One Company's Clubs

[Leek]

At one time I would have answered Ping, then Taylor Made, later I would have said Cleveland, somewhere in there I would have answered Titleist. Today I would answer Srixon. Tomorrow, who knows?

[The Gill]

Nike because of the innovation. I love my Titlest wedges and Scotty putter, but not as much as my Nike irons. The Nike Unitized putter seems pretty nice, and I'd gladly trade my Taylormade woods for Nike Sumo Squared.

[MasterOfTheBogey]

Fairly easy question for me. Taylormade. Fantastic innovations with the drivers and I love my new irons. IMO, the wedges are comprable to titleists.

Have never used a TM putter, but I dont think I would have trouble adjusting to a Rossa.

[Lefty39]

I would go with PING because, they make amazing irons. Their woods are great, they have been making great putters for a long time, but the only thing that I'm not a big fan of is their wedges, I can't get as much feel as I can with my Cleveland.

[Cleveland Gunmetal]

I had all Cleveland clubs but within the past 6 months or so have replaced two of them. Cleveland Halo hybrid replaced with a Cobra Baffler DWS and my Never Compromise Milled Series being replaced by a Scotty Cameron Studio Newport 2.

I still think it's very easy to play one companies clubs if you really wanted to. All of the top companies make real quality.

[losingmyedge]

Titleist no problem.

I can see the majority of my bag being Titleist very soon, if I buy new irons.

[Eore]

i like most cobra clubs, but a close second is Taylormade

[nykfan4life]

just to be different, I'll go with Perfect Club or Sonartec

[PuterPutter]

Right now I have Callaway Irons, Carlton Wedges, Cleveland Driver and Hybrids.
The older I get the better I like the Callaways.

Guess that is a mixed bag. I still have my old ping eye 2's.

[JaY_B]

I am currently working towards the all Titleist bag, minus irons, as I prefer to go with custom fit brands that provide better facilities than major brand names.

I am however also tempted by an all Callaway bag

[Certifi_able]

If I could use only one brand club it would be Titleist.
They're known as a "players club" manufacturer sooooooooo I would be alot better golfer than I really am if I played Titleist. Makes sense in a weird and warped kinda way.

[mikelaw]

Mizuno rocks! Titleist a close 2nd.

[kekoa]

for me its a toss up between titleist and callaway. I picked titleist tho cuz i love the way thieir woods look and they make nice forged blade irons whereas callaway doesn't

[r7 425]

If I could use only one brand club it would be Titleist.

I disagree--I think more people prefer Titleist because of the quality and craftsmanship of the clubs.

[nykfan4life]

I disagree--I think more people prefer Titleist because of the quality and craftsmanship of the clubs.

Well I think that goes along with 'players' clubs. Since high handicappers can barely tell what they are hitting, the quality standards for those kind of clubs is lower. But a scratch golfer can tell a lot by the feel of the club, therefore, companies are forced to hold there 'players' clubs to higher standards.

[Cleveland Gunmetal]

Well I think that goes along with 'players' clubs. Since high handicappers can barely tell what they are hitting, the quality standards for those kind of clubs is lower. But a scratch golfer can tell a lot by the feel of the club, therefore, companies are forced to hold there 'players' clubs to higher standards.

Yep, exactly. Plus even Titleist's 'game improvement' irons aren't even all that forgiving compared to other clubs in the same category. I'd put Mizuno in that same group as well and I don't think it's coincidence that a lot of 'better' players prefer Titleist and Mizuno. Not that I'm saying higher handicap players shouldn't play Titleist or Mizuno. Actually, with the right dedication I think many would encourage a player to play clubs better than they are.

[nykfan4life]

Yep, exactly. Plus even Titleist's 'game improvement' irons aren't even all that forgiving compared to other clubs in the same category. I'd put Mizuno in that same group as well and I don't think it's coincidence that a lot of 'better' players prefer Titleist and Mizuno. Not that I'm saying higher handicap players shouldn't play Titleist or Mizuno. Actually, with the right dedication I think many would encourage a player to play clubs better than they are.

yeah I would agree with that, titleist's and mizuno's 'game improvement' clubs are less forgiving. the MX-25 is mizuno's 'game improvement' iron, yet it is less forgiving (imho) than the Callaway X-20 tour, one of callaway's 'players' irons. Titleist 755 are supposedly for the mid handicapper, but there are a few guys on tour with them. However, while mizunos focus isn't really on the high handicapper, they do have some clubs available for them(unlike titleist). I can't see any 20+ handicapper using any of titleist's current irons(even AP1). However, I can(and do) see players struggling to break 100 with MX-19's(mizunos super game improvement, cast iron.) . And yes, I would also encourage a player to play clubs better than they are. I'm currently considering dropping my RAC OS2 for some AP1s or MP-57's.

[marpr]

yeah I would agree with that, titleist's and mizuno's 'game improvement' clubs are less forgiving. the MX-25 is mizuno's 'game improvement' iron, yet it is less forgiving (imho) than the Callaway X-20 tour, one of callaway's 'players' irons. Titleist 755 are supposedly for the mid handicapper, but there are a few guys on tour with them. However, while mizunos focus isn't really on the high handicapper, they do have some clubs available for them(unlike titleist). I can't see any 20+ handicapper using any of titleist's current irons(even AP1). However, I can(and do) see players struggling to break 100 with MX-19's(mizunos super game improvement, cast iron.) .

Good call.

I also like/respect Titleist and Mizunos TOP_DOWN approach. I think you get a little more respect when your priorities are in your high-end player's clubs. Even though it wont get you as much margin > i think respect goes a long way too. Put yourself in a high-handicapper's perspective, If a company can make $1200 clubs that are used on tour by many, its going to persuade my decision on buying sub $770 clubs. just my thoughts. ps: that being said, next month i will be picking up my set of (fitted) 755's that i picked for a steal.