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Keep What I Got, or Learn New Clubs TODAY?

• godelescher 636 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 1:26 AM

  I've been using the K15s since Master. They've served me surprisingly well from the Legend tees. I even managed to qualify for the Winter Tour with a 56 at SA using them.

  Now I'm halfway between L78 and L79 and I plan to get the long awaited Burner 2.0s. If I play a bunch of ranked rounds in the next day or two, I'll have them in time for the first round of the Winter Tour.

  My 3w is the 225 yd K15, just like the irons. The 2.0s have a range of 125-220.

  I don't have enough credits to buy the 2.0s unless I sell my 3w, the K15 irons, and a spare driver that I don't use. Since the 2.0 3i is a 220 club, there's really no point in keeping the 3w anyway.

  The real gap comes at the short iron end of the spectrum (125 pw - 90 wedge), but I can split that difference with a punch.

  Here's my question:

  Do I get the 2.0s before the first round of the March Tournament and carry only 13 better, but unfamiliar clubs in my bag, or do I play with a full bag of clubs that are inferior, but I know them like the back of my hand?

  I know the 2.0s are way better, but my window for adapting to them is going to be one day, maybe two, but no more than that.

  Opinions?

• MainzMan 9,591 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 1:59 AM

  Changing gear just before a round is always dodgy, more so when it's a very important round as in this case.  If you had more time I'd say go for the Burners, they really are good clubs but with only a couple of days to adjust I'd stick to what you know.

  Good luck.

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 2:08 AM

  godelescher:

  Opinions?

  I'd say it would take a few weeks to dial in the clubs, maybe get them play a bit, but leave yourself time to go back to the pings and relearn them, just in case you haven't figured the Burners out.

  EDIT

   

  Just fully read your post.  Stay with what you have for now.

• chrisironsbones 3,524 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 2:35 AM

  The faster meter of the burners will knock you off your game for a few rounds if you've been used to a slow one & its going to take time to learn the extra yardages you get from the balls you use, i.e 220 iron is more like 235 etc etc, and also using spin too, for example the 135 iron full spin might be 132 or 131 yards depending on balls you use and some holes long iron will stop like wedges do if you're using full spin.  When i first got burners from the G10's i used i hated them & the faster meter, but after a few rounds i loved them and my scores were getting even better.  Its going to take a week or so to get used to them.

• godelescher 636 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 2:55 AM

  First round is Oakmont, which is by far my least favorite course and the most unfamiliar to me. I think I've shot a 29 on the back nine once, every other round has been 30+ (and more than likely, 32+)

  This week's unlimited 9 is Oakmont B9 and I just played a couple of disasters. I think the I'll hold off on the Burners rather than put up an 85 in a tournament that's supposed to be for good players.

  I guess I'll dance with who brung me...

• mkg335 5,491 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 7:41 AM

  It does take a little while to adjust to the Burners but it's definitely worth the effort.  The range and stopping power of the long irons are really nice and come in very handy on a hole like #17 at St A...515 yds from legend tees.  A decent drive leaves a long iron to an impossible green.  It's nice to be able to hit a high 3 to 5 iron that'll stick like glue, so that one is merely faced with an impossible putt as opposed to an impossible pitch, chip, or lob.

  As you say, probably best to wait until after the tourney...but once you get your hands on the Burners you won't look back.

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 8:20 AM

  godelescher:

  Do I get the 2.0s before the first round of the March Tournament and carry only 13 better, but unfamiliar clubs in my bag, or do I play with a full bag of clubs that are inferior, but I know them like the back of my hand?

  Which is more important to you-that Winter Tour or the 2 Opens coming up? MB was right about taking the time to learn them so do you want to do this under the pressure of having to or would you rather play the game you personally know? A 56 is nothing to sniff at and if you can shoot that now you might want to stay with that good game for a while longer.  GL

   

• godelescher 636 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 9:00 AM

  YankeeJim:

  Which is more important to you-that Winter Tour or the 2 Opens coming up? MB was right about taking the time to learn them so do you want to do this under the pressure of having to or would you rather play the game you personally know?

  All valid points in this thread, and I'm going to stick with the K15s for now, but there is an interesting argument to be made the other direction, one that you actually alluded to Jim.

  I've never played a Winter Tour round or an Open round, but looking at the scores put up in previous tournaments, I assume they're on championship greens in tough winds.These are conditions that you generally can't practice in unless you're playing in high stakes RGs.

  Like I said, I'm sticking with the K15s for now (honestly, because I don't want to play 4000 xp worth of golf in the next couple days, more than any other reason), but if I didn't, then using the 2.0s in championship conditions would be an irreplaceable (free) experience.

  Anyway, thanks for the opinions. I think I agree with every post.

  BTW - The 56 was a moonshot; a perfect storm of forward tees, helpful winds, happy accidents, and probably some good karma from a previous life. I don't expect to repeat it any time soon. :)

• YankeeJim 25,827 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 9:54 AM

  godelescher:

  I've never played a Winter Tour round or an Open round, but looking at the scores put up in previous tournaments, I assume they're on championship greens in tough winds.

  Last year WGT made the conditions to qualify easy enough for everybody that applied themselves a shot at qualifying. Too easy, IMO, as the year before at Oakmont the conditions were the hardest I have ever seen to qualify and the cut was a respectable 63. (It probably would have been lower with the current equipment.) Last year the cut was somewhere around 56 or 57 IIRC.

  Qualifying lasts a long time so you have plenty of time to go both ways. Try your current setup and then revisit your OP to see if you want to do the work.

• godelescher 636 Posts

  Mon, Apr 2 2012 11:03 AM

  off topic... ignore this post