I currently have 16 in the bag. 2 drivers (because I can't decide which setup I like better) and 2 4ish irons (1 King F9 and 1 King Black 4U) because they go completely different yardages.
Always carry 14. 12 of them are fixed for every round. Putter is always subject to change and 4 iron and 4 hybrid are each in the bag about half the time, but never at the same time.
Yes, I do. However, some are usually just test clubs. If it's a round I'm using for a handicap round, I designate which 14 are the 14 that are "in play" prior to the round. Obviously if it's a tournament, I will pull those clubs out.
Sometimes. Honestly - Im not on the tour so am not concerned about how many clubs someone carries. I have never used more than 12 clubs in a round so for me what I carry is irrelevant. I vacillate between fairway woods and hybrids which is why I may sometimes carry more than 14.
Been playing for 40+ years and never carried more than 14 clubs; never saw the need plus there's the whole 14 club limit thing. Recently i've been going back & forth between 13 and 14 clubs.
No. Everything gaps as it should and with the exception of drivers, the other clubs performs identically to any other make/model of like category.
In other words, if the head is similar style and the shaft is the same I can put any iron in the bag and there won't be enough of a difference to make me pick different clubs for a given shot or to affect my scores.
If I am playing by myself I often bring along 2-3 clubs and a few extra shafts to hit test shots with. Often I will camp out on a hole if the course is dead and do my testing from a certain yardage depending on what I am testing.
I've had two 3 woods in my bag a couple times but it's a rarity. I've carried more than 14 clubs maybe 30 times out of 4,000+ rounds and less than 14 clubs at least a thousand times. I used to pull a club or two when I was walking 36 or more holes in a day.
Negative, many years ago when taking my nephew golfing we played with his grandfather (my brothers Father in law) and I pulled his clubs out of the car and damn near gave myself a hernia. He had at least 18 clubs in his bag (2 drivers, 2 putters, 2 chippers!) a ball picker and probably 5 dozen balls in that poor bag....
Left a very bad taste in my mouth and I refuse to have more than 14 in the bag.