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Just curious about what everyone is lugging around these days…

Driver- Titleist 983K 10.5 w/ NV65 r-flex shaft, modified per my “Driver surgery” post elsewhere.
FW’s- Titleist 980F: 15 & 19, w/ stock graphite s-flex shaft. 
Hybrid- Cleveland Halo 4i, stock graphite r-flex
Irons- Redbird 880: 5-9, TT steel, firm-flex.  (Redbird is a local Seattle company)
Wedges- Cleveland 588: 49, 53, 56.  Mizuno T-Zoid 60.

Ball- 2-piece low-compression.  Currently Precept Laddie Extreme, but am not fussy.

All TaylorMades:
425 Driver
TP 3 wood
V Steel 5 wood
Dual Hybrids for 3 and 4 woods
5-SW + GW Irons (R7 XD)

Heavy Putter

Bridgestone E6 or Callaway HX Hot balls

Maybe we can get this one going again…

Driver —Ping Rapture 9*, Aldila Proto VS65 - X-Flex, 45.75”
3-Wood—Taylor Made V-Steel 15*, True Temper Dynamic Gold Lite - S-Flex, 42.5”
2-Iron —Ping Eye2 (1985, U-grooves & radius sole), ZZ shaft, 39.25”
3-PW —Mizuno MP37, 2* upright, True Temper Dynamic Gold - X100, standard length
Lob W —Cleveland DSG 588, stock 60* and 4* bounce

Balls—Titleist ProV1x or Bridgestone e5

Driver - Taylormade R-5
3Wood - Titleist
1 iron - calloway
3-pw - Ping s59 x100
pw - Wilson 1969
sw - Wilson 1959
PUtter - ping zing
balls - titleist pro v1
glove - mastergrip
handicap - the 5 inches between my ears

Ted,

That sounds like a nice set-up.  What shafts are you playing in the woods?

I had a typo, actually, my Zunos are MP-67’s.

I am going to get some new wedges, too.  I was thinking of getting the Vokey Spin Milled so the grooves might last longer.  I am getting sick of buying wedges every season or sooner.  I already made the switch from 48/52/56/60 to 48/54/60 to lose a wedge.  This time around I might do 48/52/58.

I like the V1x.  My swing speed isn’t ridiculously high, but the V1x feels a little more lively to me.  I do notice more spin with the V1, though.

Nitro,
Sorry about the delay in answering. I use Yahoo as my email account and for some reason it sent this the golfblogger to my spam folder. I normally don’t even look it there. I think it’s set where it will get me the email notices in my regular folder.

My driver has a Proforce 65 X-stiff shaft. My drives are between 280-310. The problem is the direction. About once a round I get a block right shot that is off the golf course.

I’m cheap on the 3 wood. I have a steel X-stiff shaft. It flies about 240. It is one of my most consistant clubs. I use the 3 wood and 1 iron off the tee if it is tight fairways.

I try to stay with the same ball so that I will know what is going to happen each time. If I jump around with balls I’m not sure it the flight pattern is the ball, club, or me.
ted

My bag contains:
Taylormade R7 quad, harrison mugen x flex shaft
Ping G2 fairway woods #5,7,ping shaft stiff
Ping G5 hybrids, aldila ns 85 stiff, 22* and 19*
Ping i3blades, 6 to uw, stiff shafts
Cleveland cg10 56*
Cleveland cg12 60*
Odyssey 2 ball SRT

In my bag:

Big Bertha 454 10-degree, Graphite Design YS-6 shaft
Fairway Woods: Great Big Bertha 3w & 5w
Heavenwood Hybrids: 3H (20), 4H (23), 5H (26)
Irons: Callaway X-20 6 to PW - Graphite Firm
X-20 Approach (50-degree?) - Steel
Callaway Forged 56-degree - Steel
Odyssey - White Steel Tri-Ball SRT

Bangup club- Callaway X-16 6-iron - Graphite Firm—When I play a scramble or tourney, the X-20 6-iron comes out of the bag to make 14.  This club I use under tree branches and off hard pack or possible pebbles.

Standby/Travel bag -
Great Big Bertha 8.5 degree driver - Would like to get to where I can hit this reliably.  When I hit it right, I can go 30 yards past the 454.
Callaway X-14s 3-PW Graphite Firm.
Odyssey White Steel #1 blade.

Now there’s an idea: the “Bangup” club. I may put one into my bag ... I have an old 7 iron blade that would work nicely.

I think I would rather have a 7 iron myself, but the 6-iron was so close to my X-14 and X-20 sets, and it was $10 from the demo barrel at the store one day. 

Actually, for going Phil handed with the club upside down away from a tree or large stones, even a 6-iron is a little too lofty.  But overall, this has worked out real well.

Unfortunately I picked this club up a week too late to avoid some damage to one of my sets.  I had just bought the X-20s, and was playing in a scramble with my dad, and my ball was clearly the best ball but it was lying on some hard pack with pebbles in it.  I used my X-14 7-iron (my dad was using those clubs) and put a good scratch right in it.  A week later I got the $10 6-iron.

Well I have changed up my bag somewhat - here are the changes:  (I had some fairly generous Callaway Pre-owned gift certificates given to me at Christmas)

martin - 17 September 2007 03:28 PM

Out of Bag:Big Bertha 454 10-degree, Graphite Design YS-6 shaft

Callaway X-460 9-degree, Grafalloy ProLaunch Blue - Stiff

martin - 17 September 2007 03:28 PM

Out of Bag:Fairway Woods: Great Big Bertha 3w & 5w

Callaway X-Hot 3w, Stiff shaft - OUTSTANDING CLUB!  I loved my GBB 3W, but 205 was the best I could EVER do, usually more like 190-200 with roll.  This 3W I am hitting 200-210 on the fly, and it is straight as an arrow (that may have to do a lot with the much stiffer shaft)

Replacing the 5W is the Callaway X-Hybrid 2H, stiff shaft. 

martin - 17 September 2007 03:28 PM

Heavenwood Hybrids: 3H (20), 4H (23), 5H (26)
Irons: Callaway X-20 6 to PW - Graphite Firm
X-20 Approach (50-degree?) - Steel
Callaway Forged 56-degree - Steel
Odyssey - White Steel Tri-Ball SRT

All the rest is the same, I have also added a 60/9 Callaway X-Tour wedge. 

What comes out of the bag during events, I am still working on.  It may be the 3H, or possibly the 9-iron. 

I was given a Golfsmith (Star Trek) Enterprise putter for Christmas.  Played with it a short time, but very difficult for me to get used to.  The Tri-Ball SRT is SO EXCELLENT, I cannot see going to anything else at this point.  The Enterprise putter might come in handy during the summer, it does hit very true, but it is also pretty soft.  While our greens are slower in the winter, I had too much trouble getting the ball across the green when necessary.