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[Jake O'Reilly]

Now, according to the latest edition of GM and the various adverts contained therein we, as a golfing collective, have no hope of playing to our best unless we have a bag that contains the very latest that TaylorMade/Titleist/Callaway, etc can offer. The aforementioned clubs must be custom fitted - anything else and we'll look like right wallys on the first tee.

So, on Sunday I shot my best ever round of 73 (1 over gross) and 42 points. Proper pleased I was.

"What were you using then, AW?" I hear you ask... TM SLDR? Titleist 913? Callaway Apex irons? Erm, no.

A TM Driver that's over 10 years old and was bought from JJB Sports.
A Callaway 2 wood that's 23 years old.
A 2 iron that's also 23 years old.
Irons that are 4 years old and Wilson Staff. Yes - WILSON STAFF!
Wedges that are 2 years old and a putter that I bought off my mate at the club.

None custom fitted except the Wilson irons. Plus, the ball was a Titleist ProV1 that was three rounds old.

So, proof indeed that you can have all the gear in the world but it's the idiot holding them that really counts!

As the GM staffer who writes the new gear section I can emphatically say that we'd never say new gear is the only way to go, we just like to report what's currently available for the average reader who changes gear every 3-5 years.

While you 1 over gross (congrats!) with your current clubs shows it can be done, as others have mentioned using modern clubs with a higher MOI gives you a safety net on the days when you aren't at your best. As for the irons, FYI Wilson is the most successful iron brand in golf, above Mizuno, Titleist, etc, having achieved 61 Majors over the years, so you're in good hands.