Most cumbersome piece of equipment to change?
I'm starting to think I don't know what tedious means.
Or what cumbersome means
Or what cumbersome means
Oh it's grips for sure. I hate changing grips. I have to leave my clubs there for a couple of days and can't use them. I'm very particular with grips (i like very thin grips because i have tiny, tiny feminine like hands) too
I think changing and experiencing is fun, and not at all tedious.
That said, if I had to pick one I would go with ball, at least in comparison to the other choices offered. That one is harder to get sample sizes of quickly, imho. Most everything else can be done rather readily at a golf shop with a good fitting matrix. Seeing a ball respond on course takes more time.
That said, if I had to pick one I would go with ball, at least in comparison to the other choices offered. That one is harder to get sample sizes of quickly, imho. Most everything else can be done rather readily at a golf shop with a good fitting matrix. Seeing a ball respond on course takes more time.
Iron shafts are more work than the others. It’s easier to just buy new irons.
This is what i literally do.....which is why i didn't answer iron shafts lol.
Grips i actually change sometimes
erock9174
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I enjoy testing clubs to see if anything can beat what is currently in the bag, but I have found my iron search this season is getting tedious.
I began the season with a set I bought last fall. Then went to Smoke HL Irons which to be fair were good performance wise but their rusting issue caused me to move them on.
Trial on Zipcore XL irons. Found them too low spinning and wild at times.
Back to my 10 yr old Altitude irons right now but leaning heavily towards a set of 923HL or G430's in retro lofts. I will sort this out in August, lol
I began the season with a set I bought last fall. Then went to Smoke HL Irons which to be fair were good performance wise but their rusting issue caused me to move them on.
Trial on Zipcore XL irons. Found them too low spinning and wild at times.
Back to my 10 yr old Altitude irons right now but leaning heavily towards a set of 923HL or G430's in retro lofts. I will sort this out in August, lol
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I've changed iron shafts 2 times...ever. s300 to ctaper. Ctapers lasted 2 years. Then went to $tapers.
I can definitely see shafts being a pain in the butt to change since I've toyed with stuff in mizunos fitting cart. Biggest issue for me would be getting launch and spin right. Off mats isn't gonna cut it. On the range with range balls isn't gonna cut it.
Bit of trial and error needed but hard to do that...
Takes a little time for me to become 100% familiar with a new ball. The nuances are usually so subtle that I need enough on course reps to figure out if I'm really seeing performance differences or just minute contact/delivery differences. Also Venus could just be closer to Mercury that day? I wouldn't classify any of that time spent as tedious though. I'm outside playing golf while 'figuring out' if I prefer the new ball to my previous gamer. Multiple fun rounds of golf actually.
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not listed -- My Fairway woods. I carry 4 of them so if I changed it would be a b*tch.
Shoes. It is a pita to find a pair that fits my feet *and* give the right amount of traction *and* are comfortable.
Clubs is easy...
Clubs is easy...
I love demoing clubs and shafts. Find none of it cumbersome. Cumbersome is removing a sweat soaked shirt that’s stuck to you like a new skin after the round.
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I don’t consider it tedious at all.
I love to “buy and try”.
I have been fit in the past for everything except putter and ball so I have a good idea of what works for my swing.
My problem with fittings is I can adjust my swing as I bang ball after ball in a fitting to “tweak” things. When I get on the course and the club has one opportunity to perform it may be a different result.
So the past few years I have been heavily in the “buy and try” camp
Local range added Trackman so now I can do club comparison at the range before taking a club to the course and have a better idea beyond just the normal looks, feel and visual observations that I used to use.
If it feels good and performs well at the range then I take it to the course for a round. If it performs well there it gets a spot in the bag until the next better club comes along.
Rinse and repeat…
I love to “buy and try”.
I have been fit in the past for everything except putter and ball so I have a good idea of what works for my swing.
My problem with fittings is I can adjust my swing as I bang ball after ball in a fitting to “tweak” things. When I get on the course and the club has one opportunity to perform it may be a different result.
So the past few years I have been heavily in the “buy and try” camp
Local range added Trackman so now I can do club comparison at the range before taking a club to the course and have a better idea beyond just the normal looks, feel and visual observations that I used to use.
If it feels good and performs well at the range then I take it to the course for a round. If it performs well there it gets a spot in the bag until the next better club comes along.
Rinse and repeat…
Changing shafts in a set of irons requires more time, effort and sometimes money than anything else, even if you are doing it yourself. Often it doesn’t make sense to do from a financial standpoint especially if you are paying retail prices and also paying to have someone do the work for you.
Probably for most people it would be better, easier, quicker and cheaper to try a bunch of different shafts during an iron fitting. If an iron fitting isn’t in the cards for you it might make sense to try a shaft that is already installed in a different set of irons and perhaps doing a trade in with your current set of irons.
Probably for most people it would be better, easier, quicker and cheaper to try a bunch of different shafts during an iron fitting. If an iron fitting isn’t in the cards for you it might make sense to try a shaft that is already installed in a different set of irons and perhaps doing a trade in with your current set of irons.
This made me realize my SAT prep tutor was right...my vocab does suck
Beyond that, while I would agree with most and say none of it I find tedious or cumbersome...ball testing takes the most work because of all the scenarios it needs to be put through for the "trust" to be there
Back to Marriam-Webster I go
After the driver, the ball is next! A lot of us are looking for the "magic bullet" to complete our game. I have probably changed golf balls almost as much as changing my socks..I stay with a ball for a couple of seasons, then I change just to see if it is what I think it is.. Sometimes 2 balls in a season. Sometimes I change just to change..
