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Today from the Forums: “Mid to high handicappers – What club helped you lower your handicap?”
Today from the Forums, we take a look at an interesting discussion amongst mid to high handicappers who found a specific club or clubs that helped them lower their handicap. WRXers have been mentioning their “magic” club in our forums, with a wide variety getting a mention.
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.
- mantan: “G400 Max driver. Having confidence off the tee and being able to drive the ball consistently (for me) was a game-changer. Shot my personal best, dropped my handicap over the course of the year and played the best golf of my life last year. So of course, in WRX fashion, I just ordered a Cobra SZ Extreme.”
- agolf1: “Dropping long irons. Fairways or hybrids as the replacement. Just don’t have the swing speed or strike consistency to hit something with less loft than my 5-iron.”
- BiggErn: “I’m a mid-single, but I can tell you what will drop it. Get in play off the tee whether it’s with driver or an iron. That doesn’t mean bisecting the fairway just not taking penalty strokes. Take your medicine on the 1 out of 10000 shot instead of trying the hero shot. Don’t pi$$ shots away around the green. From the sand just get it on. The rest eliminate or greatly reduce the skulls and duffs. Lastly, minimize the three-putts.”
- scomac2002: “That’s easy: for me, it is the long putter. If you have back trouble, you don’t practice much. The long putter allows you to develop an address position with the putter in hand that is easy on the back, thus allowing more practice. More practice leads to better putting. Better putting means less putts per round and the handicap drops accordingly. Next would be the 5 hybrid. It’s so versatile; off the tee, for lay-ups and approach shots. Gouging balls out of the rough. You can even bump and run with it from off the green. When all else is failing you, the 5 hybrid will keep the ball in play and save you strokes.”
- luckypolk: “Getting wedges with the correct bounce and grind for my swing and course conditions.”
Entire Thread: “Mid to high handicappers – What club helped you lower your handicap?”
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- Austin Cook what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 6 X
3-wood: Ping G430 Max (15 degrees)
7-wood: Ping G430 Max (21 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 8 X
Hybrid: Ping G410 (22 degrees)
Shaft: Graphite Design Tour AD DI 85 X
Irons: Ping i210 (5, 6), Ping S55 (7-PW)
Shafts: KBS Tour 120 S
Wedges: Ping S159 (50-12S, 56, 60)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Ping Cadence TR Ketsch
Grip: SuperStroke Split
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
Ball: Titleist Pro V1
Check out more in-hand photos of Austin Cook’s clubs here.
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- Adrian Dumont de Chassart what’s in the bag accurate as of the CJ Cup Byron Nelson. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (9 degrees @10)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Blue 7 X
3-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (16.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Red 8 X
5-wood: Callaway Paradym Ai Smoke Max (18 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Red 8 X
Irons: Callaway Apex UT (18 degrees), Callaway Apex CB (3-10)
Shafts: Oban CT 115 (18), True Temper Dynamic Gold AMT Tour White X100
Wedges: Callaway Jaws Raw (50-10S, 54-10S, 58-06C, 58-08Z)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400
Putter: Odyssey Ai-One #7 DB
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet
See more in-hand photos of Adrian Dumont de Chassart’s WITB here.
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At GolfWRX, we are a community of like-minded individuals that all experience and express our enjoyment of the game in many ways.
It’s that sense of community that drives day-to-day interactions in the forums on topics that range from best driver to what marker you use to mark your ball. It even allows us to share another thing we all love – buying and selling equipment.
Currently, in our GolfWRX buy/sell/trade (BST) forum, there is a listing for a set of Custom-Built Titleist T150s.
From the seller: (@boff2guy): “Custom T150s 4-PW built by People’s golf, w/Dynamic Golf Tour Issue X100 Black Onyx shafts. MCC Plus 4 Midsize. Only a few irons have been hit off the mat. Specs and Pics below. $1,150 shipped
- 4) 39.25 21 61
- 5) 38.75 24 61.5
- 6) 38.25 28 62
- 7) 37.75 32 62.5
- 8. 37.25 36 63
- 9) 36.75 40 63.5
- PW) 36.25 45 64″
To check out the full listing in our BST forum, head through the link: Custom-Built Titleist T150s
This is the most impressive current listing from the GolfWRX BST, and if you are curious about the rules to participate in the BST Forum you can check them out here: GolfWRX BST Rules
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David Solman
Mar 17, 2020 at 8:19 pm
Have now settled with 5 wedges a 9iron ,4 hybrids, 5 & 3 wood plus Driver. Handicap down from 14 to 11. As an over 70 year old have realised how short game wedges are essential and that hyrids are the answer as swing speeds drop .
HDTVMAN
Mar 16, 2020 at 1:37 pm
Pretty tough question. I also have a Ping G400 MAX, shortened the shaft by 1″, and my shaft is a 70 series. I also went to a 36″ putter with a slight toe hang. If I could just figure out my shots around the green I’d be in business.