MichaelStroke:Just the 275 R1 driver (late 40s level required) and the Pings (level 59 I believe) with a trio of semi-decent wedges can easily take you to legend if you know how to play properly. Everything else is just gravy.
Also don't invest in expensive balls until your whole bag is filled out. It's like being a pig farmer and going to the store to buy bacon. I always get a kick out of players with several starter clubs and Nike balls.
Fully agree. Just made Legend (wooo!) with my trusty L48 R1 driver and the L59 Pings. Still learning the Cleve wedges. But I'm locked in on my 64 credit GI2-S jobbies.
In head to head games I often marvel at how much people must be spending on balls. I win maybe ~60% of the time, frequently against people of same/higher tier and almost always higher level.... and they're playing 600-700-800 cost balls. I'd have a meltdown if I whacked one of those in the water.