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What has helped me with slowing/stopping my gear acquisition problems has been to read through some of the older equipment reviews on the site. The specific cure is seeing all the rave reviews of equipment that came out 5-7 years ago and realizing that there will be another round of new equipment everyone raves about next year, and then the year after. That assures me I don't need to go drop $500 on a driver of $300 on a putter just because I am bored mid-season.

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Yeah but then you're gonna have those brand new wedges sitting there making those G400 irons look like shiat. Better pick up some i500's while you're at it.

Mizuno ST Max 230 10.5 - LinQ Red 6F4

Mizuno ST Max 230 15/18 - LinQ Red 6F4

Mizuno ST Max 230 22 - LinQ Blue 75F4

Mizuno JPX 923 Tour 5-P  DG120 S300

Vokey SM9 50/54/60 - DGS200

Mizuno M-Craft II

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Yeah but then you're gonna have those brand new wedges sitting there making those G400 irons look like shiat. Better pick up some i500's while you're at it.

 

If you give a wrx’er a wedge, he is going to want some irons and a driver to go with it..

 

......and a putter.....

  • Callaway Rogue Draw 10.5*
  • The Perfect Club 21
  • Callaway XROS 64
  • PING Eye 2 BeCu 7 - SW
  • PING Kartsen Craz-E
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I'm in a similar place.

My bag is set perfectly for my home course and i'm playing some of my best golf ever.

 

Then I saw a picture of the JPX 919's and my palms are starting to sweat.

G430 LST 9.0 Ventus TR Red 6s

G430 LST 3 wood Ventus TR Red 7s

Stealth 2 Plus 5 wood Ventus TR Red 8s 

Callaway Apex Pro 3 hybrid Ventus Blue 8s

0311 XP 5 PX LZ 6.5

0311 P 6 P LZ 6.5

0317 T  7-P  PX LZ 6.5

RTX Zipcore  52, 56

PM Grind 60

Lab Link 1 

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What has helped me with slowing/stopping my gear acquisition problems has been to read through some of the older equipment reviews on the site. The specific cure is seeing all the rave reviews of equipment that came out 5-7 years ago and realizing that there will be another round of new equipment everyone raves about next year, and then the year after. That assures me I don't need to go drop $500 on a driver of $300 on a putter just because I am bored mid-season.

 

I particularly like the posts from a year or two back saying, “I can’t imagine this driver ever leaving my bag”, but their profile has a different driver in it now.

M4 Driver
4, 7, 9 woods

5, 6 Adams hybrids
7-GW Maltby irons
54 & 58º Wedges
LAB Mezz.1 box stock
 
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Settled bag, sold all the spares, just me and my 14 clubs. Peace. Calm.

 

A few smug boastful posts to that effect....

 

Then ping introduce a £200 forged wedge and I am thinking of getting two that won't improve my scores and maybe will make them worse

 

Im back.... :(

 

Think I'd get the 60 for everything around the greens - the small head will help in the rough to get to ball and get it up, and the low bounce in tight lies and flops. The bunker? Will need to test it out but I'd have an Glide 2 Stealth ES Grind as a 56.

Father, Wannabe Golfer, Novelist

 

  • Ping G430 Max 9/TPT 19Hi Golf Shaft @45 in. (coming soon)
  • Ping G430 3 wd/TPT 19 Hi
  • Callaway Paradym 18/ TPT Golf 18 Hi
  • Ping G430 4H/TPT Golf
  • Ping i230 5-PW Recoil Dart 90
  • Artisan 50, 55, 59 or Ping Glide Forged Pro, Both with Nippon 105 
  • Putter:  LAB DF3 TPT Shaft (waiting)
  • Vessel Bag
  • ProV1x
  • Ping ChipR in messy or no turf conditions

 

 

 

 

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I have two of the same putter so I can try different grips, a reserve 56 wedge for when mine wears out. And a backup driver . I sold a couple extras a few weeks back, tried to give up the ho game. It's hard

 

If you only have 1 backup driver you need to leave this site immediately & don't come back until you're ready to start ho'ing it up! Security, remove this man!

Some combo of any or all:

Ping G400 LST 10* w/ Px Evenflow Blue 75 6.0
Rogue SZ 15* w/ Px Evenflow Blue 75 6.0
Cally 416 19* Hybrid w/ Diamana S+ 82g Stiff
4-PW: Callaway (OG) Apex w/ KBS PGI 80g / Bridgestone J40 Combo 4-P w/ Steelfiber i95 Stiff
52*, 56* Vokey SM5's

60* Wilson Staff
Ping Ti Anser Wrx

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What has helped me with slowing/stopping my gear acquisition problems has been to read through some of the older equipment reviews on the site. The specific cure is seeing all the rave reviews of equipment that came out 10-15 years ago and realizing that there will be another round of new equipment everyone raves about next year, and then the year after. That assures me I don't need to go drop $500 on a driver of $300 on a putter just because I am bored mid-season.

 

Fixed for accuracy.

Cobra King F9  Driver 10.5° Atmos Blue 6 stiff
17° Callaway X Hot 4 wood
20.5°& 23° Cleveland DST Launcher hybrids
Srixon ZX5 5 - PW Modus 105 Regular 

Cleveland CBX Zipcore 48°/9° & 52°/11°, RTX 3 58°/9°
Ping Anser Sigma 2 putter

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Settled bag, sold all the spares, just me and my 14 clubs. Peace. Calm.

 

A few smug boastful posts to that effect....

 

Then ping introduce a £200 forged wedge and I am thinking of getting two that won't improve my scores and maybe will make them worse

 

Im back.... :(

 

Settled my bag in may. Told our teaching pro I was going to stick with everything for the year. Fast forward to August, PING i500 5-U and 54 & 58 degree Glide Forged wedges.....I Ho, I HO, it's off to the golf store I go!.............

Titleist TS3
PING 410 3W
PING 19* Hybrid
Titleist U500 4 Iron w/ Hazardous Smoke
PXG Gen 2 0311P 5-W $-Taper
PXG Milled GW
Vokey TVD 56K
Callaway MD4 64S

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I was quitting golf 5 days ago and now I am considering replacing my entire bag instead!

Titleist TSi2 10*, Ventus Velo Red 6S
Cobra SZ Tour 5W, Oban Kiyoshi HB 75
Cobra F9 hybrid 19*, Atmos TS 6S

New Level NLU-01 Driving Iron, 21*, Mitsubishi MMT UT 105 TX
Srixon 585/785/Z-Forged, 4-PW, Aerotech SF 110X
TM MG2, 50*/8 and 56*/12, KBS High Rev 2.0 115
Cobra King MIM Wedge, 60*, KBS $-Taper 120

Logan Olson Timeless, 35 inches, SS 1.0 pistol. 

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I was quitting golf 5 days ago and now I am considering replacing my entire bag instead!

 

you're a good man. it's always the equipments' fault. glad you're back.

917D3 8.5 Oban Kiyoshi Tour Ltd 60-04
915F 15 Speeder Evo 661S Blue
716 T-MB 2 Project X LZ 6.0
716 T-MB 4 Modus3 125S
714 AP2 Modus3 125S
SC Buttonback Newport 34"
TVD M 50/54
TVD V 60

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Y'all got a problem. My bag has been set for minutes now and I couldn't be happier.

Titleist TSi3 8º - LAGP DJ 65-6
Titleist TSi3 15º - LAGP TourAxs Blue 
PING iCrossover 3i - PING Tour Chrome 2.0 
Mizuno Pro 245  5-GW C-Taper 
Mizuno T22  52º, 56º, 60º C-Taper

Scotty Special Select Newport 2 
Titleist Left Dash -ProV1x

 

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Y'all got a problem. My bag has been set for minutes now and I couldn't be happier.

 

that 909f2 is sticking out like a sore thumb, time for a 917F2!

917D3 8.5 Oban Kiyoshi Tour Ltd 60-04
915F 15 Speeder Evo 661S Blue
716 T-MB 2 Project X LZ 6.0
716 T-MB 4 Modus3 125S
714 AP2 Modus3 125S
SC Buttonback Newport 34"
TVD M 50/54
TVD V 60

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Y'all got a problem. My bag has been set for minutes now and I couldn't be happier.

 

that 909f2 is sticking out like a sore thumb, time for a 917F2!

 

I'll probably just buy every model and loft in the TS series to keep the plethora of 3 woods in my basement company. They'll look great sitting in my office.

Titleist TSi3 8º - LAGP DJ 65-6
Titleist TSi3 15º - LAGP TourAxs Blue 
PING iCrossover 3i - PING Tour Chrome 2.0 
Mizuno Pro 245  5-GW C-Taper 
Mizuno T22  52º, 56º, 60º C-Taper

Scotty Special Select Newport 2 
Titleist Left Dash -ProV1x

 

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Similar position as OP...

 

Had my bag set at the start of the season. M4 driver, M1 5 wood, Adams XTD Forged irons, Engage wedge, Carbon Ringo putter.

 

Then I go to pick up my custom ordered M4 driver and find a 2017 M2 3HL with hzrdus shaft sitting in pre-owned...5 wood and 3HL trade blows and 3HL wins (for now).

 

Adams are great but just not as "free and easy" as I'd like. Along comes a mizuno fitting day at my course. Ordered 900 Forged...played maybe 10 rounds with them before I realize I prefer something that makes me earn it. Mizzy out and Adams back in!

 

Love my Engage wedge but the grip is starting to go and the grooves aren't what they used to be. Pick up a Mac Daddy Forged for a heck of a deal. Sand game is better than ever! Then one day it's worse than bad! Like I would've been better with an 8 iron out of the traps kinda bad! Engage isn't back in yet but he's warming up in the bullpen.

 

Ringo is everything I wanted in a putter, raw finish, no alignment, solid feel, beautiful milling, great sound! Then I play in a 2 day event at my course and it was like Ray Charles was on the greens. Just couldn't get anything to drop even 4 footers were a prayer. So now I'm working my Machine putter and ordered a toulon Atlanta. I just don't know!

 

Even the bag itself has been all over the place. I was rocking a Ping 4 series then walked one day and used my L8 (old school I know) and now I'm using that one but I'm thinking about going back to my old J-bag (I'm nostalgic for Ping bags what can I say).

 

The only consistent and peaceful thing has been my golf ball. Bridgestone Tour B XS.

 

And today I'm going to play and lord knows if something will get the yank and another dark horse will start for my weekend rotation tomorrow. I'm a mess...

Option 1
Ping G400 LST 8.5 Tour-X
Callaway Big Bertha 816 Alpha 16 AD-DI 8x black
Nike VR Pro 3 hybrid project x 6.0
Adams XTD Forged 4-PW Fujikura MCI 120S
Adams MB2 GW
Callaway Mac Daddy Forged 60
Toulon Garage Atlanta Black Pearl
Ping 4 Series Tour Edition White/ Bridgestone 2014 Tour Bag

Option 2
Taylormade 2016 M1 10.5 Whiteboard Flowerband 7x
16 Taylormade M1 5 wood AD-TP 7s
Ping Anser 20 stock stiff
Taylormade 2016 M2 Tour XP105 stiff
Cleveland RTX 2.0 52 deg raw
Titleist Vokey Prototype 58 T Grind
Carbon Ringo Raw Whisky

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Similar position as OP...

 

Had my bag set at the start of the season. M4 driver, M1 5 wood, Adams XTD Forged irons, Engage wedge, Carbon Ringo putter.

 

Then I go to pick up my custom ordered M4 driver and find a 2017 M2 3HL with hzrdus shaft sitting in pre-owned...5 wood and 3HL trade blows and 3HL wins (for now).

 

Adams are great but just not as "free and easy" as I'd like. Along comes a mizuno fitting day at my course. Ordered 900 Forged...played maybe 10 rounds with them before I realize I prefer something that makes me earn it. Mizzy out and Adams back in!

 

Love my Engage wedge but the grip is starting to go and the grooves aren't what they used to be. Pick up a Mac Daddy Forged for a heck of a deal. Sand game is better than ever! Then one day it's worse than bad! Like I would've been better with an 8 iron out of the traps kinda bad! Engage isn't back in yet but he's warming up in the bullpen.

 

Ringo is everything I wanted in a putter, raw finish, no alignment, solid feel, beautiful milling, great sound! Then I play in a 2 day event at my course and it was like Ray Charles was on the greens. Just couldn't get anything to drop even 4 footers were a prayer. So now I'm working my Machine putter and ordered a toulon Atlanta. I just don't know!

 

Even the bag itself has been all over the place. I was rocking a Ping 4 series then walked one day and used my L8 (old school I know) and now I'm using that one but I'm thinking about going back to my old J-bag (I'm nostalgic for Ping bags what can I say).

 

The only consistent and peaceful thing has been my golf ball. Bridgestone Tour B XS.

 

And today I'm going to play and lord knows if something will get the yank and another dark horse will start for my weekend rotation tomorrow. I'm a mess...

 

Man i know some of us are really bad equipment hos but you're something else lol

917D3 8.5 Oban Kiyoshi Tour Ltd 60-04
915F 15 Speeder Evo 661S Blue
716 T-MB 2 Project X LZ 6.0
716 T-MB 4 Modus3 125S
714 AP2 Modus3 125S
SC Buttonback Newport 34"
TVD M 50/54
TVD V 60

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Yeah but then you're gonna have those brand new wedges sitting there making those G400 irons look like shiat. Better pick up some i500's while you're at it.

 

It’s funny, because it’s true.

 

I love everything in my bag. It’s been years since there wasn’t anything that was screaming to be replaced. It’s a little disconcerting.

 

 

Driver: TaylorMade Sim2 Max - 10.5*
Fairway: Callaway Epic Max - 15*, 21*, 25*

Hybrid:  Ping G425 30*
Irons: TaylorMade Stealth 7-AW
Wedges: PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II 56* 

               PXG 0311 Sugar Daddy II 62*
Putter:  Directed Force 2.1
Ball:  Callaway Chrome Soft

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