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How Often do the Pros Replace Clubs?


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Interesting info here. On a related note, I was surprised to hear how some guys don't even change their grips as much as you might think. Fred Couples for example said he hated getting new grips, and would just have his caddy rub them down with sandpaper every once in a while to keep them fresh. Only changed them when absolutely necessary.

Go out to some tournaments and have a look in some bags, you'll see some really old stuff in a lot of them particularly fairway woods, putters and irons. You do see a lot of new looking wedges, but the replacements will often be for the exact same model with the same specs and grind etc but you'll also see some wedges that have been around for quite some time.

You'll find that a lot of the Ping guys will keep their irons for what seems to be a much longer period period than some others. The reason being that Ping's are made from 17-4 stainless and take a lot longer to wear out than softer carbon steel forgings. Changing clubs for the Pros a lot of the time isn't a matter of simple tinkering it's a matter of replacing worn equipment.

Certain more than others.

Tiger has been the only one where announcers noticed that he actually switched. I wouldn't be suprised if he replaced his irons less than 5 times his entire career.

Wedges, I think every Tour player goes through 3-6 a year.
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Tiger changes his clubs about every 9 months. Depends on how much the guys pratice on tour and the type of club that they have. Has far has I know, there are some of them playing cast clubs (eg: tm R7 tp) and those don't need to be replaced

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Some years back, I remember reading that Vijay changes his irons (wedges?) every several months because the grooves are worn out. Like that would EVER happen to me.
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