timd77
Assistant Pro
Hi all,
I've been a good boy this year and so Mrs Timd77 is buying me some clubs for christmas. I'm looking at second to get better value and to be able to get some higher spec ones, my budget is roughly £150. I'm hoping to be able to get either Pings, Mizunos, Callaway, TM or Titleist, as I believe them to be the crème de la crème. Obviously if I was buying new, I'd get a recommendation from a pro or get fitted, but that luxury isn't really an option here, so I'm hoping that some of you lovely people will be able to give me an idea of what I should look out for. I've been looking at golfbidder, as well as ebay, gum tree etc, but I don't really know which models to look out for.
Current clubs - Jack Nicklaus EZ UP. They're ok, a bit hit and miss. I bought them new about 7 years ago from AG for £300 after hitting a few good shots with them on the range and they felt good, but for whatever reason I don't really get on with them now. Admittedly I hardly played once I bought them until I re-discovered the game about 6 months ago, but I've given them a fair crack of the whip now and have had some lessons, so think I'm ready to move on. Plus, it's christmas so you're allowed to induldge yourself!
Handicap - 24, but I am improving, mainly down to my driving and reducing 18 x 3 putts per round, to 4 or 5. My iron play tends to let me down, normally at least 1 duff iron shot per hole, often more.
Height - 5'10 - I've included this because I'm assuming that makes me standard fit, but then I don't know what standard fit is and have heard about these different coloured dots on clubs? Confused!
Distance - Not a huge hitter, but I'm most consistent with my 7 iron and hit that pretty much bang on 150 yards. Then allow +/- 10 yards for each club either side of that.
Any advice will be much appreciated. Apologies if this is a duplicate of other threads, hopefully you'll see that I post on here fairly regularly and I'm not just after your advice before sloping off never to be heard of again!
I've been a good boy this year and so Mrs Timd77 is buying me some clubs for christmas. I'm looking at second to get better value and to be able to get some higher spec ones, my budget is roughly £150. I'm hoping to be able to get either Pings, Mizunos, Callaway, TM or Titleist, as I believe them to be the crème de la crème. Obviously if I was buying new, I'd get a recommendation from a pro or get fitted, but that luxury isn't really an option here, so I'm hoping that some of you lovely people will be able to give me an idea of what I should look out for. I've been looking at golfbidder, as well as ebay, gum tree etc, but I don't really know which models to look out for.
Current clubs - Jack Nicklaus EZ UP. They're ok, a bit hit and miss. I bought them new about 7 years ago from AG for £300 after hitting a few good shots with them on the range and they felt good, but for whatever reason I don't really get on with them now. Admittedly I hardly played once I bought them until I re-discovered the game about 6 months ago, but I've given them a fair crack of the whip now and have had some lessons, so think I'm ready to move on. Plus, it's christmas so you're allowed to induldge yourself!
Handicap - 24, but I am improving, mainly down to my driving and reducing 18 x 3 putts per round, to 4 or 5. My iron play tends to let me down, normally at least 1 duff iron shot per hole, often more.
Height - 5'10 - I've included this because I'm assuming that makes me standard fit, but then I don't know what standard fit is and have heard about these different coloured dots on clubs? Confused!
Distance - Not a huge hitter, but I'm most consistent with my 7 iron and hit that pretty much bang on 150 yards. Then allow +/- 10 yards for each club either side of that.
Any advice will be much appreciated. Apologies if this is a duplicate of other threads, hopefully you'll see that I post on here fairly regularly and I'm not just after your advice before sloping off never to be heard of again!
