golf club shopping and dinosaur swaps

[treebound]

The last couple of days I've been looking at new (or new to me used) irons. Yesterday a salesguy at Golfsmith said to bring in my 6-Iron and he'd get me set up with some clubs to try in the shop. He said they'd also take in more than one set of clubs. So today I brought in three 6-Irons, one from my old Ram Laser set I used to use a couple of decades ago, one from my Tour Edge Bazooka set I currently use, and one from the Taylor Made Tour Preferred TD set I recently got. The guy there today tried to look them up in their acceptable trade list and not one of them was something they'd take. Apparently I've got dinosaurs for clubs, bummer because I was thinking of trading in two or three of the sets and getting newer. Oh well, decision time on those things.

I still tried out maybe six different irons, TM Burner, Mizuno MX-200(?), a Callaway X22 and the new X24, a Titleist AP1, might have been another one in there as well. I was really hoping I liked the AP1, but it felt just okay, same with the Callaways which I was also hoping to like, same with the Mizuno. And todays winner for what felt best so far was the TM Burner which for some reason I was hoping to not like so much. So much for my pre-conceived notions of what I'd like or dislike.

I'll go back tomorrow or next week and see what other pre-conceived notions I can mess up in my mind. And in the mean time I'm thinking of dumping the Bazookas in the basement and dusting off the Lasers for the next time I get to play a round of golf.

So it goes sometimes.

[golfro]

you won't get any money from the Tour Edge or the Ram...

I'm surprised they didn't take the TM Tour Preferred TD though. But either way, trade in's are usually not worth it. You don't get much from it, better off holding onto it for backup in my opinion.

[treebound]

Still find myself thinking about two sets of used irons the shop had, R7's I think with some flashy graphite shafts. Then they had a set of AP1 Titleists with a mid iron missing.

And is just so happens that this weekend I found three rummage sale clubs that I picked up, a Callaway Big Bertha 1-iron and two Titleist AP1 irons (a 4 and a 5). So I think I'll throw the AP1's in my bag and try them out on the course a few times as opposed to hitting them on the in-store range which should give me a much better idea how they feel to me.

I'm in no hurry.

[JML22]

Buy used on a site like this / craigslist or any other over used in a store
it'll be a lot cheaper
Generally you dont need to spend a lot on irons, buy new wedges / driver, but cheap used irons

[JML22]

Buy used on a site like this / craigslist or any other over used in a store
it'll be a lot cheaper
Generally you dont need to spend a lot on irons, buy new wedges / driver, but cheap used irons
I got my I3s for 200, and iv'e been seeing G5s and g10s for dirt cheap lately