How old are your clubs?

[Klimski]

- And does it matter? Okay, it's raining and blowing outside and I am reading about golf instead of playing. So, here's my attempt at a lighthearted thread. I was reading an article on Golf Digest which suggested that your clubs need replacing every 5 years. I looked over my bag and found that the my clubs are mainly from around 2004 - 2012 (e.g. Mizuno MX-17 irons, Callaway 454 driver, Cleveland Mashie 5 wood). The most recent clubs are two Cleveland wedges from 2022. So, it's a mixed bag. How about you? And does it matter how old clubs are?

 

[Deleted member 1147]

My Putter is 10 years old
FW & hybrid 8 seasons
Irons 3 seasons
driver 2 seasons
wedges 2 seasons & 1 is new/unised

 

[Hobbit]

Putter is 20 yrs old - you’d have to pry it from my cold, dead hands before I’d part with it. The rest about 14 months

 

[KenL]

All purchased within the last 2 years.

 

[MACM85]

Driver - 3 days
Fairway Woods - 4 months
Irons & wedges - 2 weeks
Putter - 18 months

 

[PJ87]

My driver is about 3 years old
3 wood is 6 years old but only bought this month
Hybrids 3-4 years old
Irons 7 years old
Putter 4 year old
Wedges 2 years old

Don't find the age makes any difference

 

[RichA]

Driver from 2017
Hybrids from 2008 and 2017.
Irons from 2021 (but bought new and unused recently).
Putters alternating between 1981 and 2020.

My best round and the only time I've broken 80 was with 20-year old Mizuno MP irons last summer.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Apparently my irons are 10yrs old, same for hybrid and 3 wood (all the same range). The wedges are about 6-7 yrs old to me, bought second hand. I've had my putter for 2 years but it must be 7-8yrs old again. My driver is a 2021 model, maybe 2022. That is the only club bought new.

I think tech in the woods, drivers have improved and worth changing for. The irons I am less convinced by and so am happy to keep going with them.

 

[Slab]

Everything was circa 2015 but just changed irons, driver & FW in the last 6-8 weeks

Kept my Nike putter though, that'll never leave the bag

 

[Red devil]

Putter is 20 yrs old - you’d have to pry it from my cold, dead hands before I’d part with it. The rest about 14 months

That you Charlton Heston?

 

[bobmac]

Driver G5 2005
3 wood Tisi 1998
Irons Taylor Made TD 1988
Putter YES Callie 2008

 

[Backache]

Apart from my putter and hybrids my clubs have been bought in the last year after fitting. I don't actually change my clubs very often though . My irons are my third set ever having bought my previous ones about 12 years before hand. I've been playing for nearly 40 years.

 

[Bratty]

Driver 2021
3 wood 2020
Hybrid 2020
Irons 2020
Wedges 2020
Putter 2020
All new and all custom fit in various guises.

If the clubs still work for you and are legal, it shouldn't matter.
My previous wedges were ten years old and I was getting as much spin off them as I did my 4 iron, and the bounce on my 60° was 14° and totally wrong for the courses I play, so was more than happy to change them! The driver has always been my weakest club, so finding one that works has been a pleasure. I could have stuck with 3W, hybrid, irons and putter, but I decided to splash out just before lockdown on the irons and then post lockdown decided to do the whole bag with the money I'd saved on the rail season ticket!

 

[AAC]

Mostly they are younger than me.

 

[Imurg]

Driver - this year
Fairways - 2016 and 2020
Hybrid - 2016
5 iron - 2018
Irons - 2022
Wedges - 2020, 2021, 2023
Putter - 2009

 

[Albo]

Driver a few months old
Woods a year - 18 months
Irons and wedges 2-3 years
Putter a year-18 months

 

[upsidedown]

Driver 18 months
3 wood 6 years
3 hybrid 12 years
AP3 irons 5 years
Cleveland wedges 5 months
Putter unknown as bought off the bay

 

[Voyager EMH]

Last game was Saturday.

Driver, 16° and 20° hybrids - 20 years old. Cobra.
3 and 4 iron - 15 years old. Ping
5, 6, 7, 8 irons - 30 years old. Daiwa
7, 8, 9 irons - 60 years old. (must explain: 39°, 44°, 49°) Forgan
58° wedge and putter - 30 years old. Cleveland and Ben Sayers.

 

[IanM]

Woods.. are new this year
Hybrids from 2019
Irons from about 2019 too
Putter pre 2010 at least.

 

[Orikoru]

According to Golfbidder my 5 & 7 woods and my driver are all from 2019. I don't have anything older than that - irons, hybrid and wedges were all bought early this year or back end of last year. Putter is a little over 2 years old.