What golf clubs to buy?

Patsy fyre

Heya,

So I am looking to buy a set of golf clubs. I only play around 10 times a year but my clubs are old, I'm missing some irons and my woods are in a bad state.

I'm hoping to start playing more in the near future. Online seems to be the way to go right? Was thinking of second hand but I found new sets to be cheaper than I had thought.
I found these on McGuirks. Are they any worth the money? I can get free delivery also.

Came across these as well,
What do ye think ?

Jazzzman

The titleist 913s are getting released in November so wait till then. You'll be able to get your driver , fairway wood and hybrid in this range.

For the irons I'd suggest the Titliest muscle backs. A finer iron you won't find.

You'll need some wedges. May I suggest titleists vokey range? 54 and 58 degree should cut it.

You need a putter too. The Scotty Cameron range is hard to beat.

Get yourself a titlest tour bag to put all these clubs in.

Oh, and you'll need lots of pro v1s.

All in all it should come to around three grand.

big_drive

At least give a proper answer, what's that pointless reply about?


I'd say both sets would be fine for a beginner. Wilson would be seen as a better quality brand, so even if a bit more expensive I'd recommend going for them if you can afford it.

Jazzzman

Jaysus, it's the humour police.

Sorry for kidding around.

bantee

Agreed, absolute waste of time typing that up, and completely un-funny.

Jazzzman

Thanks for your input.

Any other words of wisdom for us, or just busy sticking your nose in for the sake of it?

Patsy fyre

Wasn't really funny tbh jazzman.

Anyway, think i'll go with the wilson xl. Seem like the safer bet and the free delivery is convenient.

Jazzzman

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Wasn't really funny tbh jazzman.

Anyway, think i'll go with the wilson xl. Seem like the safer bet and the free delivery is convenient.

At least consider the titleists.

Patsy fyre

Jazzzman wrote: »

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Wasn't really funny tbh jazzman.

Anyway, think i'll go with the wilson xl. Seem like the safer bet and the free delivery is convenient.

At least consider the titleists.

Lol, my budget is more like 3 hundred rather than 3 thousand. Thanks for the suggestion though!
Highly considered...

touts

I'd go to a few golf shops and ask to see second hand sets. There are guys out there who want the latest three grand set simply because they want to show to their mates that they can afford them and will trade in a perfectly good set in the process. Pick up and swing as many as you can and find a set that feel good to you. My current set and previous couple of sets were second hand (Ping at the moment, Titleist before that and Dunlop to begin) and there is no way I could have afforded them new. The Pings at the time were two or three generations old and they were about 20% of the price of the latest generation in the front of the shop. Also like you I don't play every week (or even close to it) so the subtle differences in the technology of the clubs from year to year are not going to make a huge difference. Comfort and confidence are what you are looking for.

Patsy fyre

Thing is though, I'm a lefty, I've gone into shops over the years and looked at extremely limited equipment, even done deal is very limited in terms of left hand equipment that isn't the other side of the country.

IrishZeus

I picked up a set of the Spalding as my first set of clubs about 3-4 weeks ago, also from McGuirks.

Have had zero issues with them. I learned to play on a very (very) expensive set of borrowed clubs and I see no difference between them. If you're at a beginner level, the club itself won't make a huge difference.

rrpc

Patsy fyre wrote: »

Thing is though, I'm a lefty, I've gone into shops over the years and looked at extremely limited equipment, even done deal is very limited in terms of left hand equipment that isn't the other side of the country.

Ebay is your friend

Lots of guys in the UK selling lefties and you can grab some real bargains there. Quite a few won't ship to Ireland, but if they allow collection you can get a courier like Parcel2Go or GLS to do it for you at a very reasonable price. I picked up a lovely set of Taylormade burner irons for the princely sum of £60 (delivered) a while back and they're far superior to the Wilsons or Spaldings you linked to.

Here's a set of Cobra SZ Irons in really good nick for £80 currently

Or a set of Ben Hogan Apex CFT Irons for £60 The guy selling them gives very good info on them.

Might save yourself a lot of money and get something really very good that will last you many a year. The advantage of being a lefty is that you're not bidding aginst many people.

Edit: to add that if your bid is rejected because the seller doesn't ship to Ireland, just send him a message asking him to change the listing and you'll arrange courier collection if he doesn't want to do it himself. If they do take your bid and there's no shipping price to Ireland, again send him a message asking for the shipping cost before the auction ends. Most of the time they'll respond favourably, I think I paid about £20 to ship a set of irons here. You can also pick up very good woods for around the £20 - £40 mark unless they're very new.

big_drive

I'd consider the eBay option as well. If you look around and are patient some bargain will pop up

City boy turned country

I was going to say Ebay as well. Depending on your location, another option is the elverys warehouse in Castlebar. They have a huge selection of clubs in there, alot of them are second hand and some are very reasonably priced.

rrpc

big_drive wrote: »

I'd consider the eBay option as well. If you look around and are patient some bargain will pop up

It's fun too

The problem I find with the off the rack sets is that you'll likely end up with a bag of meh, some of the clubs you really won't like and some of them will be just OK. Trying other guys clubs and seeing what suits you will help formulate a plan to build your own bag with everything in it suiting you well.

mike12

Have a look at the MD Golf clubs they are really good quality at the cheaper end of the price range.
Mike