If You Were Offered a Staff Deal with any OEM Golf Company Which One Would You Pick?!

[Eeecc]

Mizuno because already playing full bag even if using older stuff. It would just be a refresh. Could even do shoes and clothes from them.

If I have to use the ball too, because of their RB/RBX durability concerns, I would need to change to a new ball after every hole. LOL

[tsecor]

Does it have to be a full deal all the way down to the ball? if not, id go;

clubs - titleist

ball - bridgestone BX

 

[Golf64]

Ping for me. Great customer service, high quality products, great fitting systems. Not a shiny chrome guy, don't like to see/busy tech. Just the plain simple look for me.

[ArmchairAviator]

I'll be different!

 

Cleveland/Srixon! I did not go out searching for them; in fact, I went in to be fitted for Mizuno's. Started off with the Srixon irons, but have since been fit for the hybrids and 3 wood as well, along with the Cleveland RTX 4's. I will be looking at drivers sometime in the next month, but Srixon is in my final three. Seriously great, seriously underrated.

[CDLgolf]

Ping for me, I've played Ping irons since the early 2000's and have all ping clubs except driver and putter.

[SEP1006]

Well don't know why PXG is out of the question but if I had to choose another it would be PING.

[tbowles411]

PING, Titleist, Callaway...not necessarily in that order.

[Sexygolfer2020]

Taylormade hands down when it comes to irons. The P7TW are the best blades on the ?. The woods I would go with PXG, as the gen 2 to me is a great product.

[Superbrit]

Taylormade (obviously) but can i have whatever putter i want please

[crapula]

Whichever one paid me the most money. So TaylorMade I guess? But no one will pay a shop clerk to play their gear.

So the real answer is Srixon.

[foofer]

 Give me a "PING", Vasili. One " PING" only, please. I have shot my best rounds with pings in my bag ,and they have always taken very good care of me. There is nothing they make that is not of the finest quality from bags, Driver through the putter. I am especially impressed with their programs for the Military , and the Adaptive Fitting Program for the physically challenged to enjoy the game. of golf. I hope most of you got the opening line movie quote "LOL" "HIT'EM straight everyone

 

 

[bladehunter]

Ping. I can choose the ball. And they have the best customer service in the business. They employ more knowledgeable people than anyone.

[xdoc22]

I think PING would be the way to go: great drivers/irons/bags; good wedge/putter options; no ball so you can play what you want; other than a hat, idk if they'd make you wear their apparel (i'd hope not); also, the variety of each category in their lines (driver/fwy/irons/wedges/putter) as well as the color chart would allow me to more easily fit members. Understanding each company provides good fitting items, just feel like being able to swap color codes would be easier.

[NRJyzr]

Points for a Red October reference.

 

[NRJyzr]

I'm going to go off the script and say Ram. Not the modern, Ram-equipment-licensed-name, that we see today, but the older Ram Golf.

If I'm forced to stay on script, I could probably go with Ping, Mizuno, Cobra, Srixon, TaylorMade, or Bridgestone. Maybe in that order. In spite of my blade habits, I've always had a thing for Ping, I guess they appeal to my inner nerd.

[MCP_2013]

Titleist most likely

[Loose_Ferrule]

PING, no question

[James the Hogan Fan]

Wilson Staff. I look at everything they have and like it all. I'd probably go Cortex, FG tour fairways (or c300), the staff blade irons and wedges, and the 8802 putter.

Fg tour ball is pretty good as well. Nothing in their lineup to flashy, but all in all pretty impressive.

(I thought about saying Hogan but I'm just not sure about them and whether they are worthy of the name)

[cgasucks]

For me, it's Ping. All the OEMs make great stuff but if I want to be associated with a good company that has good and stable ownership, I'd rather deal directly with the owners like Ping who will treat me well instead of a President of a subsidiary of a publicly traded company that might go at anytime if their stock price under performed. I've heard only but good things of the Solheims.

[976-Evil]

Full bag including ball?

Taylormade or Titleist because in all reality, they have the full set up top to bottom.

[WristySwing]

I could do anyone really, as it's free, and I could adapt no problem I'm sure to whatever. Every company has a hole in their lineup for me personally, so I don't think I could run the whole way through with each without giving up something a little bit here and there. Having said all of that, I could play the following 3 and be okay I think and not lose any sleep over it.

1) Ping

2) Mizuno or Callaway (tie)

3) Taylormade

Ping fairway woods spin too much for me a lot of the times. I'm not in love with the Mizuno wedges this year in terms of the shape and seem to hit them on the heel a lot for some reason. Taylormade has some god-awful looking and feeling putters. Titleist woods and I don't get along, like at all (spin again). Cobra doesn't have a putter and I really don't like the look of their irons OR they are way too hard for me to hit. Srixon/Cleveland have a weak putter line and I don't seem to get anything out of their wedges. Callaway wedges are pretty meh for this year as well.

Having a putter that I don't really like (most important club in the bag) is why Taylormade falls to #3 here as the rest of their lineup is solid. I can deal with a wonky looking wedge in Callaway or Mizuno, and I can get around Ping's iffy fairway woods by playing the LST and then just lowering the lofts on their hybrids to gap it out. Therefore, Ping wins out as I have an easy out there, while the Callaway and Mizuno may require some grinding of the wedges which may not be allowed on the player's package, making them drop to #2.

[JoeFrigo]

tough one for me... Always been diehard Taylormade throughout the bag but Mizuno has really stepped up their game top to bottom and now over half my bag is full of Mizuno. Mizuno has better irons and its not close. Everything else is pretty comparable but if im factoring ball and apparel (Adidas) into the mix...

Im going with TaylorMade

[wakit300]

I'd go with Cobra.

I currently play their irons, wedges and a 3-wood - all are are excellent. I've tried out a friends driver and like that too so I think the switch wouldn't be tough. PLUS, they don't make putters or balls so I can keep my EVNROL and whatever ball I want.

[getitdaily]

Taylormade

I already play them for all my woods and putter. Iron transition would be pretty seamless from my jpx900 tours. I'm sure their wedges would be just fine, tho I love my vokeys.

The ball...might have to opt out on the ball. B XS is what I love.

[GoGoErky]

Miura. Woods and hybrids would probably be allowed to be whatever and same for the ball.

 

[scooterhd2]

I only have ping club now, but if i had to go full bag it would be with them. i get along well with their woods and hybrids. maybe not the best feeling irons in the world, but could certainly find something to get along with. and they have great wedges and a solid putter line up as well.

[WristySwing]

I am pretty sure Adidas and Taylormade split around 2016. Taylormade does have it's own line of clothes I think I saw, but it might be limited runs of like Ryder Cup specials and the like.

[Edward_Majorwin]

I would be a d*ck and refuse any single company wanting to hire me as a staffer. I'd go my own way even if I was a world ranked player.

[HappyGilmoresBoots]

Realistically, as a few others have mentioned, if any company's gonna offer me free stuff, I'll proudly use their wares.

But, if I were to be picky choosy, I'd go with either Ping or Taylor Made

[Z1ggy16]

Assuming "full" bag means every club including putter, which takes out a few OEMs. With that in mind, I'm probably going Taylormade, but Titleist or Ping is a close second.

Bag would probably be SIM 10.5*, SIM 3 and 5 woods, p790 4i or even possibly SIM Max 5h, p760 5-pw, MG2 wedges and the new Spider S putter.