This is very true.
Itās crazy the price of drivers these days. It was only 5-6 years ago that a driver cost $400-$500. The new drivers have maybe added 5m to the drive yet they are double the cost.
Yeah, Iāve been priced out of the market for new golf clubs for years. Everything I have is top of the lineā¦ for 2016
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Three performance is pretty close to those totl drivers from 4 -5 years ago
I purchased the Cobra Speedback driver a few years back for $450 and I still think it stacks up with the best drivers today. Personally, having the correct shaft is most important.
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Mine are all 2012!
My Callaway Irons are probably that also. I purchased them new off ebay at the time PW-4 iron for $280 from a US golf store. In store in Australia they were about $600.
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I bought a bunch of hybrids and fairway woods that way over that period, but got the irons and driver from Drummonds at the time. Actually hitting them I find important for clubs Iām using all the time.
(Shipping and the AUD seems to eat a bulk of the savings these days)
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I buy most of my stuff from the US; it is hard for me to find it here, but also a lot of what I look for is specific and also seems to be scarce. For one, it is hard to find Ping gear.
I have a full set of clubs still at my parentsā house in CO which I leave there as I play as often as I possibly can when I go back, weather permitting. Iām thinking of just buying a full set of clubs next time I am over there and eating the shipping cost and then just selling what I have here, which is adequate but is kind of piece-meal in composition. Iāve been playing with 11-12 clubs for 4 1/2 years; I have no fairway woods or 5 iron.
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Donāt most of the main retailers stock Ping?
I only have Ping putters, but have known people that play various Ping irons over the years and I demoed the I series and s series when I bought my current irons
And yes thatās plural on putters ā¦
On Lucas Herbert going to LIV, I assume he now wonāt play the DP World Tour. A Shane because he plays well in Dubai (this weeks event).
I was going to humble bragā¦ then realised there is nothing humble about it.
I had a hole in one on 13th of the East. Downhill par 3, surrounded by beatiful trees. Gentle draw to a middle / back left pinā¦
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Is that confirmed he is going?
Yes, it was news earlier this week I believe. Heād normally be playing Dubai this week as a past champion.
This one. Thought is was a stunning hole so took a pic.
Conversely, I went into the left pit and then played bunker ping pong (sand is my achilles heel).
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Hard to say no to craxy money i suppose, no matter who is giving it to you.
I wonder what majors he is in? He probably will struggle to qualify for any of them now.
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That is the one!!
Some great holes on the East. 10 a great short par 5.
12 can be a beast into the wind.
Glad you got to play it. So so good
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Iām a bit both ways on LIV. Iām a big fan of what Norman is doing for the development of world golf and the welfare of the players and their families. The obvious aside (money):
- No requirement to play min 14 PGAT events in calendar year
- Less golf and more time with family
- Int players can spend more time in homeland
- LIV format opening up golf to younger fans. Younger audience will be more lucrative for sponsors, TV in time
- Teans formats opens up so many possibilities. It creates new business partnership opportunities, team golf, player equity in franchises
- Golf to go global, Aust a real beneficiary
This said, I want golf to come together for the greater good. I want the best players in the majors and probably 4-5 other big global golf tournaments around the world.
Noteworthy Rory changing tune. He knows golf must change, golf needs to be attractive for younger audiences, and it needs more growth in Asia, India, Middle East too. He knows LIV concept has a place in the ecosystem for the growth of the sport. Norman took the hits, courageous, determined and stubbornly focussed. Clearly thereās been fractured relationships as the sport goes through change but in the end we will see it arrive in a good spot imo.
But I donāt like the amount of money being the focal point. Money doesnāt buy happiness so it needs to be balanced with the points above.
Hopefully 2024 sees it all come together so the game delivers on a combination of what weāre seeing in LIV and the traditional format big events.
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Brag all you want. Thatās awesome.
I made two of them before I turned 20 years old, and havenāt made one since (Iām 46). But it is still two more than my brother, the scratch. He does have two albatrosses, though.
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