary set is lost, stolen, or suffers some sort of catastrophic mechanical breakdown.

On the other hand, having a different/second/alternate set does makes sense, if you just want to have fun playing different clubs on occasion.

> @ChipNRun said:

> @jjfcpa ,

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> Is your backup bag going to offer a change of pace, or are you looking for a bag of clubs that play similar to your Apex CF19 setup?

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> My backup bag came about suddenly with TaylorMade stock. It's based around SLDR irons 4-AW, with the Tour Preferred SW and Tour Spin LW, a Burner Driver and a RBZ Stage 2 3W/HL (17*), two vintage Burner rescues and a TM TPA.VIII putter. These all fit into a plain but sturdy blue-and-white TM stand bag I got for $95 at a holiday clearance. I hunted down matching blue-and-white head covers for woods and hybrids from kindly shop owners who had them laying around. These are the Jetspeed-era headcovers that had no club model listed, but were used on three different long club models that year.

I think I want some similar type of clubs to the Apex CF19's. I would probably use these for out-of-town travel as opposed to taking my regular bag. However, I would probably use it as a comparison set to make sure I'm still getting the most out of my CF19's, so it could change from time-to-time if I wanted to do some experimentation.

> @stryper said:

> > @Brennanf said:

> > My backup bags have become my kids clubs. If I want to play something different, I just grab one.

>

> ^^^Some version of this.^^^

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> The “backup bag” idea gets thrown around here quite a bit, and for the life of me I don’t understand it, other than having an identical set of clubs collecting dust in the closet in the unlikely event that our primary set is lost, stolen, or suffers some sort of catastrophic mechanical breakdown.

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> On the other hand, having a different/second/alternate set does makes sense, if you just want to have fun playing different clubs on occasion.

Definitely look for the latter. Something a little different, but not too drastic, that would allow me to ensure that my primary bag is working for me. Also, the backup would go on travel trips.