Why do so many people have "back up" clubs??

[Sean2]

I don't have a back up set of clubs. I do have an extra putter though. :-)

[bill1710]

I wish I could afford to have extra clubs

[Curt_]

honestly I think i have back up clubs just because the reselling of golf clubs is just so bad. the value you get back is nothing compared to the purchase price, so I just keep them instead. Nothing to do with hoarding for me.

[Clifford]

Yep 3 full sets :busted_cop: :haha:

[Striker Ace]

It's for fun. Golf equipment is made for fun. So if you have the extra money, why not? I'll have more clubs than I need one of these days.

[tatertot]

Because "back up set" sounds better than "hoarding".

[Matt J]

I like to leave a set in club storage and have a set in the basement. First world problem not to want to drive 5 minutes to the club to get my sticks. Could be after hours I guess. They're easy to buy and hard to sell. But, I lost the head of a hybrid warming up for a big tournament and swore I'd have a back up from then on out.

Losing the head of the hybrid was a sign. I hope you took heed and ditched getting a back up.

 

A sign for me to pay professionals instead of building my own clubs?

 

I love hybrids. I add one more every year. In 10 more years that's all I'll have. With a backup set of 13 of course.

[xjohnx]

I can always understand having "options" lying around but I've also always questioned why so many people seem to have an identical "back up bag". Unless you like to leave your bag at the bag drop while you have a few rounds with your buddies, I don't understand the need for a copy and paste set of clubs.

 

If you travel someplace often enough, it's more convenient and cheaper to leave a back up set at the location than lugging it to the airport and paying to check it back and forth.

 

I also keep multiple backups of my favorite driver because they don't make it anymore and I freaking love it. Costs generally less than 50 bucks at the 2nd hand golf shop i frequent or eBay. I keep backups of it just in case something happens to the clubhead... bad paint chip, these little elements on the bottom have fallen out, cracked clubface, etc. I just like knowing I have an exact replacement if something were to happen

 

I totally see the logic in this but, by definition, this isn't a "back up" set. That's just a second set of clubs in a secondary location. I can totally understand this purpose but I didn't interpret this as the topic of discussion here.

[bullsfan]

Why do so many people have so called "back up" sets of clubs? Not talking about the guy that has a couple sets of irons and 6 putters. I'm talking about the people that have complete sets of the latest and greatest!! I read earlier about a guy who bought a new Ping G400 as a back up driver??? I don't get?? I don't understand the guys that have a home set and a set in florida(or the lakes) either??? I understand it's mostly out of convenience, but how do you expect to play your best golf with a back up set instead of your daily gamers that you practice and play with regularly.

 

I realize that the airlines lose clubs and people can slide right into their back up set, but come on? There are people on this great site that have just as much $ in a back up set as they do their 1st stringers! I've had clubs stolen and had to throw a set together before, but not a back up set.

Sorry for the rant, but even when I played golf for a living I didn't have a back up set!!!

Am I missing somthing?

 

OP I get where you're coming from, as I too spent many years in the golf business and saw this habit 30 years ago. Myself, I have two complete sets. I have a full set of Pings and a set of Mizuno Irons and Titleist woods. The only answer I can give is they are both different types of clubs, one geared towards performance and one forgiveness, but the Irony is that my game struggles due to changing back and forth. At some point I will decide and go back to just one set because you should always love the one you're with. Game Improves.

[dpark]

Personally I have a pretty much identical set for a residence in NJ and family in Florida's house, so I don't have to continually pay to check a golf bag, and I don't like selling too much of my equipment, so it accumulates,

 

 

This ^^^ for me

 

I have 3 full sets of clubs. One is my main set I play with all the time. Set #2 is at my brother's house so when I travel to see family I don't have to bring my sticks. Everything is there, shoes, gloves, balls, tees etc. Everything except a rangefinder. That I have just one of, and I can bring that in my luggage.

 

Set #3 is at my company HQ which is in a different state. Same thing as backup set #2. Clubs, shoes, gloves, balls etc. etc.

 

However, nothing in those bags are the latest and greatest. Set #3 is based around my 99 Hogan Apexes, which are pretty well worn but they work just fine. They were my gamer set from 99-03. They aren't worth anything (maybe $75 on ebay) so it made better sense to keep them as a spare set. Same with bag #2. Those are TItleist 681s that I used from 03-08. Also pretty worn, but still plenty playable.

 

The wedges are either Vokeys or TM Y-cutters that were gamers at one point until I replaced them.

 

Basically everything in backup bag #2 and #3 are clubs that were my gamers at one point in time. So I didn't build a backup bag for the sake of having one, I just "trickled down" equipment into a backup bag when I bought something newer.

 

What is nice is that when I play with either backup set, it is like golfing with an old friend. Lots of good memories with both sets and I am comfortable playing with all of the clubs in both bags. The only downside is obviously less spin on the scoring irons so I have to take that into account on shots <130 yards, but other than that, they are just fine.

 

So that is how I have 2 backup sets...

[Jackal]

My Father-in-law has a 2nd set.

There is a new course here that used to be a farm.

Every time you play, new rocks appear.

He doesn't want to mess up his new Cobra irons.

Other people do the same on that particular course.

[boxerjoe2011]

I have a back up set of old clubs that used to be my gamers for basically an emergency situation, but more so for out of town friends that come in for business and we can play a round of golf and they can use my old set. Does my old set fit them perfectly? Absolutely not. But it allows us to get away from the spouses for several hours without just going straight to a bar. I try to not keep any other equipment other than a full bag back up. I have half a dozen or so putters I hold on to because when my current putter starts to give me fits, I bring all the old ones out again and seem to find one that I am stroking well again.

[asw7576]

Yep, two identical sets :heart:

 

OCD

[BearQ]

Cause were freaks

 

Different courses require some changes for many players - I rotate my fairway, 2/3 iron and lob wedges the most. Conditions can make a huge impact on what I choose. The correct choice is a game changer

[Sir edward of putternut]

Lifes too short to play one set of clubs

 

 

[Sir edward of putternut]

At one point in my life i had 3 sets of cleveland 588 precision forged. One mb, one cb, one mix. I loved them all...

[Luke'sdad]

Back up clubs are simply my excuse to collect clubs I wanted, past & present.

[Buzzkill]

Just hoarders, nothing more.

[joliver233]

My reason is: my gamers are forged, I play a lot of golf in crappy conditions in the offseason and travel with them in December. Specs are close enough. Spent about $350 on the back up set. So meh, whatever.

[homergolf]

If you really like golf clubs and you can afford it, you will inevitably find a set you want, buy it, even though you don't need it, and call it your backup set.

[puttingmatt]

More clubs the merrier

[vanillafunk616]

Most people don't. You're on the biggest golf forum on the internet. That's means you're in the belly of the beast of golf nerddom.

[Tim Sherwood]

I just f****** love golf clubs. No excuses, I just love them. Today I bought a set of John Letters MM prototypes with the black finish just because I want to look at them every day B)

[DavePelz4]

Why do so married guys have a backup girlfriend?

 

Posting for a friend.

[deadsolid...shank]

I just f****** love golf clubs. No excuses, I just love them. Today I bought a set of John Letters MM prototypes with the black finish just because I want to look at them every day B)

 

Me too. Cobra Pro Forged in black are my kyrptonite. I’ve bought two sets, didn’t like the shafts and sold them....now I have another set coming, with the same shafts

[CaseyDan]

I just f****** love golf clubs. No excuses, I just love them. Today I bought a set of John Letters MM prototypes with the black finish just because I want to look at them every day B)

 

It only took 108 replies for someone to say what we all first answered......to ourselves. Well said sir.

[Guia]

I keep 1 set at my club for play there. I keep a backup set at home in case I want to play closer to home, that way I don't have to make 2 trips to my home course.

 

I also have a few loose clubs that I use when adjusting my bag to play specific holes at different courses.

[Hernasco]

It can get complicated for well heeled guys from up North who buy condos in Florida resort towns for each of their girlfriends. They need to keep a set of clubs at each location so the wives and girlfriends don't get too suspicious seeing golf bags getting moved around too much.

[NYDave]

It's a sickness...

I have 4 drivers, RBZ Stage2,Biocell,FlyZ , F7, and probably going to buy a F9 before the season starts...sometimes if I'm in a driver slump I like to switch just to look at something different...

Fairway woods to many.. same with hybrids and wedges... just 2 putters...

Irons BH Apex Edge, biocell, XRos, and the Maltbys I'm currently playing.

I always have in the back of my head what if my driver broke, need to have a backup till my gamer is repaired, replaced... I'll switch up fairway woods and hybrids depending on the course...

[ChipNRun]

I have a backup set, based upon a set of TaylorMade SLDR irons I got to test a few years back: 4i - AW, joined by a Tour Preferred SW and LW I got for a song. Also a Burner driver and a RBZ-Stage 2 3HL - both $60 specials, plus two $20 early Rescues from Play It Again Sports. Finishing it is a vintage TM TPA VIII putter my brother found at a garage sale.

 

All these go into a budget blue TM stand bag, capped off with blue-and-white SLDR/Jetspeed headcovers gotten from trades or used bin.

 

I may get the SLDR iron shafts lengthened a half-inch. Until then, it's a good bag for visiting friends.