Potch's WITB

[EaglesGolf99]

10 hours ago, Potch said:

Saw my last WITB was from 2019 and at the time I went straight from Driver to 2 iron. It's, um, changed the last few years. Put it this way - I've gone from 2 headcovers to 5. Also, amazingly enough, the only club that remains from my previous WITB is my Driver. Ian Fraser fit me into that one in December 2017 and I hit it so well I haven't even thought about changing. As for the rest of the bag:

 

5-wood - Ping G425 Max Rogue White 130 MSI 80X

 

So I had mostly been using the '17 M1 3HL as my fairway wood the last few years, but then the sliding weight cracked on it and it turned out to be amazingly difficult to buy a replacement weight for it in Canada. Tried using a SIM 5 wood turned down to 17* for a while but didn't love it. Based on the success I had with the hybrids (see below) I decided to try out a G425 5 wood set to 16.5* and flat. I'm loving it. All I do is hit that thing 240 straight. Not sure if it's the head or shaft (or most likely some combo), but it just works. At my home course I hit it off the tee 6-8 times a round depending on what tees I'm playing. Probably my favorite club in the bag right now.

 

Hybrids - Ping G410 22* & 26* Even Flow Black 85 6.5

 

Honestly it was a TXG video that convinced me to give these a try. I figured if any hybrids were going to take away the left miss, it would be these Pings set open and flat and with a stout low/low shaft in them. And... they worked. Big hooks are rare and the consistency is just so much better right now than long irons. Gaps work pretty well with these. My distances are:

 

5 Wood -240

4 Hybrid - 220

5 Hybrid - 200

5 iron - 185

6 Iron - 170

 

and then 10 yards per iron until I get into wedges. That's perfect for me. 

 

Irons - Wilson Staff Model Blades 5-PW DG S300

 

Had the 718 AP2s for a few years and quite liked them, but was never completely sold they were the ones. Over the last few years I was going back and forth between those and some MP33s that I have, and the latter generally fared better. I think that's for two reasons, one rational and one kind of dumb. The rational one is that I'm a sweeper and the thin soles on the 33s just work better when it come to turf interaction. The dumb one is that when I'm hitting a blade I know if I swing too hard I'm in trouble, so I tend to slow down and make smoother swings. The more technology I have in an iron, the harder I swing and end up with worse results. All user error, but that's the reality. The drawbacks with the 33s were that the long irons were more inconsistent, fixed by swapping them for the hybrids, and that the weaker lofts meant they flew shorter than the AP2s and my gaps were a little awkward. Didn't want to bend them because a. they're perfect and b. more offset is my enemy. So I decided to source a new set of blades that I could hit a little longer, maybe a little less spin, but still get through the turf as well as the 33s. The winner was the Wilson Staff Model Blades. Honestly it was mostly on looks - these things are amazing. Performance on the course thus far has been exactly what I wanted, but the course was pretty soft this fall. Haven't got to try them on baked summer fairways, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

Wedges - Same as before just SM8s instead of SM6s as the old ones wore out

 

Putter - Odyssey Tour Authentic 2-Ball Ten

 

Impulse buy at Golf Town but a good one! I never tried out a 2-Ball before as I never liked the clubhead shape, just wasn't for me. But one they put the two balls on a Spider-shaped head I was intrigued and took a look. Honestly, that alignment system works for my. I think it unlocked something in my brain and I just got way better at getting the proper line on mid-range puts. Was lucky to get the version that had the OG White Hot insert, which I quite like.

 

Anyway, played some of my best golf ever towards the end of the season with this bag, no changes planned in the offseason. 

 

 

Digging the fence! More pictures of the fence!

[Shanks2424]

Good looking bag