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TAILORING YOUR BAG TO THE COURSE

• marks84 184 Posts

  Thu, Jun 14 2012 5:32 PM

  Although I am sure there are a lot of players on here who already do this, I am equally sure that there are new TM's or Legends who are thinking great.... I got promoted... now what do I do.

  My solution was to tailor my club selection to the course I am going to play.  As an example, at Oakmont and Olympic,  where precision is important, I carry R11S Driver; my 4 CG wedges; R11 irons and putter. My reasoning is that I am not going to get to the green in 2 anyway teeing off from the tips, so I am willing to sacrifice the distance of the 3W for a little better control around/on the green.

  Although my normal bag is Drvr; 3W; 56,60,64 wedges;iron set, I will sometimes replace the 3W with a hybrid, driver with 3W, basically I just mix and match.

  This is not for everyone, but it works for me, which is all that matters.

   

  Keep 'em on the short grass everone.

   

  mark

• bsnewbert 44 Posts

  Thu, Jun 14 2012 5:52 PM

  good points.  i do the same i add a hybrid for the "long" courses and then put in my 56 wedge for the shorter ones

• ApexPC 3,164 Posts

  Thu, Jun 14 2012 7:00 PM

  Just like in real life.

  If you only have 14 clubs, you don't yet have a fuil set.

• piztaker 5,743 Posts

  Thu, Jun 14 2012 9:35 PM

  Mine stays the same 

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Thu, Jun 14 2012 10:51 PM

  piztaker:

  Mine stays the same 

  Mine too.

  I can make an eagle with my 3 wood, or double bogey with it just the same.

• borntobesting 9,695 Posts

  Thu, Jun 14 2012 10:52 PM

  marks84:

  Although I am sure there are a lot of players on here who already do this, I am equally sure that there are new TM's or Legends who are thinking great.... I got promoted... now what do I do.

  My solution was to tailor my club selection to the course I am going to play.  As an example, at Oakmont and Olympic,  where precision is important, I carry R11S Driver; my 4 CG wedges; R11 irons and putter. My reasoning is that I am not going to get to the green in 2 anyway teeing off from the tips, so I am willing to sacrifice the distance of the 3W for a little better control around/on the green.

  Although my normal bag is Drvr; 3W; 56,60,64 wedges;iron set, I will sometimes replace the 3W with a hybrid, driver with 3W, basically I just mix and match.

  This is not for everyone, but it works for me, which is all that matters.

   

  Keep 'em on the short grass everone.

   

  mark

  The only time I change is when I know for sure that in the multi round tourney the tees will me forward then I will drop the 3 wood in favor of a 4th wedge. There are just too many courses that you need the 3 wood to reach the longer par 4's and even a few of the longer par 3's needs a 3 wood. The R11 3 wood punches out of the rough very well so for the most part there is no need for the hybrid. 

• chris5214 1,937 Posts

  Sat, Jun 16 2012 2:25 PM

  i'm on the lvl 59 g20's .. will get the lvl 83's when i get there .. will first dial in the lvl 83's before i ditch the lvl 59's .. or should i maybe keep them in reserve ? can't see why if i got the lvl 83's figured .. or maybe someone with more exp got some advice here ?

• ChristaBorg 7 Posts

  Sun, Jun 17 2012 9:27 PM

  I'm staying the same, but been thinking about buying a 225yd-ish hybrid for a few rounds now, so maybe the idea has some merit.  TY for the post.

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Mon, Jun 18 2012 5:32 AM

  piztaker:

  Mine stays the same 

  Mine too, never changes.  I don't know why you (the OP) think you can't reach the greens at Oakmont and Olympic in 2 from legend tees, it shouldn't be any bother with the gear you have. 

  It takes a while to get to know your clubs, swapping around seems more likely to lead to mistakes.