forged irons and dings

[iacas]

Iron covers never slowed down my play

They have to. They require more time. You might make up that time by walking quickly or something, but they take more time.

Why use headcovers for other clubs? Don't they trap moisture and slow down play too?

Titanium doesn't really rust, does it? Or aluminum? Nah.

And a ding on the painted crown of a driver or hybrid is a whole lot different than a little ding on a forged, silver iron - and a whole lot easier to create.

[Zeph]

They have to. They require more time. You might make up that time by walking quickly or something, but they take more time.

If I picked up my club and hit the ball before looking up then maybe that would be true, but I always look up and consider the shot before I get into my routine. During that time I take off and put the cover in my pocket. It takes no longer than the move I do from the bag (which I always place in front of my ball to the right, out of sight) to where my ball is. Right hand pick up club, left hand take of cover, I'm all set. If this in any case should take more time it would maybe be 0,5 to 1 second, which would during one round add 1-2 minutes. No longer than you need to find your ball on some occasions. Of all the arguments against covers, using more time is not valid.

In fact, I have yet to see an argument against covers which is based on something other than a pet peeve of others. You can think all you want, but for me it does not take any longer time.

[Fourputt]

Last I heard Buick was driven by the No.1 player in the world. I do wear socks with sandals sometimes to keep my feet from fryin and banged up forged heads look like sh*t AND your nuts if you think they slow down play!Ya want to look and admire them, take off the covers when you get home set 'em in your living room by the TV and stare. Also banged up sh*tty lookin irons = less resale value and you can take THAT to the bank.

I'm with Rory on this and banged up forged irons look like sh*t, period, end of story. The guys that don't use 'em are the same guys with caked mud and grass on their clubs. Character, whatever.

I don't use head covers on my irons, yet they are spotlessly clean.... remarkable!

What? If someone doesn't use facesavers they don't clean their clubs?

Amazing the way some people generalize.

You guys love to put words in folk's mouths.

If you said it, it isn't putting words in your mouth.

irons are tools.. which are meant to be used

Precisely!

Not covers. I was referring to the irons being fine without covers if given reasonable care.

Golf carts aren't meant to be driven like an ATV.

Drive it sensibly and it is far less damaging than the normal chatter a player causes when walking and carrying. As I said in another forum... When you play as much as I do, and play by the rules, 5 years from now those forged irons aren't going to be worth squat, no matter how well I try to care for them. Using head covers isn't going to change that fact. I clean them after every shot, I drive a cart gently to protect my clubs, my back, and the cart itself. Golf carts aren't indestructible either, and are extremely costly to repair.

[pshizz]

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Many courses are not paved live a brand new freeway. When walking the course i put my hand on my iros so they don't make alot of noise. When riding my irons make a ton of noise, which means they are hiting eachother. I cannot prevent this...it just happens. There are alot of bumps out there!

[Fourputt]

Many courses are not paved live a brand new freeway. When walking the course i put my hand on my iros so they don't make alot of noise. When riding my irons make a ton of noise, which means they are hiting eachother. I cannot prevent this...it just happens. There are alot of bumps out there!

My home course only has cart paths around the tees and greens, the rest of the time it's strictly off road. All you have to do is drive sensibly. My clubs do NOT clatter when I'm driving, but I watch where I'm going and either slow down or drive around the dips and rough spots. Most people I see in carts seem to think that the only way to drive one is pedal to the metal.... That's just as dumb on the course as it is on the street.

[mjgraniero]

If I picked up my club and hit the ball before looking up then maybe that would be true, but I always look up and consider the shot before I get into my routine. During that time I take off and put the cover in my pocket. It takes no longer than the move I do from the bag (which I always place in front of my ball to the right, out of sight) to where my ball is. Right hand pick up club, left hand take of cover, I'm all set. If this in any case should take more time it would maybe be 0,5 to 1 second, which would during one round add 1-2 minutes. No longer than you need to find your ball on some occasions. Of all the arguments against covers, using more time is not valid.

I don't use covers any more but I have to agree with you on this one. When I had used them: Pull the club then, as I'm walking to my ball to line up the shot, I put the cover in my pocket. After the shot I would wipe the club and slide the cover back on. The only addition to the time is sliding the cover on after wiping which, since it is in my pocket, takes only a second.

Granted there are players who will fiddle with covers and take a ton of time, but these are the same players who will take extra time fiddling with their driver cover, putter cover, etc as well as the rest of their equipment. A lack of awareness of their own pace of play makes them slow players, not the iron covers themselves.

[beachbreak]

I clean my irons after every round. Not negligence, but there is very little you can do to not have the clubs marked up when playing out of bunkers, tight lies, etc. Even a sandy or dirty ball will put marks on a forged clubface. No worries. they will still play great.

I like to carry or use a pull cart, so my clubs don't get as much bouncing around as in an electric cart.

PS - Unless physically handicapped, using an electric cart is not my idea of playing fun golf, unless the course doesn't allow walking.

[NM Golf]

Iron covers get you an automatic induction into the hacker hall of fame. We once put iron covers on my dad's clubs as a joke. A little bag chatter shows you are a player and, well, a little rust is cool.

[Zeph]

If so, I don't mind being a hacker. If people stopped worrying about what others wear and use on the course, perhaps they'd be better.

[thr33]

If so, I don't mind being a hacker. If people stopped worrying about what others wear and use on the course, perhaps they'd be better.

totally agree with your post. i have iron covers only for when i ride in a cart which is close to never (watched my friend's bag fall off the cart onto the concrete cart path and then it didn't matter if his clubs were forged or cast). Otherwise i just think they are a bit of a hassle and to me, look a bit dorky :P

[AbsoluteZero]

a little rust is cool.

I hate rust. clubs should have wear from use, not from the elements... :)