Attention, Englishmen, Irishmen, Scotsmen, and Welshmen......

[Arthur Wedge]

On paper it looks like there are massive gaps at the top of the bag but we can't make informed comments unless we know how far Boomer hits the clubs. His technique might mean the gaps are fine as he can't hit driving iron very far so 6 iron is fine for the next club (probably not though)

It looks like there are bigger gaps there than in Watford

And then just a 2 degree gap in some wedges

Looks like the most unbalanced bad set up I have ever seen

 

[Pathetic Shark]

Your mistake is not having a bag with a seperate putter pocket.
As the pocket is not in the bag the club in it does not count as one of 14

That actually happened at my old club. I had to DQ someone for it. He was adamant it did not count as it was outside the main bag.

 

[Orikoru]

Good point.


First of all, the Heavenwood and driving iron are both 20° clubs used for totally different shots;
but now to alternate choices.

The bid red X is where the 16.5° 4-wood used to be.
That's one option.

There is a 23° T350 5-iron.
I'm not sure that I need it.

The seventeenth club in my set is the chipping iron that came with and cosmetically matches the 64° sand wedge.
It's short with an upright lie angle to allow a putter-like stroke, but it has 42° loft.
It's a good club if I have no limitations, but I can make do without it.

That' it. Only seventeen clubs in the current set.
I needed full sized staff bags for some of my older sets.

Well firstly I would definitely keep the 4 wood in, otherwise your longest off-the-deck clubs are only 20°?

You absolutely don't need a 58, 60 and 64 - that is three lob wedges which is ridiculous. If you love the 64 then I'd definitely drop the 60.

That's probably all I'd change. Six wedges and only one wood or hybrid seems very imbalanced.

 

[cliveb]

You've at least two (probably more) clubs that are for very specific uses

You'll know the number of times you typically use each club per round. Might even be less than zero.
Start there and ditch the stuff that's so infrequently used it'll make no impact to the score for a 'typical' round of golf

If less than 14 clubs is all you need for a "typical" round, then carrying additional rarely used club(s) sort of makes sense.

In my case, the 14th club in my bag is a left handed 7 iron for those times I find myself up against the wrong side of a tree. (It cost £5 off ebay). Can't remember the last time I used it - must have been months ago. But when the situation arises, I'm glad it's there.

 

[MACM85]

Sounds like you just need this - https://q.golf/

 

[Slab]

If less than 14 clubs is all you need for a "typical" round, then carrying additional rarely used club(s) sort of makes sense.

In my case, the 14th club in my bag is a left handed 7 iron for those times I find myself up against the wrong side of a tree. (It cost £5 off ebay). Can't remember the last time I used it - must have been months ago. But when the situation arises, I'm glad it's there.

Same for me, I carry (as a 13th club) a 'rock' club for playing off lies that potentially have stone/lava rock under the ball, hoping its not used from one round to the next but like you I'm dam pleased its there when I need it

Difference for both of us is, we have the space for these infrequent/specialist clubs and Boomer doesn't, so something has to give for him & he might as well start with the 'luxury' clubs

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

It looks like there are bigger gaps there than in Watford

And then just a 2 degree gap in some wedges

Looks like the most unbalanced bad set up I have ever seen

The set is configured for anticipated shots at my own club, not uniform distance gapping.
The primary difference between the 58 and 60° wedges, for example, is sole configuration, not loft.
Same with the 60 and 64.
The utility fairway wood and the driving iron both have 20º loft, but have totally different purpose.

In the end, though, I know this kind of wonky equipment talk is more of an American thing
so I'll refrain from similar posts henceforth.

And my big game today fell through.
One of our opponents went to hospital with an angina attack last night.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Sounds like you just need this - https://q.golf/

Or this

 

[jim8flog]

When it comes to wedges it is simple for. I now have the sort of swing speed where anything less lofted that around 54 degrees simply does not go far enough to deserve being in the bag.

Who hit's a full wedge for a 50 yard shot?

 

[Arthur Wedge]

Put it this way - @bobmac be turning in his exile at the thought of 6 wedges

 

[LincolnShep]

Tomorrow I have a money game, strict rules of golf, which means
that I'll have to play with fourteen golf clubs,
just as you chaps claim to do.

Why the emphasis on 'claim'?
Surely it's not so hard to believe that golf culture in the UK might be different to the US.

 

[Voyager EMH]

When it comes to wedges it is simple for. I now have the sort of swing speed where anything less lofted that around 54 degrees simply does not go far enough to deserve being in the bag.

Who hit's a full wedge for a 50 yard shot?

Me, out of the rough with a Ram 64°. Great fun and can be quite startling for those you are playing with.

Why the emphasis on 'claim'?
Surely it's not so hard to believe that golf culture in the UK might be different to the US.

I think it might have been done in a facetious/humorous way and not to be taken too seriously.
I went out with 20 clubs in the bag for 9 holes earlier this year just to try some new(old) ones out and compare them.

 

[jim8flog]

Me, out of the rough with a Ram 64°. Great fun and can be quite startling for those you are playing with.


I think it might have been done in a facetious/humorous way and not to be taken too seriously.
I went out with 20 clubs in the bag for 9 holes earlier this year just to try some new(old) ones out and compare them.

But I can just as easily do that with a 52/54 wedge an would not consider having a club just for that one shot (my point about not having wedges with any less loft that in the bag)

 

[Deleted member 30522]

Tomorrow I have a money game, strict rules of golf, which means
that I'll have to play with fourteen golf clubs,
just as you chaps claim to do.

I play 13, never seen anyone play more than 14. You're really weird

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

I play 13, never seen anyone play more than 14. You're really weird

Or perhaps you're really provincial.

 

[Deleted member 30522]

Or perhaps you're really provincial.

Well I've worked all round the UK, so probably not eh?

 

[Mandofred]

When it comes to wedges it is simple for. I now have the sort of swing speed where anything less lofted that around 54 degrees simply does not go far enough to deserve being in the bag.

Who hit's a full wedge for a 50 yard shot?

Meeeeeee. That's my full swing with the 64......but I get your meaning. For most "normal" people a 50 is an easier swing with a lower lofted club.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

I'm amazed by how many people configure their sets entirely for distance gapping
without consideration for anticipated specialty shots being required.

My lob wedge isn't great for either full shots OR greenside bunkers
but it's still a necessity for chips and lobs after short side misses.
I feel that it's worth having in the bag for that alone.

I've very conservative from the tee box and don't hit driver unless I see wide open spaces.
Thus, I have to be bold into greens, and short side misses are definitely going to happen.
The very high loft wedge seems an essential tool for those.

 

[jim8flog]

I'm amazed by how many people configure their sets entirely for distance gapping
without consideration for anticipated specialty shots being required.

My lob wedge isn't great for either full shots OR greenside bunkers
but it's still a necessity for chips and lobs after short side misses.
I feel that it's worth having in the bag for that alone.

I've very conservative from the tee box and don't hit driver unless I see wide open spaces.
Thus, I have to be bold into greens, and short side misses are definitely going to happen.
The very high loft wedge seems an essential tool for those.

I am of an age where I learnt to manipulate wedges

The most lofted I carried for years was 52 and is very easy to get lob or pitch and run shots from it.

It is only a change in the type of sand that we put in bunkers that has made me go to a high bounce 54 in addition.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

I am of an age where I learnt to manipulate wedges

The most lofted I carried for years was 52 and is very easy to get lob or pitch and run shots from it.

It is only a change in the type of sand that we put in bunkers that has made me go to a high bounce 54 in addition.

I understand.
However, the lob wedge isn't a recent innovation.
I bought my first one in 1980.

Nor is it a rare instrument.
Many players bag them.
Either one of us would like a Dollar, Pound, or Euro for every one in circulation.