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Re: Equipment Upgrade Advice?

• StanfordCards12 7 Posts

  Fri, Feb 3 2012 10:42 PM

  I'm a Level 17 Amateur who shoots around 75, and is thinking about upgrading some equipment. I only have the beginning set and it really shows its deficiencies at Bethpage and Oakmont. Problem is I only have 50 Credits, so I can only buy either a StarterPlus driver, woods/hybrids, irons, and ball. What is your advice? Should I buy any of these or wait it out until I get some more credits, which might take awhile since I'm not fond of shelling out my own money for a game. Thanks!

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Fri, Feb 3 2012 10:58 PM

  Make use of the videos, surveys and offers on this page to earn more credits. I earned thousands this way.

  http://www.wgt.com/user/offers.aspx

• SHRUDE 5,835 Posts

  Fri, Feb 3 2012 11:43 PM

  StanfordCards12:

  What is your advice?

  As above, no hurry..  learn WGT and its idiosyncracies first.

  Have a crack at the surveys to earn credits. be persistent. Dont give up on them.

  99 creds will get you a set of Starter PLUS clubs..

  Your first consideration for an upgrade should be Level 14 Z-Satin wedges.

  Then a Driver.

  Then some GI (Game Improvement) balls.

  When upgrading, try to keep yuour new purchase close or similar to the swing meter of your other clubs.
  Drivers and Wedges will always be a tad faster Swing. 

   

• zagraniczniak 1,984 Posts

  Sat, Feb 4 2012 1:35 AM

  At level 17, the new levels will come fast and furious, and in a few days you will be in the 30s, where some good equipment becomes available, which you can then use for a long time until you get to - let us say - the Master tier.

• marks84 184 Posts

  Thu, Feb 16 2012 6:06 PM

  StanfordCards12:

  I'm a Level 17 Amateur who shoots around 75, and is thinking about upgrading some equipment. I only have the beginning set and it really shows its deficiencies at Bethpage and Oakmont. Problem is I only have 50 Credits, so I can only buy either a StarterPlus driver, woods/hybrids, irons, and ball. What is your advice? Should I buy any of these or wait it out until I get some more credits, which might take awhile since I'm not fond of shelling out my own money for a game. Thanks!

  Since it has been almost 2 weeks since your post Stanford, this is probably too late to do any good, but I will throw it out there anyway.  With the possible exception of a putter... I would wait until AT LEAST level 35 to buy new clubs,  I understand your reluctance to use your own money, and have to agree with the post about watching the videos/doing surveys.

  If you have not yet bought new clubs... I would recommend getting a putter, and if you can a GOOD wedge or 2.  When I first started playing, the first club I bought was the level 19 Spider putter (which I still have and absolutely love... along with a 60 and 64 degree wedge).

  GL to you with your game

   

  Mark