aloyouis
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Golf club acquisitions....
Neat subtopic.
I have only had 3 sets of clubs in my entire adult life. I know folks that buy new clubs every other year searching for magic. The current set is a mixture of newer (to me) irons and driver and a couple of holdovers that are 20+ years old (3 wood, hybrid and putter). 7 or 8 years ago I was invited to play in a pro-am down in Toledo at Inverness. Took the wife's Accord on the 200 mile round trip drive as her car got great gas milage relative to my Wrangler. A week later I showed up at our club for what was then a weekly game the pro ran for a large group of members only to discover my clubs were still in her trunk, but not before the asst. pro spent 15 minutes trying to find them in storage area. Without time to go home and get them I was about to leave when the head pro offered up his bag for me to use that day. Grabbed my old shoes and a glove from my locker and joined the guys on the first tee.
Shot 80 in a time when I was about a 10 or 11. Won almost all of the net $ in the game. Standing in front of the desk in the pro shop waiting to get paid and while laughingly thanking the pro for the use of his clubs I asked him to sell them to me. I was totally joking. He said "sure" because he had just bought a new set. I bought his entire bag minus the Scotty Cameron putter and the bag itself and the best part was my winnings covered most the price he wanted. So that is how ended up with the current bag of Taylor Made R9 tp irons and driver, 2 Ping wedges (54 and 58) and Cleveland 60 degree. My own 20 years olds mentioned above round out the bag.
The plan right now is to keep these as long as I can handle the shafts. At some point I will need to move off stiff and down to firm or regular. That day is coming but not this year or next.
Neat subtopic.
I have only had 3 sets of clubs in my entire adult life. I know folks that buy new clubs every other year searching for magic. The current set is a mixture of newer (to me) irons and driver and a couple of holdovers that are 20+ years old (3 wood, hybrid and putter). 7 or 8 years ago I was invited to play in a pro-am down in Toledo at Inverness. Took the wife's Accord on the 200 mile round trip drive as her car got great gas milage relative to my Wrangler. A week later I showed up at our club for what was then a weekly game the pro ran for a large group of members only to discover my clubs were still in her trunk, but not before the asst. pro spent 15 minutes trying to find them in storage area. Without time to go home and get them I was about to leave when the head pro offered up his bag for me to use that day. Grabbed my old shoes and a glove from my locker and joined the guys on the first tee.
Shot 80 in a time when I was about a 10 or 11. Won almost all of the net $ in the game. Standing in front of the desk in the pro shop waiting to get paid and while laughingly thanking the pro for the use of his clubs I asked him to sell them to me. I was totally joking. He said "sure" because he had just bought a new set. I bought his entire bag minus the Scotty Cameron putter and the bag itself and the best part was my winnings covered most the price he wanted. So that is how ended up with the current bag of Taylor Made R9 tp irons and driver, 2 Ping wedges (54 and 58) and Cleveland 60 degree. My own 20 years olds mentioned above round out the bag.
The plan right now is to keep these as long as I can handle the shafts. At some point I will need to move off stiff and down to firm or regular. That day is coming but not this year or next.