bigskyirish
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I currently have some gift certificate money to a local shop and I'm trying to figure out what I want to spend it on. I've narrowed it down to three possible choices. Let's assume that the gift certificate is enough to cover most of whatever purchase I make, so any differences in the cost aren't going to sway me. Given the factors below, which would you choose?
1. Driver. Specifically the 816 DBD. This is one of the stronger parts of my game, so I don't necessarily need to upgrade. But the driver is also the club that I like to upgrade most often. I hit my current driver (815 DBD) well, but I could probably still stand to reduce my spin a bit, and every single post I've seen about the 816 DBD has said that it's a definite upgrade over the 815 version. I tend to keep my driver in play, so picking up a little distance would only help my game overall.
2. 3 wood. I currently play the FT Optiforce, and I like it well enough. Historically, I tend to use it largely off deck, but I can hit it fine off tee too. I've just never been a huge 3-wood off the tee guy. But there is a decent chance I will play more often at a tougher course this year, where hitting a 3-wood off the tee would probably be the smart play (not that I'll necessarily always do it) on a decent handful of holes. I'm thinking the 816 here too, mainly based off of Jman and PhillyV raving about it from the Grandaddy. But I don't know whether I should go with the 14 or 16--my current version is a 15. I know I could adjust either version to a 15, and if I'm going to adjust--which I may not even need to do--I think I would tend to like the face a little more open, which leads me to believe that a 16 adjusted to 15 might be the play. But if I'm going to use it more off the tee, maybe a 14 makes more sense. As you can tell I'm torn here.
3. Wedges. Currently, I have a pretty big gap between my XR Pro PW and my Vokey 52, which I don't like at all. With my PW, I think that either adding a set AW (50) or some other 50 degree wedge would make sense. But then I'd be concerned about the gap from 50 to 56, so a 54/58 may make more sense than my 56/60. There's a few factors at play here. My wedge game is one of the weaker parts of my game, but it's not due to gapping issues or inconsistent yardages. My problems stem from the fact that I don't practice this part of my game nearly enough, mostly because I usually only have time to play or practice and I pick playing. In fact, knowing my yardages with my wedges so well makes me very reluctant to change them because it might take me a bit to get the new yardages down. Also, I don't particularly want to change my 56 for sentimental reasons. That said, I'm going to try to practice my wedge game significantly more this year, and I can get past the sentiment if making the change would help my game. But practicing more may mean that the PW to 52 gap won't bug me as much either.
So given all that, if you had to pick only one of the three, which would you pick?
1. Driver. Specifically the 816 DBD. This is one of the stronger parts of my game, so I don't necessarily need to upgrade. But the driver is also the club that I like to upgrade most often. I hit my current driver (815 DBD) well, but I could probably still stand to reduce my spin a bit, and every single post I've seen about the 816 DBD has said that it's a definite upgrade over the 815 version. I tend to keep my driver in play, so picking up a little distance would only help my game overall.
2. 3 wood. I currently play the FT Optiforce, and I like it well enough. Historically, I tend to use it largely off deck, but I can hit it fine off tee too. I've just never been a huge 3-wood off the tee guy. But there is a decent chance I will play more often at a tougher course this year, where hitting a 3-wood off the tee would probably be the smart play (not that I'll necessarily always do it) on a decent handful of holes. I'm thinking the 816 here too, mainly based off of Jman and PhillyV raving about it from the Grandaddy. But I don't know whether I should go with the 14 or 16--my current version is a 15. I know I could adjust either version to a 15, and if I'm going to adjust--which I may not even need to do--I think I would tend to like the face a little more open, which leads me to believe that a 16 adjusted to 15 might be the play. But if I'm going to use it more off the tee, maybe a 14 makes more sense. As you can tell I'm torn here.
3. Wedges. Currently, I have a pretty big gap between my XR Pro PW and my Vokey 52, which I don't like at all. With my PW, I think that either adding a set AW (50) or some other 50 degree wedge would make sense. But then I'd be concerned about the gap from 50 to 56, so a 54/58 may make more sense than my 56/60. There's a few factors at play here. My wedge game is one of the weaker parts of my game, but it's not due to gapping issues or inconsistent yardages. My problems stem from the fact that I don't practice this part of my game nearly enough, mostly because I usually only have time to play or practice and I pick playing. In fact, knowing my yardages with my wedges so well makes me very reluctant to change them because it might take me a bit to get the new yardages down. Also, I don't particularly want to change my 56 for sentimental reasons. That said, I'm going to try to practice my wedge game significantly more this year, and I can get past the sentiment if making the change would help my game. But practicing more may mean that the PW to 52 gap won't bug me as much either.
So given all that, if you had to pick only one of the three, which would you pick?