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Okay, I've just started playing more often these past several months and have gotten to wonder about upgrading my clubs before next year (tax return maybe). As a background, I played a lot through high school and was a baseball player with a gap to gap swing, so my hands would come through first and I've got quick wrists and hips. This of course would lead to a lot of slices when growing up. I would intentionally try to slow my swing down so that I could straighten the ball out. Then over the next 15 years, I played maybe a dozen times with several years of lay off until the spring. I'm now playing about twice a week and am around a 15 handicap with a birdie or two a round, but also a couple double bogeys thrown in too. I'm still monitoring my swing tempo and am no longer slicing, but pulling left or drawing it off the fairway about a third of the time.
While playing with someone recently, they took a look at my clubs and said I really need to look into upgrading as it could really help my game. Now don't laugh, but I bought a set of Wilson clubs with graphite shafts (men's flex?) in the '90s from Walmart for a little over $100. Doing some reading recently, it looks like actually getting fitted for clubs and shafts may help my consistency, which is really what I consider the place I need the most help. While I'd like to get more distance, my priority is to keep them straight because distance isn't what's killing my game (current average yardage below).
Looking around at clubs, spending $1000-2000 on a new set is a pretty steep investment, and one I would be okay with if I continue playing a couple times a month if it is truly worth it.
My current average distances:
Driver 240-260
3W 220-230
5W 205-215
3I 195
4I 185
5I 175
6I 165
7I 155
8I 145
9I 135
pW 125
SW 115
While playing with someone recently, they took a look at my clubs and said I really need to look into upgrading as it could really help my game. Now don't laugh, but I bought a set of Wilson clubs with graphite shafts (men's flex?) in the '90s from Walmart for a little over $100. Doing some reading recently, it looks like actually getting fitted for clubs and shafts may help my consistency, which is really what I consider the place I need the most help. While I'd like to get more distance, my priority is to keep them straight because distance isn't what's killing my game (current average yardage below).
Looking around at clubs, spending $1000-2000 on a new set is a pretty steep investment, and one I would be okay with if I continue playing a couple times a month if it is truly worth it.
My current average distances:
Driver 240-260
3W 220-230
5W 205-215
3I 195
4I 185
5I 175
6I 165
7I 155
8I 145
9I 135
pW 125
SW 115