All one maker - reasons for and against

[Vater]

When I started, I had a hodgepodge of clubs - Cobra irons, TaylorMade woods, Cleveland wedges, Odyssey putter... Then I had this need to go all one maker and went TaylorMade top to bottom.

Then very recently, in my pursuit to upgrade my clubs to within the past 2-3 years, I broke from that and mixed it up again - TaylorMade driver, fairway, hybrid, lob wedge, putter, and Titleist irons 4-PW, GW, SW (Vokey).

If you go with all one brand, what are your reasons?

If you mix across categories, e.g. your irons or putter are different from the brand of the rest of your clubs, what are your reasons?

And if you literally have a different maker for almost every stick in your bag, what are your reasons?

And I'm talking about reasons beyond they play the best for you, that should be obvious. But I want to hear why some people (like I used to) go all one brand and why some people seem to just breakaway for one piece, like their driver for instance.

[spring70]

Right or wrong, my thought when i see a one brand bags: Sponsored, Fan Boy or OCD - NOT that there is anything wrong with any of them

I buy and try a lot of equipment, and sometimes my bag mix makes me laugh, but Let's say I want new irons, but I love my driver and wedges, I would never try to fit the iron brand into my driver brand, nor would I try to switch my driver brand to match my new irons - to me that makes zero sense.

 

 

[KiwiNick]

I ended up making an all Callaway bag. Truthfully, it was just so I tucked it off the list of things I wanted to do. I don't think it hurts my scoring but there could be a club that might be marginally better than what I have. The 5W/2i/2H spot is such a tricky club selection for me that's one place that might see a change. The wedges are also debatable. I used to play RTX and I think they are every bit as good at their job compared with my MD's. Once I wear out the irons or wedges I'll be throwing it back open to the best clubs at the time I think. Actually, I've got a Ping putter on the way now so I suppose that is the first non callaway change I'll be making.

[Joelsim]

I originally went all Ping but over the last few years have swapped and changed quite a lot. What I have now works better for me in that I hit my Ping irons beautifully, but I didn’t hit their hybrids anywhere near as well as I hit Titleist. As for wedges, I just prefer the Callaway and Vokeys I have now to the couple of Glides I’ve had. And as for putters, aside from a B60, pretty much nothing in the Ping range appeals to me, if they did a wide blade or a B60 Heppler then I may be interested.

[KiwiNick]

I'm adding a Ping putter to the bag which is the first non Callaway club in my bag for ages. I doubt I'll change from the Driver and 3W setup I have but the irons and wedges are up for debate once they wear out.

It's probably OCD but I just wanted to tick off the one manufacturer bag from my golf to do list. I don't think there's any competitive advantage. Although, I will say my PM grind 58* wedge is a magic wand from soft sand and deep rough.

 

[nlinneman20]

A week ago i had

Rogue Driver

Exotics 3W and Hybrid

Ping G30 Irons

Ping Zing Lob wedge

Callaway MD3 60*

Bridgestone 56

Vokey SM6 52

Scotty putter

Beat that :)

 

Now after getting a steal on Wilsons

 

I have the same woods, D7 Forged Irons, Wilson wedges, same putter. Jury is still out tho, have yet to play a full round with them.

[gripandrip]

I have a mixed bag. I pick clubs based on the performance I want. Srixon irons, Callaway driver, Taylormade 3-wood, Odyssey putter and Cleveland wedges. There are a lot of good clubs out there that could displace what I have, but why change what works. I have an old R9 3-wood that gives me the distance I want. I can hit newer 3-woods longer, but it just screws up my gaps. Putters kind of rotate. Odyssey and SC.

[Swingem]

I've been all TM for years. The clubs in my gamer bag are from 2009-2017. Call me a fan-boy, but the gene pool of great clubs from TM, from the top of the bag to the bottom is so deep I can find everything I want. It's just my preference, not saying it's for anyone else. Do what you want but a mixed bag isn't my thing.

[SwooshLT]

I'm normally first to hop in full tilt , head to toe with one brand.......but being Lefty, most times it fails for one reason or another.....

I've tried hard for an all Taylormade bag but can't find the right look and feel with wedges or putters.

Last year my search for irons ended by me getting into a combo Srixon set Z585/Z785. .went rtx4 wedges , even tried Z785 driver.....back to Taylormade however with woods and a Toulon garage putter, Bridgestone ball completes the setup.

 

 

[Hougz79]

I've been both. I have played a whole Titleist bag a few times in my life. It honestly is a bit OCD. Historically I tend to gravitate to brands for clubs. Titleist or Callaway Drivers (have gamed Ping and TM at times). Titleist, Mizuno, and recently Ping irons. Vokey wedges (but really enjoying Glide 3.0 currently), and almost exclusively Scotty Newport 2 of some variety over the years (with short affairs to Odyssey and even 2 rounds with a Spider Tour X).

For me it honestly comes down to a performance/aesthetic balance. I like the shape of Callaway drivers. Titleist drivers have always had that "solid" feel going back to the 975 models. I always feel comfortable gaming both. I like my driver and 3w to generally be from the same brand and same model line; that's probably OCD. I have predominantly played forged CBs for most of my life, so Titleist and Mizuno spent a lot of time in my bag. Pings have stepped up their game in the past few offerings and the i200 and i210 have been real winners for me. The Glide wedges blend into the feel of my irons very well. This is the longest my bag has been without a Vokey wedge since 2003 when I switched from 588s to Vokey 300 series. Hybrids to me are a crapshoot. Currently I love my 818H1, but honestly didn't get along with previous Titleist hybrids.

I will admit that I do gravitate to the one or two manufacturer set up. Currently my bag has 3 brands. I think the most it ever had was 5. I do think it's much easier to game one brand now. Multiple brands have increased quality in all clubs. There are also some years when a brand just "gets it right". Titleist in 2013/14, TM in 2016/17, Ping the last 3 years......

[Oqvist]

Never had it only one brand. I did have Cleveland driver and cleveland wedges for a while in between my odyssey putter, ping irons and orlimar woods.

Now it´s taylor made driver, ping 3 wood, ping hybrid, wilson irons, still cleveland wedges and powerbilt putter.

If somebody would sponsor me I would go one make. Please give me a call :D

 

[rxk9fan]

I went all TM last year along with the beautiful orange mini staff bag just because I think it is kind of cool to be all one OEM. A zipper broke after a couple of months on the beautiful bag and that led me back to...well you can see in my sig no more 1 OEM LOL

I kind of like the one OEM thing but am just too fickle.

[DavePelz4]

For me, consistency in the shaft is way more important. 10/14 clubs have the same shaft.

[getitdaily]

In my own bag I will always be against.

I will always play mizuno irons.

I'll likely never play mizuno woods, probably will always be TM.

I play vokey 54 and 60 but I play callaway 50 because it had the better bounce option at that loft than vokey.

[14max]

I'm good with PING or PING and Callaway. I have a comfort with both brands and don't care to stray from either...

[jjfcpa]

No fan boy or OCD, but I do have predominantly Callaway in my bag. However, I've compared a lot of different clubs - I like to buy single irons (7-iron) for comparison to see if I can find something that performs better. I've also experimented with different drivers, woods, and hybrids and always come back to Callaway. My decision is performance based and it just seems that Callaway, more often than not, delivers.

[puttingmatt]

I have always played a mixed bag,

But there is nothing wtong with having all clubs

From the same OEM.

Find what works for you , no matter who makes it.

 

[Ephemerlol]

I have never really gravitated to a single OEM bag, though I do have some matching throughout.

I play ping in the wedges and irons for consistency in my scoring clubs. The putter is ping too, and while there is some small satisfaction there, it was happenstance really.

Driver and 3 wood also match each other, both from Cobra, but the last two are a strong lofted Callaway 3 Iron and a Titleist hybrid.

As long as the clubs feel close and perform well a mishmash doesn't bother me too much. However, I did have to do more to tweak the oddballs to fit into the set, the pings were much more straight forward. I can definitely see some benefits to sticking to one manufacturer if you don't like rebuilding clubs.

[bogeypro]

I'm ocd.... i like all the same brand in the bag. However, I prefer the TaylorMade woods and wedges over the Titleist. So, I have tourneys irons and hybrid. TaylorMade woods and wedges. Anyways have a scotty in the bag.

[Hat Trick]

I didn't plan my bag this way but it is all Titleist except for hybrid (Adams), putter (Odyssey 2-Ball) and Chrome Soft 2020 ball. But the the Titleist clubs were the right fit and they make quality equipment so here I am at this point with my bag (Ping 4 series by the way).

[Cjetblack]

I did have all Ping, but have since switched to a Callaway driver and 5 wood and Cleveland wedges. Everything else stayed Ping.

[MikeW2]

Right now all Ping. I’m pretty OCD but not so much with golf. Titleist irons for almost 30 years. Ping putter for almost as long, with a few brief flirtations with Cameron. Played Cleveland wedges for a long time then found some vokeys that worked better for me. Drivers and fw were constantly changed. Last fall I started to realize I wasn’t getting as much out of my equipment as I should have been and decided to get fit and find what worked. It just worked out that I liked Ping, the numbers were good, and am now getting better results with every club in the bag. That it’s all one brand was just a nice additional perk for the OCD section of my brain.

[chal0072]

I always play mix bag. I shop at 2ndswing, I just go there, hit a bunch of clubs then pick whatever feels the best for me.

[red5standingby]

I ended last year with a Callaway driver, Callaway 3&5 fairway and Callaway 4-PW. Titleist was in the bag with four clubs with three Vokeyss and a Cameron for two brands total.

Currently I have nine PXG clubs, two Callaway, two TaylorMade and one Bettinardi. The only holdovers are the Rogue fairway woods. I tried out the PXG irons and liked them so much I got the driver and 22’ hybrid which are winners for me. The Vokey wedges were getting replaced as they were in the bag for three years and I decided to give the MG2 a try. Putters can change on a whim.

Until this year Callaway and or Ping usually dominated the bag with the odd Titleist or TaylorMade club. Having four brands is odd for me. What that means I don’t know. I am interested in trying a PXG fairway at some point though as I am a believer so far with them.

 

[trojanhorse]

I play what works for me. My wedges aren't even all the same brand

[RogerinNewZealand]

1995ish Ping ISI k and full bag wedges putter b605bz Zing2? Steel fwys......recently tried to go Full Muzuno but mp001 drivers hard too find..love 400cc plus Mizzy wedges rarely last in my bag. Titleist are best bet if i had too now..690mb Vokeys Scotty 915 7/4/ driver?

cheers

[Boricua Golf]

All Ping here until my kids gifted me a Scotty for Father's Day, it's in the bag, I got fitted, but for sentimental reasons, it's not leaving the bag, plus it is actually a great putter...

[MattyO1984]

What an awesome gift! Good vibes with a putter is always a positive and it sounds like that putter will have those good vibes in spades :)

[MattyO1984]

I am all Titleist everything and have been since I was a junior. The last non-Titleist club that I had in my bag was a Taylor Made Bubble Burner 3 wood that was in there from aged 13 to about 20. The only reason is stayed in there that long was that I never got on with the 975F fairways woods and I rarely, if ever, hit a 3 wood so the time and cost of getting something different didn’t seem worth it when I was in High School and at Uni.

 

My Titleist thing started with the Tel3 Newport like Tiger used. It was my first Titleist club and things just expanded from there. Getting a sleeve of Titleist Professionals or a dozen Tour Distance balls was an incredible thing back then, heck for me there is still something about opening up a new box of Pro V1x’s. All my favourite players - Tiger, Adam Scott, David Duval, Davis Love III used Titleist balls and equipment. Thinking of it now, I am not sure if they were my favourite players because they used Titleist stuff, it’s definitely a possibility.

 

I am sure that some of it with me is an OCD thing. I always like things to match and always have done. I feel best and most productive at work when I had an organised desk. If I am going to do something at home, I will try and have it all organised before I start. Another part of it is once I find something I like, I stick with it. FootJoy shoes - I haven’t worn anything but them for Golf since the early 2000’s. Ralph Lauren or RLX golf clothes - there isn’t much else in my wardrobe.

 

When it comes to golf equipment these days, all of it is so good. I have tried pretty much most of what is out there just out of interest more than anything but I am never more confident than when I have a Titleist club in my hand and a Titleist ball on the tee. In a game where confidence is such a big thing, to my mind that is a big thing and I can’t see that changing any time soon.

[Superbrit]

I've played single OEM bags many times but i get bored with them, there is always something that's better out there, whether that's the driver, or the irons, wedges etc

 

So i just play what i like no matter the OEM nowadays, i find myself changing a lot less as well