In honour of the new "WITB Time Machine", what's your WITB from 5 and 10 years ago?

....and more importantly, has your handicap improved with your newest bag?

10 years ago:

Driver -- Cobra Speed Pro S with V2 66 OR Wilson Spine with V2 HMOI 66 (won the spine in a contest and it was actually pretty good!)

Fairways -- Cobra Speed Pro 15 & 18 with V2 76

Hybrid -- Nike Sumo2 20 and 23 with v2 86H

Irons -- depending on the time of year I went sort of rapid fire after stupidly selling my beloved MacGregor NVG2 Mids with DGSL s300, then went Adams A4 with the same shafts and hated them, and then went to Ping G15 with stock AWT stiff, and then reshafted the Pings with GAT 95 graphite and finally settled on that I think for a season or two in late 2009 or early 2010.

Wedges -- Likely Vokey Spin Milled Oil Cans, but it might have been a brief affair with the Sonartec T35 that I inevitably got rid of quite quickly.

Putter -- Ping i-Series 1/2 Craz-E Belly still probably the best putter I ever used.

5 years ago:

Driver -- Ping G30 LS Tec with stock Tour 65

Fairway -- Tour Edge Exotics XCG 16.5 with Stock Aldila DVS 75

Hybrid -- Callaway X-Hot 19* with Stock 75 stiff

Irons -- Nike Vapor Pro Combo 4-A with stock DG Pro 120

Wedges -- Nike VR Pro Forged Oil Can (the original) 56, 60, I might have just made the switch over to the Nike Engage's (which I loathed in comparison to the VR).

Putter -- Depending on the time of year it might have been the Odyssey Metal X Milled #7, the Ping Anser 0 Milled, or some forgotten thing.

No, my handicap hasn't changed at all. Still firmly in the high single, low double range --- floating between 8 and 11. Go figure, I should really stop wasting money on new clubs.

Well let’s see if we can give this a go. I had a 7 year hiatus from the game and just got back into it 5 years ago. Handicap back in the day was probably 20+ but I had a crazy slice that I couldn’t tame. Here’s what I had then.

driver- Callaway FTI (yes the ugly square one)

3 wood- ??

hybrids- taylormade rescue 3 and 4

irons- callaway x20

wedges- Vokey spin mill oil can

putter- ping anser redwood

5 years ago was when I was just getting back into so was still about a 20 or so cap but the slice was tamed and scores started dropping

driver- ping g30 sf tec

3 wood- ping g30

hybrids- cobra amp cell 3 and 4

irons- ping g20

wedges- vokey spin mill oil cans

putter- Nike ignite ?? (No idea of model name)

since then everything is fitted and I’ve been addicted to the game. Cap is floating around 7 and slowly dropping.

10 years ago bag:

driver: SMT Encore 9*, AJ Tech ZTour 90 X

3 wood: Trimetal Plus 14*, DG-SL X100

2-PW: Mizuno MS-11

wedges: Mizuno Pro 52*, Ram Troon Grind 58*

putter: Snake Eyes Viper Tour Sv1

5 years ago:

driver: Adams Fast 12 LS, Motore F1 75 S

3w: a cast of several, maybe R11s, Aldila NV85 X

2-PW: Ram TG-898, Precision 6.5

wedges: Scratch 8620 53* and Ram 1982 Commemorative 58*

putter: Snake Eyes Viper Tour Sv1

Forgot to mention hdcp.... I was about a 7 to 8 index in 2009, and I'm about a 7 to 8 at the end of 2019. I dropped to a 5-6 in 2012 and 2013, and have largely bounced between 6 and 8 over the last 11 years.

10 Years Ago:

Driver: Titleist 909D3 with stock VooDoo stiff

Fairway: Sonartec NP 99 15* with Alidila NV 75 stiff

Irons: Taylormade 2009 Tour Preferred 3-PW with Dynamic Gold S300

Wedges: Taylormade RAC Black TP 52-56-60 with stock shafts S300's?

Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 2 or Scotty Cameron Pro Platinum Newport 2 Mil Spec or Odyssey Rossie II (I switched every couple rounds back then)

5 Years Ago:

Driver: Nike VRS Tour Covert with Fujikura Tour Spec 60 x-stiff

Fairway: Nike Covert with Matrix HD6 stiff

Irons: Titleist 712 mb with Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S300?

Wedges: Vokey SM4 52-56-60 with stock S300

Putter: Scotty Cameron Pro Platinum Newport 2 Mil Spec or Scotty Cameron Futura X

My handicap has improved over the last few years. Hover around scratch depending on the streak. But that's from playing smarter, not really any better.

10 years ago I was 13, and my clubs were Callaway X22 knockoffs from china complete with Hyper X 1-3-5 woods

5 years ago I had TM burner plus irons in 4-A, my Stan Thompson PW, a callaway x 60° wedge, a dunlop solution hybrid, a Razr 15° 3w and rotated a TM R580 with a Hibore.

Today I have 2 sets of regular playing irons, Hogan Apex '99 and '03. Each set has it's own bag and the woods and such are different;

99'- 2014 Big Bertha Alpha, same Razr 3w, same dunlop solution, and Macgregor VIP black forged wedges.

'03- TM R15, W/S fybrid 3/5w, TEE XCG5 19° hybrid, and mizuno wedges.

Putters before the one in sig were non-descript... maybe cougar?

I'm a 6.9 cap now. When I was playing 10 years ago I didn't keep a cap, but if I did I would have been closer to a 20.

I don't recall completely what I had in the bag 10 years ago, but I'll bet it's pretty close to what I have in my signature...

My bag from when I was around 15 stayed the same right thru till the last couple years when I've gotten serious about the game. It was as follows..

TM R580 10.5 with a 35g reg flex grafalloy shaft

Goliath 3 wood 15* stock shaft

TNT Gold irons 3-PW

60* Powerbilt walmart model wedge

Bullseye flange putter

And yes my play is greatly improved but much more a result of practice and playing often!

5 years ago:-

Taylormade R11 driver

Same mizuno MX700 5 wood

Same Taylormade rescue dual hybrid

Same Ping G25 irons 4-UW

Cleveland wedges (can't remember which model right now, they're in the loft!)

Same Scotty Fastback 2014 that has snuck back in my bag for winter.

10 Years ago:-

Possibly my Taylormade R7 Superquad driver

R7 Ti 3 wood

Same Taylormade rescue dual hybrid

Ping G10 irons 4-UW

Cleveland 900 wedges

Scotty 2008 Newport 2 - the only club I should not have sold

Turns out I keep some of my clubs too long :S

This is me from 5 years ago

Driver - 913D3

Fairway Wood - 910F

Irons - 712U 3 iron & 714AP2 4 to PW

Wedges - SM5 52, 56 and 60

Putter - Scotty GoLo S5

No pictures from 10 years ago but that would have been

Driver - 909D3

Fairway Wood - 904F (with a steel X100 shaft...what was I thinking).

Irons - Original AP2

Wedges - Vokey’s of some kind but genuinely not sure

Putter - Scotty Select Newport 1.5

Looking at this picture, I still for the life of me cannot understand why the standard tour bag seems to be 9.5 instead of 10.5 these days. So much more space in my old tour bag.

5 years ago:

Driver: TaylorMade R9 Superdeep

3 Wood: Tour Edge Exotics CB2

2I: Mizuno MP Fli-Hi

3-PW: Nike VR Pro Blades

Wedges: Nike VR Pro

Putter: Scotty Cameron IBDD

10 years ago:

Driver: Nike SQ Tour

3 Wood: Tour Edge Exotics CB2

2I; Nike Pro Combo Utility

3-PW: Nike Pro Combo

Wedges: Callaway X-Forged

Putter: Scotty Cameron IBDD

10 Yrs Ago:

Scotty Studio stainless Newport, red baby T grip 34 inch (still have)

Titleist 735CM Project X 6.0 (sold to a friend)

10.5 905R - Titleist Speeder S (Still have this club)

906 F 3 wood w/ Speeder Motore S

Adams Idea pro 2 Hybrid w/ VS Proto (still have and bag on occasion)

Vokey 252.08 Chrome, 456.12 Chrome and Oil Can 60 degree

5 yrs ago

913 D3 Speeder 757s Flex (sold)

913 F2 13.5 Diamana Blue 72+ s (collecting dust)

913 F2 19 Diamana Blue 72+ s (still my gamer)

Mizuno MP4 DG S300 (traded in for MP25s)

rota of vokey wedges

OG Studio design 1, 34 inch

I actually had the same bag 5 and 10 years ago with exception of the driver. I started really getting into equipment at the start of 2018 and probably gone through about 50 clubs since, ha.

Driver: Taylormade R540 then replaced by the Nike Machspeed Black (Round)

3 wood: TaylorMade Burner TI

4/5 wood: Some older one that said "Spoon" on it that was given to me by my uncle. Loved hitting that thing.

Irons: Mizuno MX-19 Hemi Cogs 4-PW

Wedges: Cleveland CG-14

Putter: Odyssey White Hot #1

I no longer own any of these clubs except the Mizuno MX-19 4 iron. Man those things were clunksters. I am currently gaming baby blades and its funny setting the 4 irons next to each other. Safe to say my ball striking has improved over the years.

Well this will have to be an approximation since every year i'll flip a few things.....But here we go. My handicap has fluctuated from +1 to 2.5 for the past 10 years at no real consistent intervals. Some years have just been better than others

5yrs ago:

Ping Anser Driver, Titleist 915 3-wood, Titleist 910hybrid, Mizuno JPX825, Mizuno Wedges

10yrs ago

Ping Rapture / Rapture V2, Ping G10 , Ping I10 , Titleist wedges (vokeys, whatever they were)

R510 TP, Steelhead III, Sonartech MD, Ping i3+ Blades, Cleveland RTG 53-58, SC Catalina 2

10 Years Ago

Driver: Callaway FT-9 iMix

Fairway: TaylorMade V-Steel 13

Hybrid: TaylorMade Rescue TP 18 deg

Irons: TaylorMade TP MB Smoke 3-PW

Wedge: TaylorMade rac TP 54

Wedge: Vokey Spin Milled 60.04

Putter: Scotty Cameron Button Back Newport 2

5 years ago

Driver: TaylorMade SLDR 430

Fairway: TaylorMade V-Steel 13

Hybrid: TaylorMade RBZ Stage 2 Tour 3 Hybrid

Irons: TaylorMade RocketBladez Tour 3-PW

Wedges: TaylorMade Tour Proto ATV 54, 58

Putter: TaylorMade Ghost Spider S

10 years ago...

Driver: Bridgestone J33 P Matrix Ozik TP6

3 Wood and 5 Wood: Bridgestone J33 Matrix Ozik TP7

Irons: 3-PW Bridgestone J36 MB True Temper Tour Concept

Wedges: Bridgestone West Coast Design 54* & 60* True Temper Tour Concept

Putter: Odyssey Tour iX #9

5 Years ago...

Driver: Callaway Big Bertha Alpha Matrix Ozik Code 6

3 & 5 Wood: Callaway Big Bertha Matrix Ozik Code 7

Irons: 3-PW Callaway Apex MB Project X

Wedges: Callaway Mack Daddy 2 Tour Grind 54* & 60* Project X

Putter: Odyssey Tour iX #9

Now...

Driver: Ping G410 Plus Oban Tour Limited

3 Wood: Ping G410 LST Oban Kiyoshi Purple

3 & 4 Utility Irons: Totleist U500 Oban Kiyoshi Purple Tour Reserve

Irons: 5-9 Titleist 620 MB Oban CT 125

Wedges: Vokey SM7 47* Oban CT 125, 51*, 55*, and 59* Shimada Tour Wedge Black

Putter: Taylor Made Spider X

This took a lot of thought. Ten years was a long time ago, and I had to think where I was working to figure out what I was playing. So, 10 years ago, my bag had the following: Titleist 907 D2 with Fujikura Z Com 6, stiff. Sonartec SS-03 14* with stock shaft, stiff. Ben Hogan CFT hybrid 2 and 3 with Apex 4 steel shafts. Ben Hogan 2003 Apex 4-E with Apex 4 shafts. Cleveland 900 54* (std bounce) and 60* (low bounce), both raw finish. Scotty Cameron Circa 62 #3, charcoal mist finish (carbon steel with a finish that still is intact!).

Moving up to 5 years ago, I had a very similar set: Titleist 910 F3 9.5, Ilima stiff shaft. Titleist Fd 13.5* with Ilima stiff shaft. Same hybrids and same irons. Cleveland CG12 54* with black pearl finish and Cleveland 588 PF 60* tour chrome, both mid bounce but special (personal, c-shape) grind on 60*. Same putter.

Been through a lot of clubs since then, though. 917 D3 9.5* with BB-5, stiff; 917 F2 16.5* with Matrix Ozik white tie, stiff; Hogan CFT19* from before and 818 H1 21* with Tensei Blue, stiff; short 'affair' with Mizuno split set MP 54 4 and 5 and MP 15 6-P with KBS C-Taper Lite, stiff, then Titleist 716 AP2 5-P, W with NS Pro 105T, stiff (occasionally a 716 T-MB 5 with NS Pro 105T, stiff). Vokey SM7 54.08 M grind, 60.12 D grind (ground closer to the M grind),all with NS Pro 105T, stiff; all with brushed steel finish and custom stamping.

Now TS3 9.5* with Tensei Blue, stiff; TS2 16.5 with Tensei Blue, stiff; same 818 H1 21* (set at 20*) and TS2 23* with Tensei Blue, stiff; T100 5-P with DG 105, stiff. Added a Vokey 50.08 F grind to the other SM7 wedges.

Putters have been from PING Karsten, Anser 5; Scotty Cameron Studio Select 2.7 (rescued from used club bin), and now Scotty Cameron Phantom 6STR. 

Handicap has gone upward from maybe 6.8 to 10.0. Age, injuries/illness, lack of play/practice time are all factors here. It's not due to the equipment (I hope)

I think what you are to Taylor Made, I am to Titleist.

Pretty short for me: most of the 5/10 bag was identical, along with the Titleist carry bag :)

Irons: Ping Eye2+ BeCU

Putter: Ping Anser 2

Only change would have been driver/hybrid, GBB -> XHot, and a Xhot2 Hybrid for the first time 5y ago

Ten years ago:

Driver: Titleist 909d3

3 Wood: Titleist

Irons: 2 thru PW Mizuno MP32

Wedges: Mizuno 56 and 60

Putter: Yes! Tracy

Five years ago:

Driver: Titleist 913d3

3 wood: Titleist

Irons: 2 iron Mizuno MP-h4

3 iron Mizuno MP53

4-PW Mizuno MP69

Wedges: Titleist 52 and 58

Putter: Yes! Tracy

And the putter is still in the bag today!

If we go back 15 years, you'd see my Titleist phase. lol

I've ho'd so much stuff, I don't remember.

10 years ago

King Cobra Oversized 3-PW

Taylormade RAC Black 54 & 60 degree wedges

Taylormade R7 driver

Taylormade Burner

Callaway Steelhead 5 wood

Cleveland hybrid

Odyssey White Ice putter

5 years ago

Mizuno MP 64 (4-7) MP 4 (8-PW)

Mizuno MP T4 54 & 60 degree wedges

Taylormade R1 Black driver

Titleist 913 3 and 5 wood

Titleist 913 Hd hybrid

Scotty Cameron Select Newport 2 Black Mist

10 yrs ago: (kinda foggy)

Driver: Ping Ti-ISI Tec or Adams Speedline

irons: Wilson K-28

Putter: Ping Anser 3

5 yrs ago:

Driver: TM Rocketballz (gen 1) - stock stiff shaft

3 wood: TM R9 - stock Fuji Motore stiff shaft

Hybrid: Nickent 3D

Irons: Cleveland CG Red - DG S300

Wedges: Cleveland CG12 52* and CG14 56*

Putter: Ping Anser 3

My current 2nd bag could easily be a 5-10 yr old bag too: Ping Anser driver, R9 3w, Nickent Arc blades (3-GW), and that same Anser 3

Actually honestly I think golf carts have gotten narrower in the bag area. And now days unless you have a SUV or pick up the trunk areas on vehicles have gotten smaller especially on import cars. No more trunks big enough to put Jimmy Hoffa and 6 of his closest associates in. Yep I still have 4 or 5 10.5 staff bags

10 years ago

Driver-- Hathaway V-4 Creation Tour Only stiff

3 wood--- Callaway Steel Head 3+ 13* UST Pro Force 65 Gold Stiff

7 Wood TM V-Steel UST Pro Gold 65 Stiff

Irons 3 thru PW 1980 Macgregor VIP S-300

SW- Cleveland 588 56*

LW-- Scratch JLM/EGG 60*

Putter Ping Zing 2

5 years ago the same

NOTE---- The Mac VIPs in my signature are not the same ones I played 10 years ago because I wore those slap out. The ones now are a set that were pristine sent to me by 3 conspiring great WRX members and I rebuilt them to suit me. Today what is in my signature

2014 bag:

Ping i20 AD-DI 7x, RBZ 14.5 Diamana BB 83x, Ping S55 X100, 588 RTG Custom Shops, 009

2009 bag:

TM Superquad 282 Lime Ozik F7M2 LTD, Adams 4060 Diamana 83x, R9 B X100, raw Vokey TVDs, 009

R7 quad

Nike SQ 3w

tm rescue

x-22 irons

cg10 56

ping anser mgbr

Ten years ago (really 10.5 years, I was in process of complete bag changeout to R-flex)
Air Zevo 9.5* driver (stiff)Tour Edge Bazooka Beta Ti 3W and 5W (stiff)Pro Tour Black irons, 3-PW + SW + LW (component irons: Ping Eye2 clones w/ TrueT Dynalite S300 shafts)Ping Pal putter (circa 1973!)Five years ago
Callaway RazrFit 9.5* driver (Rflex)Tour Edge Exotics XRail 4W and 7WCallaway X20 Tour 4i-PW (PX 5.0 Rifle Flighted shafts)(occasional Adams V4.4H in place of 4i)Cleveland CG14 wedges: 50-54-58Ping B60 Scottsdale Putter 34"
As per @BIG STU on golf carts and trunks of cars: GolfWRX Warning... Do not buy a sedan unless you do the bag test. The mouth of the trunk should be big enough to accept a golf bag. Golfer should not have to spin it around in the air and half turn it upside down to load it up. The 46" driver shafts are among culprits; also I had to trim 3" off my alignment sticks!
How difficult it is to live in the first world!