Your Best Golfing Buy Of The Year?

Mister Sifter

What's been the best addition you've made in 2007?

I'm very tempted to say my new umbrella. I'll go for my spinned milled vokey 56 degree wedge.

It has made my other three wedges virtually redundant around the greens it's that good!

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mccutchie

Its a close call for me, but the titleist vokey 56 wedge i bought just outshines the ping g5 driver i got in january.

Golf Ninja

my 3 vokey wedges 52 56 and 60 getting great spin with them.

milltown

Sorry to say, my Proquip Silk Touch rain gear! Top notch stuff.

WHIP IT!

Got new irons last winter, Mizuno X19s, happy with em... Other than that - a Jack Nicklaus LW which I've become very fond of...

Adiaga 2

I'd say my 19deg utility/rescue - TM r7. Great from the tee when driver is too risky and easy to hit off the fairway and from the rough. It also goes further too than the 5wood it replaced in my bag.

WHIP IT!

Adiaga 2 wrote: »

I'd say my 19deg utility/rescue - TM r7. Great from the tee when driver is too risky and easy to hit off the fairway and from the rough. It also goes further too than the 5wood it replaced in my bag.

I have to say they are a remarkable development in the game aren't they. I can hit mine scarily long off the tee at times and much more reliable than the 3wood that I don't even carry in the bag anymore...

cson

I was hitting a 17 degree Sonartec MD rescue club further than my driver for a while there. I drove a 330 yard par 4 in Macroom with it. Absolute madness, you couldn't use it anywhere but the tee cos it had such a hit in it, got rid of it for a TP Rescue in the end.

The Novacastrian

my Callaway X-18's, even the sandwedge is delightful to use....i'm still sh1t though:D

WHIP IT!

goslie wrote: »

my Callaway X-18's, even the sandwedge is delightful to use....i'm still sh1t though:D

HaHa - meet your brother! But hey buddy, nothin like that one great shot a rund you always hit, eh? Am I right?!

madds

Cleveland 22 deg Halo hybrid. Can use it for a variety of shots. The main benefit is that I have so much confidence in the shot I am going to play when holding this club.

The Novacastrian

HaHa - meet your brother! But hey buddy, nothin like that one great shot a rund you always hit, eh? Am I right?!

You sure are! when struck sweetly, these clubs are just brilliant, such a nice feel from them.

Mister Sifter

I know what my worst one was too unfortunately, sent my driver off to Taylor Made to get fixed and they just range me to say the club 'wasn't made by them'. I'd had it checked out by a pro and he said it was ok, but seems i've been done. Bloody ebay!!

The strange thing was i hit it so well.

dak

WHIP IT! wrote: »

HaHa - meet your brother! But hey buddy, nothin like that one great shot a rund you always hit, eh? Am I right?!

Got the X-20's this year............a lot better than the old Hosons I had for years. Tending to over hit the 9 and Pitching wedge yet as they make it so easy to get up in the air !

dak

Graeme1982 wrote: »

I know what my worst one was too unfortunately, sent my driver off to Taylor Made to get fixed and they just range me to say the club 'wasn't made by them'. I'd had it checked out by a pro and he said it was ok, but seems i've been done. Bloody ebay!!

The strange thing was i hit it so well.

2 years ago i bought 2 clubs from a crowd who had rented a room in the Deerpark. I spent if I remeber correctly about 160 euro on a T7 lookalike and a rescue wedge . Needless to say both lasted less than 6 months and no comeback. Lesson learned the hard way.

Its been posted elsewhere before that top brand golf clubs are been copied in China imported to Ireland and UK and sold on E-bay.

Guisseppeth

Bought a set of Wilson Deep Red irons this year and the difference between them and my old starter set is huge. Always thought that clubs didn't really make a difference but I know now I was wrong.

gunnpaddy

The Scotty Cameron Newport 2 Detour putter, the one with the short arc is my best buy. I feel comfortable knocking in putts from 10 feet out. Great feel and feedback. The reaction from the face maybe a bill dull for some but it suits my stroke perfectly.

bigtimecharlie

Paid €95 for a pair of Nike shoe's. Well worth the price.

It's a new set of club's from Santa to replace the 10 year old colt starter set for the new year.

scout353

Bought the Wilson Deep Red Driver on Rockbottomgolf.com and the 3 & 5 wood came free with it.

Not hitting the driver as well as I thought but the 3 wood has been superb - great control and excellent distance so that gets my vote for 2007!!

Gary ITR

I got the nike sq 5 wood, hit it really well and dead straight. Super club

Henry Ford III

I got a coupe of bargains recently.

A pair of Nike shoes - €50.

A Ping Hoofer Xtreme bag - €75 (My last bag was an earlier Hoofer model and lasted 7 seasons).

billy3sheets

Lessons:D

dunser

I bought Taylormade Superquad & MD Superstrong Lob wedge and I have never hit 2 clubs as well as these.the Driver has being something else Its so forgiving as I could not hit a driver as well as this one. Well worth the 250 I paid for it. Also the MD lob wedge has being super. Excellent buys.

Also made to crap purchases from Ebay, stay away from that Grave yard. Only fakes sold there

Cheers
D

Obni

Cleveland Hi-Bore 2i Hybrid.
Got so disillusioned this autumn with my once reliable driver that I stuck it in the attic and bought my first expensive club. My 3-wood and 5-wood have now joined the driver, and I've replaced them with a 4i hybrid. I get about 90% of the driver distance and just keep hitting fairway after fairway. 2i off the tee and 2i off the fairway, and I'm further than with a driver + 3-wood.
Now thinking about the Hi-Bore driver to match.

madds

Obni wrote: »

Cleveland Hi-Bore 2i Hybrid.
Got so disillusioned this autumn with my once reliable driver that I stuck it in the attic and bought my first expensive club. My 3-wood and 5-wood have now joined the driver, and I've replaced them with a 4i hybrid. I get about 90% of the driver distance and just keep hitting fairway after fairway. 2i off the tee and 2i off the fairway, and I'm further than with a driver + 3-wood.
Now thinking about the Hi-Bore driver to match.

Let me know how get on with the driver Obni. Have the 3i version (22deg), and am thinking about picking up the 2i (19deg) soon.

Henry Ford III

My driver becomes non conforming on 1st Jan. so I bought a Taylor Made R7 425cc 9.5 degree stiff shafted replacement last night. STG£140 delivered, which isn't too bad (I hope).

I think the 460cc ones are too big and bulky looking.

Obni

Happened to be in Terenure today, and thought I might as well spin up the road to Nevada Bob's to see if they had anything left. I missed the opening days of the liquidation sell-off last week and thought they would be cleaned out by now, except for left-handed 9-woods and size 13 golf shoes.

In fact, they had tons of clubs left, including the last 9.5° stiff gold shaft Cleveland Hi-Bore XL driver for €150! (€399 in McGuirks).
No Cleveland Hybrids though.
I'll let you know how I get on after a couple of rounds.

Makes you realise how much mark-up is made on clubs, and kind of takes the gloss off the odd €10 or €20 you get a McGuirks or Golfworks sales guy to knock off the price.

Sale ends Friday. Might be worth a look as they try to flush out all the stock on Friday afternoon.

madds wrote: »

Let me know how get on with the driver Obni. Have the 3i version (22deg), and am thinking about picking up the 2i (19deg) soon.

Henry Ford III

Henry Ford III wrote: »

My driver becomes non conforming on 1st Jan. so I bought a Taylor Made R7 425cc 9.5 degree stiff shafted replacement last night. STG£140 delivered, which isn't too bad (I hope).

I think the 460cc ones are too big and bulky looking.

Seems I did ok. Golfworks are selling the same club for €399.