shaft upgrade costs

moogie said:
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Yes
But it would be too easy for some to read the whole thing properly then just quote the facts
Most would have stopped reading after seeing those figures
It's more fun for some just to make something up
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The OP never stated that the person bought the £800 upgrade - just that he said it was "quoted" in the other post

So the OP has his facts exactly correct
 
Liverpoolphil said:
The OP never stated that the person bought the £800 upgrade - just that he said it was "quoted" in the other post

So the OP has his facts exactly correct
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Agreed. I also don't think there's anything inflammatory in the original post. It's a genuine question asking the maximum you'd pay for a driver.

Personally, even £400 for the TM M1 with a stock shaft is far too much. £250-270 would be absolute maximum I would stretch to, but it'd have to be amazing.
 
Why do people buy Scotty Cameron putters when Dunlop putters do the exact same job?

Simple answer is because it's their choice, within their budget and something they choose to buy.

Back to the OP.

Personally, I'd go to £350 for a head and shaft or circa £100 for the shaft.
 
Liverpoolphil said:
The OP never stated that the person bought the £800 [Edit: Driver] - just that he said it was "quoted" in the other post

So the OP has his facts exactly correct
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Ah! Got it now! The 'quote' would perhaps would have been better to have stated 'mentioned' though!

I paid a fitting fee plus £140 (from memory) to get a shaft that suited me many years ago (it was in an XR03, so that dates it to pre 2008). Another happy Accra user at the time, though it actually took 2 sessions - the T60 M3) was so spot on that I tried to lash it, so was replaced by a (more stable) SC65.

I have 3 Matrix TP7 shafts, which originally retailed at $1000/shaft. One of them was my favourite shaft for years, having been in something around 8 of my different Drivers. No way I'd pay that price, but, presumably, someone must have! I can actually remember Ian Woosnam stating (and laughing at) the cost of the equivalent one during the Seniors Open a couple of years ago - but he's actually (still) playing it!
 
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I'd spend whatever I wanted to. I rarely have a budget for anything, so if I want it, and can afford it, I buy it. At no point would I be thinking it would make me a better golfer, or that my buying it would somehow make me a better person than any one else. I just happen to like expensive things. Watches mainly!
 
murphthemog said:
I'd spend whatever I wanted to. I rarely have a budget for anything, so if I want it, and can afford it, I buy it. At no point would I be thinking it would make me a better golfer, or that my buying it would somehow make me a better person than any one else. I just happen to like expensive things. Watches mainly!
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Why would you spend money on watches? Are they going to tell the time better than your phone? Will you be better at telling the time... Might you get to places in better time. I just don't think that at our standard of time telling that it will not help you. If you were greenwich mean time maybe.. hehe :D
 
Alex1975 said:
Why would you spend money on watches? Are they going to tell the time better than your phone? Will you be better at telling the time... Might you get to places in better time. I just don't think that at our standard of time telling that it will not help you. If you were greenwich mean time maybe.. hehe :D
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You certainly managed to take the OP personally very well

The OP just asked what people would spent on a driver etc - and you took it personally and seem to make it a mission to justify your outlay .
 
Jates12 said:
Grown men arguing over an internet forum, I thought these things were reserved for young lads?!
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This isn't the half of it, although you'll notice the same protagonists are always involved.

Welcome to the forum :thup:
 
Very few people spend £800 on a shaft or even a full club. Most of the snazzy new shafts are around £200 upgrade fee, and the range of upgrade shafts offered by Titleist range from an upcharge of £15 to about £150 or so.

It is very likely that a player who gets a hugely expensive shaft could do just as well with a much cheaper one, but that is their choice.
 
Jates12 said:
Grown men arguing over an internet forum, I thought these things were reserved for young lads?!
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stick around until the winter :thup:

if you measure it by the experience and personal gratification factor then it could be worth it. For me I was looking for direct improvement & £40 a yard, with negligible real life dispersion didn't represent good value for me.

Phil is trying to measure it in in pure golfing improvement, that's not important to some.
 
adam6177 said:
This isn't the half of it, although you'll notice the same protagonists are always involved.

Welcome to the forum :thup:
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And the same people continuely post snide cowardly comments about posters
 
therod said:
stick around until the winter :thup:

if you measure it by the experience and personal gratification factor then it could be worth it. For me I was looking for direct improvement & £40 a yard, with negligible real life dispersion didn't represent good value for me.

Phil is trying to measure it in in pure golfing improvement, that's not important to some.
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Exactly Nick - when I try something out I'll only part cash if I feel it will give me significant enough improvement to justify the outlay
 
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