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  1. 1. What's your favorite club in your set?

    • Driver
      4
    • Fairway Wood
      4
    • Hybrid
      2
    • 5-iron
      1
    • 6-iron
      1
    • 7-iron
      4
    • 8-iron
      3
    • 9-iron
      1
    • Wedge
      11
    • Putter
      1


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Mine is my pitching wedge. Second would be my putter, but my wedge is a little more versatile - lay it open, punch it, chip it, pitch it. When my range finder says "100" or "99" or "101" I'm extremely aggressive and disappointed if I don't have virtually a tap-in. Today I hit a PW from 147 (downwind) and I hit one from 60. I hit some from other yardages, too, but those two shots ended up a combined five feet from the pin.

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Gotta be my 8 iron. Seems like I cannot mishit my 8. Do they make clubs where the entire clubface is a sweet spot? If not, I shall donate my 8 iron for research...

In the bag
Driver: MP001 10* Aldila NV
Hybrid: Tour Edge JMax Bazooka 27*
Irons: x12
Putter: Tour Edge BackdraftBall: MoJo

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Must say driver,

if in really hit a good one nothing compares to that feeling, i love it,

i know driving is for show, but man...

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MP-001 10 degree exsar 60
MP-001 3 wood grafalloy prolite elite
T-40 5 wood nike stock regular 22&26 degree CPR hybrids 5-9 CPR II 48 degree forged wedge 52&56 degree CPR wedges Corza monza

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This could read like that scene in Tin Cup. "Sometimes I fan my 3-iron, I blade my nine, I hook the 3-wood ..." But the wedge ... Actually, I almost went with the 7-iron just like Cup, but I do on occasion miss a green with it. But the wedge (my 52* gap wedge to be specific) seldom lets me down (probably because I rarely attempt a "full" shot with it these days), and when it does it is usually not too bad ... Just not quite what I was hoping to do when I started.

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I'd say my lob wedge, I pretty much use it exclusively around the greens, although I don't always get the best results with it but for me it's very versatile and it's a great feeling to pitch or chip one close and even better to hole one out.
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6 iron. I hit it well all the time and usually about 210. Not an exaggeration.

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Orlimar HipSteel 8.5 Driver
Orlimar Tri Metal 3 Wood 15*
Titliest 775 CB Irons Ping Anser 2

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Must say driver,

I agree... Nothing feels more satisfying than a long drive straight down the fairway. I guess its so satisfying for me since I rarely hit a decent one.

Put my 54 wedge is my fav. You can't hit a wedge but straight.
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I have to say my driver normally.

In my new FT carry bag
FT-9 Tour nuetral 9.5
FT-15 degree 3 wood
Fussion Hybrids #2&4
Fussion irons with Grapholoy Pro launch Red shafts56&60 Cally X forged wedges with Red shaftsSG9 putterCally I ballBushnell Meadealist range finder

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I couldn't decide for a while. Putter is the most obvious selection - I feel very comfortable with it (and with my shitty iron play - I'm ALWAYS happy once I'm on the green ), but I also like the ~210yds shots with my 5W. I very rarely mishit it, maybe 1 in a 10, maybe 3 out of 10 will be off target (a tad over-draw), other than that - it's my money club.

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This was hard, I picked 7 iron over my lob wedge. I am rarely dissapointed with my 7 iron shots. The lob wedge is flat fun. But my seven iron almost never costs me a shot. Wedge saves me a lot of shots but occasionally I screw it up and blow an easy one.

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My favorite club is Scores. The girls there are amazing. Oh, you meant golf club? No favorite. I hit them all equally bad.

5-wood, 210 yds? Remember, I seen you play.

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My favorite club is Scores. The girls there are amazing. Oh, you meant golf club? No favorite. I hit them all equally bad.

ok, 210 down-wind .. 190 ?

don't lie you hit them equally bad - remember - I've seen you play too The truth is you don't have your favorite club, cuz you changed your 3W recently. Let's hope your new shaft will bring the new one up the the same level
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.... Favorite club...?


Probably my 30* #6 hybrid ..... it's always good for that par 3 at 170+ yards out ...

.. if I need more, I'll switch to my #4 hybrid ...

Whats in the bag.?

Driver: Tour Edge 10* Jmax 460 Carbon with the Fuji Vista Pro 50 shaft/and, the Burrows 10.5* MAC 421cc with the Grafalloy Pro Launch 55 shaft.
Woods: only one left after switching to hybrids - Adams ST #7 22*.
Hybrids: Tour Edge 20*, 24*, 30*, 36*, 41* and the 50* Attack Wedge...
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I love my 3 Iron. Probably because it's the most difficult club in my bag to hit. I love hitting pure shots with it, it's very gratifying.

Driver: 907 D2 10.5 - Diamana Blue 65 Shaft
3-Wood: 906 F4 15.5 - Graphite Design YS-6+ Shaft
5-Wood: 906 F4 18.5 - Diamana Blue 75 Shaft
Irons: Rac TP CB Irons; 5.0 Flighted Rifle Shafts, 1 degree flat.
Wedges: Rac TP Black 52:08; 56:12Putter: Scotty Cameron Studio Select Newport 2 - 35"B...

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I voted for a wedge, specifically my Vokey SM 56.14, which I use for delicate shots over greenside bunkers or when I try to fly the ball to the hole from 10 to 20 yards out. It's also great from soft sand bunkers, with which I am all too familiar. But, I also have been very happy with my 4 iron replacement Cobra Hybrid club: so easy to hit straight, so easy to get into the air from almost any lie. I used it from a fairway bunker on a very long par 4 at Old Waverly Club, in West Point, MS., recently. The result made me happy my tee shot landed in the sand.

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Driver: :TaylorMade: RBZ 9.5 Reg Flex
3 Wood :TaylorMade: RBZ Reg Flex
Hybrid: Ping G25 Hybrids 17*, 20*, 23*

Irons:Ping G25 5-Gap Wedge, Sr Flex, Vokey 56.14 Spin Mill NS Pro Reg, Flex

Putter: Bobby Grace Center Shaft 32"

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I like them all the same. But my 60º, 6 iron, 3 iron, and driver make me feel good.

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In my bag:
Driver: TaylorMade R7 Quad, 9.5°, Aldila NV
3 Wood: Titleist 904F, 15°, YS-6+ StiffIrons: Titleist 695CB 3-PWWedges: Titleist Vokey 252.08, SM56.10 SM60.08Putter: Odyssey White Steel #5 Center-ShaftBall: TaylorMade TP Black / Titleist ProV1xHome Course: Oakland Hills...

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