Golf is the only time you get to be a "Brand W-hore" and get away with it

[ApocG10]

Originally Posted by Used2PlayALot

I bought a used set of cavity-backed Titliest DCI's (2-PW) irons from a friend back in 1997.

I also bought a TaylorMade Bubble 3W somewhere around 1999.

I used them extensively until 2001, when I stopped playing.

I have just started playing again, and the clubs are as good as ever.

I just laugh at people who constantly buy new clubs.

A good set of clubs will last a decade (or a lifetime)

These DCI's are the last set of clubs I will ever buy/use.

The grips are nearing 15 years old, so I might invest $100 in regripping them...

15 year old grips? those things must be like rocks.

[onlybereaved]

Originally Posted by ApocG10

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Originally Posted by Used2PlayALot

I bought a used set of cavity-backed Titliest DCI's (2-PW) irons from a friend back in 1997.

I also bought a TaylorMade Bubble 3W somewhere around 1999.

I used them extensively until 2001, when I stopped playing.

I have just started playing again, and the clubs are as good as ever.

I just laugh at people who constantly buy new clubs.

A good set of clubs will last a decade (or a lifetime)

These DCI's are the last set of clubs I will ever buy/use.

The grips are nearing 15 years old, so I might invest $100 in regripping them...

15 year old grips? those things must be like rocks.

Yeah, I was somewhat on-board with what he was saying regarding not requiring to upgrade clubs every season as the golf industry/marketing would suggest...but I do believe in new grips every season or 2, groove sharpening, new shafts when they need to be replaced, etc.  15 year old grips can't be good, even with the Freddy Couples suggestion of using rough sand paper to keep grips 'grippy' longer.