Most expensive equipment mistake!

[TIM929]

> @rgk5 said:

> Cameron Newport 2. Hated it.

 

Me too!

 

But it wasn’t the putter, I just ended up being a mallet guy..

[cgasucks]

> @PowderedToastMan said:

> > @cgasucks said:

> > TM R1. Bought it used. Horrible feel, couldn't hit it to save my life since it was a a few degrees more upright than standard and my downswing plane is a little on the flat side. Got rid of it in 2 weeks for the same price I paid for it thankfully.

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> Your most expensive mistake is coming out even? Technically breaking a tee is more expensive.

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> I just purchased a full custom set of i210’s (played the S series since 2008), with shafts that are 25 grams lighter than I usually play and swingweights 3 points higher than normal. It’s got great potential to be a very expensive mistake, since the S55’s they are replacing I received from PING free of charge and I loved them. Should be fun.

 

Ok. To make you feel better, I got burned for buying a top of the line Bushnell laser range finder...twice. The first time I paid $500 15 years ago and it conked out on me after 5 years. I never dropped it and never got it wet. I got another Bushnell to replace it for another $500 and that conked out on me in 4 years for no reason even though I treated it the same as the first. After that I've had it with their range finders and bought a Caddytek from Ebay for $120 CDN and is still running strong.

[DavePelz4]

Heading on a golf trip and bought a 2, 3, 4 and 5 Adams hybrids without ever having swung them. Spent over a grand and sold them after that trip. Those 4 hookers never provided a single happy ending.

[North Butte]

I bought a complete set of Gripmaster Kangaroo leather grips for everything from driver through my wedges. Can't remember the total cost but I think they were like $30 or $35 per grip. Not only were they more work to install than five sets of normal rubber grips, after twenty rounds they were a sticky, icky, hand-staining mess that could not be cleaned by any method I tried (being limited to only cleaning methods that are safe for leather grips). What a disaster.

[Puttersaurus Rex]

Evnroll putter, a couple hybrids, RBZ driver, and some shaft roulette. Getting better now that I know the different shaft profiles, and what I like.

[Mike_C]

Buying a new custom ordered set of i200s with Recoil 110 F5s without actually hitting them with this shaft, thinking they would play somewhat similar to and between the 95 and 125 protos in stiff I had tried in other heads, I had demoed them with some lighter weight steel shafts, and some other heads with other Recoil shafts, but never this combo. Don't know what it was about this shaft and this head, but they launched really high despite powerspec lofts, and spun way, way more than expected. I think the 110s are more tip soft than the 95s in either the standard or proto Recoils, also I had them made D2-D3, heavier than stock Ping SWs, that might have had something to do with it. I now play the standard Recoil 95 F5s in my Srixons, and they flight the ball fine, nothing like the i200s with the 110s.

[Z1ggy16]

Buying Custom Xenon putters. Paid like $350 each for them (2) and ended up not liking them at all, sold one for like $280 and the other for about $220.

 

After that, probably buying a new F8 3w. Purchased for $220, gamed it but didn't like it and sold it for around $120 IIRC.

 

Being a lefty... buying new is such a gamble because demand is usually very low so you really take a beating if it doesn't work out. I usually buy stuff used but sometimes the items I want are hard to come buy used so buying new is a risk I take.

[SwooshLT]

PXG 0311T GEN ONE 3-pw and PXG 0311T/ 0311P combo GEN ONE!

Yes TWO heroes program purchases gone woefully wrong .....

Fell for hype but moved on easily

[PappyVanWinkle53]

> @DavePelz4 said:

> Heading on a golf trip and bought a 2, 3, 4 and 5 Adams hybrids without ever having swung them. Spent over a grand and sold them after that trip. ** Those 4 hookers never provided a single happy ending**.

 

Then I recommend Thailand......

[RSinSG]

I was playing Ping G30’s for a couple of years and tried the shiny G700’s at the local store. Hit them like a tour pro on the sim and ordered a set. Hated the sound and couldn’t hit them so sold them for a loss. Back to the G30’s until I see my buddies TM P790’s and order a set. Hated them and sold them for a loss. Back to G30 until I bought a set of G400’s that I love. I held on to the G30’s for several months just in case but eventually sold them.

 

Lessons learned: For me - stay with a similar club you’re used to. For everyone - keep your current set until you’re sure you like the new ones.

[RainShadow]

Trading in my '14 Apex w/ Recoil 95s for Rogue Pros w/ PXLZ 105s. Cally was offering the 50% trade in bonus, so I thought "what the heck".

Never got on with the Rogue Pros, and the build was screwed up as well.

Returned them for shop credit. Put that towards 919 Forged, which I disliked as well.

Now on to Forged Tec Blacks that I love.

Probably out 4-500 bucks total on the merry go round.

 

[Jut]

Ping i500. Disaster. Lost hundreds of 1 dollar bills with the get fitted, purchase, hate, can't sell on BST, trade-in, buy CF 16s again conundrum.

[JD3]

> @No_Catchy_Nickname said:

> > @JD3 said:

> > Modus 105. Did a "fitting" in sense of trying a number of shafts in demo head at range. Made mistake of having whole set change instead of just experimenting on one club in bag. Shaft ended up being unplayable for me.....don't know if it was weight or flex feeling looser than my KBS tour hardstepped. reinstalled KBS and sold modus on eBay for $200 but still ended being expensive round trip.

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> I'm looking at trying the 105 shafts soon, but because it's such a drastic change from the shafts I normally use, I'm definitely going to try it first in one iron only. Your tale serves as a good caution for me.

 

Start of my error was just assuming I could use something lighter and pretty much committing to it before even trying it. I saw others going in that direction and felt hey I should get some of the benefits of easier swing. Lowering my overall bag carry weight would have been an added benefit. The assumption that lighter offered something better for me was flawed from the start....turns out for irons I just need the weight of shafts in the 125ish range. Around 115 things start to get "iffy" and at 105 (really 106.5 for the modus flex I chose) forget it. Felt like complete toys, head might as well have been one of those oversized plastic you see for toddlers. Lesson there again is just don't make up your mind about something before you even try it. Better off being a skeptic.

[drscott266]

Bought two sets of irons after letting myself get talked into a set after a fitting. Got similar results with both, but didn't trust my gut and it kept eating at me. I finally justified ordering the other set to tell myself its the only way to know... in reality its really the only way to lighten my wallet.

[geochitown]

logging on to golfwrx has been my most expensive equipment mistake :#

[caniac6]

Got some G30 irons with graphite shafts, and didn't like them. Sent them back to Ping after several months, and had steel put in.

[jjfcpa]

If you buy equipment that you try and don't like, is that a mistake. I still like it and maybe someday I'll try it again... it's just not working presently. BTW, too many to count. Fortunately, I can afford the mistakes and can't get over the idea of buying something new that will improve my game.

[elwhippy]

Ping I5s. Fitted at Ping's Gainsborough HQ. Clumsy and dead off the face. Lasted 6 weeks and sold them for what I paid. 2014 AP2s. Shortest hitting irons ever made. Hcp went up almost 2 strokes. Will never touch another set of Titleist irons. Ecco shoes. Comfortable. Until they start falling apart after a few weeks. I now try, and then try again before I buy.

[agood3putt]

The rotating door of irons purchased in last two years. Started with PING i210's (had three different sets), Mizuno HM Pro's, Apex 19's........Finally settled on the P790s and am really happy. Trying to forget how much I spent on the other sets to the find the "one"

[MTgolf]

The revolving door of putters.....scotty, taylormade, etc. and always end up back with my old trusty Odyssey #7 RSX. Bad putting is almost never due to lack of practice, always due to the putter. :wink:

[nicelife]

Titleist carry bag. All black, lots of pockets, very light, but every time I walked with both straps over my sholders my hands fell asleep. Not good for golf. I still have that stupid bag in the garage.

 

Edit: Odessy stroke Lab #9 I bought it with shop credit now it just leans against my guest bed.

[cjpsse]

Used to be in industry, and would get heads and shafts all the time. When I would move on from one driver or 3w, I'd give them to friends... Now, being out of the business and things coming out of pocket, I sure wish I hung on to one or two of those Whiteboard's for backup... they add up quick!

[gdb99]

T200 irons. Not hitting them any better than what I have already.

 

[EaglesGolf99]

Not too long ago .... Bettinardi BB28 Wide Body Center Shaft.

 

 

Hypothetically and indoors I loved everything about it.

 

 

Taking out outside was a different story!

 

 

Lasted a weekend and flipped it, took a $50 hit, could have been worse.

[coreyhr]

I could probably buy a reliable, mid-size sedan with my current net balance on clubs bought and sold over the last 2-3 years. My most expensive (and greatest) mistake was teaching myself how to do my own club work. The golf club world is your oyster at that point.

[drn92]

Several years ago I had a set of Ping Eye2 “+ no +” irons in exactly my specs. After a couple bad rounds I foolishly got rid of them. I’ve probably gone through a dozen sets of irons since then trying to find something close.

 

I currently have a set of Ping Eye 2’s that are even older. I’ve shot my lowest round ever with these clubs last year. But still the search goes on for something more modern to put in the bag.

 

drn92

 

[K.ip]

Putters, lots and lots of putters

 

> @"Crazy About Golf" said:

> > @DavePelz4 said:

> > Heading on a golf trip and bought a 2, 3, 4 and 5 Adams hybrids without ever having swung them. Spent over a grand and sold them after that trip. ** Those 4 hookers never provided a single happy ending**.

>

> Then I recommend Thailand......

 

LMAO

[jah7838]

Had a set of Adams A4 Forged with the Project X Flighted 6.0 for a season, and decided to "upgrade" to a set of Taylormade Tour Preferred Forged MC irons with Project X 5.5 straight in. I just didn't get along with the regular 5.5 irons, and it led to me spending a bunch of money I didn't need to be spending. I sold the MCs, tried to buy back the A4 forged, but the guy wanted to charge me more than I sold them to him for because he put some brand new MCC grips on them.

 

Settled on a set of Adams CB2 irons for a while, but eventually went with some Adams CB1 irons, which I had in the bag for a few years. The CB1 irons are probably still some of my irons that I've ever owned. I only got rid of them because I needed something more forgiving. Ended up with some Fly Z+ irons for 4 years. Really liked those clubs. I was fortunate enough to be a tester for the PTx Pro irons here on golfwrx, and I'm probably going to have them for a few years. Really solid clubs. They feel as good as any other club that I've tried the past few years.

 

Typing this out makes me realize how much money I've spent on irons over the years, lol. Probably should have kept the A4 Forged...

[ian-500]

Getting custom fit for TM irons and wedges but I'm really a JDM guy......so they didn't last long. Tut tut tut.

[GSDriver]

Sure glad I quit HOing a few years back.