Do you have any extremely quirky equipment preferences?

[MattM97]

Nothing crazy I guess. I like my grips built up with as little taper as possible on them. Regripping time is always fun when I have to decide which grip I want and how many wraps this time. 

[eric61]

4 hours ago, Mikey_HACKilroy said:

Well, I like stupid driver swing weight and anything in my bag - including my bag - absolutely must be orange.

Grips? Orange

Iron Covers? Orange

Bag? Orange

Balls? If I can find ones I like, Orange!

Gloves? Zero Friction.... BECAUSE THEY SELL ORANGE!!!! (And they are pretty high quality)

 

I don't like replacing the driver because if I do that then I'll have to get used to a new one all over again!

 

For this winter, I have considered buying an Orange Scottish Cap to wear with my orange shirt, and orange accented shoes and dark blue pants. I might even buy orange tees just for the sport of it. Orange socks sound nice, too.... but even I think that might be a touch too much.

Hmm... yeah that's about it.

I am very depressed about the fact that orange carry bags are harder to find. 😞  LOL

 

 

I love this. Orange has been my favorite color since a Little League team I was on that wore orange uniforms won our championship one year … it just always stuck. I typically stick to orange as an accent color — orange Apple Watch band, orange hat sometimes. But what orange carry bags have you found? I would definitely carry an orange bag.

 

6 hours ago, CROUSE99 said:

I've always changed irons as often as most people change their socks.  Sadly, a few months ago I got a set that are perfect for my swing.  Now, I'm having withdrawals from not buying clubs.

Hahaha, this is me too. I’ve been hitting everything under the sun but the i230s have survived the year.

 

7 hours ago, j.b.newton said:

Different sized grips on woods/long irons vs short irons/wedges.

 

Do you go bigger on wedges? I’ve done plus two wraps on longer clubs, but gone all the way to midsize for wedges.  
 

3 hours ago, BCULAW said:

I can play really good golf with regular flex shafts throughout the bag, or with x-stiff shafts throughout the bag, but tend to struggle playing stiff shafts.  

OK this one sounds weird but I’m with you. I tend to get too quick in transition, so here’s my working theory: X-flex sticks with me. R-flex is a severe enough departure that the noticeably different feeling in my hands helps me slow down. Especially a heavy R-flex, like DG R300. Stiff, which is what on paper I should be playing, just lets me swing my crappy swing without doing anything to help me out. 

Edited October 20, 2023 by eric61

[tonycarsel]

Putters putters putters putters… I’m sure I’m not alone in this but always and forever searching for the ever-elusive “the one wand”. 
 

currently using the hydro blast spider x and really did like it at first and it may be turning more into love! This could be the one… but not really, who are we kidding

[RCGA]

 

11 hours ago, RCGA said:

I cannot swing a club with a swingweight under D4-D5

 

8 hours ago, Brooks_Cupcake said:

rrrrrrright……..

 

No feel for the clubhead with these stock D1/D2 swingweights. Sorry you don't believe me I guess. 

[Primo1868]

I'm a hobby club building and tinkerer with minimal quality shop equipment. 

 

I guess a quirk of mine is that I tend to perform better with clubs that require a negative angle of attack when the head is "light feeling" with a heavy shaft (i.e. 3 wood has the +9gm weight removed from the head with a 78gm shaft). Alternatively, I perform better with clubs that require a positive angle of attack when the head is "heavy feeling" with a lighter shaft (i.e. my driver has +15gm of extra head weight and a 67gm shaft). 

[Mikey_HACKilroy]

6 hours ago, eric61 said:

I love this. Orange has been my favorite color since a Little League team I was on that wore orange uniforms won our championship one year … it just always stuck. I typically stick to orange as an accent color — orange Apple Watch band, orange hat sometimes. But what orange carry bags have you found? I would definitely carry an orange bag.

 

 

I posted a link above to one such bag from Sun Mountain. It's a 2022, so it isn't widely available anymore and Sun Mountain appears to have gone away from that color. LOL

There is a carry bag I am considering compromising in this year's version that's a sort of bright red, but it's just not the same. 😄 Maybe I'll ask them what it would cost to use the Orange... LOL

[Lemonde]

I always end up with a 56 high bounce and a 58 low bounce in the bag.  I don’t know what it is about 54 and 60 degree wedges but for some reason I can’t get comfortable carrying them. There is enough of a yardage gap with the 2 degrees to make it work. 

Edited October 20, 2023 by Lemonde

[gvogel]

8 hours ago, MattM97 said:

Nothing crazy I guess. I like my grips built up with as little taper as possible on them. Regripping time is always fun when I have to decide which grip I want and how many wraps this time. 

You and Tom Watson.

[cardoustie]

33 minutes ago, Mikey_HACKilroy said:

 

I posted a link above to one such bag from Sun Mountain. It's a 2022, so it isn't widely available anymore and Sun Mountain appears to have gone away from that color. LOL

There is a carry bag I am considering compromising in this year's version that's a sort of bright red, but it's just not the same. 😄 Maybe I'll ask them what it would cost to use the Orange... LOL

Do you use orange paintfill?

 

I’ve got two pairs of orange / white myjoys wingtips 

 

orange car

 

orange watch 

 

but not everything orange as you’ve seem to fallen into

[ewaldbeukes]

12 hours ago, cgasucks said:

This may not be a quirk but I want oversize Lamkin Crosslines on my woods, irons, and wedges and an old school Pingman pistol grip on my putter.

 

I do know that this is a quirk as I prefer my irons to be made in stainless steel or nickel since I don't like seeing rust forming around the sweet spot over time that you see in forged carbon steel irons.

Love this - my need is a Lamkin midsize with the logo down. It inflicts physical pain when this isnt done right! 

 

Also, my wedges must be the same brand. I dont know, its a thing... I once had 3 Cleveland 588s and two were raw and one was chrome... it was a struggle! Woods are ok as I cover them up with uniform leather headcovers haha 

[jplroper]

    I have not been able to find a modern driver I can hit , currently playing the Callaway Steelhead with a steel shaft.  I just think of it as using a low lofted 3w off the tee. I always use a Titleist golf bag, I just like the script.  After reading a Lee Trevino article I won't use yellow tees. 

[Mikey_HACKilroy]

33 minutes ago, cardoustie said:

Do you use orange paintfill?

 

I’ve got two pairs of orange / white myjoys wingtips 

 

orange car

 

orange watch 

 

but not everything orange as you’ve seem to fallen into

 

I will say I do break it up with blue and other colors... 😁

[jarediogolf]

I like short fairway woods with heavy heads. 
Which makes me think I should just play hybrids. But then I buy hybrids and I don’t like them. 
Everything else in the bag is pretty normal off the shelf stiff flex. 
I bought some Ping G425 woods figuring they are popular and good I can play them standard and be a normal person. But I’m already finding myself choking up, flattening lies, and adding weight. 
 

I also like golf gloves that are a bit small and tight and golf grips that are large. 

[Jayjay_theweim_guy]

10 hours ago, st1800e said:

Be careful where you go on St. Patrick’s Day.  

I am kicking myself for not thinking of that joke before you.  Really well done.

 

 

[Jayjay_theweim_guy]

1 hour ago, jplroper said:

After reading a Lee Trevino article I won't use yellow tees. 

I don't get the reference.  What's with yellow tees?  And does it extend to yellow balls too?

[BIG STU]

13 hours ago, Buzzkill said:

I play same manufacturer throughout set.

Come to think of it yes you do . I have seen many of your WITB posts over the years

[BIG STU]

2 hours ago, cardoustie said:

Do you use orange paintfill?

 

I’ve got two pairs of orange / white myjoys wingtips 

 

orange car

 

orange watch 

 

but not everything orange as you’ve seem to fallen into

That Ping wedge you gave me has an orange grip. I messed around with it some last week for kicks and giggles

[st1800e]

24 minutes ago, Jayjay_theweim_guy said:

I don't get the reference.  What's with yellow tees?  And does it extend to yellow balls too?

https://www.golfdigest.com/story/myshot_gd0205

[BCULAW]

9 hours ago, eric61 said:

OK this one sounds weird but I’m with you. I tend to get too quick in transition, so here’s my working theory: X-flex sticks with me. R-flex is a severe enough departure that the noticeably different feeling in my hands helps me slow down. Especially a heavy R-flex, like DG R300. Stiff, which is what on paper I should be playing, just lets me swing my crappy swing without doing anything to help me out. 

 
My thoughts are similar. I’m a former minor league baseball player that can still generate a little bit of speed so I tend to fit into X.  That said, I’m also nearing 50yo with a 60 hour per week desk “habit,” so there are times when X beats me up and tired me out. If I move to stiff, my sense is that I overpower it with my regular swing, but it is still too much work for my “tired” swing. Moving to regular allows me to play shots with my tired swing. Interestingly, I rarely feel like I overpower regular flex. I’m guessing it is a matter of improved rhythm.
 

i am playing really good golf right now with 6.5 in the driver and KBS Tour 130x in the irons and wedges. If I had to choose a set to take into competition, though, it would be DGR300 in the irons and a heavy regular flex graphite in the driver. 

[Buzzkill]

7 minutes ago, BIG STU said:

Come to think of it yes you do . I have seen many of your WITB posts over the years

Hasn’t always been that way, last several sets though.

[Nelson.br.1515]

Shaft labels/graphics that aren’t aligned down the back of the shaft. I wish the golf world would all just use the Callaway/Titleist adapter. But as much as I hate seeing the shaft graphics at address I prefer my grips logo up….

Edited October 20, 2023 by Nelson.br.1515

[BIG STU]

Just now, Buzzkill said:

Hasn’t always been that way, last several sets though.

I think my most favorite set up you played was the "Mac Cobra" irons

[Ben B]

Wedges MUST look good to my eye or they will not make it in the bag, this includes the PW of my iron set. In fact, it is the PW that really determines if I am going to put a set of irons in play. They need to be small, compact, and tapper fairly quicly to the hosel. If the heel of the wedge is tall, it's a no go. Love the look of my Bridgestone J15df PW and the mizzy T22 wedges. 

 

[MattM97]

2 hours ago, gvogel said:

You and Tom Watson.

 

One of these things is not like the other, one of them is good at golf. 

[Kmagnuss]

13 hours ago, MikeW2 said:

Really despise the color red. I don’t have a logical reason as to why and have disliked the color as far back as I can remember. I will not use a club if the red on it cannot be painted over or covered with tape. Will not wear red either. Not sure if this falls under quirky or completely insane but here we are..😔

Ever in a gang?  JK but it brought me back to my days living in Flint, MI.

Strangely, I'm not a fan of red either.  Even worse is purple. 

[Phabs]

9 minutes ago, Kmagnuss said:

Ever in a gang?  JK but it brought me back to my days living in Flint, MI.

Strangely, I'm not a fan of red either.  Even worse is purple. 

He must be a crip. 

[ShortSticks]

I can't play well with any lob wedge other than a PING Eye 2 LW. There is just something about that design that works for me. My guess is I have played it for so long I am just more comfortable with it than any other lob wedge. It is so easy to open up and hit the high "Phil" flop shot and out of greenside bunkers it is has no equal.

 

I have tried all the modern high toe lob wedges out now that try to capture that same magic but they just don't have the same special sauce that the original design has. I currently have a square groove BeCu, a square groove SS and an XG that all get played. I am always on the look out for a new condition GORGE to add to the collection.

[bladehunter]

14 hours ago, BCULAW said:

I can play really good golf with regular flex shafts throughout the bag, or with x-stiff shafts throughout the bag, but tend to struggle playing stiff shafts.  

Yup.  Can attest. Stuff won’t handle full bore.   And throttling down to regular us a very good feeling of control.  Like the easy button.  Every shot is a soft wedge. 

[bladehunter]

1 hour ago, BCULAW said:

 
My thoughts are similar. I’m a former minor league baseball player that can still generate a little bit of speed so I tend to fit into X.  That said, I’m also nearing 50yo with a 60 hour per week desk “habit,” so there are times when X beats me up and tired me out. If I move to stiff, my sense is that I overpower it with my regular swing, but it is still too much work for my “tired” swing. Moving to regular allows me to play shots with my tired swing. Interestingly, I rarely feel like I overpower regular flex. I’m guessing it is a matter of improved rhythm.
 

i am playing really good golf right now with 6.5 in the driver and KBS Tour 130x in the irons and wedges. If I had to choose a set to take into competition, though, it would be DGR300 in the irons and a heavy regular flex graphite in the driver. 

Yep. Takes away the “ Heeman “ option doesn’t it ?     I played an R flex driver all of 2017. Didn’t go anywhere. But I rarely missed with it. 

[Nard_S]

Like heavy clubs but my putter is 31" and has a swing weight of C0.