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Forum Thread of the Day: “Most expensive equipment mistake?”
Today’s Forum Thread of the Day discusses the most expensive equipment mistakes that WRXers have suffered. Whether it’s because the equipment didn’t live up to expectations or just failed to impress, our members have been sharing what’s been their biggest disappointment equipment-wise.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- OspreyCI: “This one is easy…. Getting fit by Club Champion for a TM M2 driver. $1k mistake!”
- TheWildThing: “Spending $300 on a brand new Nike Vapor Speed driver. I remember testing it on the driving range after I bought it and I couldn’t hit it as far as my old Titleist 975F 3 wood, lol. The sound and feel off the face was absolutely terrible. I subsequently sold it on eBay and bought a Taylormade M2 driver. I’ve always loved using Nike drivers, although this one was a major disappointment IMO. Possibly a counterfeit?”
- jjj912: “Brand new Ping woods (D, 3W, 5W). Let the sales guy talk me into them even though I didn’t intend to buy woods. It was a while back, so I’ve forgotten how much I spent, but I know it was on the order of $700. I never hit them well and eventually sold them to a relative for pennies on the dollar.”
- caniac: “TS3 driver. I had a great fitting. All the numbers were fantastic. Hit it long and straight at the Titleist Thursday. Couldn’t hit it worth a flip on the course! Gave it about a month, and traded it for a Ping G400 Max.”
- mrp2wash: “That would be a brand new TS3 with 6.5 T1100 White 65g this past spring. I fell victim to the excitement of the new series and ‘self fitted’. Never got comfortable at address with it and can’t hit a fairway to save my life. Now it is collecting dust, and I’m back to old reliable – a 910D2.”
Entire Thread: “Most expensive equipment mistake?”
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- Rasmus Højgaard what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K Blue 60 TX
3-wood: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond Prototype (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei 1K White 80 TX
Utility: Callaway Apex UW (21 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw White 85 TX
Irons: Callaway Apex Pro (3), Callaway X Forged (4-PW)
Shafts: KBS $-Taper 130
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (52-10S, 56-10S, 60-06C)
Shafts: KBS Tour 130 X
Putter: Odyssey Ai One Milled Eight T DB
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Hojgaard in the forums.
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- Rory McIlroy what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 8 X
5-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (18 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 9 X
Irons: TaylorMade Proto (4), TaylorMade Rors Proto (5-9)
Shaft: Project X 7.0 (4-9)
Wedges: TaylorMade MG4 (46-09SB, 50-09SB, 54-11SB), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks (58-K @59)
Shafts: Project X 6.5 (46-54), Project X 6.5 Wedge (60)
Putter: TaylorMade Spider Tour X3
Grip: SuperStroke Zenergy Pistol Tour
Ball: 2024 TaylorMade TP5x
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Rory McIlroy’s WITB in the forums.
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Ping PLD putters have been a very common site on profesional tours. Pros seem to gravitate toward the PLD line’s custom options and precision milling. We have seen the PLD line expanded over the years, but we haven’t seen too many, if any, large mallets.
This week we spotted a PLD putter in Nate Lashley’s bag that has a similar look to the old Ping Wolverine head shape. This putter is a large mallet with the famous “claws” on the outside and oval center that housed the alignment aid.
Nick’s putter has the PLD logo on the back but also looks like it might have an insert installed on the face. It is hard to tell but at the address picture, it looks like the face is a lighter material than the rest of the putters. The putter is center-shafted and should be face-balanced with a high MOI for stability and forgiveness on mishits. The sole is completely milled and has no markings of name or technologies that might be present in the head. A single white site line is on the top of the putter for alignment.
Nick’s putter is finished off with a chrome steel shaft and a Super Stroke Zenergy Flatso 2.0 grip in black and white.
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Rasmus Højgaard WITB 2024 (April)
Rasmus Højgaard what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic. Driver: Callaway Ai Smoke Triple Diamond (10.5 degrees)...
Rory McIlroy WITB 2024 (April)
Rory McIlroy what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic. Driver: TaylorMade Qi10 (9 degrees) Shaft: Fujikura Ventus...
Sam Burns WITB 2024 (April)
Sam Burns’ what’s in the bag accurate as of the RBC Heritage. Driver: Callaway Paradym Triple Diamond S (9 degrees...
Will Zalatoris WITB 2024 (April)
Will Zalatoris’ what’s in the bag accurate as of the RBC Heritage. Driver: Titleist TSR2 (9 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)...
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19th Hole2 weeks agoDave Portnoy places monstrous outright bet for the 2024 Masters
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19th Hole2 weeks agoTiger Woods arrives at 2024 Masters equipped with a putter that may surprise you
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19th Hole2 days ago‘Absolutely crazy’ – Major champ lays into Patrick Cantlay over his decision on final hole of RBC Heritage
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19th Hole2 days agoJustin Thomas on the equipment choice of Scottie Scheffler that he thinks is ‘weird’
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19th Hole3 weeks agoReport: Tiger Woods has ‘eliminated sex’ in preparation for the 2024 Masters
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19th Hole1 week agoTwo star names reportedly blanked Jon Rahm all week at the Masters
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19th Hole1 week agoReport: LIV Golf identifies latest star name they hope to sign to breakaway tour
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19th Hole1 week agoNeal Shipley presser ends in awkward fashion after reporter claims Tiger handed him note on 8th fairway
geohogan
Dec 30, 2019 at 9:39 pm
Most expensive mistake is buying an expensive club with a cheap OEM shaft.
IMO, if your going to pay big bucks for a club, put the money in the shaft.
Not A Hack
Dec 27, 2019 at 12:40 pm
Getting “fit” for a Titlesit 917 F3 3 wood with a Graphite Design AD-DI 6S. The head and shaft combination did not work for me at all.
Mercifully, I was able to lessen the blow by transferring the shaft into my F9 3 wood.
Alex
Dec 26, 2019 at 5:51 pm
Bettinardi bb40. My fault didn’t get fit and liked the rossie style putters. Way too firm for me and the grip seemed greasy. Bettinardi makes good stuff I should have got fit first. Did give my wife the cool like green cover before I traded it though.
David Lehmann
Dec 26, 2019 at 2:52 pm
Anything PXG?
John B
Dec 27, 2019 at 2:30 pm
GolfWRX has nothing but positive reviews with PXG. And as a PXG owner, I can say not many clubs in my life have felt as good as a PXG. A very close second would be anything made by Mizuno.
george steen
Dec 27, 2019 at 7:06 pm
It’s average equipment