Clothes and accessories

FrankGrimes

Getting into golf properly for the first time and just looking for advice on what golfwear to get and what to look for in it, and also any other accessories I should get that might be genuinely useful.

css

A decent umbrella, wet gear, hat, and a rain glove.. essential. Apart from that a decent peaked cap too for the sun.. After that it's up to you!

GreeBo

and shoes, get a waterproof pair that you can wear all year round
all leather will just get knackered over here
A nice pair of DryJoys or something will be grand and about €40 - €50
If you carry get as light a bag as possible with the two strap system
If you cart get as big a bag as you can get in your car and get a waterproof cover for it.

J.R.HARTLEY

GreeBo wrote:

A nice pair of DryJoys or something will be grand and about €40 - €50

:eek: where do you shop
Footjoy Shoes - Dryjoys
Gents shoes
Price €169.00
at mcguirksgolf.com
cheapest i found online in a quick search was 89 sterling which is €132

GreeBo

oops, that was supposed to be FootJoys, damn brain.

J.R.HARTLEY

i reckoned you were probably thinking of footjoys greenjoys alright

you'll stil pay about 80-90 euro for footjoys aqualites, they're the cheapest water proof footjoys, shoes are such a rip off in golf, you'll pay more for a golf shoe that you were once a week (if lucky) than you would for a good pair of work shoes that you'll wear 5 day a week.
i recently got the Adidas Tour 360's a lovely shoe and at €169 cheaper than most top of the range shoes on offer in the shop(the nike and the dry joys classic spring to mind) but it's still a lot of money. i felt really guilty buying them.

rick_fantastic

i think the footjoy aqualites are a great golf shoe. i got a pair this time last year and played all the way thru the winter and they are still in great condition. just replaced the softspike there yesterday....

as for golf clothing good raingear is essential in this country if you wanna be comfortable. spend as much as you can afford.

i got lucky and won a set of galvin green rainjacket and trouser. they are super!

RuggieBear

rick_fantastic wrote:

as for golf clothing good raingear is essential in this country if you wanna be comfortable. spend as much as you can afford.

i got lucky and won a set of galvin green rainjacket and trouser. they are super!

My rain jacket just sprung a leak

Wanna get a slieveless wind sheet type...any recomendations?

J.R.HARTLEY

be very careful ruggie there are a few that are exactly what you descibed but are as waterproof as a sheet of loo roll, nealry all main good raintops have detachable sleeves.

GreeBo

yeah there seems to be a difference between waterproof and 100% waterproof
let me know if you find a good one that doesnt cost €400!

rick_fantastic

i have a kartel short sleeve windsheeter, got it in golfworks in dundrum during their sale. cost me thinking back out 40euro.

css

RuggieBear wrote:

My rain jacket just sprung a leak

Wanna get a slieveless wind sheet type...any recomendations?

I got two of them in Heatons for 5 euros each about 2 weeks ago.. Good for windy days, not worth a shyte in the rain i bet..

rick_fantastic

donnay golf stuff i bet!!!!

i got one of the sleeveless windsheeter for bout 8 euro there at xmas. not bad for the wind but useless in the rain. when its raining i use it to cover my clubs cos someone robbed my bag cover!

RuggieBear

rick_fantastic wrote:

donnay golf stuff i bet!!!!

i got one of the sleeveless windsheeter for bout 8 euro there at xmas. not bad for the wind but useless in the rain. when its raining i use it to cover my clubs cos someone robbed my bag cover!

lol

I won't have a bad word said against Donnay. I bought their 25 euro driver and it's the only driver i've ever been able to hit consistently straight 280-300 yards.:eek:

And i also have a lucky pair of black donnay slacks:D

css

That's the one Rick, I couldn't remember the name.. I had an Adidas one from before, but for a fiver, i said I couldn't go wrong. I gave one to my old man for the windy days!

rick_fantastic

what are the donnay slacks like?

must check em out in heatons. i could really do with a few new pairs and couldnt be arsed paying big money for pringle or kartel ones

RuggieBear

rick_fantastic wrote:

what are the donnay slacks like?

must check em out in heatons. i could really do with a few new pairs and couldnt be arsed paying big money for pringle or kartel ones

actually very comfortable and cost 10 euro....really like them

FrankGrimes

thanks for the info on this lads, will checkout what the gear in heatons is like before splashing out big money.

Saw some windproof gloves the other day - €20 and its two gloves and it said 'super grip' so I imagine you keep them on while taking your shot. Anyone tried these and are they any use? Nothing worse than numb hands for 4 hours :mad:

I won a Kartel jumper typed thing in a raffle so that should be handy on dry days but I'll defo look into rain top and bottoms.

rick_fantastic

yeah i have super grip gloves that actually get more grip the wtter they get. really really good although im not comfortable pitching and putting with gloves on so it can be a bit annoying to be taking off and putting on glovess!!!

wouldnt worry bout it tho... summer is nearly here!!!! thank god!!!

having said that i played most sat morning over the winter even when course was on temp greens because of frost and i rarely wore gloves

css

I bought a wet glove that's made of a kinda suede material.. and i gotta say its great.. it grips like nothing else.. and is VERY durable.. i found other wet gloves last like 6 months max playing once a week.. I switch gloves if its not dry to a wet glove.. really helps..

copacetic

RuggieBear wrote:

My rain jacket just sprung a leak

Wanna get a slieveless wind sheet type...any recomendations?

tk maxx have some Cross ones at the moment, they are very nice and the cross gear is pretty high quality, i got one last year..

interested

Was wondering if anyone knows who stocks these https://www.118golf.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=496
or similar in Dublin

Howitzer

I bought wet gear at ALDI recently for €25 made from teflon.

I'm very happy with it - have walked to work in the bottoms a few times and kept dry.
I haven't been in torrential downpour yet to fully test though.

The brand is crane sports if you want to search for it. A very good buy.

GreeBo

interested wrote:

Was wondering if anyone knows who stocks these https://www.118golf.co.uk/scripts/prodView.asp?idproduct=496
or similar in Dublin

Pretty much everywhere to be honest
though it might be cheaper to buy 'em from ebay (usually the UK)

J.R.HARTLEY

GreeBo wrote:

Pretty much everywhere to be honest
though it might be cheaper to buy 'em from ebay (usually the UK)

you probably won't believe this but i played with a guy a few weeks back (when we all remembered what the sun looked like) and he was using the brush tee, which was fine but, lo and behold he takes it out on the par three for a mid-short iron shot and then looks amazed as he makes a total mess of the shot.