The One Club That Stood Out

[Floris]

First that comes to mind is a PING Anser 20° hybrid, that thing was magic. I have no idea where it is, I thought I’d kept it, but it’s not in my bag of old clubs. Only problem was that the gap from the irons to it wasn’t enough while the gap to the 4w (also an Anser, a beast itself) was too much.. I just couldn’t get the gapping right.

In my current bag, even with how much I love the irons and wedges.. Those woods are insanely easy to hit and crazy long. Again: gap to the irons is an issue, might want to swap out the 4i for a hybrid ?

Honorable mention to the Scotty Cameron Futura 7m. First time with a fitted putter. That gave me so much confidence, started holing much more. I didn’t like the size of it so I got the somewhat smaller 5w that’s just as good for me :)

[bigd231]

Titleist TS2 hybrid, hit 8-10 balls with it in a fitting a couple of months ago, all of them landed and stopped within a metre of each other.

If it wasn't for the fact I needed it 1/4 inch long I would have walked out with one on the day

[jdowning111]

Adams Pro Hybrid....thing was arguably the best players hybrid ever.

[getitdaily]

I'm going more recent. Nothing really stood out from earlier years. Moving from Wilson fat shafts to dg in mp33 irons was the only thing that rings.

But, 2 clubs stand out now...sim and hmb 4i.

Once dialed in, the sim driver has been supreme. Like, aim left center and just hit it as hard as I want. It just goes and it goes where I want. It's almost retired my 3wood because it's so easy to hit off the deck. I hit at least 1 tee shot on a tight par 4 with sim off the deck rather than 3wood. I get about 20 yards more out of sim off the deck than 3wood and sim off the deck is a low bullet fade every single time. Ultimate control.

The hmb 4i is right there too. I searched for a 4i that gave better launch. Went through about 4 of them and a few shaft options. Settled on hmb 4i and same shaft in my other irons. The club just goes straight. Tight controlled ballflight. The tiniest of complaints....the club prohibits much side spin so it's not optimal for working a ball left for me...not a high draw at least. Every high draw attempt has just gone dead straight on a line a bit more right than my target.

[double_d]

They have been long surpassed and at 260CC (I think) are tiny by today's standards but, probably the original Callaway Great Big Bertha or the Titleist 975D.

Nowadays, driver improvements come in small increments, if at all.

However back in the late 90s those clubs were such an improvement over the previous generation it was night and day.

 

[Mych]

Ping Anser 4w. The only fairway wood I've ever actually wanted to hit. Most others I've avoided and hoped I wouldn't have to hit.

[BCULAW]

It’s still in my bag!!!

[jdowning111]

Don't ever get rid of it!

[Booker]

This would be my choice as well, the o.g. titanium gbb was groundbreaking. So much better than anything out at the time. Honourable mention to the r500 series driver, the r580xd can still get it out there today, perfect head shape.

[AB1981]

Mine too, the only club that has stayed in the bag the last several years.

[the bishop]

I can think of a few over the years that the first time I hit them was like "wow"

Original Callaway X-Hot 3W

Mizuno MP-30's

Acer (Hireko) XF hybrids

Acer (Hireko) XS Professional irons

W/S Staff Model irons

W/S D100 hybrids

Titleist 910 D3 driver

[Jtgavigan]

Hogan Apex Plus irons

Snake eyes quick strike 2 hybrid

Maltby KE4 3 wood

Maltby TS1 irons. That is literally the first club where the first strike was "Oh my God" and I have been playing 38 years and hit quite a lot of clubs.

[wam78]

The first time I hit mp-14's, it stopped me in my tracks. Up until that time, I never felt anything like it. The turf interaction, the feeling of the ball melting into the club head at impact just completely changed my thought process with irons. That would be the first thing that comes to mind.

It's a close second between the 975D and the first Cobra trusty rusty wedge. I had the gap wedge and it was just point and shoot from 115 and in. Super sharp leading edge and was a ton of fun. The 975D, still to this day, is my all time favorite shape driver.

Can't believe I had all of these clubs in the same bag at the same time. Until my entire bag was stolen...

[SavageHenry]

Nike VR_S forged irons and Adam's A12 Pro hybrids

[cadman88]

Over my years of playing golf.. I would say Adams XTD Forged were just about the best thing I have played.. I've had several sets, and extra sets of heads at the same time. Now I'm down to just one set sitting in storage..

I have since played and moved on from; P730, P770, Cobra King Forged MB's, MP-20 MB's... all have come and gone.. I picked up a set of Wilson Staff Model Blades and after the first round I was shocked on how different they feel from the MP-20's which I thought were great.. but the Wilson's just feel so solid when hit... leading to my "One club that stood out.." would be the Wilson Staff Model Utility 18°... I've tried a lot of DI type clubs and never got on with any of them with graphite shafts, I put a steel one in them and much better.. as expected.. the KBS Hybrid 80s stock shaft in the Wilson 18° was nothing great.. I put a Tensei Blue 80HYx into it.. and wow.. this thing is seriously long.. so I'd say the Wilson 18°...

[gators78]

-510 TP is a stud no doubt, but even before that, the 320 Tour head that had "Tour" right by the loft, it was just so solid, and I felt really cool because it wasn't widely available. Won my first tournament with that driver.

-Adams Idea A4 forged irons, the Tour version, probably the best looking cavity iron I've ever used.

-My current MP20 mbs, never played Mizuno before...totally get it now.

[dwh24]

Ping G Hybrid with stock blue Alta shaft in 80g x flex. Was an absolute rocket.

[SetTheBarrHigh]

Adams Speedline F12 LS for me. I had played a 907D1 for close to 4 years and struggled to find a newer head that had the right sound & numbers (yes, I was the one person that enjoyed the 907 series).

There was a used F12 on the rack with the stock Fubuki that stayed in my bag for five years. It’s the GOAT driver in my own personal world.

[BCULAW]

I had a run with the Adams LP driver and fairway. On paper, both were HORRIBLE fits for me. I fit squarely in x-stiff, and these were both regular flex, light weight matrix shafts. I couldn’t “stand” on them, but they were straight and long if I just swung smoothly. Loved those woods!!

I’m a weird one. I have a garage full of x-stiff equipment mixed with regular flex gear. Stiff shafts are death for me, but I can play well with shafts on either side of stiff. Those Adams were probably the most glaring example of me loving gear that appeared to be an awful fit for me.

[hammergolf]

I was playing a Cleveland Classic TC-15 persimmon driver my first two years of college golf. Was pretty long and fairly straight driver of the ball. The first hole at our college course had a hazard that was 260 to carry off the tee. Myself and one other guy on our team were the only ones who could carry it. On our first practice round after winter break, one of my teammates brought out this club that looked like a saucer and had no hosel. I laughed at him. Then hit my regular tee shot that carried the hazard. My teammate then hit his tee shot with this “thing” and he carried the hazard with ease and hit it past me. I laughed at him and said “ I’ll never hit something that ugly”. Then after being out driven for 3holes I asked to hit it. Well needless to say after the round, I went straight to the golf shop and bought this “thing” called a Big Bertha....

[Nels55]

Thinking back on this one I would say that my club would be the Stan Thompson Ginty 7 wood. I could hit it well from pretty much any kind of lie and I could depend on getting decent distance out of it. LOL it made up for my inability to hit a longer iron very well back then. I can still remember how unbelievable it was hitting the green from a fairway bunker 170 yards out with that thing. I still have one that I rebuilt as they did tend to fall apart eventually. I hit it every once in a while just for grins and it is still a great club.

[KiwiNick]

PM grind 58* (which I still play) is a wizard of a thing out of soft sand and the rough. It's playable from the fairway too but I have SO much confidence in the bunkers and out of the rough now. Phil is definitely on to something with these wedges.

[sachdog]

Ping eye 2+ becu’s with titanium shafts. Crisper feeling than any club I have and probably will ever hit. I loved the high toe and not too thick top line. And the copper look stood out, you could see other guys glance at them from the other hole ?

[BCULAW]

I never understood the allure of Eye2s. I’m a bona fide iron geek, though, so several years ago I decided to pick up a set with the Zz lite shafts for the “collection.” Tried them, felt they were very ordinary compared to my collection of forged blades.

During one of my annual “sell offs,” I found myself looking for a set of irons to put in the bag while I waited for my new sticks to arrive. I shafted up the Eye2s with some KBS Tours I had laying around. Man, those things came to LIFE! I swear the 6 iron from the set might be the best performing single iron I’ve ever hit. It was automatic! They felt surprisingly good, too! I still have them and definitely understand why people love them so much.

I’d love to find some BeCus. I have a high school buddy that hoards them. He must have a dozen sets and has not even bothered to try anything else. He caddied on Tour for a couple of years, too, so he had access to literally everything he could ever want to try.

[steel09]

To me it has to be the titleist 915f fairway wood. It’s like cheating. Off the tee, off the turf. Heck you could even putt with it

[sachdog]

Wow your buddy must be rich ?

[jplroper]

Ping Zing 2 putter. I've tried a bunch of putters over the years and the Zing 2 is the go to trustworthy putter thats staying in the bag.

[Greenie]

My friend showed up with the Spin Doctor wedges. First hole was a par five and I was 60 yds away for my third shot. I said let me try that thing out. I hit my ball deep on the green and we watched my ball spin all the way back and off the front of the green. We all cracked up laughing.

[Guest]

For me, it’s gotta be the Cobra ZL Encore with an Oban Devotion 6. Not sure how much is actually a function of the head, but that shaft is perfect for my swing!

[BPetry]

For me it was the Ping TISI driver. It sounded like a shotgun went off when struck really well. It was longer for me than the GBB and I loved watching everyone snap their heads around when I smoked one of the tee next to the green they were putting on...lol