Lesson Learned: New Clubs Don't Solve Flaws

[cooke119]

Just some food for thought, I have read a lot of posts on TST about people considering buying new clubs because they can't control their existing club, especially the driver, I too am guilty of this. I took lessons once, a while ago, and had purchased a Cobra Amp Cell driver, I could not hit it! I was convinced it was the club. The Pro in my first lesson listened politely as I told him about all my problems and that the club sucked! He took the driver, teed up a ball and started hitting them straight down the middle well over 280 yards, (told me he had to hold back or he would go over the fence at the back of the range). Now this was with a stock club with a stock regular shaft that he had never hit before. And he swung so smoothly. 

Lesson learned.

Before I retired and had money to burn, I would forget this lesson and keep trying to buy a better game, I really should keep this lesson in mind especially since I'm on a tight budget now. Plus my wife wont give me grief for buying another club.

[Patch]

A few weeks ago, a guy came up to me at the driving range. He was watching me hit high lob shots. He asked me what club I was using. LW I told him. He then proceeded to ask me check his own LW, that there was something wrong with it. I did, and I hit a nice lob shot with it. Told him nothing was wrong with the club. 

After watching him hit a couple fatties, I showed him a few things to help out his own lob shot swing. He learned that aged, old lesson about the the Indian and the arrow. 

Edited June 26, 2018 by Patch

[Chris223]

I agree its the person hitting it and not the club but I also believe there is something to be said of your confidence level with a club.  Before I hit a club I am thinking about buying, it has to have “the look” I’m after if you will, not style, but if I hold it like I’m about to hit a golf ball and it just doesn’t look good to me I don’t pursue it because my confidence wont be there.  Especially the case with irons and wedges for me.  

[Patch]

1 hour ago, Chris223 said:

I agree its the person hitting it and not the club but I also believe there is something to be said of your confidence level with a club.  Before I hit a club I am thinking about buying, it has to have “the look” I’m after if you will, not style, but if I hold it like I’m about to hit a golf ball and it just doesn’t look good to me I don’t pursue it because my confidence wont be there.  Especially the case with irons and wedges for me.  

The only thing important to me about a club, is the ball flight I achieve with it. That said, I do understand how the looks of club can influence the buyer.

[cooke119]

2 hours ago, Chris223 said:

I agree its the person hitting it and not the club but I also believe there is something to be said of your confidence level with a club.  Before I hit a club I am thinking about buying, it has to have “the look” I’m after if you will, not style, but if I hold it like I’m about to hit a golf ball and it just doesn’t look good to me I don’t pursue it because my confidence wont be there.  Especially the case with irons and wedges for me.  

I agree, confidence is a big factor