What to put in the bag
The title and photo should make it clear that this will be a golfing post. As most you know, I play at least once a week, typically on Sunday mornings and in good weather during the summer I might get out a second time for an open competition on a Tuesday or the like.
Today I have a question I'd like some help with around club selection for the bag. For the benefit of those who may not know, one of the rules of golf dictates that you can only have 14 clubs in the bag, so some decisions need to be made. Today my bag is made up of the following:
Ping G410 Driver
Ping G425 Max 3 Wood
Callaway Xhot Hybrid 3
Wilson D9 irons GW, PW, 5-9 iron
Titleist Vokey Wedge 60°
Titleist Vokey Wedge 56°
Titleist Vokey Wedge 54°
Odessey White Hot Putter
To be honest I've been playing decent golf. I'm very happy with the majority of the clubs but there is one Club that I do not feel that confident when I stand over the ball. Funnily enough it's the oldest club in the bag and one that I've been thinking out for a while now. Yep you guessed it, it's the Callaway Xhot Hybrid 3.
Some friends at the club have ditched their hybrids for driving irons and I would like to know your thoughts.
@fermentedphil is the only other person on here that I know definitely play Golf so I will tag you my friend, but hopefully there are a few more golfers who can share an opinion with me.
Here are a couple of clubs that I've been looking at in my local golf shop in Galway.
Srixon 4 iron
To be completely honest, I'd never hit a Srixon club before. The pro who was showing me the clubs at the golf store plays them and couldn't say enough about them. Callaway, Ping and Titleist have been the staples of my bag and more recently Wilson which replaced my old Callaway irons.
I played some shots on the trackman with them and struggled to hit them a bit if I'm totally honest, but I'm not a huge fan of the trackman and really like to hit clubs out on the course to get the real feel and see if I can actually play with them.
Taylor Made SIM 4 iron
Next up was the Taylor Made SIM UDI. I have not ever had Taylor Made in the bag. I've hit their clubs plenty of times, but they were always pipped by Callaway, Ping and Titleist over the years. I know they make good hardware though, so I'm always willing to give them a shot.
These ones felt nice in my hand, but again the striking was distinctly average and I know that I would hit them much better out on the course. Ideally that's what I'd love to do. Bring my existing Hybrid and a few new long irons and hybrids out to my course and crack a few shots and judge the clubs based of that.
Taylor Made Stealth DHY 3 iron
The last club that I got to hit was this one. I'd love to have had an hour on the trackman to try loads more, but there's always a queue of people and you just get a set time.
The pro was kind of giving me a lesson too which in one way was nice of him, but in another way it completely put me off what I was trying to do, which was to compare some clubs against each other.
Which One?
Ok now it's your turn lads and ladies. Do I:
Stick with my Callaway Hybrid.
Buy a new hybrid.
Buy a new distance iron.
The technology, design and engineering into distance irons has come on so much and recent years that I'd really love to give them a go, but at 250 euros I really want to get the decision right, so let me know what ye think.
Also something else to note is that the few tips that the pro gave me have actually improved my hybrid play with my existing hybrid which had been acting up and given me problems previously. I could hook it or push it quite badly, but the last few rounds it has flown pretty straight. Hmmmmmmm. Decisions. Decisions.