In every golfing magazine these days you can read about what clubs are in a touring pro\u2019s bag. Here\u2019s what\u2019s in my recreational set.<\/p>\n
Driver – Titleist 975D, 11.5\u00b0, regular flex shaft. Bought used for $89. Would a fitted driver do me better? Probably, but I hit this one pretty darn good and the difference in price between it and a new one costing $399 equals a lot of extra green fees.<\/p>\n
Hybrid irons – Hogan Edge CFT, 2(19\u00b0), 3(21\u00b0), and 4(24\u00b0), and 5(27\u00b0). The 2 gives me the same distance off a tee as the fairway wood I used to carry, and I hit it much better off the fairway. The 4 is my bread and butter club. When I take it out of the bag I know<\/i> something good is going to happen. Replace your long irons with hybrids. I don\u2019t care how well you hit your long irons, hybrids are so easy to hit it\u2019s almost cheating. I can still hit a 5-iron, but the 5-hybrid is so much easier, why not?<\/p>\n
Irons – Hogan Apex Red Line, 6-E(PW). Blades, beautiful and responsive. The pitching wedge is labeled E. Hogan called his pitching wedge his equalizer, because, he said, if you can pitch, there is no pin they can hide from you. The shafts are plus one inch because of my height (6\u20196\u201d), and the heads were bent a few degrees upright.<\/p>\n
Wedges – Titlist Vokey Spin Milled 52\u00b0\/10\u00b0, 60\u00b0\/8\u00b0, and Hogan 56\u00b0\/8\u00b0 Sure-Out. The numbers on the Titleist wedges are the loft and bounce. These lofts give me a consistent six-degree difference throughout my wedge set. Their shafts are plus one inch. The Sure-Out has a huge hunk of metal underneath the clubface. If I have to hit out of tall grass, this clubhead will not be denied. Loft unknown; doesn\u2019t matter, really.<\/p>\n
Putter – Ping G2 Tess. It\u2019s fitted with a 38\u201d shaft, is more upright than normal, and is toe balanced. It has a simple design because I don\u2019t want to look at something that came off a spaceship when I putt.<\/p>\n
Ball – Bridgestone e5. Distance? My swing takes care of that. Throw this ball at the pin from 30 yards, though, and it hits the green and slams on the brakes.<\/p>\n
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