Poll: Last club purchase

[turtleback]

This is pretty self explanatory.  We are all the target audience for golf equipment sellers.  So after the what makes a good golf store thread I started wondering about the actual actions of folks.  Hence the poll.

So to make it more specific and avoid ambiguities I set the parameter of a purchase of at least $100 and it be specifically a club purchase.

[billchao]

I bought a Titleist Vokey SM5 at my local Golf Galaxy last year. Well technically I had to order it from their website, but it qualifies as big golf chain, I think.

[WUTiger]

Your survey is missing possible sources of clubs:

• A sporting goods store that doesn't specialize in golf (Dick's, Sports Authority)
• Another golfer

[DrvFrShow]

And another - locally owned chain. When you say big chain I think something nationwide.

[meenman]

Last purchase over $100 was 3 irons and a hybrid from callawaypreowned - basically because they take paypal and my account was loaded from all the old equipment I sold on ebay.

[MiniBlueDragon]

Big golf chain for the following reasons:

- DNA fitting on my new irons (Mizuno JPX 850 Forged)
- Golf range as part of the facilities to try the irons with real(ish) ball flight
- Fantastic trade-in value on the old irons
- Excellent staff knowledge and always friendly and helpful
- 5 minute drive from my home

[dbuck]

ha ha, the last time I spent over $100 to buy a club was a Taylormade Firesole, so that must have been 2000? Since then I have bought a ton of equipment for not a ton of money, mostly from thrifts, pawnshops, and other golfers.

[Patch]

I voted independent which was as close of a description as I could get. I purchased my component metal woods from and a private club maker/swing instructor about 7 years ago. I did purchase my current set of irons based on my swing specs  over the internet from Golf USA in Manhattan, Kansas.  Once I received them, I had my club maker/swing instructor checked the specs out for me. They came as ordered.

Last time I was in a retail golf outlet store was to purchase a tennis racquet for my grand daughter.

[Golfingdad]

Last club purchase was my Edel putter, which I think is technically purchased directly from the manufacturer through the fitter?  I don't know, but by process of elimination, I chose "small, independent store."  That was about a year ago, IIRC.

Prior to that I got my irons and wedges, also from a fitter, 2 1/2 years ago.

My 3 wood and hybrid were the last two club that I just bought off the rack and those were from Golfsmith (brick and mortar) a little more than 3 years ago.

[saevel25]

Last club purchase was my Edel putter, which I think is technically purchased directly from the manufacturer through the fitter?  I don't know, but by process of elimination, I chose "small, independent store."  That was about a year ago, IIRC.

Ditto, but I had my Edel Wedges ordered through Golf Evolution up in Erie, PA. I would technically consider them a small independent store

[inthehole]

I buy ALOT of cheap (<$100) clubs on eBay.   For big dollar purchases, I always go to the big box stores even if it costs a little more - afraid of counterfeits.

[Uncle Peter]

I bought my Cobra Bio Cell driver at Golf Town (a big Canadian golf store) mainly because of the selection they had and how close the store was to me.

[onthehunt526]

Tour Edge Exotics CU for $175 on eBay... I like to find the best deal I can on sticks... So far on this overhaul I've got Exotics Tour Proto wedges, Exotics CU irons, and a Bazooka Geomax putter for $330, I'm working on a Driver, Fairway Wood(s) and hybrid(s)

[trickyputt]

20° TM udi. Maybe its tighter than my 4hy. Driving iron I guess is the design. Ebay.

[Jmdmbike]

Titleist 915H 24 degree hybrid at Golf Town

[phread59]

My last purchase was from Dick's.  But this will probably stop when my favorite store reopens in 3 weeks. I buy as much from my local Pro shop/driving range as I do from all other sources combined.  I mostly buy used or discontinued stuff from Dick's and GG.  But the bulk of new purchases are from my favorite store.  I like to support the locals.

Mark Shuman

[ElWagonne]

The Big Box stores have muscled out the independent stores around here.  For instance, there's a small, independent store about a 1/2 mile from my old office, but there's also a Sports Authority, PGA Tour Superstore and GolfSmith within a mile radius.  Overall, I favor Golfsmith.

[jamo]

Mine is kind of a skewed answer since I got most of my clubs straight from the OEM to review. The last club I bought in any form was a Titleist 910h used for ~$50. Last thing over $100 was ... probably a set of Mizuno MP57 irons I got in like 2008, used, from Golfers Warehouse. Not a huge huge chain, but they're owned by a company that owns other golf chains. EDIT: Now I'm thinking they're must be a more recent purchase. Drivers ... no. Not fairway woods or hybrids. Not irons. Not putters. I haven't bought wedges since 2007 or so. My next purchase will probably be Edel wedges and a putter, if that counts. The only club I've ever bought online was a Scotty Cameron Studio Select putter because I had a gift card to TGW, and they didn't really sell those putters in stores nearby. Never bought anything from a pro shop, largely because I've never been a member at a course. I'd love to buy clubs from an independent store, but there aren't really any nearby.