Most expensive equipment mistake!

[mrp2wash]

That would be a brand new TS3 with 6.5 T1100 White 65g this past spring. I fell victim to the excitement of the new series and 'self fitted'. Never got comfortable at address with it and can't hit a fairway to save my life. Now it is collecting dust and I'm back to old reliable - a 910D2.

[craz-e]

> @mrp2wash said:

> That would be a brand new TS3 with 6.5 T1100 White 65g this past spring. I fell victim to the excitement of the new series and 'self fitted'. Never got comfortable at address with it and can't hit a fairway to save my life. Now it is collecting dust and I'm back to old reliable - a 910D2.

 

Back to a classic!

[phatchrisrules]

> @ChipNRun said:

> This wasn't a rash purchase. Back when Nike made golf clubs, the Nike Tour Van was trekking around the Midwest. I got selected for a tour van fitting at my club.

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> I was looking to replace my irons, so I scheduled an iron fitting. I showed up with an index card showing the model and shafting of all my golf clubs. The fitters set up their van, and I got a very thorough iron fitting. The fitter took baseline measurements for shots with my 5i and 7i, and then they had me hit shots with the Nike Vapor Speed and Pro Forged heads. Vapor Speed won out, and I several shots with four different shafts in the VS test club.

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> The KBS Tour 105 R-flex gave the best numbers. I asked for a copy of my specs, and the fitter said he would store it in their records and e-mail me a copy. A few weeks later I decided to order. The clubs arrived, and I played a couple of rounds. Result 4i - 6i felt heavy, and had a severe distance falloff compared to shorter irons.

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> I did a quick measure, and it turns out the shafts were too long! The set had really long stock lengths, such as a 38.75" 5i. I needed slightly longer than golfdom 5i average - 38.25". The specs they took, however, evidently did not reflect the final fitting tweak of cutting Vapor Speed stock length by 1/2 inch. I played about eight rounds with them and went back to my Callaway X20 Tours.

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> I contacted Nike central, and they said I couldn't get a refund because it was a _custom set._ Not to play the sympathy card, but my mother died about the same time, and I was other-focused the rest of the year.

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> End solution - I sold the irons through WRX some 18 months later for $325, about 40% of what I paid for them. Of course, Nike was out of the hardware business by that time.

 

Could they not have been cut down instead of taking a bath on the resale?

[jmconnell4]

Most expensive mistake so far was jumping on a T22 deal quick thinking it was a newport only to discover it was a newport II when it showed up. Still cant unload it for what I paid (retail + shipping)

[rfc]

My most expensive mistake is an on-going and inexplicable urge to buy Putters. It’s not even specific to a brand or shape. I try to offload the ones I don’t see myself ever gaming, but when I do, I end up with another one in my collection just as quick. It feels almost unconscious. I’m worried.

 

Of those, the most expensive was a beautiful boutique putter on which I worked closely with the maker. Aesthetically perfect, functionally disappointing, for me. If I could turn back time...

[Birdyjuice]

> @mrp2wash said:

> That would be a brand new TS3 with 6.5 T1100 White 65g this past spring. I fell victim to the excitement of the new series and 'self fitted'. Never got comfortable at address with it and can't hit a fairway to save my life. Now it is collecting dust and I'm back to old reliable - a 910D2.

 

Ha. Did the same thing except I got fitted for mine. Hit it great in the fitting, crap on the course. Went back to my 910D2 and put the TS3 in the closet. Then I felt like an idiot for not playing the TS3 after dropping all the coin so I swapped the shafts and put the TS3 back in the bag. After a couple weeks I put the T1100 back in the TS3 and I’ve been in love since. Long story short, don’t give up on the TS3 quite yet. If you’ve been playing the 910D2 since it came out, it may just take you a little while to get used to the change.

[ChipNRun]

> @phatchrisrules said:

> Could they not have been cut down instead of taking a bath on the resale?

 

In a perfectly rational world, yes. But I was so soured on Nike by their snarky attitude I just wanted to dump them. And by time family matters were resolved, I basically lost interest.

 

 

[RCD#No1]

Sold my Callaway ps and bought a Set of ping i20, after a few weeks sold them and hadda try and find a set of my old Callaways again.

[RCD#No1]

Evnroll ER1.2 Love the look and feel, doesn’t suit my putting stroke

[cradd10]

Cool Clubs fitting for TS3 w Yellow Hazdrus......dropped $1150, hated it so i contacted Toll Bros and got a ATX Tour Green for $400 and it still sucks........Playing the M5

[Deadsquiggles]

TaylorMade Spider Tour. Rolled one every time I went to a golf store, at least 10 separate times, and it was automatic on every putt. Finally decided to pull the trigger, went through a honeymoon phase and loved it for 2 months and sold my Huntington Beach #1 (which was my favorite). Then last 4 months, my putting has become my biggest letdown. Just can’t get comfortable standing over the ball and my last round, I missed at least 8 putts within 4 feet that I could’ve made with my eyes closed with my HB1. Ended up just ordering another HB1 on fleabay for $40 that’ll probably permanently replace the Spider. So $230 to find out I hate mallets. Luckily this has been the worst so far.

[Geohans]

Joining Golfwrx 11 years ago.

[NoTalentLefty]

> @Geohans said:

> Joining Golfwrx 11 years ago.

 

 

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[TheWildThing]

Spending $300 on a brand new Nike Vapor Speed driver. I remember testing it on the driving range after I bought it and I couldn't hit it as far as my old Titleist 975F 3 wood, lol. The sound and feel off the face was absolutely terrible. I subsequently sold it on ebay and bought a Taylormade M2 driver. I've always loved using Nike drivers, although this one was a major disappointment IMO. Possibly a counterfeit?

[SBH9458]

Too many to count, I think....but finding the BST certainly fed the beast.

[OcRockRoller]

I'm surprised I haven't seen someone mention the never ending revoling door of driver shafts/ driver head combos. That we use in order to find that Goldie locks zone of launch and spin. Seems to be a very popular and expensive practice on this site

[bigmoneyp]

Some years back I bought a beautiful set of TM Rac Coin Forged MBs over the winter months. I never even hit them and sold them for a loss 2 months later.

[T.B.]

Most of my equipment purchases

[Jwoz09]

Sounds like I should hold onto my ping s56's while testing out the i210's

[LHGolf4]

> @Jwoz09 said:

> Sounds like I should hold onto my ping s56's while testing out the i210's

 

Yes, I have made the mistake of selling or trading before really testing something out and wishing I had not.

[Booker]

Tour issued 16 m1, 915, 917 d3. 16 m1 felt very harsh, the sound of the 915 was terrible. 917 just lacked ballspeed it was shorter than my 905r.

[marmaduk]

> @ian-500 said:

> > @marmaduk said:

> > $1200 on three fairway wood set 3,5,&7w only to realize they had massively closed face. Just sitting in the closet

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> JDM?

 

Maruman Shuttle - I make you good price ;)

[kbstockt1]

where to begin...

1. set of miura blades (lefty so kinda rare-ish) - paid $1000, hit them on the range once, sold them for $600

2. fitted for driver earlier this year, ended up being fit for cobra f9 with elements platinum shaft. ordered for ~$800, played with it for two months and had severe two way miss no matter what setting and configuration on the driver. this wasn't so bad but it has led to the irrational purchase of a ts4 and epic flash subzero (both of which i hit the same distance, if not longer, and more accurately than the cobra). haven't sold that driver yet, but can't imagine how painful that will be.

3. several years ago, got caught up in the sldr craze. bought the 430 model new, traded in for $90.

4. Same fitting as driver, got fitted for mizuno forged 919 with kbs flt shafts. total build was right at $2000. hit them fine but absolutely no better than my previous iron sets.

To make everything better, I'm going back to the same fitter this Saturday... :#

[jjj912]

Brand new Ping woods (D, 3W, 5W). Let the sales guy talk me into them even though I didn’t intend to buy woods. It was a while back, so I’ve forgotten how much I spent, but I know it was on the order of $700. I never hit them well and eventually sold them to a relative for pennies on the dollar.

[tungstenplug]

Back when online shopping was a newer thing, I bought a Titleist 909 driver from an online golf store in China...turned out to be a counterfeit. $200 gone

[Booker]

Tour issued R11s v3, the 390cc Sergio prototype head. I paid 500cdn for it, to this day it was the hardest club I've ever tried to hit. It looked fantastic at address but that is were the beauty ended.

[cj4501]

> @kbstockt1 said:

> where to begin...

> 1. set of miura blades (lefty so kinda rare-ish) - paid $1000, hit them on the range once, sold them for $600

> 2. fitted for driver earlier this year, ended up being fit for cobra f9 with elements platinum shaft. ordered for ~$800, played with it for two months and had severe two way miss no matter what setting and configuration on the driver. this wasn't so bad but it has led to the irrational purchase of a ts4 and epic flash subzero (both of which i hit the same distance, if not longer, and more accurately than the cobra). haven't sold that driver yet, but can't imagine how painful that will be.

> 3. several years ago, got caught up in the sldr craze. bought the 430 model new, traded in for $90.

> 4. Same fitting as driver, got fitted for mizuno forged 919 with kbs flt shafts. total build was right at $2000. hit them fine but absolutely no better than my previous iron sets.

> To make everything better, I'm going back to the same fitter this Saturday... :#

 

Feel the same about f9 right now, some of the longest drives of my life but brought the left side into play for the first time in my life. Very hooky right now

[Taz Kim]

tm gapr.

[GSDriver]

Most all of the various Scott Cameron putters I've bought over the years.

[caniac6]

TS3 driver. I had a great fitting. All the numbers were fantastic. Hit it long and straight at the Titleist Thursday. Couldn't hit it worth a flip on the course! Gave it about a month, and traded it for a Ping G400 Max.