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  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,547 Swaye's Wigwam
    Tequilla said:

    What are you talking about? I’m a narcissistic asshole that is constantly full of himself ... haven’t you heard?
    Anyone who has been on

    Because the 3 wood or 5 wood wouldn’t do ?
    All the cool kids carry 4 woods anymore.

    Except me. I dumped mine for a 16* ,hybrid.
  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 110,942 Founders Club
    The 5 wood was a ladies club back in the day, Real men used 1,2,3 irons
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,568
    My 2 iron is irreplaceable…through many years of “experimentation”, I can slice and hook low around trees with distance when in jail, key to my “bomb and gouge” philosophy…
  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,547 Swaye's Wigwam
    Fishpo31 said:

    My 2 iron is irreplaceable…through many years of “experimentation”, I can slice and hook low around trees with distance when in jail, key to my “bomb and gouge” philosophy…

    I've been stubbornly hanging onto my long irons too and for the same reason. It can be windy as fuck here and a low 3 iron from 170 yards has a better chance of dining the green in the wind than a muscled up 5 or 6 iron that goes a mile high.

    But...last year I threw a 19* TM rescue in for my 3 iron just to give it a chance. I found that not only is it easier and more accurate on those low trouble shots, it all but eliminated horrible shots when I'm out 200 yards. I might still miss the green, but not by much.

    So I just bought a matched set of Srixon ZH 85 hybrids 2-4 and am going to dump the 4 iron too. That's how im starting the season anyways.
  • LebamDawgLebamDawg Member Posts: 8,768 Standard Supporter
    Golfing in Denver years ago had a guy join us and the only metal clubs he had was a putter and a sand wedge, the others were a complete set of woods 1 through 13, no 2 or 4. Had never seen that before or since.

    Obviously, he had to have had them specially made.
    IIRC, about the third hole at about 100 yds out or so, he pulls out an 11 wood. I just about shit, no shaking or vomiting, just change the underwear like.
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,568
    chuck said:

    I've been stubbornly hanging onto my long irons too and for the same reason. It can be windy as fuck here and a low 3 iron from 170 yards has a better chance of dining the green in the wind than a muscled up 5 or 6 iron that goes a mile high.

    But...last year I threw a 19* TM rescue in for my 3 iron just to give it a chance. I found that not only is it easier and more accurate on those low trouble shots, it all but eliminated horrible shots when I'm out 200 yards. I might still miss the green, but not by much.

    So I just bought a matched set of Srixon ZH 85 hybrids 2-4 and am going to dump the 4 iron too. That's how im starting the season anyways.
    I'm really stubborn with my clubs as well. My parents bought mine for me (Ping Eyes) when I graduated from college, and they are the only set I've owned that weren't hand-me-downs. I do have a 19* rescue that I like, and swapped the 5 wood out for it. Trade out the driver and 3 wood every couple of years...I've seen my friends slowly switch over the past several years to the hybrids, and graphite shafts, but the donkey in me won't let go...
  • RaceBannonRaceBannon Member, Moderator, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 110,942 Founders Club
    My first set was my mom's old Louise Suggs irons
  • TheHBTheHB Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 6,456 Swaye's Wigwam
    The golf superiority guy talk in here is aces.
  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,547 Swaye's Wigwam

    My first set was my mom's old Louise Suggs irons

    I pieced my first set together from a pile of old MacGregor blades that were on my Dad's reject pile. I played with them for probably 10 years, teeing off only with a 2 iron, before I finally felt wealthy enough to buy my own stuff. Having learned with those blades, the first time I saw a set of huge, offset Ping irons I wondered if they were for some other sport. I still use blades most of the time, and when I don't they are small cavity backs that look like blades from above and below. It's not a pride thing. I just can't hit big, offset irons. I know I can't the second I get set up and look down at them.
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,568

    My first set was my mom's old Louise Suggs irons

    I had a used kids set, then got the Louise Suggs set from my mom when I started snapping heads, followed up by my dad's old Sam Snead Blue Ridge blades...
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,568
    edited February 2022
    chuck said:

    I pieced my first set together from a pile of old MacGregor blades that were on my Dad's reject pile. I played with them for probably 10 years, teeing off only with a 2 iron, before I finally felt wealthy enough to buy my own stuff. Having learned with those blades, the first time I saw a set of huge, offset Ping irons I wondered if they were for some other sport. I still use blades most of the time, and when I don't they are small cavity backs that look like blades from above and below. It's not a pride thing. I just can't hit big, offset irons. I know I can't the second I get set up and look down at them.
    It took me about 2 years to feel comfortable with the Pings, but they Eyes were not huge or offset as much as later models. I miss the feeling of pure-ing a blade, and the control you get when hitting it right. Admittedly, it didn't happen often enough, for the most part...
  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,547 Swaye's Wigwam
    Fishpo31 said:

    It took me about 2 years to feel comfortable with the Pings, but they Eyes were not huge or offset as much as later models. I miss the feeling of pure-ing a blade, and the control you get when hitting it right. Admittedly, it didn't happen often enough, for the most part...
    I always picture the Ping Zing irons when I think of older Pings.
  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 20,024
    chuck said:

    I've been stubbornly hanging onto my long irons too and for the same reason. It can be windy as fuck here and a low 3 iron from 170 yards has a better chance of dining the green in the wind than a muscled up 5 or 6 iron that goes a mile high.

    But...last year I threw a 19* TM rescue in for my 3 iron just to give it a chance. I found that not only is it easier and more accurate on those low trouble shots, it all but eliminated horrible shots when I'm out 200 yards. I might still miss the green, but not by much.

    So I just bought a matched set of Srixon ZH 85 hybrids 2-4 and am going to dump the 4 iron too. That's how im starting the season anyways.
    Anybody else have a similar experience with the hybrids?

    I’ve always found it easier to hit my irons out of the rough than my fairway woods (particularly if the ball is sitting down) … but the consistency with the long irons is really hit or miss.

    I’m definitely contemplating getting a hybrid and trying one out but just not convinced there’s a ton of utility to add versus my 5 wood
  • TheHBTheHB Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 6,456 Swaye's Wigwam
    Tequilla said:

    Anybody else have a similar experience with the hybrids?

    I’ve always found it easier to hit my irons out of the rough than my fairway woods (particularly if the ball is sitting down) … but the consistency with the long irons is really hit or miss.

    I’m definitely contemplating getting a hybrid and trying one out but just not convinced there’s a ton of utility to add versus my 5 wood
    I say if you like your 5-wood and you've played a long time using it and your irons, you probably don't need the hybrids. For me, I couldn't hit a long iron to save my life and the hybrids worked for me just because they seem to be more forgiving. I'm a shitty golfer though, so no superiority guy angle here.
  • Fishpo31Fishpo31 Member Posts: 2,568
    Tequilla said:

    Anybody else have a similar experience with the hybrids?

    I’ve always found it easier to hit my irons out of the rough than my fairway woods (particularly if the ball is sitting down) … but the consistency with the long irons is really hit or miss.

    I’m definitely contemplating getting a hybrid and trying one out but just not convinced there’s a ton of utility to add versus my 5 wood
    I hit everything really high (especially the 5 wood). The 19* hybrid is really good out of tall grass, comes out hot and low, and gives me much more distance than a skyed 5 wood, or a punch out.
  • chuckchuck Member, Swaye's Wigwam Posts: 11,547 Swaye's Wigwam
    Tequilla said:

    Anybody else have a similar experience with the hybrids?

    I’ve always found it easier to hit my irons out of the rough than my fairway woods (particularly if the ball is sitting down) … but the consistency with the long irons is really hit or miss.

    I’m definitely contemplating getting a hybrid and trying one out but just not convinced there’s a ton of utility to add versus my 5 wood
    You'll probably find you get more consistent contact un deep lies with the hybrid, but everyone is different. I have a pretty flat swing so my irons tend to hang up in the rough right ahead of contact. Hybrids glide through better.

    I carried a 4 wood as my only FW for a long time. I still have several of them that I'll always keep. It's an amazing club, but my mission with it are worse than with the 16* hybrid, plus it tends to balloon in the wind while the hybrid stays quite low.
  • TequillaTequilla Member Posts: 20,024
    TheHB said:

    I say if you like your 5-wood and you've played a long time using it and your irons, you probably don't need the hybrids. For me, I couldn't hit a long iron to save my life and the hybrids worked for me just because they seem to be more forgiving. I'm a shitty golfer though, so no superiority guy angle here.
    I’m very comfortable with my 5 wood off the tee but my woods off the deck can be low bullets or high like off the tee

    When I hit my long irons properly they are great … but the consistency isn’t there (particularly if I’m not actively working on them)
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