Why are the OEMs not making sets for everyone?

[Arthur Wedge]

Reduced the skill and the challenge.

I've been over this many times before and I'm sure you don't want to hear just another moan.

The challenge and skill of golf is still as tough as it is before to get to a high level of golf - improvements in equipment have prob helped people take up the game a bit easier which is only good for the future of the sport , it’s the same in other sports where equipment evolves.

Those irons that have been produced to help people aren’t the sort of irons than the top players use to get even better when it comes to shot shaping

There are hundreds of thousands of people out there that will testify that the skill and challenge of the sport is just as tough but it will all be at different levels

Sports in evolve in many ways or they potentially struggle

The choice is vast for people now

 

[Pin-seeker]

The challenge and skill of golf is still as tough as it is before to get to a high level of golf - improvements in equipment have prob helped people take up the game a bit easier which is only good for the future of the sport , it’s the same in other sports where equipment evolves.

Those irons that have been produced to help people aren’t the sort of irons than the top players use to get even better when it comes to shot shaping

There are hundreds of thousands of people out there that will testify that the skill and challenge of the sport is just as tough but it will all be at different levels

Sports in evolve in many ways or they potentially struggle

The choice is vast for people now

I don’t believe the modern top players shape the ball as much as you think.
Heard some of the top pros say they play a fade OR a draw & that’s it.
It’s more about consistency.

 

[Skytot]

OEM ?

 

[Imurg]

OEM ?

Original Equipment Manufacture
Ping Callaway etc etc.

 

[Dunesman]

Original Equipment Manufacture
Ping Callaway etc etc.

Ping, Callaway, etc are brands.
OEMs are the companies in China with names we dont know, that manufacture clubs for the brands we do know.

 

[Voyager EMH]

Anyway, lets get back on track.
There's a big choice of clubs.

So Boomer posed a question that if a good golfer has a set of 9 irons, then perhaps a slower swinger/shorter hitter/higher handicap player needs 7 irons, but with greater loft gaps.
And this is not clearly and specifically catered for by manufacturers, but perhaps should be.

And perhaps if manufacturers did this, many players would be satisfied with fewer than 14 clubs resulting in manufacturers selling fewer clubs and making less money.

 

[VVega]

Anyway, lets get back on track.
There's a big choice of clubs.

So Boomer posed a question that if a good golfer has a set of 9 irons, then perhaps a slower swinger/shorter hitter/higher handicap player needs 7 irons, but with greater loft gaps.
And this is not clearly and specifically catered for by manufacturers, but perhaps should be.

And perhaps if manufacturers did this, many players would be satisfied with fewer than 14 clubs resulting in manufacturers selling fewer clubs and making less money.

Couldn’t such a player just buy a half set or order the number of irons that makes sense to them?

No need to buy a full set that is on the shelf. All manufacturers are happy to ship any number of irons out of the full set.