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[phragle]

Golf newbie here looking for a little help for my wife.  Her parents bought us clubs a couple years ago and we go to the range occasionally and play a few times a year.  She never really enjoyed it because she couldn't get consisent contact.  Someone suggested that her clubs may be too short so we got her fitted and they are, by about 1.5 inches.  She hit much better and enjoyed it a lot more in the store.  After a little bit in a simulator the guy at the golf store suggested that she use senior men's clubs. 

 

Her birthday and mother's day are pretty close together so she asked me to get her some new irons (her driver is ok).  I'm on a budget for this and don't want to drop too much coin on what is essentially an occasional hobby.  The store she was measured at ranged from about $300-$1,000 for senior men's clubs so I'm venturing onto the web for a solution.  This is where I need help.  I googled around a bit last night and was completely overwhelmed.  Does anyone have recommendations for where to look or a particular brand that will be servicable without being crap?  I'm hoping to keep it under $300 and closer to $200 if possible.

 

Reshafting would be the cheapest.

Edited by phragle, 15 May 2013 - 05:55 PM.

[Papelbon's Poutine]

Re-shafting would be the cheapest.

 

Than buying off the rack, yeah he could probably re-shaft for cheaper. But graphite shafts are going to run him $40 probably, plus labor...he could get a new set of properly fit SGIs for under $500 if he shops wisely, then list the old clubs and make back some coin.

Edited by Papelbon's Poutine, 17 May 2013 - 11:42 AM.

[jercra]

This can't possibly be correct can it TFP?

 

 

Penalty Strokes 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 8

 

Without all those penalties (and that 10) you would have easily been in the 80's?  Does your course have a lot of OB or water or something?

[The Four Peters]

Nope, I definitely didn't have 8 penalty strokes. The 10 is correct (don't ask) but not sure how that happened with the penalty strokes. I tried entering it on my phone, I wonder if that messed it up somehow. I'll try to fix it online.

 

Today was absolutely the best I've ever struck the ball. I had 4 bad holes (a 10, and 3 7's) but had 6 pars and 7 bogeys which is just ridiculous consistency for me. If I can continue this swing quality then I'll be good going forward.

[The Four Peters]

Just fixed it, the 3 penalty strokes on 9 were supposed to be the putts. Still, a 95 with 5 penalty strokes was my round. The penalty stroke on 16 was tough too, I could have found my ball but we had people up our ass so I just dropped one in the rough where mine was close and hit it (it was also late in the round and beers were flowing so I wasn't that worried).

 

Things are slowly coming around.

[grsharky7]

Went out and played Hidden Valley today.  Tight tract and it's a mountain course so a lot of big elevation changes, some great scenery as well.  Shot an 88 and was very happy with it.  The greens on this course are very well protected by sand and are extremely slippery.  

[SouthernBoSox]

I've hit the Callaway X hot fairway woods at some ranges before. I finally bought it and played my first round this morning. Shot a 68 (par 71) for my year low round. I used my driver 3 times. I was 270-280 off the tee with the new three wood. Stupid long three wood. I had plenty of room around me so I had a couple holes where I'd hit my driver after my tee shot just to see the difference. It was only around 20 yards longer than the three. Crazy stuff. I doubt I use my driver much going forward. My buddy at Callaway told me that Gary Woodland was hitting his 3 wood to far and messing up his gaps. They had to put a steel shaft in it.

If you haven't updated clubs recently I think that fairway woods have taken the biggest leap forward BY FAR in the past year. Drivers really haven't changed a hole lot, but these 3 woods are insane.

I actually think the large headed driver is going to become a thing of the past. The technolgy is just amazing.

[The Four Peters]

I'll agree with that. I started hitting my Rocketballz 3 wood off the tee yesterday and was absolutely piping it. Had one that ended up going 290 and most were about 250-270. Thing felt great was way way more consistent than my driver.

[inJacobyWeTrust]

Ill second the love for the x-hot 3 wood, I bought one this offseason and love it.

Also, nice round!

[Dgilpin]

Shot a 44-47 today , played really well on ghe front 9. A duffed drive a par 5 set me up for a double but other than that struck the ball really well. Started to fizzle on the back, a triple om a par 3 killed by shot of my first round in fhe 80's this year. Just nice yo get out there and string some good holes together , I had been playing terrible so far this season. It also helps that my club is back to normal after hosting a US Open qualifier. Which is good because the greens and rough were destroying my confidence.

[jercra]

Hard not to agree on the 3-wood.  Today I played a course with a 303 carry over water to the flag.  Pulled the 3-wood (RBZ) and flew it to the pin and rolled it off the back of green (in Co. so not as amazing as it sounds).  Total distance was about 310.  Also drove a 334 carry RBZ driver today so there's not nothing to the driver difference but I can certainly control the 3-wood more.  Stupid punched and sanded greens ruined my round (along with a local giving me lines for a guy who hits it 240 off the tee into lakes and OB) so I still scored poorly.

[doldmoose34]

ok skitzo golf at its best.. Thurs night in league and side match going I was fucking patethic shot a 51, played in a scramble Friday, made a few good shots, but it was wicked windy and one of my buddys, an 7 'cap, suggested tuning the RBZ driver back down to its 10.5, the little controlled fade was back

 

fast forward to this afternoon, hit big slice into hazard on 1, dropped, made 7, played last 8 holes 3 over, 41  its nothing for you low cappers but I'm a 19.6 index 23 home  that was playing for me

[Papelbon's Poutine]

USGA bans the anchored putter. PGA Tour now on the clock.

[The Four Peters]

Today was absolutely the best I've ever struck the ball. I had 4 bad holes (a 10, and 3 7's) but had 6 pars and 7 bogeys which is just ridiculous consistency for me. If I can continue this swing quality then I'll be good going forward.

Still striking the ball well, but penalty strokes and blow up holes are still killing me during my round yesterday. Lost a ball on one hole that shouldn't have been a lost ball (was a blind shot but was definitely in play) so I had to go back and re-hit. Then the next hole (island green) I went all tin cup and put it in the water 3 times. 2 holes later I hit a beautiful tee shot with my 3 wood that just pulled into the woods and couldn't find the ball again. 5 penalty strokes in 4 holes and my round was trashed.

 

Add in the fact that my short game was trash and it makes for a horrible round. Still happy with the progress I've made in striking the ball and feel like I'm really close to putting it all together. Playing Shining Rock in Northborough on Friday, looking forward to that.