equipment Question about make-up

[Liko81]

I voted yes, but it's as much about "me" conditions as course conditions. My swing speed is right on the cusp between a 10.5 regular and a 9.5 stiff. If I had the money for a custom fitted new driver at 9.5 regular, or an R15 or M1 adjustable, I'd be all over it. As it is, if it's windy, or I'm just feeling really "on" that day, I'll go with the stiffer driver to bring the launch angle down and add rollout, otherwise I play it safe with the reg-flex and higher launch.

Other than that, I hem and haw over whether to bring my 3i and 4i in the course if I'm walking, or to save the weight and just play 12 sticks. I hardly ever hit these from the fairway, unless I just can't dial in my 3w or my 4h (usually at least one of these two will work for me any given day) and if I'm punching out from under a canopy, a half-swing 5 has been more reliable for me lately, if a bit shorter. I have two different 3-woods, but my older Burner 3 is all but traded in as we speak; my newer AeroBurner 3HL is about 20 yards longer and also easier to hit. The rest of my bag is indispensable, mainly cause I don't have anything else that will do the job. Part of me would love to have a selection of wedges to adjust for differing bunker and rough conditions and really dial in the short game; the other part of me knows that given 5 wedges, I'll probably gravitate toward 2 or maybe 3 that I'll use every round, whether the sand is fluffy or packed solid, or the roughs are dense tufts, thin bermuda or ratty tall fescue.