Dont trade in your old clubs

[parorelse]

I have pulled the 'ol Nickent 1 Hybrid out a time or two when the course was hard and fast.  I always hit it straight and it rolls forever.  I am sure a new driving iron may do the same, but that would take time, energy, and money.  Sometimes the old reliable needs to be put in play.  

 

Don't even get me started on putters...

[Roejye]

I try to have 1 backup set and some miscellaneous clubs to swap out depending on conditions/shiggles. Operative word there is try. I have 2 backup drivers, my Cleveland VAS irons, a set of hybrids that my dad gave me, a 52° and 56°, and a backup putter. I don't really have any fairway woods, but some low lofted hybrids that could probably suffice.

 

Once I get my new Clevelands I'll probably sell the VAS, but I'll keep the 3 iron for my display board. 

[Christen_The_Sloop]

On 6/23/2022 at 4:25 PM, BIG STU said:

LOL you guys are discovering what I have known for years and there in lies the problem. I never get rid of anything. I still have clubs I had 50 years ago. Never know when you may need something you hit 50 years ago. Recently I dragged out a Hogan "Special PI" that I played back in the 80s. One of the good things being old retired and do not play comps or keep a stipulated handicap any more  is the fact I can play what I darn well please regardless of what the USGA says. My wife is a saint as in she never says anything about my stuff even though I will admit it has gotten out of hand. Yep keep the old stuff you never know when you will have to back up and punt

The growing of the collection lets her know you are still alive?

[BIG STU]

45 minutes ago, Christen_The_Sloop said:

The growing of the collection lets her know you are still alive?

I have quelled my hoeing habits some in the last 2 1/2 years since I got hurt. I have not been to any Goodwills , yard sales or the scrapyard I worked at since I got hurt. I had planned as part of my retirement to clean out the herd. I have sold and gave away some stuff but it is a drop in the bucket. I did purchase via FB one Wedge I had wanted and did a trade deal with a member on here where I actually traded him 3 drivers for one driver I had been wanting for years. It is a work in progress

[jplroper]

  Its all perspective, pile all your old clubs and bags up and people might think you are a hoarder, have a shed dedicated to cataloging them and add a few Majors to your resume and you're Arnold Palmer.

[shanx]

I play old clubs, exclusively..

 

Have a few 440CC drivers (905T) that I will use from time to time.

Have some 90's classics (Mizzy Comp EZ, Titleist DCI Black Triangles) that I game once in a while.

 

My old, crusty Anser is always nearby, gets in the bag when nostalgia hits me....

[starrman77]

Simple, when the course I play doesn't take care of bunkers, we don't play them. Just take the ball out and chip from beside the bunker. Why should you be penalized for poor maintenance?

[Mitchell]

Great rule that I often quote from LB Floyd “Never, ever, ever get rid of a reliable fairway wood”

He may have used some other descriptors in that particular conversation that could offend those with delicate sensibilities 😂

Edited June 24, 2022 by Mitchell

[forrester_fire]

I never sell my old wedges, but I will sell iron sets.  More often than not, when I change irons it's a "lateral move".  I usually don't go into something significantly different that the preceding set, so it usually doesn't make much sense to hold on to them once I'm comfortable/confident that the new set is staying in the bag.  After that, they're sold. 

[MtlJeff]

3 hours ago, Mitchell said:

Great rule that I often quote from LB Floyd “Never, ever, ever get rid of a reliable fairway wood”

He may have used some other descriptors in that particular conversation that could offend those with delicate sensibilities 😂

 

3 woods and lob wedges LOL

 

I have 5-10 of each right now. It can lead to some "paralysis by analysis"....But i still like having them.

 

It's just so weird because i'd forgotten i even had the Eye2 wedge. But when i saw it among the collection i was like "perfect!"

[HoosierHacker89]

Out of pure frustration I am leaving nursing and going back to H and H bagel! 

[ShortGolfer]

I bought a cheap Mavrik Max 7 iron to complete a ladies flex backup set with reasonably matched swing weights around C6

2004 BB 41" driver,  38" FT 4 hybrid, Diablo Edge 9, PW, SW, MD3 58/11, Odyssey Indianapolis putter.

Not a bad beginners set for someone who is short.

 

Edited June 24, 2022 by ShortGolfer

[b.mattay]

I should note that I am only a ho with putters.

I had an old OG Odyssey Rossie White Hot (approximately 32" and bent a little upright) that I kept going back to...over and over and over again. Sadly, at the start of this year, someone stole it out of my bag while I was in the clubhouse having a post-round meal. Came back out after supper....putter gone 😞

 

 

Edited June 24, 2022 by b.mattay

[chinaski]

Never should have sold my BBA 816 5W, RBZ OG 3W or my 2016 M2. 

[hagimihale]

OP, I have 4 sets of irons in my garage (including my gamers).  Plus a set at my buddy's house in NJ, another set at my Dads in Jax FL, and another set at my sisters' in Boston.  

 

I have enough driver shafts in the garage that Club Champion told me to just bring my favorite six for a driver fitting.

 

And enough wedges to stream a "Vokey vs Mizuno vs multiple JDM" wedge shootout at just about any loft you desire.

 

And yet I still surf BST when I'm bored.  LMAO

Edited June 25, 2022 by hagimihale

[phizzy30]

On 6/22/2022 at 8:13 PM, SteelieD said:

Got tired of skulling shots out of thin sand bunkers with concrete type hard pan under the sand that my course seems to favor. 🙄
 

Remembered a old very low bounce lob wedge in like new condition that I had in the garage. Problem solved. 

I live in the LA area so this tells me it's a California thing.  Courses down here have been implementing these concrete bunkers for the past 10 years now because they are cheaping out big time.  Back in the day, golf courses would put nice fluffy, white sand in bunkers which made them very playable.  You won't find those anymore unless you're at a private CC or a super high end course around here these days.  My 58* is actually a 60* bent 2* strong.  6* of bounce originally, but since it's been bent, it's now 4*.  I still hit them thin on occasion. 

[phizzy30]

2 hours ago, hagimihale said:

OP, I have 4 sets of irons in my garage (including my gamers).  Plus a set at my buddy's house in NJ, another set at my Dads in Jax FL, and another set at my sisters' in Boston.  

 

I have enough driver shafts in the garage that Club Champion told me just to bring my favorite six for a driver fitting.

 

And enough wedges to stream a "Vokey vs Mizuno vs multiple JDM" wedge shootout at just about any loft you desire.

 

And yet I still surf BST when I'm bored.  LMAO

You're lucky to have such a collection.  My wife gives me the evil eye if I start hoarding clubs/shafts.  Her rule is that once I buy a club/shaft, the old one must go.  😭

[LRockwell]

I just repurchased my all time favorite putter (White Hot XG Teron) for about quadruple what I sold my old one for several years ago for a Anser TR 1966. 🤦‍♂️ Lesson learned….

[NoTalentLefty]

Limit myself to keeping Drivers and putters. Everything else is a give away or for sale.

[hagimihale]

3 hours ago, phizzy30 said:

You're lucky to have such a collection.  My wife gives me the evil eye if I start hoarding clubs/shafts.  Her rule is that once I buy a club/shaft, the old one must go.  😭

 

Not married. 🙂

[tannyhoban]

Two seasons mostly on the sidelines I traded clubs more often than I played. Going into this year I decided to stick with one set and little to no backup.

Played two 9’s with the new permanent setup and shot consecutive 45s (not so great for me).

 

So I  traded everything but driver in last week, (no backup set) finally broke 40 for 9 (that’s what I play these days) and of course the driver cost me a couple strokes today. No backup.

 

There’s a lesson in there somewhere.

[BIG STU]

On 6/24/2022 at 1:18 PM, starrman77 said:

Simple, when the course I play doesn't take care of bunkers, we don't play them. Just take the ball out and chip from beside the bunker. Why should you be penalized for poor maintenance?

For the same reasons at our course our Mens Groups do not play the bunkers neither do they play  them in the Saturday shootout. IMHO they are not that bad and when I play my vintage and "practice" rounds I play out of them people that play here will not rake a trap. Fun for me and reminds me of my younger days playing the courses I grew up on. Now to give the management credit they have started rebuilding them some. Mainly for the World Am play in the fall and for a big national Junior Tournament in the spring. But like I told one of the owners 99% of the people who play here regularly will not play the traps anyhow

[tannyhoban]

37 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

For the same reasons at our course our Mens Groups do not play the bunkers neither do they play  them in the Saturday shootout. IMHO they are not that bad and when I play my vintage and "practice" rounds I play out of them people that play here will not rake a trap. Fun for me and reminds me of my younger days playing the courses I grew up on. Now to give the management credit they have started rebuilding them some. Mainly for the World Am play in the fall and for a big national Junior Tournament in the spring. But like I told one of the owners 99% of the people who play here regularly will not play the traps anyhow

It’s always depended on who I am playing with how we go about crap bunkers - but I’m not ruining a club.

 

Many of the examples near me would be best served sodding them and give up sand. 

One did several years ago, upgraded everything including carts and raising rates. Their tee sheet is always full on weekends.

 

 

[Wayside]

I have an ancient TM 200 ‘ridgie’ (for those who remember) 17° which will never be sold. It has a Rifle steel shaft and goes about as far as a modern 7 wood, but it’s just the right distance for my bag and I love the way it sets up.
 

I keep being tempted to put a decent shaft in it, but I don’t want to mess with the magic. 

[tannyhoban]

2 minutes ago, Wayside said:

I have an ancient TM 200 ‘ridgie’ (for those who remember) 17° which will never be sold. It has a Rifle steel shaft and goes about as far as a modern 7 wood, but it’s just the right distance for my bag and I love the way it sets up.
 

I keep being tempted to put a decent shaft in it, but I don’t want to mess with the magic. 

I just remembered I changed my driver weights to heavy forward before yesterday’s round. (Because what if?) And of course it cost me. 

 

Sometimes you gotta accept good is good.

[BIG STU]

58 minutes ago, tannyhoban said:

It’s always depended on who I am playing with how we go about crap bunkers - but I’m not ruining a club.

 

Many of the examples near me would be best served sodding them and give up sand. 

One did several years ago, upgraded everything including carts and raising rates. Their tee sheet is always full on weekends.

 

 

When my home course was built over 35 years ago it was a resort course. Then they built houses around it and it basically became a community local orentated course. Back in the day it had a lot of bunkers but since it became a community course a lot of the bunkers were redone to be grass bunkers as not to make the course so hard. But it is still not a easy course because as I pointed out yesterday the course has matured a lot and tres have grown up and blossomed out quite a bit. I pointed it out to my playing partners on #12 yesterday. One tree has gotten taller plus a water oak on the corner has blossomed out. Now days the hole is played entirely different than 20 years ago when I first moved here. It is actually more difficult for me now than then and I will admit I do not hit it as far either as I did 20 years ago but then again I have moved up 2 sets of tees too. Back in the day you cut cut the corner over the trees and over the creek and have a wedge in. In recent years I have only seen 2 players do it that way one was our fellow WRXer Cardoustie when he played with me here last year. 

[buckeyefl]

Keep them all and melt them down into a Game of Thrones style recliner.

 

[BIG STU]

1 hour ago, Wayside said:

I have an ancient TM 200 ‘ridgie’ (for those who remember) 17° which will never be sold. It has a Rifle steel shaft and goes about as far as a modern 7 wood, but it’s just the right distance for my bag and I love the way it sets up.
 

I keep being tempted to put a decent shaft in it, but I don’t want to mess with the magic. 

Absolutely do not mess with it if it still hits good for you--- IMHO sometimes you catch lightning in a jar with certain combinations of a shaft and head and on top of that shafts even the same kind can vary too. Sounds like the absolute great combo for you

[llewol007]

so true 

[buckeyefl]

On 6/23/2022 at 12:27 PM, parorelse said:

I have pulled the 'ol Nickent 1 Hybrid out a time or two when the course was hard and fast.  I always hit it straight and it rolls forever.  I am sure a new driving iron may do the same, but that would take time, energy, and money.  Sometimes the old reliable needs to be put in play.  

 

Don't even get me started on putters...

I still carry two Nickent hybrids and nothing has even come close to throwing them out of the bag. One of these days I'll post a picture of them that will drive the OCD crowd crazy. Stickers still on the shafts and the shafts are different flex. I fear the day that I have to reshaft them because I have no ide what to replace them with lol.