Bill that would still be Florida, it's just that most of the golfers there are too old to know how to use the internet.

LOL, that was pretty good Klun...

Chris,

I come up with one every once in a while.

How could Klun clear his mind enough to come up with that one?

Bill, there ain't much up there to have to clear out

Good one Klun. I never gave it much thought, but it does explain why not too many members if any are from Florida.

A little West of Pittsburgh, just outside of Ambridge. That's where I live when I'm not living on a Train (Norfolk Southern).

Welcome 2Under...looks like you're starting to meet the gang.

And Bill, we are not spotting you strokes my friend. You can play 1 round a year and shoot 76. But we will let you play from the tips as we play from the forward tees, how's that?

Although I have the inclination, unforturnately I can no longer hit it far enough to play the back tees. I will, however, allow you to give me 2 a side instead of 3.

If I could play one round of this great game as well as you describe, it would be a marvelous experience that would last me a lifetime.

Changed out some Cleveland stuff last year and replaced with Titleist. Will start the year with:

Driver – Titleist 907D1 10.5 75g V2 stiff

FWs - Cleveland Steel Launchers 13 and 19 degree with Stiff 75g Fujikura gold

Hydrid – Cobra baffler pro DWS 20* with Fujikura Speeder 85g stiff

Irons - Calloway X 18 3-PW stiff steel shafted.

Wedges – Vokey oil can 52.08, SM56.04, SM60.04

Putter – Odyssey XG Sabertooth 33.5 inches

Ball - Titleist ProV1

Bag – Ogio tour

I know is is more than the allowed 14. But I canonly hit one at a time.

Anything can happen with this set. I still want to chage out the irons for some Pings Rapture or G10s

OOOOOOOOOOH Chief!
Nice Stuff.

Driver Titleist 905R 10.5 YSL+6 Reg. Working just fine.

3w Titleist 904? something like that, same shaft as driver. Fine, now that I've learned to swing it (thanks to irons).

3-9i Titleist 695 MB, NS950 Reg. I love these. 2nd favorite in bag. Have helped my game along a lot in the month or so that I've had them.

56 deg Eidolon. Unheard of brand, but has this dual bounce style like Ron (my teacher) used to grind his wedges, and he approves. Tried some Vokeys, they felt great, but geez, I've already got an almost totally Titleist bag, which is so uncool.

putter TP Mills One. Number one favorite in bag. We are mated for life. Except I'm not lesbian, and she's definitely a sweet girl.

That's only 11! I took the 52 deg out because I couldn't do anything with it that I couldn't do with the 56. I like how Bill has different bounce wedges for course conditions. I will have to explore that.

Need to go shopping for at least a 5w and a hybrid. But I only go shopping if it's too rainy to go to the range or the course, and we've been having a drought till recently.

This is as good a place as any to make this off topic comment. I have realized recently, that part of why I like Titleist stuff is that I like the font used in the logo. If they ever change from that classic look, I'll be disappointed. I do love those irons, though...

laney you are such a girl!!!

I also put more Titleists in my bag. I still have my Titleist irons. Just hitting the cavity back Callies better right now.

My turn: same as last year but I really love this stuff!

Driver: Nike Ignite - 13 deg reg flex nike shaft
4 Wood: Nike T60 Ignite - 17 deg reg flex nike shaft
7 Wood: Nike T60 Ignite - 21 deg reg flex nike shaft
4I-PW: Nike CPR1 - Nike uniflex steel shafts
GW: Nike CPR - 52 deg, dual bounce sole
SW: Nike CPR - 56 deg, dual bounce sole
LW: Nike CPR - 60 deg, dual bounce sole
Putter Nike Ignite, blade style - 34"
Bag,Glove, Hat: Nike Golf
Shirts: Ashworth (great vintage logo collection)

Fred,
You're a walking ad.
Exactly how much is Nike paying you?

Bill,
I actually do like the stuff. Those Nike irons, deep, dark red cavity with just the "swoosh"in white; so elegant and understated. I keep thinking I need new irons (which I don't) but haven't seen anything that looks as good to me. Hang performance, looks are everything.. although I am virtually on a first name basis with the guys at Nike Golf since I acquired the very rare (even for them) actual CPR 3 and 4 irons, not the ugly red hybirds that were sold with the set, and the Ignite 3H hybird, also not available without buying the whole set.

Fred,

You are a walking advertisement for Nike. You should be the script writer for Tiger's commercials.

You even call the Nike logo by it's real name....."Swoosh"

Fred, You're a rare beauty.

Please Bill..you're too kind!

Mostly the same for me:

Cobra Speed Driver (10.5 degree), 3W and 5W.
Callaway X Tour irons
Ping CRAZ-E putter
Cleveland 52 & 64 degree wedges
TaylorMade 58 degree wedge
Hogan 4 Hybrid
Cobra 5 Hybrid


Now, In Tampa I stopped in to Play it Again Sports on my quest to find decent rental options. Google listed them as renting but I doubted they did...and they didn't. But while there, I did find a Hogan 3 Hybrid almost new with an Aldila 85Gram Stiff shaft for $19. So I bought it. Had to leave it in Tampa as I didn't want to pay $15 to bag check it, I'll just pick it up on my nest trip in a month but that was a heckuva deal. Those were $100 just about 2 years ago.

Also, they had a older set of Titleist 735CB irons for $120. I almost bought those to leave in Tampa for my next visit but didn't in the end. As I recall those were nice irons. The perimeter weighting didn't seem huge so I'm guessing they aren't ultra-forgiving but I remember good things about them.

Hi,
First post, so thought it appropriate to start with 'Whats In The Bag'

Bang P3 10°, Rifle R75 graphite shaft, tipped Firm
SMT Solitaire 14.5°, Rifle R75 graphite shaft, tipped Firm
SMT Solitaire 17°, Mercury Performance graphite ‘S’ shaft
SMT Solitaire 21°, Mercury Performance graphite ‘S’ shaft
Titleist 503H 22°, Mercury Performance graphite ‘S’ shaft
Purefit CB-1020, 5 to PW, Aldila V2000 graphite shafts ‘R’ tipped Firm
Purefit MB-1020, 52° GW and 58° SW, Aldila V2000 shafts ‘R’ topped Firm
Ray Cook Blue Goose Putter
All with Sharpro Dual Cord Grips

Welcome to GGR, Janjuc! I've never heard of Bang. I suspected you are European, from some of your equipment list, and looked up Bang. Their website shows a European longdrive champ. Please tell us more about your driver and your golf story.
Laney

Driver -> Tour Edge HP5 10.5*
5 wood(metal)-> Ram
1 iron -> Callaway Big Bertha
3-pw -> MacGregor Golden Bears
sand wedge -> Maxfli Black Max 56*
chipper
putter -> Master Grip 415CR
ball retriever
a butt load of balls -> mixture of balls i have used and found, but am currently playing Maxfli Noodles(did find a Bridgestone e6+(with the Honey Nut Cheerio bee as a logo) today and a Nike One Black)
some tees -> mostly 2 3/4 in tees
club cover -> the one that came w/my bag
a couple of gloves -> Etonic
a pen -> I think it is blue ink
probably a pencil -> probably from a course i played
a few divot repair tools - Taylor Made w/ ball marker and a few plastic ones
a few ball markers -> 2 magnetic hat clips and a few other plastic ones, maybe one of those snap kind from an old glove
club brush -> black handle, possibly bought from wal mart
2 towels -> one says 'hole in one' the other is an Iron City logo'd towel
possibly a few coins -> not sure how much

Edited to add:

Nike golf shoes (black in color)

Now there's a literal answer. Does anyone else have an amusing assortment of non-club items in their bag?

I usually carry, so I don't pile up much stuff. Aside from some of the basics Kevin mentioned, I have sunglasses, a small bottle of eyedrops in case the contacts dry out, an extra top layer of clothing, some business cards.

Ummmm....in my bags other than standard stuff like golf balls, tees and such, I have:

sharpies (for marking my golf ball plus I record putts on my home course so I can refer back to how the break later), GPS (in case I get lost and need BEVERAGE, I can get back to the bar at the clubhouse), tape and band-aids, sun tan lotion, one replacement shoe string, insect bite stuff, and two Nite Glo golf balls that I plan to try this year once the sun goes down!

Pretty similar to what Scott and Laney have...I have a little zipper bag (it's actually a "fanny pack") that I put my wallet in that includes rewetting drops for the contact lenses; small mirror in case I need to put in drops; chap stick with SPF; Kleenex; bandaids; Tylenol; business cards. Golf tools stay in the bag, as does sunblock, insect repellent, windshirt (until summer), and my Tifosi sunglasses.