What's in your golf bag

I have a Taylormade R11 driver
Callaway diablo 3+5 wood
Taylormade R9 4-pw
Vokey 54 + 56 degree wedges
Odyessy 2 ball putter
Galvin green waterproofs

What clubs do you guys have?

You seem to have posted this twice. I deleted the other one

a 54 and 56 vokey.

What a redundant setup that is.

Davie,sorry about that

LondonJonnyO wrote:a 54 and 56 vokey.

What a redundant setup that is.

Heh - after winning that 56 Cleveland wedge from GolfLive, it's completely messed my bag up. I've ditched the 54 and 58 and so am left with a big gap to the 50.

I do like the 56, though, so I may have to get another two or three new wedges (52 and 60, perhaps).

To answer the question.

R7 Superquad
Titliest 904F2
Mizuno MP Flihi
Nike Forged Blades 3 - PW
Vokey 54-10
Miura 1957 C-Grind 57 bent to 58
SC Newport Beach... except the flowery pink grip is now gone. It was a bit girlie. So now it's a purple flowery grip. Much more manly

I've still got a Broadstone course guide in mine. How did you get on today Yankee, what did you think of the course??

I've seen a few of these threads over on the old place and people rarely seem to comment on the contents of other peoples' bags. Seems they are only interested in posting their own setup. I sometimes wonder why people bother

For the record I have

King Cobra S9-1 Driver
Mizuno 3 and 5 wood (the 5 wood was 2nd hand and has steel shaft rather than the graphite of the 3 wood)
3-9, PW and SW Nicklaus N1 irons
John Letters Putter

For the record my bag currently also consists of
R7 Superquad
Ping G10 Hybrids 18, 21 & 24 deg (I also have a 15 deg on standby which I switch in/out depending on conditions)
Ping G10 Irons 5-PW
Ping Tour wedges 50, 54 & 58 Deg
Oddysey XG putter (on borrowed time - I have a putter custom fit arranged for Thurs evening)
Titleist ProV1x balls
Bionic gloves
Footjoy rain gloves
Towels
Cereal Bars
Lucozade Sport
Factor 45 lip balm
Bushnell Tour V2
Spare CR2 battery for said Bushnell
Macallan Filled hipflask (I've mentioned this before)

14 clubs (who cares what they are)
Waterproofs, spare gloves, balls, wooly hat, mits, bananas.

a.k.a what everyone else has in their bags.

Taylormade r9 9.5 degree
Taylormade 07 Burner 3 wood
Taylormade r7 Burner 5 wood
Srixon i701 tour irons 3-PW
Nike wedges 56 and 60 degree
Odyssey no 9
Srixon Z Stars

has anyone test driven the current titleist mb blades? my pro seems to think titleist will bring out a new model [and range] for 2012, but i wonder how the fila takeover might affect that?

ban bam

Two of my regular playing partners have them, absolutely beautiful looking sticks. I've hit them, lot more forgiving than you'd expect for a pure players blade.

If my striking was a bit more consistent, I'd get a set myself.

i'm sure i'm probably being naive, but is there really 'that' much of a difference between a poor strike with a blade and a cavity? i've currently got a set of the old titleist 990 muscle back cast irons, which are apparently very unforgiving, but i get on pretty well with them. i don't really believe changing to something like the ap2's would really make that much of a difference to my scoring, but having only hit literally 3 shots with a blade in my life, i really enjoyed the feel i got from the contact. to be honest, if i make a switch i'd be hoping for a club which 'made' me improve my ball striking and rewarded me with that feeling i got off those 3 shots, rather than a club which fooled me that my bad strikes were good uns... does that make sense?

Cleveland Launcher 10.5deg reg
Callaway Fusion 15 deg 3 wood
Taylor Made Rescue O9 19 & 22 deg
Tileist AP1 5 - PW
Vokey 52 & 56
Mizuno 60
Odyssey White Hot XG #9
Srixon Z Stars (yellow)
Towels
2 Mizuno wet weather gloves
2 Footjoy Stasof gloves
Sureshot Sapphire 280+ GPS & spare battery
Ibuprofen
Elastic bandage

ban_bam wrote:i'm sure i'm probably being naive, but is there really 'that' much of a difference between a poor strike with a blade and a cavity? i've currently got a set of the old titleist 990 muscle back cast irons, which are apparently very unforgiving, but i get on pretty well with them. i don't really believe changing to something like the ap2's would really make that much of a difference to my scoring, but having only hit literally 3 shots with a blade in my life, i really enjoyed the feel i got from the contact. to be honest, if i make a switch i'd be hoping for a club which 'made' me improve my ball striking and rewarded me with that feeling i got off those 3 shots, rather than a club which fooled me that my bad strikes were good uns... does that make sense?

Ban_Bam... yes there is. A slight mishit off the toe on a cavity will still give you good yardage and direction. As well as the clubhead not twisting so much through impact and as such reducing the sidespin imparted as a result. On a blade missing the centre of gravity will result in a greatly reduced yardage and accuracy (typically).

That's not to say that fatting a cavity and a blade won't produce the same results. Of course they will... but a blade is generally not quite so forgiving on those ones you only just miss.

Blades will also give a lower ball flight than a comparable cavity. Which is why you'll find most blades have higher lofts than the same iron in a cavity.


As for the Titleists. I wouldn't now they have gone to Fila. I expect them to go rapidly downhill... hence why my 58 degree vokey is not being replaced with a similar wedge. It's off to a top notch maker for me with the Miura. And I also think there are better blades than the titleist on the market. The VR Pro from Nike or the Mizuno offerings. But if you want the very best. Miura is the only way to go... The 1957 is an experiment for me. If that works they way it feels it might it will be the 54 next... and then maybe a full set of the Miura blades going in there.

LondonJonnyO wrote:Blades will also give a lower ball flight than a comparable cavity. Which is why you'll find most blades have higher lofts than the same iron in a cavity.

yikes, i'd be on the moon if i played with cavities then.

i'll stick my neck out and say that blades do in fact make you a better ball striker. the reason? i've played with them all my golfing life (30+yrs) and somehow manage to maintain an 11/ 12 handicap despite playing an average of about or less than 1 round / month.

Nike VR REd Driver X - Red Diamana
Titleist 909 F2 4 -Wood

Taylor Made 300 forged 2 - PW

Vokey 52+56

Ping Pal 2

Callaway IZ red

Ping G15 Driver and 3W
Adams Idea A3 Boxer 19 Hybrid
Mizuno MX23 3-PW
Cleveland CG12 DSG 52 and 58
TM Rossa Modena 8 Putter

First time in my golfing life i'm not in the market for a new toy...

Nike Vr Pro Tour - Stiff blue Matrix shaft
Taylormade Vsteel 15 degree - Most workable club i've ever owned
Titleist 910h - 19 degrees
Mizuno MX25 - 3-PW
Cleveland CG16's - 52 & 58
Scotty Cameron Pro platinum - Newport 2

graeme wrote:


i'll stick my neck out and say that blades do in fact make you a better ball striker. the reason? i've played with them all my golfing life (30+yrs) and somehow manage to maintain an 11/ 12 handicap despite playing an average of about or less than 1 round / month.

This the reason I just picked up a set of Orka PS9 blades on ebay for a total snip (£155), they are in immaculate condition, with spined DGS300 shafts and nice multi compound grips. The seller was sick at the price they went for but ebay baragin hunters just don't know their forged blades it would seem. I have always been a bit of a scooper and using these I am working really hard to strike down and through my shots.

Redrage wrote:

graeme wrote:


i'll stick my neck out and say that blades do in fact make you a better ball striker. the reason? i've played with them all my golfing life (30+yrs) and somehow manage to maintain an 11/ 12 handicap despite playing an average of about or less than 1 round / month.

This the reason I just picked up a set of Orka PS9 blades on ebay for a total snip (£155), they are in immaculate condition, with spined DGS300 shafts and nice multi compound grips. The seller was sick at the price they went for but ebay baragin hunters just don't know their forged blades it would seem. I have always been a bit of a scooper and using these I am working really hard to strike down and through my shots.

Move your hands ahead of the ball at address. That will help in striking down on the ball if you keep your wrist nice and firm through impact.

LondonJonnyO wrote:

Move your hands ahead of the ball at address. That will help in striking down on the ball if you keep your wrist nice and firm through impact.

Cheers, I am working on trying to keep my left wrist straight until it's about a foot past the ball. I am hitting the ball much straighter with these irons, but I am attributing that to the weight fo the shafts. I am swinging with a much smoother tempo, the only thing I need to watch is distance control due to not quite getting it out of the sweet spot. This should come with practice though.

Taylormade R9 Fubuki stiff shaft
Callaway Diablo 3w regular stock shaft

Callaway X14 Pro series 2-PW with regular Rifle shafts

Cleveland 588 wedges 53 and 60

Cleveland Classic #1 putter


Also have a set of Mizuno MP60's with FliHi 2 iron, pair of Ping Tour S wedges in 54 and 60 and enough putters to sink a battleship!

Nikon 350 laser
Roll of sticky plaster
pair of scissors (for cutting plaster)
Numerous 'lucky' ball markers
Black sharpie
machine for marking lines on my ball

assorted other rudey poo like nutrition bars, drinks, spare gloves, medical supplies etc

Afternoon all!

Ping Rapture driver
Cleveland HiBore 3W
Mizuno Fli Hi 2, 3, 4
Mizuno MP-62 5-PW
Mizuno MP T-11 52, 58
Ping Redwood Anser
Ping Hoofer in Wolverhampton old gold and black colours

If anything the driver could be next for an upgrade, I don't think the shaft is right for my, ball flight is very high, but I don't play a long course so it will do for now.

drive4show wrote:Taylormade R9 Fubuki stiff shaft
Callaway Diablo 3w regular stock shaft

Callaway X14 Pro series 2-PW with regular Rifle shafts

Cleveland 588 wedges 53 and 60

Cleveland Classic #1 putter


Also have a set of Mizuno MP60's with FliHi 2 iron, pair of Ping Tour S wedges in 54 and 60 and enough putters to sink a battleship!

Nikon 350 laser
Roll of sticky plaster
pair of scissors (for cutting plaster)
Numerous 'lucky' ball markers
Black sharpie
machine for marking lines on my ball

assorted other rudey poo like nutrition bars, drinks, spare gloves, medical supplies etc

X14 pro's were an awesome set of irons. I had them when I was about 13/14 but then traded them in for some forged mizunos.

D4S find your wedge combo odd, large gap in the yardages with those, take it for use purely around the greens as the difference between a 53 and 60 is quite vast

Maverick wrote:D4S find your wedge combo odd, large gap in the yardages with those, take it for use purely around the greens as the difference between a 53 and 60 is quite vast

Mav

I tend to use the 60 for bunkers and flop type shots, anything else I use the 53 and just improvise on the length of swing. Until recently, never had a problem but as you can see from my chipping thread, it's all gone a bit Pete Tong lately!

Oh and to answer the question:

Driver: Nike Machspeed black, 9.5degree
3wood:Taylor Made Burner, 14degree (switched to this week before the injury)
Hybrid: Cobra Baffler 2h
Irons: Cobra Pro MB
Wedges: Adams Puglielli black 52 and 56.
Putter: Ping Zing 2 (switched back to this old beauty)

How's that driver play Mav? I was in American Golf yesterday and quite liked the look of it.

Wilson Staff Spine

Nicklaus Claw 3 Wood

Mizuno FliHi 18 degree rescue.

Taylor Made R7 Draw Irons 4-SW

Wilson Deep Red 2 Putter.

I don't carry wedges because when I first started playing the most lofted club I had was a pitching wedge so I play all my chip shots with that.

goldwolf wrote:How's that driver play Mav? I was in American Golf yesterday and quite liked the look of it.

I love it goldie, can sha[e the ball and control the flight with it perfectly and its seriously long. Sits wonderfully behind the ball to. One tip is though I wouldn't go with the stock shaft feels a little dead. I got a X Stiff Aldila Rip in mine.

I would seriously recommend this as the best driver out there at the moment but then i'm biased

* Condoms

* Durex Heat

* A cigarette

Mercurio wrote:* Condoms

* Durex Heat

* A cigarette

What no lighter! So do you use the condom and durex heat to create friction to ignite the cigarette then!

Ping Craze-E putter
58 Vokey Wedge
Hogan Apex Edge 4 - E wedge
Ping Rapture Driver
Hogan Rescue and 3W

Maverick wrote:

Mercurio wrote:* Condoms

* Durex Heat

* A cigarette

What no lighter! So do you use the condom and durex heat to create friction to ignite the cigarette then!

I've never got lucky, so I hadn't thought about the lighter before

Titleist 909 D3 Driver
Titleist 909 D2 3 Wood
Ping G5 Rescue
Titleist AP2's 4-PW
Vokey 52, 56, 60
Yes! Putter (Triangular one)

GG wrote:Yes! Putter (Triangular one)

That'd be the Emma then. One of those in my garage lovely thing

Bridgestone j33r 9.5 with stiff 65g proto shaft

Tailormade v steel 3 wood 15 with dynamic gold stiff steel shaft

Sonartec md hybrid 19 with stiff ust irod shaft

Srixon pro 100 blades 4-pw dynamic gold stiff steel shafts

Titleist vokey wedges 52/55/60 dynamic gold wedge shafts

YES Marylin 33" putter.

I used to have one of those TM V steel 3 woods, for some daft reason I decided to get rid of it.

Big mistake!

I'm an awkward b@stard that stands the wrong side of the ball:

Cobra S-91 Driver
TM Burner 15deg 3 Wood
TM Burner Superfast 18deg hybrid
Nicklaus Claw 21deg
Cobra Baffler 26deg

Ping G15 5 --> 8 iron, then PW, GW, SI
Ping Tour W 58deg lob wedge
Ping Karsten putter

Assorted wet weather gear, wind tops, markers and rules book (which is useless cos it takes too long to access the rule you want).