Anyone have a club in your bag that you never use? - Page 2

I don't have one I never use but I rarely use my sand wedge.  Not many courses in my area have green side bunkers and I rarely use it from any where else.  My goto chipping/pitching club is a 52* wedge.

Since I added a 2 iron hybrid to my bag, I never hit my 3 wood. Like someone else said, I'm looking at replacing it with a more "fairway friendly" sand wedge. I love my sand wedge but struggle with it on full swings. I hit enough quality shots with it to justify carrying another club in a similar loft

I never really use my 5 wood or SW. Sure enough... I will take them both out and need them the next time I play.

Yes, my gap wedge.  I am probably getting new irons soon.  So when I recently rplaced my SW and LW I increased the loft difference to 6 degrees. The gap to my GW will probably be 5 or 6 degrees

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Originally Posted by Gerald 

I think it depends .....

 

If you play at only one course, you will develop a certain routine and favourite landing areas, from which several clubs might well be used very little.

 

I use a carrying bag, so if I can play using 11 or 12 clubs, I will do so.

 

But on a different course I bring all 14.

Yeah, that's what I'm doing this year. My new club (played there many times - just never been a member) plays 9-hole matches. There's no need for a driver on the front 9.  I've tried to imagine a scenario where perfectly struck driver doesn't go through the fairway on the long holes - not happening - so on Wednesdays I'll try to have the courage go with just 3-wood, 3-iron, etc..The back 9 has 5 driver holes, so on the weekend the driver goes in the bag.

In my old set of irons, I rarely used the 60* LW. Uphill bunker shots and downhill chip shots off chocolate-drop mounds was about the only occasion. (Like 4 times a season).

Several years ago I played on a lot of dense, moist bermuda in Dallas area, and it worked OK - but I had to practice a lot. But off of dry close grass in Oklahoma, and bluegrass in Missouri, it never really worked. Got to where I would practice with LW one hour per season just in case.

Now, I wish I could carry 15 clubs. 4i will get dropped unless I decide to go back to 3 wedges.

Now that I've finally figured out how to hit my driver the only club that I hardly use is my 4 iron (it still looks new).

I have a cheap crappy 56* John Daly SW...

I Dont use it in traps I use my Cleveland 60*....  Literally the only thing I use it for is hitting off of:

A Pile of Rocks

A Pile of Sticks

Hardpacked Dirt/rocks

Water

Cartpath

etc...
 

That way im never worried about damaging my club if I wind up in a bad spot like that and I need to make a shot.

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Originally Posted by erock9174 

54 Degree Vokey.  Use it at a SW out of the sand effectively, but it's very tough for me to his this from the fairway for some reason.  Thinking about replacing it with a sw that matches my iron set.  As I hit the TM Burner Plus PW and AW well.  We'll see as I play a few more rounds.

Good luck finding a TM Burner Plus Sand Wedge - I play them too & searched EVERYWHERE for about 6 months until one finally came on eBay & paid too much because I had to have it.    The factory sets never come with a sand wedge & all I can tell you is that they do exist ... you have to keep your eyes & ears open.    So many guys are looking for them, they go for top dollar whenever they surface ...
 

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Originally Posted by nickel_aTm 

I haven't had a 60* wedge in the bag for at least a year.  In that 60-70 yard range, I'm better and more consistent taking some off of a 56.  Around the greens, I've been fine opening up my 56 if needed.  I pulled the 60 to put a 3-iron back in the bag.  It's windy here and the 3 is handy hitting low punches.

Same here - thats why I just picked up a 58° to gap up from my sand wedge - much easier & more forgiving than a 60°
 

I find it surprising that many say they don't use a SW.  I only use mine for bunker play, but I wouldn't be caught on the course without it.  I could use my 51° from the sand, and I do for those 30-50 yard bunker shots, but my 54° Vokey is my go-to club for greenside bunkers.

I only have 12 clubs in my bag but i only use my 56 deg wedge from the sand and finally have realized i can only hit my 3 wood off the tee. I can hit it about 200 yards teed up and there are a few longer par 3s in my area in that range that i use it for.  I finally took out my 2 hybrid and my 5 wood, never could hit either one of them very well, I usually would carry either one or the other but finally decided to relegate both of them to the spare bag.  So I've streamlined my bag down to clubs I actually can and will use whenever distance dictates that particular club.     

my woods and my 6 iron