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As we are all equipment junkies would love to hear about some of the worst/most expensive equipment purchases that failed to live up to the hype, or you just didn’t get on with.

 

Driver = Callaway Smoke-Ai Max-D 

3 wood = Callaway Smoke-Ai Max HL

3 Hybrid = Taylormade Stealth Pro
Irons = 4-PW Miura KM 700
Gap Wedge = Miura HB 50*

Sand Wedge = Taylormade MG3 TW 56*

Putter = LAB DF3

Ball = TP5x v’s Chrome Tour 

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Cameron Newport 2. Hated it.

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Club Champion Custom Callaway AI Smoke 11*, Aldila Ascent 40 Gram, A Flex

Srixon F45 4-wood, 17*, Kuro Kage 606 S
TXG Custom  SIM Max 7-wood, Accra FX 140 2.0 M2

TXG Custom Cobra Tech 5-hybrid, KBS TGI 75 R
TXG Custom PXG 0211 6-pw, 1* upright, Recoil E460 R
PXG 0211 GW, 50*, (new version), UST Recoil Dart R
TXG Custom Cleveland CBX 54*, Tour Issue DG Spinner 115 

Ping Glide 4.0 58*, Nippon 115 
TXG Custom Cobra Nova, KBS CT Tour Shaft

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Modus 105. Did a "fitting" in sense of trying a number of shafts in demo head at range. Made mistake of having whole set change instead of just experimenting on one club in bag. Shaft ended up being unplayable for me.....don't know if it was weight or flex feeling looser than my KBS tour hardstepped. reinstalled KBS and sold modus on eBay for $200 but still ended being expensive round trip.

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TM Stealth Plus 10.5 Ventus TR Velocore Red 5

Ping G425 Max 5 FW 17.5 Ventus Velocore Red 7

Srixon ZX MKII 3UT MMT 95

Callaway X Forged CB 21' 4-PW Modus 120

Yururi Tataki 52.5, 56.5 and 60.5 DG S200
Ping Anser 2
MCC +4 Grips
Kirkland Performance+ Ball

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Every hybrid I bought.

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Callaway AI Smoke 10.5°(9.5°) - GD Tour AD IZ 5

Taylormade SIM2 TI 3W 15°(14°) - GD Tour AD DI 6 

Taylormade SIM2 TI 5W 19°(18°) - GD Tour AD UB 7

Mizuno Pro 245 HMP (4-pw) - DG120 S300

Vokey SM8 52°(50°) F Grind

Vokey SM8 56° M Grind

Vokey SM9 60° T Grind

Odyssey WH OG #7 Nano - Stroke Lab 3GEN Red

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> @JD3 said:

> Modus 105. Did a "fitting" in sense of trying a number of shafts in demo head at range. Made mistake of having whole set change instead of just experimenting on one club in bag. Shaft ended up being unplayable for me.....don't know if it was weight or flex feeling looser than my KBS tour hardstepped. reinstalled KBS and sold modus on eBay for $200 but still ended being expensive round trip.

 

I'm looking at trying the 105 shafts soon, but because it's such a drastic change from the shafts I normally use, I'm definitely going to try it first in one iron only. Your tale serves as a good caution for me.

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> @craz-e said:

> As we are all equipment junkies would love to hear about some of the worst/most expensive equipment purchases that failed to live up to the hype, or you just didn’t get on with.

>

 

Sadly, I've come to the conclusion that going back to blades (MP-18s that i'm currently playing) not only put a huge dent in my wallet, it has hurt my game as far as scoring/handicap goes. I love the look/feel of them, but I don't think I'm quite good enough to play them anymore. Just got fitted for a new set of more forgiving irons......I hope I'm not needing to revisit this thread to update that THIS is now my worst/most expensive equipment mistake!

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> @"Crazy About Golf" said:

> > @craz-e said:

> > As we are all equipment junkies would love to hear about some of the worst/most expensive equipment purchases that failed to live up to the hype, or you just didn’t get on with.

> >

>

> Sadly, I've come to the conclusion that going back to blades (MP-18s that i'm currently playing) not only put a huge dent in my wallet, it has hurt my game as far as scoring/handicap goes. I love the look/feel of them, but I don't think I'm quite good enough to play them anymore. Just got fitted for a new set of more forgiving irons......I hope I'm not needing to revisit this thread to update that THIS is now my worst/most expensive equipment mistake!

 

Go with the MMCs! A great players iron with pretty good forgiveness.

----> See my current WITB
Callaway Rogue Sub Zero 9°, Fujikura VENTUS Red 6 X
Callaway Epic Flash Sub Zero 15° Tensei AV Blue 75 X
Callaway Epic Flash Sub Zero 18° Tensei AV Blue 75 X
Mizuno MP-18 MMC 3 Fli-Hi | 4-PW, Project X LZ 6.5
Mizuno T7 52-09 | 58-12
TaylorMade TP Mullen
 

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Last year I purchased a brand new Callaway Rogue 3w off the rack for $300 on a whim thinking I might go all Callaway with a matching driver and 5w, too.

 

Long story short, I didn't and never quite loved the 3w so I eventually sold it for a big loss.

 

Really dumb impulsive mistake.

 

 

TSR3 (9o) (Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-6)
TSR2+ (14.5o 3w) (Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-7)

TSR2 (21o 7w) (Graphite Design Tour AD IZ-7)

zU85 (4-6) (UST Recoil)
Z-Forged (7-Gw) (Nippon Modus3)

SM9 56-F / 60-S
Maltby PTM-5CS

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TM R1. Bought it used. Horrible feel, couldn't hit it to save my life since it was a a few degrees more upright than standard and my downswing plane is a little on the flat side. Got rid of it in 2 weeks for the same price I paid for it thankfully.

10.5 deg Titleist 905R with stock UST Proforce V2 Shaft (Stiff flex)
Titleist 990 (3-PW) with stock Dynamic Gold in S300
Taylormade V-Steel 5W & 3W with Grafalloy Prolaunch Red shafts (Regular Flex)
2011 Adams Tom Watson signature wedges in 52 and 56 degrees with stock steel shafts (Player's Grind)
Rife Island Series Aruba Blade Putter

 

"Loft for loft, length for length, and shaft for shaft, the ball will go the same distance when hit on the sweet spot regardless how old the iron."

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Mine isn't clubs but getting a camera to see my swing. Got me chasing certain positions and screwed my swing up for over a year. Haven't been on film since.

TM Sim2 w/ Tensei CK White

TM Sim2 Titanium 15* w/ Diamana Kai'li
TM Sim2 3h w/ AXIVCore Green
TM P790 4i w/ HZRDUS Smoke
TM P7MC 5 - 8 w/ Project X LZ

TM P7MB 9 - PW w/ Project X LZ
TM MG 50 and 55 w/ Project X LZ

TM MG Hi-Toe 60 w/ Project X LZ
TM TP Balboa
TM TP5x Yellow

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Cobra F6 4 wood and hybrid... great looking, great feeling... topped 90% of the shots with then because I could not get comfortable with them.

Driver:    2021 Cobra Rad Speed Peacote 9* w Kuro Kage 60g Silver TiNi Dual-Core Shaft 

Fairway Woods: 2014 Adams Tight Lies 14° 3 Wood w Kuro Kage 65g Shaft tipped 1 inch

                           2015 Adams Tight Lies 22° 7 Wood w Kuro Kage 65g Shaft tipped 1 inch

Irons:  2016 Nike Vapor Fly 4-AW   

 Wedges:  2017 Cleveland CBX 56°& 60°wedge              
Shafts:  Matrix Ozik Program F15 85S Graphite Shafts 4i - 60°

Grips:   Superstroke S-Tech + 2 Wraps
Putter:  Gamer -  2020 Odyssey Stroke Lab 7s Black w Superstroke Claw 1.0 grip at 35in.

             Backup - Custom Built Bastain Milled Prototype w Px 6.0 shaft and Lamkin Deep Etched Cord Grip at 33in.

                           Ball:  Taylor Made 21' Rocketballz            Bag:  Ogio Fuse Whiskey            Glove: MG Dyna-Grip Elite             Current Shoes: True Linkswear Motion phx

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> @cgasucks said:

> TM R1. Bought it used. Horrible feel, couldn't hit it to save my life since it was a a few degrees more upright than standard and my downswing plane is a little on the flat side. Got rid of it in 2 weeks for the same price I paid for it thankfully.

 

Your most expensive mistake is coming out even? Technically breaking a tee is more expensive.

 

I just purchased a full custom set of i210’s (played the S series since 2008), with shafts that are 25 grams lighter than I usually play and swingweights 3 points higher than normal. It’s got great potential to be a very expensive mistake, since the S55’s they are replacing I received from PING free of charge and I loved them. Should be fun.

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Former professional golfer. Current amateur human being.

Driver: PXG 0811X Gen 4 7.5 HZRDUS Smoke iM10 Green 60 TX 45.9" D3

Driver 2: Taylormade Burner Mini 11.5 HZRDUS Smoke Green 70 X D5

Fairway: PXG 0311XF Gen 5 4 Wood; Smoke iM10 Green 70 TX D6

Irons: PXG 0317X; PXG 0311T Gen 5; 5-GW DG 105 X D7

Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM9 56 S Grind;  Cleveland RTX Full Face 64 DG 120 X E0

Putter: PXG Battle Ready Raptor 38” Wristlock Grip

 

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Years ago I made the mistake of buying brand new Callaway Big Bertha irons- the ones that had wider soles in the long irons that resembled a mallet putter. Felt like I was swinging a shovel; those didn't stay in the bag long.

Ben Hogan GS53 9* with UST Helium stiff  & Ben Hogan GS53 16* with UST Helium stiff

Titleist 816 H2 21* with stiff flex Diamana S+ Blue 70  

Ping G400 irons 5-AW with steel AWT shafts

Callaway MD4 Wide sole wedges 54* & 58*

Seemore Nashville One Studio Series

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Bought a 6-9 718 AP2 set on the bay with PXLZ 5.5 shafts for what seemed like a steal. Ordered a new 5 iron to match. Shafts were too soft, bought modus 120x and softstepped them in. Never got comfortable with the clubs after all sorts of tinkering, even put an old PX 6.0 flighted I had from an old set I loved. Sold them and bought JPX 900 tours again. They are ok, but I still think I should have just gone to a real fitting and bought something proper instead of fitting myself and tinkering trying to save money.

Titleist TSI2 9.0 Tensei 1k White 50 TX
Ping G430 Max 3w Ventus Black 7x
Ping G430 19 Hybrid Ventus Blue 8x
Titleist TSI2 4 Hybrid Tenseit White 90x
Titleist T200 5 Iron PX 6.5

Titleist T100S 6-PW PX 6.5

Vokey SM8 49 PX 6.5 SM8 54 PX 6.5
Taylormade Hi toe 60 KBS tour V 115
Toulon Atlanta 35"
 
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Cobra F8 that I paid full retail for because I wanted the milled face.

 

Unfortunately I bought it before the season started and that was the year I changed from playing draw to a fade. Even dialed down the higher loft of the F8 was too much and all I could hit were short, spinny fades. I ended up trading it in towards the 9* F9 at the start of this year.

Ping G430 LST 10.5* : Ventus Red TR 7S

Titleist TSR2 4W : Tensei 1K Black 85-S

Mizuno CLK 19*: Ventus Blue HB-8S

Srixon ZX Utility #4: Nippon Modus3 125-S

Wilson Staff CB 5-PW : Nippon Modus3 125-S

Cleveland Zipcore 50, 54, 58: Nippon Modus3 125-S 

Piretti Potenza 370g : Breakthrough Technology Stability Shaft - 34"

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Titleist TS1 (I'm old and slow) arrived 10 days ago after a Titleist fitting day where it was suggested I could get an extra 10 yds. Played 18 holes at my home club where it proved consistently 15 yds shorter than my Ping G400. It was so clearly shorter that I immediately decided to sell it. Best price I could get (unmarked and as new) was £250 agains a purchase price of £400. Hit it 15 times so it worked out at nearly £17 per strike. First Titleist driver I've owned. I won't be rushing back.

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My most expensive mistake was buying a bettinardi tour putter for like $800 or so...... loved everything about it, except I just could not get along with it being a double bend mallet (this was before many were using slant necks on the mallets). Sold it for like 300 or something like that haha. oiy.....

Forever Changing at this point.......

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Epon limited black 705 with kbs flt matte black shafts and black grips. Was $3500 build and they felt horrible. Think they sold on Ebay for like $1,200. But they sure looked nice.

Ping G410 lst diamana bf
Ping g410lst 3 wood accra tz6
Epic flash 5 wood tensei blue
ping g410 tensei hybrid
Epon 705 5-gw Oban ct115
Callaway MD5 54/58
taylormade my spider 
ping hoofer
tp5x

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