Looks, feel, name and player endorsment?

[The Fat Easy]

reasons for buying certain brands.

Just wondering in your opinion, which is most important for buying certain brands. Whether its 1 or all 4.
Please put in order of preference.

Heres mine.
1. pe (player endorsment)
2. n (name)
3. l (looks)
4. f (feel)

[chasm]

I'm the exact opposite! Feel, Looks, Name, PE

[villa]

Difficult one if we're honest with ourselves.

 

I think mine's:

 

1. Looks

2. Feel

3. Name

4. Player Endorsment

[dan360]

Difficult one if we're honest with ourselves.

Oh, how true how true. ;)

 

 

Mine:

 

1. Looks

2. Feel

3. Player Endorsement--this can drive me away from a product just as quick as it'll pull me toward it.

4. Name

[fish]

mine is ...

 

1. Feel

2. Looks

3. Name

4. Players endorsement....

 

Since purchasing my first set of forged cavity backs, mx-20's I have been enamored with feel!!!!!

Thats why I bought the mx-23's the minute they came out. Players endorsement is the least of my worries but I know if tiger woods went back to Mizuno irons... So would a lot of others....

 

 

Eric

[onemomentintime]

feel, looks, name, player endorsement..that order

 

i don't care about the name much less a player's endorsement at all. i play what i like and don't care if someone thinks anything of it.

[Sisu]

For me:

 

Looks

Feel

Name

Player endorsement

[sheppy335]

Feel

Looks

Name

Player endorsement

[Sam-Tee-Time]

1. f (feel) - this is the MOST critical to me. The club must feel good at impact (clubheads) and during the swing (shafts)

2. l (looks) - I have to have something I like to look at. I won't play mules just because the feel good.

3. n (name) - I'm a bit of an OEM snob, and partial to certain brands. While there are some component clubs that are fine equipment - I tend to think the big OEM's have lot more research $$$$ to put technology into their clubs.

4. pe (player endorsment) - LAST on the list easily. While I like certain players (Tiger, for example), I would certainly not lean towards those clubs simply because he plays them.

[KeilwerthSX90R]

1) looks - a good look at address is the most important thing for me, it gives me the proper focus and confidence. I play much better with Player's CBs or even MBs than with game improvement irons just because I'm not comfortable looking down at them.

 

2) feel - I'm not big into the pure Miura feel, etc. etc. What I do want though is enough feel that if I mishit a shot I know. I played Ping irons for a while and when I would miss out on the toe a little I wouldn't know so I never really tried to fix it. Once I switched to a less forgiving club I felt the mishits and was able to practice and fix the problem.

 

3) name - I like TM and Titleist meaning I try their stuff first but I would certainly play anything if it performs better.

 

4) Endorsement - yeah it's cool to play what some of my favorite players play but since I can't play like the play it's not that big a deal.

[abewley]

looks -- if you don't like the way it looks you'r not going to try/buy it..

feel -- it had better feel good, or your going to suck and hate it.

name -- once you find a good product from a OEM.. you tend to stick with it.

PE -- could care less, but once your get the first 3... then you find your new favorite player. Trevor Immelman

[cornbred19]

1. performance when i swing the club

2. performance when i swing the club

3. performance when i swing the club

4. performance when i swing the club

 

i keep it simple...

[RagingAardvark]

Performance and feel. So far, I bought my new driver and irons base don monitor performance (and then checked playnig them for a few rounds). I had wanted a couple particular brands (due to looks, name, and players) but they just didn't work for me so I crossed them off the list. My bag is getting more and more mixed now because of it though (TMade, Orlimar, Adams, Cleveland, Odyssey). ;)

[AUDuffer]

1. performance when i swing the club

2. performance when i swing the club

3. performance when i swing the club

4. performance when i swing the club

 

i keep it simple...

 

I like cornbred19's answer, but to go along with the thread:

 

1. Looks--It's got to be pleasing to my eye if I'm going to play it. You don't walk by the model to talk to the ugly spinster sitting next to her.

2. Feel--The clubs might look good, but if it's not happening in the feel department then it's never going to happen (can't make yourself want to try to like them)

3. Name--The last two are interchangeable to me. Hell, take a look at my bag and you'll see I'm all over the place. Of course, it doesn't mean I won't try a new club when it comes out, but that doesn't mean it'll be in my bag any time soon...

4. PE--This I could care the least about so I put it down at the bottom. It doesn't matter to me what the pros are using because if it doesn't meet my first two then it's never getting down to 3 and 4.

[golfebj]

1: Looks

2: Feel

3: Name

[CRutherford]

I know how this seems, but...

1.Name

2.Feel

2.Looks

2.Player Endorsement

[USNHack]

Feel and Look is at the top of my list pretty equally. I have to like the feel of the club in my hands and at impact, but golf is such a mental game if the club does not look right at address it will carry over to the set up, alignment and ability to put a good swing on the ball. Brand is secondary but does have merit I will always compare clubs being tested to my current brand and I tend to look at new stuff from current brands that I play first before I look elsewhere. Player endorsement has nothing to do with my choice ;)

Just My .02 cents :D

[Konklifer]

Looks and feel are far and away the most important. Name and endorsement may weigh in on occasion but even then it's a small amount and falls way behind the first two factors.

[golfernut78]

1. name - i'm gonna go and look at nike, titleist, mizuno, taylormade before i look at callaway, adams, and macgregor

2. looks - if it doesn't look good to me i'm never going to be able appreciate at it, but thats not to say the look won't grow on my (nike sq driver and taylormade rescue dual)

3. feel - very important

4. player endorsement - don't care. i can't hang with the pros even if they had one hand tied behind there back. i play nike because i like the design, look, feel and performance, not because of tiger woods. i play vokey wedges because of the design, look, feel and perfomance, not because half the pros do.

[franmel123]

i'd agree with golfernut. I don't look at macgregor, adams, dunlop, ben sayers, etc… unless I am really bored, even if I like looks and feel I probably won't buy it.

for the rest

1. name

2. looks

3. feel

4. Player endorment. (this is important to golf itself. If people didn't do this golf would be a poor sport and proper players might have to pay for their clubs, but yet proper clubs might be cheaper)

[herkyjerk]

1- Looks for sure

 

2 - Performance

 

3 - Player Endorse / Brand Loyalty

 

4 - Sound

 

I'm the only demented wacko on earth who LOVES the sound of the FT-3. Everybody else thinks it's horrible, it's like music to my ears. Yeah that's what the golf world needs, is the 5,000th driver that sounds like metal breaking glass. It's strange I love Tiger but have only a Nike Bag (Slingshot Tour), I don't pull for Phil or Vijay yet play Callway & Cleveland.

[Simp]

feel, looks, name, player endorsement..that order

 

i don't care about the name much less a player's endorsement at all. i play what i like and don't care if someone thinks anything of it.

 

 

Love that avatar! Oh yeah, I'm Feel, Looks, Name, Player Endorsement.

[Moodicious]

Feel, Looks, Name, Player Endorsement.

 

After all, what's right for a touring pro may not be right for the rest of us. ;)

[alexthegrrr8]

for me it's feel all the way, then looks, if i could i'd replace player endorcement with playabilty that would be a factor. name means nothing to me.

[IMAGOLFER]

1. Looks - I could care less how a driver feels if it's 5º closed.

 

2. Feel - Obviously if it feels like a telephone pole with a rock tied on the end I probably won't put it in play.

 

3. Name - For the most part I could care less, but there are a couple companies out there that make garbage.

 

4. Player endorsement - They are paying me to play it so why should I care who is getting paid?

[nick5003]

1. Feel

2. Looks

3. Name

4. Player endorsement

 

If i don't like how a club feels there is no way that i can put it into play. I can put up with a club not looking that great only if it provides superior performance. I can care less about the name of the club or who plays it.

[cjdrcc]

1) Looks, If the thing looks stupid or al all closed I let it go.

2) Feel, Shaft/During the swing if the most important and then impact.

3) Sound, I'm kind quirky on this one, I'll take anything not super loud (ie Cobra, others)

4) Name, I play alot of titleist but TM makes good stuff as well as others.

[Huskypride28]

Just wondering in your opinion, which is most important for buying certain brands. Whether its 1 or all 4.

Please put in order of preference.

 

Heres mine.

1. pe (player endorsment)

2. n (name)

3. l (looks)

4. f (feel)

 

I'm going to be completely honest. I know i sound like a poser but here is why i bought my current set.

 

1. Player endorsement (I never would have bought Nike clubs if Tiger wasn't endorsed by them, and I'd bet my life that no one else would have either)

2. Name

3. Looks

4. Feel

[golfpro57]

;)

 

I feel like you, I think you got it right.

[The Fat Easy]

Well, a bit of a surprise to me that most replies are nearly all the same, its as if most repliers are off really low single figured handicaps. I mean I see alot of middle to high handicappers playing all the big brand stuff and in my honest opinion, I dont think that feel is at the top of most of their lists. I play off 7 and my whole set is made up of titleist,right down to the glove. The man who did it for me is Ernie Els. My thinking straight away is that if Ernies using Titleist that they musnt be half bad which is why I have PE at no1, and then I saw players like DL111, Adam Scott and others using Titleist and it made my brand decision even easier. Hence name at no2. Then I hunted for a head that I liked which happened to be the 690.mbs. Tried them out and they felt wonderful. Matched my Driver, 3 wood, wedges, putter ball and glove based purely on the PE and the name and couldnt be happier. If a callaway iron felt like heaven, I still wouldnt buy it due to who plays it, the name and those horrible chunky looks. I think theres a lot more people out there that think like I do but are either to shy to reply or just plainly not that honest with themselves. Cmon all you nike players, tell us how Tiger pursuaded you! ;)