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

Subsonic I meant loose as in the clubs get loose from your custody copper.

Released without bail on your own recognizance.

Martee

Thats just not right, on so many levels.

sdandrea1

This minimalist thing is hooking me again. 77 today, 1 birdie and 2 skins for $22. The 6 hybrid is an amazing club for MANY different shots. I used it on 13 holes today for approach shots ranging from 100 to 130 yards. On #18 (par5), my 3rd shot was 110y over a pond that borders the green. I chipped with the 6h to the green front and it held about 10' above the center pin. One thing minimalist golf does is build confidence in a few go-to clubs.

Driver, Perfect Club, 6h, 9i, GW, SW, Putter.

Martee

sdandrea1 The 6 hybrid is an amazing club for MANY different shots.

What's the loft of the 6 wood?

sdandrea1

Martee

30 degrees. It's a Callaway RAZR 6 hybrid

Martee

tks

Hickorygolf59

Have a Tour Edge Bazooka 6 Hybrid iron @30* in the bag. Agree with sdandrea1.

sdandrea1

Hickorygolf59

I just picked up a 24 degree and a 36 degree Callaway hybrid. My KE4 Max PW is 43 so I'm gapped pretty well.
Driver 12
Cally 4h 24
Cally 6h 30
Cally 8h 36
Maltby W 43
Cleveland SW 56
Putter 2?

I might put the 48 degree Maltby GW in for an 8-club bag.

Martee

With the minimalist bag set up, what is the average course length (yardage)?

Not sure I could handle looking into the bag seeing nothing but woods/hybrids headcovers and a couple of odd iron clubs, maybe I'm stuck in the past. (There was a time the only non-irons in my bag was a driver and 3 wood).

sdandrea1

Martee With the minimalist bag set up, what is the average course length (yardage)?

I play senior tees in Florida at 5300 to 5500 yards, par 70 and 71. My course here in VA is 5400 par 72. I drive the ball pretty reliably, NEVER even think about reaching a par 5 in two shots. I just play for position, and trust my short game. On the long par 4s I play as 3 shots to get on and avoid the double bogey. My driver and a longish hybrid will usually get me in scoring position. Most of my scores are low 80s to upper 70s.

scotts33

Martee Not sure I could handle looking into the bag seeing nothing but woods/hybrids headcovers and a couple of odd iron clubs, maybe I'm stuck in the past. (There was a time the only non-irons in my bag was a driver and 3 wood).

I am the same it takes some ability to take appearance and push past it. The Wishon 730CL set that I mentioned only has 2 non-headcover clubs plus putter also a headcover club.

azgreg

Martee
I play anywhere from 5,900 to 6,600 yards.

scotts33

Direct correlation between slower swinging seniors and Minimalist Golf.

Wishon 730CL 16 deg. driver, 20 deg. long frwy, 26 deg. high frwy, 30 deg. 5hy, 36 deg. 6/7 hy, 42 deg. 8/9 hy, 48 deg. PW, 54 deg. DW and putter for 9. 9 is a bit much for myself personally but 6 deg. loft gaps for seniors makes a lot of sense with dwindling swing speed.

Tom is designing a new specialty set for seniors/ladies to come out potentially in 2023.

scotts33

sdandrea1 I play senior tees in Florida at 5300 to 5500 yards, par 70 and 71. My course here in VA is 5400 par 72. I drive the ball pretty reliably, NEVER even think about reaching a par 5 in two shots. I just play for position, and trust my short game. On the long par 4s I play as 3 shots to get on and avoid the double bogey. My driver and a longish hybrid will usually get me in scoring position. Most of my scores are low 80s to upper 70s.

5400 - 5700 is ideal for me but I go up to 6000 - 6100 then score zooms up. On average reaching par 5's in 2 is an impossibility and long par 4's over 400 are a chore hence GIR is so-so. Puts a lot of pressure on pitching/chipping/putting. I spend any practice time on those clubs the middle of the bag I don't use much in Minimalist Golf. I can drop them. It's long clubs driver and frwy woods with a decent hybrid and one mid iron, one short iron, wedge and putter.

sdandrea1

scotts33 the middle of the bag I don't use

Exactly! My driver and single long hybrid cover the distance on most holes to put me in 6h, 8h, or W range. Carrying a 3w, 5w, is of no use and I suck with them anyway. A good strike with my 4h (likely) goes way farther than a topped FW metal (also likely).

scotts33

sdandrea1 Exactly! My driver and single long hybrid cover the distance on most holes to put me in 6h, 8h, or W range. Carrying a 3w, 5w, is of no use and I suck with them anyway. A good strike with my 4h (likely) goes way farther than a topped FW metal (also likely).

IMO it's because of the lower dwindling swing speed for lower lofted frwy's. 20 deg. minimum for a frwy. Minimalist seniors like hybrids as they are shorter playing length easier to make solid impact and almost go as far as a frwy. From experience I see Minimalist's using middle of the bag not often. Mostly a 4i/5i is used for chipping from out under trees. 😊

Hickorygolf59

My minimalist line up (clubs I rotate).

Drivers-
12* Tour Edge
10.5* Taylormade Burner

Fairways-
LG 21* persimmon niblick
Ginty 24*
LG 7W laminate

Hybrid Irons-
6 Bazooka 30*
7 Cleveland Altitude 29*

Wedges-
Cleveland Niblick 42*
Vokey 50*
Miura A wedge 50*

Putters-
Akuna custom
Acquity newport clone
Bullseye

I still have two full bag sets (Hogans and Cobras). Why I keep them I do not know as I rarely play them. I guess I might take them to a corporate event or a hobnob get together. I really should just go full tilt and be myself and always play the minimalist set. Most folks I do play with are taken back with the minimal concept and some (I think) have even have felt sorry for me like , "poor guy that can't afford a full set". 😁 Some tell me they cannot play minimalism. Maybe they think more clubs are a security blanket. But truly, how many clubs do you really need? I played the same five to seven over and over till I embraced minimalism. I ask you, what is more sophisticated in golf than a hand selected, carefully chosen six club set?
I also have a hickory set I restored and they are going no where except the course couple times a year.

Do the minimal...play position and enjoy.IMHO

Hickorygolf59

Hickorygolf59 btw ad naseum....I play Sr tees 5500 yds. Shoot low 80's.

Luc_Van_Daele

Hickorygolf59 I still have two full bag sets... I also have...

I went down from 3 full bags to just the 1 with a couple of spares; 23 clubs to choose from, that's already very minimalist for me, and I'm contemplating now to sell a set of wedges to get it down to 20 clubs. I didn't look at performance when choosing, but kept the clubs I enjoyed most.

In fact in my spares I have a 3 iron that I keep because it's part of a set, but no longer play and there is a set of 4 hybrids I do not play as well but I keep because by the time I need them they will no longer exist. So that makes 15 clubs to choose from : 2 different drivers that find their way in and out my bag depending on the lenght of the course : 1 thriver for precission, 1 regular driver for distance.

As such I play the same clubs (different shafts) as I did 20 years ago, except the driver(s) and a new putter, when the rules obliged me to retire the old trusted bellyputter. When I look at sites like https://takomogolf.com/iron-101t/ I still feel tempted to put them in the cart (old habbits die hard), but why bother if after 20 years I always go back to the same stuff.

Another take on minimalist golf : having just one bag, that is just perfectly enjoyable.

Hickorygolf59

Luc_Van_Daele Nice! One bag and a wall rack full of spares to rotate. Kind of what I'm going to.

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