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Re: Equipment and Avatars

• cubs633 6 Posts

  Sat, Jun 25 2011 12:18 PM

  I'm not a great WGT golfer. I Just Shot 82 on Congressional. Should I Stick With:
  
  Driver ADVANCED POWER SWING (New thingy)
  3 Wood (New Thingy)

  3 Hybrid (Starter)

  3 - PW Irons (New)
  
  SW (New

  SW (Begginer)
  
  Putter (Begginer)

   

   

• seanobrien 296 Posts

  Sat, Jun 25 2011 4:22 PM

  Depends on whether you want to spend some credits.

  The main thing that most of the top players will tell you, is you should ditch the hybrid and get another wedge instead.

  You need to check both the punch and full shot distances for the wedges and PW you have and see if there is a glaring gap, or a shot distance you frequently have that is hard to play with the clubs you have.

  You need a wedge with some spin and a high trajectory.

  If you are thinking of replacing a lot of clubs, then I will leave it to others near your level to suggest clubs, as I cant remember what was good at that level.

  Clubs with High trajectory, spin and precision are probably best

• TheAceFactor 2,147 Posts

  Sun, Jun 26 2011 12:19 PM

  seanobrien:

  The main thing that most of the top players will tell you, is you should ditch the hybrid and get another wedge instead.

  Yes , this is true cubs...funny thing is though cubs , is that the vast majority of those who "preach" this ,(other than very few)   scramble and sand save at and/or well below 60 %.  Umm, maybe a 5'th wedge will do the trick.

                                                                             ....Sayin',                                 Ace

• Mosales 52 Posts

  Sun, Jun 26 2011 2:05 PM

  cubs633:

  I'm not a great WGT golfer. I Just Shot 82 on Congressional. Should I Stick With:
  
  Driver ADVANCED POWER SWING (New thingy)
  3 Wood (New Thingy)

  3 Hybrid (Starter)

  3 - PW Irons (New)
  
  SW (New

  SW (Begginer)
  
  Putter (Begginer)

   

   

   

  Cubs

  I would look at G10 Driver (700 credits)

  G10 Irons (1000 Credits)

  at least 2 wedges (200 each)

  Putter optional now and upgrade to GI SD balls If cost is issue get, the driver, upgrade balls. Then upgrade wedges and finally the iron set.

  good luck Mosales

• seanobrien 296 Posts

  Sun, Jun 26 2011 4:02 PM

  TheAceFactor:

  seanobrien:

  The main thing that most of the top players will tell you, is you should ditch the hybrid and get another wedge instead.

  Yes , this is true cubs...funny thing is though cubs , is that the vast majority of those who "preach" this ,(other than very few)   scramble and sand save at and/or well below 60 %.  Umm, maybe a 5'th wedge will do the trick.

                                                                             ....Sayin',                                 Ace

  That's because they don't get as much practice at those shots cos they hit it on the green more.

  The reason I guess that 3 wedges are recommended is that you want to hit a full power full swing shot so you know how far the ball will go.

  I have a wedge that hits 60yds, but used to have problems with shots of 40 - 45yds because I had to work out how much power to give for the conditions (wind / slope etc).

  I was toying with the idea of buying a 50 yd wedge, so I can play a nearly full power shot for these distances, but decided against it. Instead I just try to leave 55 to 60 yds to the pin so my existing wedge will do the trick.

  At the moment I have wedges that hit 49yds (punch), 60yds(full), 63 yds (punch), 77 yds (full), 96yds (punch) and 115 yds(full). Add either backspin or top spin and they cover more of the distances in between.

  Remember you can also play pitch and flop shots with these clubs too.

  Just my 3 cents worth.

  By the way, if you look at TheAceFactor's stats for sand and scrambling saves, she has over 70% for both and she has a hybrid so I guess you will have to consider both points of view.

  For me though, the addition of the 3rd wedge improved my scores.