I bought today.....

[Burnsey]

Remarkably similar to my set-up. Driver, 16° 3 wood, 21° 7 wood, 23° hybrid, then 6 iron as my irons are strong-lofted. I like the set-up because each of headcover clubs gives me different options rather than just being the same club in different lofts.

I've gone a little the other way, with a recent weaker lofted iron set. Back into a 26 deg 5 iron.

Then started out with a 21 deg hybrid, and 18 / 15 / 11. Found the 21 a little low flying so swapped for the 24 and it works in terms of gapping and options.

Never got the 7 or 9 wood working for the gapping personally.

 

[slicer79]

Remarkably similar to my set-up. Driver, 16° 3 wood, 21° 7 wood, 23° hybrid, then 6 iron as my irons are strong-lofted. I like the set-up because each of headcover clubs gives me different options rather than just being the same club in different lofts.

One of the best moves I've made was ditching a 3 wood and using a 5 wood with the loft turned down a degree. Plenty distance off the tee plus so much more of an option from fairway.

I think getting rid of 4 iron next in favour of a high lofted hybrid is the way to go.
3 wood and 4 iron have never been clubs I liked so pointless having them.

 

[Orikoru]

One of the best moves I've made was ditching a 3 wood and using a 5 wood with the loft turned down a degree. Plenty distance off the tee plus so much more of an option from fairway.

I think getting rid of 4 iron next in favour of a high lofted hybrid is the way to go.
3 wood and 4 iron have never been clubs I liked so pointless having them.

Haha, I did the opposite - had a 5 wood down at 17° then I got the 16° 3 wood instead. Even though it's only 1 degree different, it does seem to launch a bit lower than the 5 wood did, so it's really nice for a fairway-finding tee shot. There are three short par 4s at mine where I just hit the 3 wood every time. I wouldn't get a 13° 3 wood, had one donkeys years ago but didn't have the speed to really launch it properly. Current one at 16° is night and day though, very easy to hit (Ping G425 SFT).

 

[Imurg]

Just assembled what needed assembly on the new trolley and it made me realise how old, rickety and loose the old one was...
Yeah, it was time.....

 

[Mandofred]

Yet another experiment. Ordered a Mizuno ST Max 230 a couple of days ago that got here today. Clubhead is 12 degree. My current Cobra driver is a 9 degree set up to 10.5. My plan for tomorrow is to use both of the drivers to see if the 12 degree will get a better ball flight for me.......I might even turn it up to 14 degrees and see what that will do for me. I don't carry a 3 wood, but I'm hoping that off the winter mat I might get a decent flight that will be inbetween the driver and my 5 wood. Several holes that might be the better club to use off the tee.....

 

[GreiginFife]

A Smartboard for the new garden games room. Everyone loved Flight Club a few weeks ago so why not replicate it at home?

 

[BrianM]

A Smartboard for the new garden games room. Everyone loved Flight Club a few weeks ago so why not replicate it at home?

What is a smart board

 

[GreiginFife]

What is a smart board

A smart dartboard, has interactive games built in to it, links to an app on the iPad.

 

[mikejohnchapman]

Brand new Mizuno T24 58 degree wedge in an early Black Monday sale for £109. Delivered free on Monday (hopefully),

 

[Junior]

Golf pride align plus 4 grips. Went to the range for the first time in forever and I love them on the irons but the drivers turned into a hook machine !

 

[GreiginFife]

A Mizuno ST-Max 230 driver for my mate. He’s been helping me with all the work converting the old workshop and laying a new patio so he’s definitely deserved it.

 

[babylonsinger]

A TM Stealth 2 3WHL. This will hopefully replace two clubs in my bag with one replacing a standard 3W and 5W

 

[Springveldt]

A Ventus Velocore Blue 6X driver shaft from golfclubs4cash. Had a £15 voucher so cost £185.

Played it for the first time today and my driving was good, not £185 better though.

 

[Voyager EMH]

It is a momentous day for me today. Something that happens only once in every 16 years, approximately. Arriving today was a new set of irons – nearly.

1977 - I had Maxfli International irons 2-SW.
That was 10 clubs.

1992 - I had Ram Laser Fx forged irons 1-SW.
That was 11 clubs.

2008 - I had Ping G10 3&4, Ping i10 5-PW and two more Ping wedges 52° and 58°. That was 10 clubs. First and only set with 3 “wedges”.

End of 2025 and I take delivery of 8 Ping i530 irons with graphite shafts, regular flex.
I will require 2 more wedges to make 10 clubs – very similar indeed to that 1977 set.
Very, very lucky to find a nearly new set exactly matching Gainsborough Ping Fitter’s specifications. Thus not breaking a promise that I am sure I made on here about not buying a brand new set of irons ever again.

The longest is 19° and the 8th club is 47°.
Two wedges of 52° and 58° is what I will be looking for to make a set very much like my 1977 set up.
46°, 52° and 58° is what I have been playing mostly in recent years, so not much of an adjustment to be made.

I have merely to get used to the new reality of what I think of as a 2-iron having a “4” on the sole etc and “4 wedges” in the bag.
Hey-ho the modern game – plus ça change.

Next week – should see the arrival of Ping G440 LST 10.5° driver, Alta CB Blue 50 stiff. This is brand new, but is funded entirely with pro-shop credit.
Two more clubs to fit between driver and 19° iron will be a task for next year.
I will continue with stuff I have already for the time being – a 15° 3-wood and hybrids of 16° and 20° - choose 2 from 3.

 

[hairball_89]

A TM Stealth 2 3WHL. This will hopefully replace two clubs in my bag with one replacing a standard 3W and 5W

I did exactly this with the Sim2 3HL. it's brilliant - assuming the Stealth 2 is equally good you'll not regret it one bit.

 

[clubchamp98]

Golf pride align plus 4 grips. Went to the range for the first time in forever and I love them on the irons but the drivers turned into a hook machine !

There quite heavy might have affected the swingweight.

 

[Klimski]

Oh dear, there I go again: a third Honma club in as many weeks. This time, it's a 25 degree utility iron. The Honma TW-U 25 with a Vizard graphite shaft. Picking it up this Friday. Good as new. So that's a Honma driver, good as new, a brand new Gap Wedge, and this Utility iron. That's me done for 2026. Now selling some Callaway i-brids, which had the wrong shafts for me.

 

[Sand Trapped]

Driver and mallet cover from Skins Golf. Buy one, get one 60% OFF - couldn't resist

 

[chrisd]

Golf Monthly for the first time in ages. Bought it to read the write up on Help For Heroes

 

[Mandofred]

I might jump into the popular side of the golf world and get a Spurk mat.....although I'm really tempted to add to my cheapie purple golf mat with a bright red one I saw online.......

Also note that since I added the Mizuno ST 230 Max driver to the bag....and it's now set at 14 degrees....love it. Finally swinging easier again after a couple of months and this driver is getting me in the middle of the fairway. +2 until the last hole today......double bogie there for a +4 round.