Cheap clubs are not always complete rubbish.

[Captain_Black]

When I first started playing in July, I had some 2nd hand graphite shafted irons (Penn) & a cheap Palm Springs offset 460cc Driver.
Whilst I managed to knock my way around the course with the irons, I was useless with the Driver (very bad slice)

Anyway, after some lessons & about 1 month in, I bought some Callaway clubs, I was still struggling but I slowly started to improve.

Now 3x months after I started & getting better all the time (apart from the odd hick-up here & there) I had suddenly developed the odd slice or more often a straight drive left with my driver, so today I headed to the range to try & figure out what I was doing wrong & as well as taking my Callaway driver I also took the Palm Springs one as well.

After hitting about 6x balls with the Callaway, I had sorted out the problem & started to hit nice 220 - 230 yard straight drives, so I then gave the Palm Springs Driver a go, same result, lovely straight drives maybe a touch shorter than the Callaway but nothing in it really.

This from a Driver that I had discarded as cheap rubbish, it really makes me wish that I had carried on with the original gear I was using until I reached a better standard of play & then gone out & bought the expensive gear.

 

[Oddsocks]

is it possible that the fault was so fundermental that it would have still happened no matter which club you had in your hand?.......

 

[Captain_Black]

is it possible that the fault was so fundermental that it would have still happened no matter which club you had in your hand?.......

Exactly my point.
I was too quick to blame the original clubs, when in truth I was just a rubbish golfer who at that time of my learning curve would have produced awful shots whatever clubs I was using.

 

[Oddsocks]

but i have to disagree that decent clubs are more exensive for a reason, for example. one of my friends used to use a dunlop 460cc driver which he got from sports direct. after 3 months the face was pitted to hell, yet he only uses practice prov1 so not exactly stones, he now has a use named brand driver, that is over 5 years old, yet it is in better condition than he's 3 month old dunlop.

better clubs are generally made from better quality materials.

 

[stevie_r]

Certainly in terms of shafts

 

[palindromicbob]

Give a pro a cheap club and they'll hit a shot we'd all be jealous of. To use an old analogy, at higher handicaps I feel it's more down to the driver than the car. The better you then get the more you can get from the better gear.

 

[SocketRocket]

It is possible to get some fair quality clubs at a reasonable price. Benross for example make some good quality clubs and fit them with good shafts and grips.

 

[palindromicbob]

It is possible to get some fair quality clubs at a reasonable price. Benross for example make some good quality clubs and fit them with good shafts and grips.

Second that. The MD clubs in my bag aren't exactly bargain bin rejects from Sports Direct and they cost a fraction of the big name versions. Also the new Dunlop NZ9 clubs seem to be getting decent write ups at the mo. Would probably try them if it wasn't for the fact the green colour scheme wouldn't sit well in my bag