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Valleygolfer Super Member

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In my perpetual spiraling of golf nerdry, I am considering a (albeit cheap) purchase of Titleist DCI irons for a back up and/or guest usage. Anyone have any experience with these? Are they junk? I am not finding too much on them. TIA

"My ball is on top of a rock in the hazard, do I get some sort of relief?"

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16 minutes ago, Valleygolfer said:

In my perpetual spiraling of golf nerdry, I am considering a (albeit cheap) purchase of Titleist DCI irons for a back up and/or guest usage. Anyone have any experience with these? Are they junk? I am not finding too much on them. TIA

I played them way back...they were hand-me-downs from my dad. At the time they were pretty popular I believe. Not the most forgiving but as a back up should be fine.

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15 minutes ago, Valleygolfer said:

In my perpetual spiraling of golf nerdry, I am considering a (albeit cheap) purchase of Titleist DCI irons for a back up and/or guest usage. Anyone have any experience with these? Are they junk? I am not finding too much on them. TIA

One of my best friends used to game these back in the days.  He was a very good golfer, would be a decent set for a spare.

-Jerry

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What series are they? I believe I played the 962b.

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Valleygolfer Super Member

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9 minutes ago, Vinsk said:

What series are they? I believe I played the 962b.

I can't see the numbers so I will have to ask the guy.

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altos Established Member

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I play 981SL's.  They work very well.  And I bought them new so.... you can figure how many years I have been playing them.  

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There are about 10-12 versions of the DCI irons.  Some are oversize, some are a "player's cavity back", some have more offset, etc.  But basically they were all good. 

The original DCI Black, DCI Gold, 962, 962B and 990 were probably the most popular, but the 981, 981SL, 822OS, 762, 762B, Oversize+, 990B and whatever I missed were nice irons too...definitely not junk.  The "B" version of these models will have a smaller head, shallower cavity and won't be as forgiving.

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962b… the first set of brand new irons I ever purchased. Great clubs.

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Valleygolfer Super Member

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I found out that they are the "oversize" model. 

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On 6/29/2018 at 6:32 AM, Valleygolfer said:

In my perpetual spiraling of golf nerdry, I am considering a (albeit cheap) purchase of Titleist DCI irons for a back up and/or guest usage. Anyone have any experience with these? Are they junk? I am not finding too much on them. TIA

My “backup” set are also the first set of irons I’ve ever owned and I still love those things.  Mine are 981’s.

I even have a 2 iron in that set, hahaha.

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dbuck Great Member

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I have a set of the Gold from about 1992. I played them until last year when I got my current irons.

Don

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Until this spring, my set has been as follows for more than two decades:

Titleist PT.....13, 17, 20, 23º

Titleist DCI 962.....#s 2-9, PW

Cleveland 588.....53º

Cleveland 691.....58º

Tad Moore Chicopee.....putter

Now I've gone all new:

Ping G400....13º

Callaway Steelhead XR.....20.5º

Titleist 718 CB.....#s 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

Titleist 718 CB.....#8, 1º weak

Titleist 718 CB.....#9, 2º weak

Titleist SM7.....50-08, 56-08, 62-08

Dandy Tour Blade.....putter

The Dandy has helped my putting marginally.

Other than that, there's no difference in my game at all.

Nothing wrong with DCI 962s.

 

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I decided to pass on them only because I don't like oversize heads. I was planning to get them for a spare set for guests and when I sell irons before getting new ones. 

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What!  You didn't get them VG?

So I gotta bring my own clubs?  :doh:

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1 hour ago, Vinny Cap said:

What!  You didn't get them VG?

So I gotta bring my own clubs?  :doh:

As if you weren't going too...🤣

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I used to use a set of 962s. Everyone kept making fun of my old ass clubs. Dude, are you like from the 60s?

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On 6/29/2018 at 5:46 PM, altos said:

I play 981SL's.  They work very well.  And I bought them new so.... you can figure how many years I have been playing them.  

I play the Titleist DCI 981 since year 2000.   The irons are great.  I play to a 8.8 HI currently and they've worked well for my game...if that gives you any reference.   If I do change, I'll try Titleist AP1s probably.

Driver: Taylormade M3 (9o) with Mitsubishi Tensei Blue 65 Stiff-flex shaft.  3-wood: Tour Edge Exotics CB2 (15o) with Fujikura Regular-flex

3H: Tour Edge (18o) with R-flex 80g shaft.  4H: 22o  Taylormade Rbz Stage 2 with R-flex shaft.

Irons (5-PW): Titleist 804os with True Temper reg. flex shaft.  Wedges: 50o deg Titleist SM-7 12o bounce F grind, 56o (bent to 54o) Cleveland RTG sand wedge, Cleveland RTX-3 CB 58o wedge 9o bounce.

Putter: TaylorMade Ghost Monte Carlo w/Super Stroke 2.0 grip

 

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