I have to come clean... to the GolfWRX Community...

[HeadonaStick]

Well, here is my summer update.

 

I am playing a set of Callaway Steelhead XR's. Stock regular flex shafts. I have not even thought about touching the ugly sticks since I picked them up almost a year ago, so perhaps it is the end of an era. :shok:

 

There is also a Fusion driver set to 12.5° draw, a X2Hot 3 wood and a Cleveland 19° Launcher "Magic 5-wood." Yes, the same Magic 5-wood that was in the bag in 2014. The Launcher is shafted with a senior flex shaft and for some reason it is just magic for me. Everything else is shafted with regular flex.

 

Cleveland CG15 wedges in 50° and 56° are in the bag.

 

Finally, I am currently playing an Odyssey O-Works 7 at 34" with the heavier 20g weights installed.

 

Coming up for the summer, a new pair of wedges and I am seriously looking at the EXO putter - although I like the heavier feel of the O-Works so I may not be able to go with the EXO.

 

Still have the Pingzunos in the back-up bag, but I suspect they may never see the course again...

 

Pictures coming soon - as soon as it stops raining long enough to snap a few. Of course, everyone has seen what standard Callaways and Cleveland clubs look like but I'll post them anyway because, well, everyone does it.

[andrieddle]

Take the pingzunos out for 1 last victory lap?

[HeadonaStick]

Take the pingzunos out for 1 last victory lap?

They may hit the course one or two more times... we play some crazy games from time to time. They may be perfect for our "Red Bomber" game where we play from the front (red) tees. That is a holiday tradition and vintage-ish clubs would be perfect.

[HeadonaStick]

By the way, here are my balls...

 

 

[rwl]

GolfWRX please bring this thread back on an automatic 6 mth rotation. True genius should be appreciated on an ongoing basis. Besides it's kind of like watching a train wreck, terrifying but you can't stop!

[HeadonaStick]

PS: Being the club ho that I (still) am, I broke down and picked up the EXO today. Won't help my putting, but it looks amazing.

 

So add that to my "what's in the bag."

[KCCO]

Will never find those non-conforming slots you don’t want to call “grooves” on a newer set, so may want to keep that in mind;)

[Stonewalled]

Thanks for the giggle Sticky.

 

Your thread as reminded me too take my Eye 2 copies, Tour model 111's out for a go. Playing like crap, maybe the old girls are just what i need.

 

Thanks again for the nudge.

[bamagolf]

These are Eye 2s in disguise.

[HeadonaStick]

These are Eye 2s in disguise.

Sure... and that Fiero kit car is a Ferrari in disguise...

 

[Bigmean]

Awesome thread!

 

But I can't Wrap my head around this one thing, walmart actually sold mizuno golf clubs?

 

I think the move is to hand stamp "grain flow forged" on them to get them. That will shut up the Disney elitist crowd!

[HeadonaStick]

Awesome thread!

 

But I can't Wrap my head around this one thing, walmart actually sold mizuno golf clubs?

 

I think the move is to hand stamp "grain flow forged" on them to get them. That will shut up the Disney elitist crowd!

 

I'm not sure these are really Mizunos... I think they are sort of the Bizzaro world version of Tiger's "Miura forged Nikes."

[Stonewalled]

These are Eye 2s in disguise.

Sure... and that Fiero kit car is a Ferrari in disguise...

 

 

That is flipping hilarious. Think i will stick with my Eye 2 clones.

[Golfer from MO]

Legendary post!

 

[ruffellprefley]

love love love when this thread comes back around

[larryd3]

Absolutely outstanding and funny as hell. Laughed so hard I was crying. Definitely worth the read. Made my night!!!!

[Frisco Kid]

Honestly I think you’d clean up hustling guys at the course with those things...

[HeadonaStick]

Well, I have to have my left shoulder repaired. I have a tradition that when I come back from a shoulder repair I get a new set of clubs (yeah, I know I've only done it once, but with only two shoulders it doesn't take much to start a tradition.) Any suggestions on what to put in the bag when I come back? Looking at at least a 12 week layoff.

 

Tomorrow will be my last round until after the repair and the repair sucks, so I need something to look forward to... maybe I'll just pull the Mizunos out of storage for my first round back. I haven't played them for a while...

[95124hacker]

Pick up a used set of Cleveland VAS

[HeadonaStick]

> @95124hacker said:

> Pick up a used set of Cleveland VAS

 

Now that's be something different. I just saw a set at my local Play it Again too... not sure I want to take on another set of "challenged" irons though.

[NoFancyUsername.]

Ping beryllium copper, and square groove them.

[HeadonaStick]

On 4/14/2019 at 7:14 AM, NoFancyUsername. said:

Ping beryllium copper, and square groove them.

I bought a set.

They are in the BST already.

There is something wrong with me...

[BallerNate]

On 12/24/2008 at 8:47 AM, HeadonaStick said:

Please, don't be too hard on me.

I'm shallow. I'm not the club ho I appear to be... all the irons over the past two years have been because I'm a shallow, shallow man.

These:

Are the clubs I can't get out of my bag. They are ugly. So ugly that everytime I pull a club I throw up just a little. I absolutely HATE (hate, hate, hate) the shape of the heads. The paint has not worn off, I think it has just evaporated due to old age. The stainless steel is actually rusting! I have no idea what the shaft is, but I'm quite sure they aren't something to brag about like a set of ultra cool KBS Tours or even nice Project X's. And if those are grooves, then I'm a monkey's uncle.

These came from Wal*Mart before the turn of the century (the last one, I think, but it could have been the turn before). They are a Ping knockoff, but unlike my putter, they knocked off an ugly Ping.

My Uncle played them before me. I got them when his mid-life crisis was over. I've had them in the bag for 8 years? Nine years? I put a set of blades into play for 1/2 a season when I started (because they looked better) but they were brutally unforgiving.

Let me apologize ahead of time, but sometimes strong language is called for: I hate these f-ers, and I hate the fact I can hit any damn shot I want with ease. Look at them. They should hit nothing but high lobs. They should have hot spots and be inconsistent distance wise. There shouldn't be a bit of spin on the ball due to serious lack of grooves - but I can make the ball stand up and bark like a dog with the 8, 9 and wedge.

No matter, I can call up a knockdown punch, I high soft landing, cuts are my specialty but I can even draw the ball with these.

Look at the insane amount of offset. Hell, the face is in a different zipcode than the shaft! These should be able to hit nothing but high hooky shots.

I shoot mid 70's with these. I have not been able to break 85 consistently with any other club. Only two sets even came close the versatility these ugly mother f-ers provide. Naturally, I didn't hang onto those either.

The only thing I do is make sure they have good grips on them:



I can't bring myself to put these in the WIB. They're embarrassing.

I want these butt-ugly, ancient, cheap a** copies out of my bag. Their ugliness is an ambarrassment to me, and club junkies everywhere.

I feel like I'm living a double life - Internet club junkie with good taste and real life ugly club master. Sort of like the guy with the model's picture in his wallet but the two bagger at home (you know, so ugly she has to have a bag on her head and you have one on yours in case hers breaks).

So there you go. I'm shallow and hate ugly. I have ugly sticks. I can't get rid of them, and I'm not really a club ho, just a desperate, shallow man who really wants snazzy clubs to show off, but no amount of cash (and beatings by the wife) have solved my problem.

The only fun these ever provided me was once, at Disney, some a** clown took a look at my bag and made some comment about my "high-tech Mizunos" and I kicked his a** all over the course. Sadly, the pleasure lasted only until the next round with these aesthetically retarded clubs.

Help me, please.

OMG….Bahaha!!! Thank you so much for bringing this thread back…I needed a good laugh!! 🤣🤣🤣

[HeadonaStick]

Okay, it is time to update my WITB... coming soon, NORMAL golf clubs 🙂

[iNeedMoreGolf]

I gotta say. Id rather pull a beatiful club i duff over and over then play a nasty club i hit in the hole everytime lol

[NoFancyUsername.]

5 hours ago, HeadonaStick said:

Okay, it is time to update my WITB... coming soon, NORMAL golf clubs 🙂

This is better than Paige in a g-string...then again.......................

[jomatty]

What a great thread!  My suggestion is a Viking funeral for the Pingzunos.  Full funeral pyre floating in the pond in front of 17…

[Interocetor]

Incredible thread. Glad it's still alive haha

[BYK]

Now this is a thread revival worth a read.

[miles2go]

These are now considered “vintage and rare” 🤣

 

The offset on that pitching wedge would make me cross-eyed.