Weekend Medal with old set - chances of success?

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JezzE

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Morning all,
Have got my name down for a Medal this weekend, but my clubs are still in the boot of Alex Narey's car after The Belfry trip as I had to fly on clubless to Scotland that evening.
There appears to be little chance to retrieving then by Saturday, so am facing a trip to the shed to see what 'reserves' I currently have (obviously I'm fortunate to have one or two bits and pieces from my equipment editor days!).
I have two dilemmas
1) What line-up to go for?
2) Do I really want to play well with them as that would appear to undermine the painstaking research and selection that has gone into my normal line-up?
Having played abysmally twice recently (and ironically very well in between the two) I figure it can't really be any worse.
Any forumers got tales of sparkling rounds with hired/borrowed/scrambled-together sets?
 
A similar scenario happened to me a month or so ago. My partner took my car to town but didn't realise my clubs were in the boot. Luckily my old Titleist DTR's were in the house and I decided to take them to the course. I've never gone back to my Callaways.
Can you not borrow a demo set from your pro?
 
Clive,
I used to be equipment editor here so fortunately do have a few bits and pieces gathering dust in the shed. Will actually be quite fun trying to make my selection - I'll feel a bit like the England Ashes selectors, but can't afford any Alastair Cooks especially in the driving and putting departments!
 
Indeed, to a certain degree. Sadly the man behind the clubs is a pale shadow of his former self on the course right now, so I may include the following shed items - lawn edge trimmers (pretty weighty but nice long clubface), hoe (useful for retrieving ball from rough), Flymo strimmer (useful for retrieving ball from even longer rough).
 
Since most of the time if you play in a 3 club competition you shoot roughly the same score as with a full set, if you can rake (no pun intended) together a half set of mixed clubs, you should have no excuses.

Maybe your current set need to be relegated for a few weeks to teach them a lesson.
 
True words, Murph, from a man who saw the clubs in action at The Belfry. AS you know there were plenty of decent shots in amongst some pretty miserable stuff and an icily cold putter that on a normal day could have salvaged half-decency.
It would take a brave or arrogant man to stroll up to the 1st tee in the monthly medal with just three clubs, and I'm not sure I'm either of those. However, the half-set sound a good idea especially as my back's a bit dodgy and I never remember to take my trolley.
Like the idea of teaching the clubs a lesson - perhaps I should do the old Tommy 'Thunder' Bolt trick. After a poor showing from his putter he apparently tied it to the boot of his car and drove few hundred miles home to punish it!
 
One guy I medal with regularly turns up with about 7 clubs in a pencil bag. There doesn't even appear to be much thought in to which 7 clubs to bring either. It doesn't seem to matter much to him what clubs he has in the bag, still shoots his handicap more often than not. I guess if you can chip and putt, the rest doesn't make alot of difference.

Not sure I would drag my putter home behind the car. I would need too many pieces of string. It would look like a wedding car.
 
Good idea.
Am in the office right now and not 100% sure exactly what is in the shed, but here are the ones I do know off the top of my head.
May well just go with the most popular line-up and post back with the results next week
 
Thats one hell of a reserve set Jezz! (I have a set of 'Rams' and a Mizuno MP-R wedge with a broken shaft (rage inflicted) you can borrow?)

I thought that, as former equipt editor, any clubs would be available to you at the click of your fingers? What happens to all of the sets you get sent for testing?

ps - if the R9 is gathering dust....can I have it?
 
Jezz, there are quite a few described as "nice, excellent or old favourite". I reckon that by putting those yuo must have answered some of your own queries.

I'd suggest:
Mizuno - nice
G5 - old fav
Makser - old fav
Mizzys - similar to current
Ping tours - excellent
Seemore money - old fav
 
golf-bug
Sadly the majority of the gear goes back. Some gets snaffled away by other staff, and some gets sent out to readers for our reader test panel.
I did have a few more clubs but my wife wanted some of her kitchen back (which is where they used to reside in our old house).

Gil
You've come up with pretty much what I would be leaning towards, but the term 'old favourite' concerns me slightly as it implies 'was once a favourite, but somewhere along the line something went a little wrong'.
 
Any forumers got tales of sparkling rounds with hired/borrowed/scrambled-together sets?
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Nope :mad: :cool:

I hate borrowed clubs, even if they're good.

Then again Jezz, you could probably do ok with a set of brooms and trowels.

:cool:
 
Jezz, you need to forget the Old and remember the Favourite.

As for using old, borrowed & scrambled together sets being something of concern - my first set of full size clubs was Howson Derby's. No set of clubs, no matter how poorly they match can be as bad as those.
 
golf-bug
Sadly the majority of the gear goes back. Some gets snaffled away by other staff, and some gets sent out to readers for our reader test panel.
I did have a few more clubs but my wife wanted some of her kitchen back (which is where they used to reside in our old house).
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How typical....when the clubs are in the kitchen, its her domain. When you expect a meal on the table after a hard days graft (she doesn't need to know you love your work), she regards the kitchen as some form of labour camp.

How about that R9 then? Trade you the Rams?

In all seriousness, I often visit the garage and go back to old clubs. I think if you played well with them before, enough for you to form a lasting memory that they were good, then you can play well with them again.
 
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