Titleist DCI Oversize+ Golds

[MrBrightside]

So now i have started taking my golf seriously i'm trying to get my clubs sorted throughout the bag. Currently using some Calalway Razr X's with graphite shafts that i picked up cheap, started to hit them nice too.

Being a Titleist fanboy i'd love a set of AP1's(or Ap2's! when i'm ready), however i've got a mint set (now sure year/exact model) of Titleist DCI Oversize+ Golds that i've just dug out the garage, will get the 8 & 6 regripped as they still have the original titleist grips on from back in the day and start giving them a hit down the range alongside my current clubs.

What do guys think, get them playing or stick with the safe but a tad dull SGI's - is this heart ruling head?

 

[Deleted Member 1156]

Nothing wrong with those DCI's, they look to be in lovely condition and not difficult to hit. Used to have a set myself years ago, think my 4i was defective though as I could only hit shanks with it

Rest of the set was great though

 

[delc]

Nothing wrong with those DCI's, they look to be in lovely condition and not difficult to hit. Used to have a set myself years ago, think my 4i was defective though as I could only hit shanks with it

Rest of the set was great though

I have an old set of Titleist DCI irons. They are good, but have rather weak lofts by today's standards. Think 9-iron for PW, etc

 

[MrBrightside]

I have an old set of Titleist DCI irons. They are good, but have rather weak lofts by today's standards. Think 9-iron for PW, etc

Agreed, i have looked up the lofts online; then put them in a little spreadsheet as you do.

9 same as PW(43/44)
8 same as 9(39/40).
5 same as 6(28*)
4 same as 5(25*)

 

[RobertB]

What that set needs now is a lovely one-iron. I happen to know someone who has one, which is kept in my office for swing practice etc....

For a modest fee it could be yours...... Make you look a real 'player' 1I, 3I etc....

 

[farfaeforfar]

I had the oversize black irons in my heyday. Loved them to bits and still miss them even now.

Get them regripped and get them in play!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Nothing wrong with them. The only thing I can see being an issue is the lofts but go out and work out how far you hit each one and just play what is right for the shot

 

[guest100718]

you'll soon get rid when you mates are pulling out a modern TM wedge while your using a 4 iron.....

 

[garyinderry]

They look great. What's wrong with them?

 

[MrBrightside]

They look great. What's wrong with them?

Nothings wrong with them, other then the grips are a tad dry. Will pick some replacements from DG tomorrow and get them down the range and compare them for ease of use/accuracy over the current irons.


just been looking at new 913d2, 913F.d and 913H - now what a set that would make!

 

[Pippo_T]

They look great I'd definitely use them. Retro classic!

Lofts aren't that far off my 714 AP2's (PW 46, 9i 42, 8i 38) to suggest you'd struggle. Doesn't matter what number you hit as long as it gets there! Just make sure your gapping is right with whatever hybrid you buy as you need to base it on loft not necessarily the number!

 

[MrBrightside]

They look great I'd definitely use them. Retro classic!

Lofts aren't that far off my 714 AP2's (PW 46, 9i 42, 8i 38) to suggest you'd struggle. Doesn't matter what number you hit as long as it gets there! Just make sure your gapping is right with whatever hybrid you buy as you need to base it on loft not necessarily the number!

Presumably the higher loft makes them easier to hit iron for iron. I'm starting to hit my 5 iron ok which is the same as the DCI 4 @ 25*.

Hybrids, I have a few - 25*, 24*, 22*, 21* and 18.5* from memory lol. Mostly TM but these can go and I'll aim to try the Titleist models soon.

 

[delc]

Presumably the higher loft makes them easier to hit iron for iron. I'm starting to hit my 5 iron ok which is the same as the DCI 4 @ 25*.

Hybrids, I have a few - 25*, 24*, 22*, 21* and 18.5* from memory lol. Mostly TM but these can go and I'll aim to try the Titleist models soon.

The good news is that you don't need a gap wedge because the pitching wedge has pretty much the same loft as a modern GW. The bad news is that you may feel embarrassed having to use an 8-iron to go the same distance as your mate's TM pitching wedge! It's not that the TM clubs are significantly better, just that they have very strong lofts to give an illusion of extra length!

 

[chrisd]

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The good news is that you don't need a gap wedge because the pitching wedge has pretty much the same loft as a modern GW. The bad news is that you may feel embarrassed having to use an 8-iron to go the same distance as your mate's TM pitching wedge! It's not that the TM clubs are significantly better, just that they have very strong lofts to give an illusion of extra length!

I had DCI's many moons ago and it true that the lofts would be different quite different than my current X2 Hot irons but that doesn't tell the whole story.

The sweetspot on the new clubs are hugely bigger, the shaft is much lighter and, I suspect, better quality, the face of the club is thinner and has a trampoline effect on the ball. Had the clubs been like for like and you just cranked the loft of the DCI to the same as a modern club I suspect the DCI would be virtually impossible to hit and if you could hit it ok it still wouldn't propel the ball as far as a modern club

 

[delc]

J

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I had DCI's many moons ago and it true that the lofts would be different quite different than my current X2 Hot irons but that doesn't tell the whole story.

The sweetspot on the new clubs are hugely bigger, the shaft is much lighter and, I suspect, better quality, the face of the club is thinner and has a trampoline effect on the ball. Had the clubs been like for like and you just cranked the loft of the DCI to the same as a modern club I suspect the DCI would be virtually impossible to hit and if you could hit it ok it still wouldn't propel the ball as far as a modern club

I still have my old set of DCI's and actually played with them for a few weeks recently. You needed one or two clubs more for a given distance, but loft for loft I couldn't see much difference from my modern TM clubs.

 

[chrisd]

J
I still have my old set of DCI's and actually played with them for a few weeks recently. You needed one or two clubs more for a given distance, but loft for loft I couldn't see much difference from my modern TM clubs.

I suspect technically there is a HUGE difference between DCI's to Speedblades in terms of playability. There certainly was a noticable difference, apart from loft, when I changed my AP2's to X2Hot last season and DCI's are many sets earlier with one of the smallest sweetspots ive ever known. I can hit an X2 5 iron with roll out, in the summer 203 yards, my 4 iron in AP2 didn't go more than about 185, the X2 is easy to hit too - I agree that it's partly down to loft and shaft length but a lot more to better technology too IMO

 

[One Planer]

@ People commenting of the lofts being an issue.

Why?

Why are weaker lofts an issue?

Surely it's how far the OP will (Consistently) hit them as opposed to a number stamped on the sole?

 

[john0]

@ People commenting of the lofts being an issue.

Why?

Why are weaker lofts an issue?

Surely it's how far the OP will (Consistently) hit them as opposed to a number stamped on the sole?

Totally agree (did I just agree with Gareth there? )

The lofts arent even that weak really, only 1 degree weaker than my irons. Some people just seem to think that the new TM and Callaway lofts are now the norm.

 

[One Planer]

Totally agree (did I just agree with Gareth there? )

Yes John, you did.

Are you feeling OK?

 

[john0]

*Goes for a lay down*