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I have 1,000 credit

• 9,041 Posts

  Tue, Nov 22 2016 10:05 AM

  eriepamarty:

  Any suggestions on a decent 3 wood.

  The L41 R15...........then the L48 R1 driver,

  Both will last you to the Legend tier.

• 1,866 Posts

  Tue, Nov 22 2016 10:34 AM

  eriepamarty:

  Any suggestions on a decent 3 wood.

  I would leave the 3w alone for now and just get some wedges. Why? Cause the L41 one is only 232y, costs 900 cr and has a fast meter. Not much of an upgrade to your driver.

  I would get a set of 3 wedges for now:

  ping gorge 60 wedge l42.aspx?i=0786b65c 629b 48ed a39c c39f32f28345

  taylormade atv 64 wedge l39.aspx?i=0056fb16 b029 40f2 a9a1 7bb4c807e157

  ping gorge 52 wedge l41.aspx?i=d9b2a968 fda6 4683 ba77 4026da721af2

  You may as well only get the 75 and 50y ones, but that 3rd 100y wedge will help you a lot on approaches from 85 to 110y, works much better than your starter iron kit. Plus all three will fit any future iron set you purchase.

  I'd wait with the rest for the L48 TM driver and L58 G25 3w and L59 G25 irons.

  Those are the only clubs worth spending money on, before you reach L80+. And this set can easily serve you to legend and beyond.

  You'll have to get used to the much faster meter though, whatever you decide to buy. So you might want to invest some in better balls (slower meter, more spin, etc).

  I'd get the wedges only, play ranked and practice rounds, be honest and dedicated, then wait for the Christmas giveaway and let the community know, what your wishes are. I'm sure, if you do it the right way, someone will grant you your wish ;-) 

  P.S.: I'd gift you the wedges right now, but I just can't with only 1 ranked round under your belt. I already gifted too many people, who turned out to not be serious and just stopped playing in 2 weeks. Those credits could've been spent helping someone much more dedidated. Nothing personal, just how I feel.

• Vaibhav5viv 886 Posts

  Tue, Nov 22 2016 10:56 AM

  alcaucin:

  eriepamarty:

  Any suggestions on a decent 3 wood.

  The L41 R15...........then the L48 R1 driver,

  Both will last you to the Legend tier.

  Agreed. And the 3wd would work even from the back tees bar maybe handful of par3s.

• 9,041 Posts

  Tue, Nov 22 2016 12:56 PM

  mkrizan86:

  eriepamarty:

  Any suggestions on a decent 3 wood.

  I would leave the 3w alone for now and just get some wedges. Why?

  What I was wondering ;-)

  The idea was for him to use the 3w as a driver too...killing 2 birds with one stone.

  ( till he can afford a decent driver )

  mkrizan86:

  Cause the L41 one is only 232y, costs 900 cr and has a fast meter. Not much of an upgrade to your driver.

  Coupled with the L48 R1 driver 275y,the combo would even be manageable from the tips..

  AND driver / 3w would have same meter speed.  3.5

• 1,866 Posts

  Tue, Nov 22 2016 2:51 PM

  alcaucin:

  mkrizan86:

  eriepamarty:

  Any suggestions on a decent 3 wood.

  I would leave the 3w alone for now and just get some wedges. Why?

  What I was wondering ;-)

  The idea was for him to use the 3w as a driver too...killing 2 birds with one stone.

  ( till he can afford a decent driver )

  Yeah, I understand. But being on a 1000 cr budget (as he said), wedges would enhance his game better than hitting drives 10y further. Especially that 3rd 100y one. Beats both starter PW and the 9i into oblivion. At least that's the way I see it.

  Plus, why spend 900 on a 232y 3w, when he can get a 235y one for 545 cr in under a month (L58 G25)? Especially if one's on a budget. Although, in the long run, it's bound to take around 7-8k to fill the bag properly. So either surveys, buying credits or a X-mas giveaway. Maybe a CC with giving members.

   

  Edit: Not to mention the difference those wedges could make to his short game. Those starter irons don't stick that well to the green ;-)

• ryhope06 148 Posts

  Tue, Nov 22 2016 3:12 PM

  if your not 2 putting anymore youve found the secrete to this game    bottle the formula and sell it     then you will have enogh credits to buy any clubs you desire   x

• phred952 2,714 Posts

  Tue, Nov 22 2016 4:15 PM

  I have to agree with mkrizan86.  Even though I was verbally beat up by someone about how bad that 3W is,  I had good success using the whole lvl 59 G25 set, including the driver.  I used that G25 driver until could purchase the TM SLDR @ lvl 79.  I used the G25 set until i could get the then lvl 85 Mike Vapor Pro Fly irons.

  I never read the forum when I first joined, so I bought the TM Rocketballz Tour complete set when i hit lvl 39.  It included the ATV 56* and 60* wedges.  In hindsight, buying just the wedges would have been better.  I had some trouble adjusting to the 3.0 meter speed until I went to  WGT G12S and eventually the G13S balls.

  After I started reading the forum, i dropped the hybrid and went to the 3 wedge setup, buying the ATV 64* wedge.  The Ping Gorge wedges have better precision than the ATV's, just not as forgiving.

  FWIW, I did a comparison of the LVL 81 Ping 3W to the lvl 73 X2 Hot 3W during a free rental weekend a year ago.  I played the Best of Par 5, 18 holes with no driver and both those 3 woods, as a Master.

  For 18 holes the Ping was actually just over 1 yard in average longer, both off the Tee and from the Fairway.  The X2 did hit the longest shots both from Tee and Fairway, but only by about 3 yds and a bit over 4 yds respectively.  Those were both hit into the wind on a St. Andrews par 5.  So I was never convinced that the X2 Hot was better than that Ping lvl 81 3W, just because it costs twice as much.

  I threw out my experience as it sounds like the OP may be working within a budget.  As the usual disclaimer goes however, your experience may vary.

  phred952 

• 9,041 Posts

  Tue, Nov 22 2016 11:59 PM

  mkrizan86:

  Yeah, I understand. But being on a 1000 cr budget (as he said), wedges would enhance his game better than hitting drives 10y further.

  in an ideal World he needs wedges and a 3w...he's bought the great L39 atv, so instead of drinking 6 pints tonight, maybe have just 4 then get the other 2 wedges ;-)

  Anyway..yeah on paper there is 10 yrds in it but as we know from Corwyns comps the starter driver barely gets past 205y in any kinda headwind, the starter 3w ( just about the worst club on WGT ) can go 20y left or right with a ding and lucky to carry 180y at times ;-))

  So the net gain using that 3w as driver & 3w could be as much as 80-90yrds.

  mkrizan86:

  Plus, why spend 900 on a 232y 3w, when he can get a 235y one for 545 cr in under a month (L58 G25)? Especially if one's on a budget. Although, in the long run, it's bound to take around 7-8k to fill the bag properly.

  'Cause it will match meter speed of the R1 ( which everyone agrees is THE club down there and the one to get ) and both will last him Months.+ having had the L58 ping, it is not wise to miss the ding.. FORE !  ;-)

  mkrizan86:

  Edit: Not to mention the difference those wedges could make to his short game. Those starter irons don't stick that well to the green ;-)

  Very true !  Just really thinking about this fella...if he can get it down there then while he's building up credits, ya can learn alot about pitching / chipping / flopping / roll out with those wedges.

  This World be much easier if everyone could buy what they wanted, when they wanted it...  :-)

   

   

• eriepamarty 9 Posts

  Wed, Nov 23 2016 10:54 AM

  thanks for all your input..

   

  I did get a 60 Deg Wedge yesterday and yes it made a major improvement. My Average is now down to around 80.. I was just playing the 3 hole head to head matches for 900 Coins and didn't know that didn't affect your Playing average. So I started to play in some of the free monthly tournaments and that's where I saw my average score go down.

  I did find out that there is no distance putting helper in the tournaments like there was in the head to head 900 Coin match...so that did affect my putting a bit..

  I am still flip flopping on driver/3 wood for my next purchase..(up to 1,400 credits that I have now) as there are still some holes I can't get to using driver and then 3 wood..using the clubs I was given at start up....

  Seriously..I have only been on here a few weeks and really appreciate all the input on the best way to improve my golf with the best bang for my buck..

  those in the US..have a great thanksgiving day and weekend.

  thanks again for everyones help