Minimalist Golf

sdandrea1 · 2019-06-30T19:33:35+00:00

So I'm bored again instead of hoing, I have decided to play a few rounds this week with an 8 club bag. Gotta Titleist Sunday bag: Titleist 905S 10.5 Perfe...

sdandrea1

Martee NO STUPID SHOTS

It's a virus with no vaccine. 😉

Typhoon

DonM Even given all that, I stand by my statement. Different clubs create different swing reactions. We can all adapt, some more than others. I'm sure you're a lot better than I am at that. But the club does matter when the adaptation fails. I play a lot better with a club that enhances my swing than with one I have to adapt to.

Good call Don! If your goal is to play your best you can’t use a different set of irons every day of the week. You can adapt during the round and maybe play well…I’ve done it when I rent clubs on vacation but you can’t be at your best using different flexes and weights everyday. You’ll learn nothing about if that “flavor of the day” works for you or not.

If your goal is to just try a different set everyday…have at it

Typhoon

This company has 2 sets of irons but only in “half sets”. Beautiful clubs. I was all excited when I found “Moe”irons. I was thinking Moe Howard. I was disappointed in myself for not thinking of Moe Norman first🙄.

https://geomgolf.com/

DonM

Typhoon They're beautiful.

I think we've reached peak forged irons. They are coming out of the woodwork everywhere.

Walterjn

Typhoon those sure are pretty!! At $640.00 for just 4 heads I'm gonna say that's a hard no from me...

Typhoon

DonM Yeah, there’s only so much tech you can do with a forged iron so I imagine they are easy to produce.

I even saw a set of Proseperity irons on Aliexpress… just from some foundry in China but they look so nice as well. Again, very little tech, nothing to gain by using them but they do look pretty!

Typhoon

Walterjn oh yeah, fuckin insane.

Walterjn

Typhoon IF I ever decide to spend crazy money on irons I'll be looking at Miura. At least there i can get 3-pw...
Wonder if they have a price break if they just sent everything and let me build the clubs...

KCee

Walterjn I don't think Miura will sell you heads unless you're a fitter, but you can find some iron head porn here https://www.tourspecgolf.com/japanese-golf-clubs/head-only/iron-heads.html

Sarnella

KCee
Holy iron heads!!!

Hickorygolf59

KCee Bought authentic never played Miura 7 & A off ebay last year and shafted / gripped them myself.

Martee

Was wondering what is the logic behind having multiple wedges in the club selection for the Minimalist bag?

It seem the gaps between other clubs selected requires some creative adjustments.

sdandrea1

Martee Was wondering what is the logic behind having multiple wedges in the club selection for the Minimalist bag?

It seem the gaps between other clubs selected requires some creative adjustments.

My BIG loft gaps are in the longer clubs. My game is based on HitDriveAdvanceBallThenShortGameToScore, so I don't need many clubs to cover the first 300 yards of a hole. Consequently, I carry a W, GW, SW.

azgreg

Martee
My minimalist bag has a pw, gw, and sw. The pw and gw are set wedges and are more line 10 and 11 irons.

scotts33

Martee I use one wedge as I agree with you when you play with a Minimalist bag you have to be a creative golfer and learn half shots etc. If you are not a golfer with imagination then playing with 1/2 sets etc. is a liability. I also play the ball lower than high trajectory American golf.

Martee

My bag club count may increase from 5 to 6. Loading up the car this morning, I noticed that my Pitching Wedge is taking abuse from my home course rocky bunkers.

There was another thread on bunkers and I think a few others have commented on the poor conditions and qualityboof the materials.

Thinking of using an old Sand Wedge. Oh the advice to avoid them may be well meaning, it becomes more of a challenge for me with a minimal bag.

Martee

In the past 6 weeks I have made more equipment changes than I have in the past 2 years.

My Minimalist Bag - 6 clubs

Titleist B30 Carry Bag (Red/Black - modified)
4 wood 16.5° (Tee/Fairway Shot)
4 hybrid 21° (Fairway/Approach Shot)
6 iron 26.5° (Approach Shot)
8 iron 34.5° (Approach Shot)
PW - 43° (Approach Shot)
Putter

Short Game Clubs - 8i, PW & Putter

The 5 hybrid, SW sidelined and the 4 hybrid and 6 iron added.

I am trying to refine the set-up so it will travel across different courses where yardage would range between 5400 to 6000 yds.

Beginning to think my problem may not be the arrow, it might be the indian... 🙁

Hickorygolf59

Say what you want but this works. My go to when I get screwed up on the course.

Watch on Youtube - "Jay Golden Hammer Swing" (episode 1)

Hickorygolf59

sdandrea1 See my "Jay Golden hammer swing comment" Not to be confused with the infomercial blonde haired guy selling clubs!

Solarbear

It is pretty easy to play with say 8i, GW and putter. Throw in some sort of driving club and you are good for most courses.

My usual set up is 2w, 4h, 7-gw and putter. Anything else I take is just for giggles. Although I sometimes regret leaving the sw at home.

Hickorygolf59

Solarbear I concur Sir!

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