Worst buy ever

[thecraw]

Has to be the £600 I splashed out on a set of custom fit Mizuno MP60's that I sold 3 months later on ebay for £330!

My only venture away fom Ping in 16 years and never again.

 

[slugger]

Nike SFT balls.... only bought them as they were £17 for two dozen. I now know why they are that cheap!

Back to the Taylormade Burner TPs next for me

I also bought a driver from my boss. It is a Nike Ignite 460 with a X-stiff NVS shaft in it. Only played one round with it. Very very good when i nailed a good one, but it's just not forgiving enough for me. Sitting at home gathering dust!

 

[DMC]

Had a cople of bad buys,the first would be the Taylor Made R7 460,lasted 2 weeks then it was on ebay. the second was the Mizuno fli-hi what was i thinking.

 

[In_The_Rough]

Mizuno MX 560 Driver is my biggest regret. Terrible High ball flight and short to boot. Taylor Made drivers for me from now on.

 

[User 105]

Has to be my R9 420 driver. Loved the looks and hit it near perfect when I tried it out at AG.

Was fine for about a month and was great when I was driving well, but as soon as I was slightly out it was awful. After a while I just lost complete confidence with my driving so my driving got even worse. Stuck with it for about 4 months.

Ended up getting the R9 460 with a stiff shaft and I'm back to driving it at least half decent now.

Still kept the R9 420, more in the hope that once I get better I'll be able to use it properly.

 

[didsbury_duffer]

One of those ball marker thingies with which you can imprint your intitials on the ball. Mates took the rip out of me so much that I binned it after a few weeks.

 

[forefortheday]

TM Spider Putter, just hit everything left with it.

Got a swap with HTL for an Odessey which now sits in the cupboard as I've got a Fisher half mallet.

All in all £190 for a putter!

Should have bought a Scotty in the first place.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Westy,

When the R9 misbehaved did you try changing the set up and a) was it easy to do and b) did it help

 

[GB72]

Every driver I have bought since my Callaway FT-5. All great on the range but none last long on the course. Most recent was a Cleveland Launcher 10.5 degree stiff. Lasted a month before the Callaway went back in the bag. Still at least I still use the free fairway wood. COuld be lining up the next one as I am loving look of the new Cobra ZL driver and they are rumoured to have sorted the sound issues.

Other than that, I have a few 3 iron hybrids sitting around which I have bought at various stages when I forget how to hit a 5 wood.

 

[User 105]

Homer,

changing the setup was pretty easy. Under normal circumstances I have a slight fade, so it was pretty easy to rotate the shaft slightly closed to compensate for it.

And viola, now I would normally hit a straight one.

The issue for me was forgiveness. When I hit a bad one it was horrendously bad. With the 460 it's only 'slightly' bad.

With the 420 I found unless you middled it consistently you'd either loose a ton of distance or be on the wrong fairway too often

So those days where your driving isn't quite right, you're in for a tough round.

 

[Region3]

Homer,

changing the setup was pretty easy. Under normal circumstances I have a slight fade, so it was pretty easy to rotate the shaft slightly closed to compensate for it.

And viola, now I would normally hit a straight one.

The issue for me was forgiveness. When I hit a bad one it was horrendously bad. With the 460 it's only 'slightly' bad.

With the 420 I found unless you middled it consistently you'd either loose a ton of distance or be on the wrong fairway too often

So those days where your driving isn't quite right, you're in for a tough round.

Is anyone else thinking Derrick Trotter?

 

[User 105]

Homer,

changing the setup was pretty easy. Under normal circumstances I have a slight fade, so it was pretty easy to rotate the shaft slightly closed to compensate for it.

And viola, now I would normally hit a straight one.

The issue for me was forgiveness. When I hit a bad one it was horrendously bad. With the 460 it's only 'slightly' bad.

With the 420 I found unless you middled it consistently you'd either loose a ton of distance or be on the wrong fairway too often

So those days where your driving isn't quite right, you're in for a tough round.

Is anyone else thinking Derrick Trotter?

This time next year Rodney, I'll learn to spell