What's your worst purchase?

[Hacker Khan]

Beginning to think it's my Swingbyte 2. It's great when it works but I'm on my second full unit and have had to replace the strap that keeps it on the club 5 times now. And guess what, it snapped again the other day at the driving range. I'll also add some golf balls I bought in Vegas once that were painted as a basket ball, football etc etc. Nearly gave me hand arm vibration syndrome when I hit one.

As for clubs then I can't get on with Nike Covert Drivers/woods and have gone back to 6 year old Mizuno's, but I will admit some of that may be me and not necessarily the clubs.

 

[lex!]

I was looking at getting one just yesterday. Saw it for sale for £50ish somewhere! The reviews raved about it.

You can have it if you want, will throw in the 3 wood too, but that's worse!

 

[Paul77]

My Cleveland Tour action irons. Every hit felt like a hug from an ex girlfriend.

 

[Pin-seeker]

Ping i20 hybrid.

 

[Dan2501]

So, erm, anyone wanna buy an SLDR hybrid with a top mark? Anyone?...........#..........

 

[Alex1975]

Beginning to think it's my Swingbyte 2. It's great when it works but I'm on my second full unit and have had to replace the strap that keeps it on the club 5 times now. And guess what, it snapped again the other day at the driving range. I'll also add some golf balls I bought in Vegas once that were painted as a basket ball, football etc etc. Nearly gave me hand arm vibration syndrome when I hit one.

As for clubs then I can't get on with Nike Covert Drivers/woods and have gone back to 6 year old Mizuno's, but I will admit some of that may be me and not necessarily the clubs.

Mine broke too when I had one and Swinbyte sent me 3 spare redesigned ones. I never broke one again.

Did I sell you that Swingbyte 2 though?

 

[drew83]

You can have it if you want, will throw in the 3 wood too, but that's worse!

So, erm, anyone wanna buy an SLDR hybrid with a top mark? Anyone?...........#..........

I can see starting this thread may have been a bad move.....

 

[Foxholer]

Toss up between several of the many putters that I purchased and moved on in a hurry (or even the one that didn't arrive and couldn't get my money back!) or the re-shaft of my Miura CB201s with PX5.5. Certainly an improvement over the S300s that felt dead in them, but not really suited for my swing and Monday mornings were pretty painful after 3 rounds with them on links turf!

Current 'glitch' (still sitting in a corner out of use) is the 'R' flex RUL 60 shaft I purchased when I should have (and could have) bought an 'S'!

 

[Paul77]

Now that you mention putters, that GEL putter I bought might be going in the bin. Horrible thing to use.

 

[RollinThunder]

I admit that I'm a bit of a compulsive buyer with all of my hobbies. Although I do often sell them on for more than I pay

Titleist Reverse Cart Bag: I didn't even have a trolly, I just liked the look of it. Sold it on eBay for more than I paid for it.

Motocaddy S1 Push Trolly: I realised I couldn't fit my bag and the trolley in the boot of my car, without taking the seats down. Traded it to a mechanic in return for some repairs.

Yes! Long Putter: It was £25 from DG, but everything about it was tacky and ugly.

Now I've got my eye on the new Srixon Z stand bag, and an old tour bag to put my surplus clubs in and stand in my man cave

 

[Paul_Stewart]

Some of the books I've bought ..
"Short cuts round Kent and the M20" by Chrisd
"How to play Lydd" by Smiffy
"My best commentaries of the last 20 years" by Peter Alliss

On a real note, a cheap trolley from Argos. It almost made it round the front nine. Wouldn't have minded too much but the course was one of those where the 9th was about ten miles from the clubhouse.

 

[Foxholer]

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Now I've got my eye on the new Srixon Z stand bag, and an old tour bag to put my surplus clubs in and stand in my man cave

Srixon made a real beauty some years ago - Shark pattern!

 

[drew83]

Srixon made a real beauty some years ago - Shark pattern!

 

[KenL]

Probably a metal-X Odyssey putter. I bought it as I liked the black finish but I could not manage distance control at all. Much better off with a standard white hot style insert.

 

[Bratty]

Titleist 910 d3 driver, with regular shaft. Went fine on a range only 220 yards long as was holding back a lot. Like a piece of spaghetti when I was on the course!

Paid £90 for a stiff shaft and out worked okay, but not nearly forgiving enough for my dodgy swing.

Total outlay £340. Currently recouped £75 from the driver, now just need to sell the regular shaft...

 

[JustOne]

Worst purchase EVER?

A driver shaft that was like scaffolding. Couldn't get the ball more than 2ft off the ground with my puny swing speed.

 

[Fish]

K15 Driver, 3w and hybrid, absolute nightmare clubs

Bought from a Pro new when I first started playing and just couldn't hit them, changed to a 13* 3w for neigh on 30mths afterwards until I entered the driver market again thanks to Jimbo and not looked back since.

 

[User20205]

Loads of driver

A Nike method branding iron.

Adidas shoes that have either given me blisters or fallen apart or both.

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Foot joy Dryjoy tour shoes
Foot joy try joy casual shoes

TaylorMade R9 irons but only because I got them off the shelf

 

[garyinderry]

3 quid Dunlop umbrella. First time I put it up I got the green and tried to push the spike into the ground and the shaft bent ruining it.

Lesson learnt. Don't damage the turf.