WRX Forum Buzzz
FTF: Players Championship or Olympic gold medal? Why do you play old clubs?

The GolfWRX forums exist so golfers have access to the latest equipment releases, hottest discussions, real equipment reviews, best instruction, new technologies and everything golf you can imagine. So if you love golf, the GolfWRX forums are your sanctuary.
In the From the Forums weekly feature, we bring you the hottest, most buzz-worthy topics from our forums for your convenience. I’ll be your trusty tour guide to navigate the latest buzz. Here’s a peek behind the curtain into golf’s sanctuary.
Ecco Cage Evo member testing
GolfWRX is looking for a few good testers to try out the yet-to-be-released ECCO CAGE EVO before it’s available.
ABOUT THE ECCO CAGE EVO
Part of the CAGE family, ECCO CAGE EVO offers the same fully-integrated DiP wrap system and remarkably comfortable fit with a new, customized upper. Crafted from multi-material performance textile, the upper is bonded with webbing made from a customized PU specifically made for use on CAGE EVO. This delivers outstanding protection from tears and abrasion.
Additional properties include:
- Unique, one-piece, DiP stability cage that wraps from the heel through the midsole and across the toe box
- Anatomical outsole design that aligns and moves in unison with the foot’s essential ligaments and muscles
- ECCO Freedom Fit combining a snug heel setting with a roomier forefoot area that allows toes to move naturally
- Exceptionally water-repellant via the proprietary ECCO HYDROMAX™ treatment
- Lightweight, low-to-the-ground construction and the CHAMP SLIM-Lok cleat system.
Click through to the thread to see how to apply
James Hahn’s custom Cameron
In addition to the several threads of “general” range photos each week, Greg Moore, our Tour Photographer, usually manages to put together a couple of additional threads of “specifically” cool stuff. For example, this week, Greg snagged some in-hand shots of James Hahn’s custom one-off Scotty Cameron Roundback.
See the photos of Hahn’s new flatstick.
Takes on Adidas shopping TaylorMade
News broke yesterday that Adidas is looking to unload TaylorMade. As we wrote,” The Adidas Group has made its plans for TaylorMade Golf very clear. It “will actively seek a buyer for the remainder of its golf business, which mainly consists of the TaylorMade brand, as well as the Adams and Ashworth brands.”
“The announcement came in Adidas’ 2016 Quarter 1 earnings report, which was rosey for the German athletic apparel company. Currency-neutral sales increased 22 percent in Q1, with accelerating momentum in both the Adidas and Reebok brands. TaylorMade, on the other hand, saw currency-neutral revenues decrease 1 percent.”
There are no shortage of comments on the front-page article. However, if you want to see the entirety of the discussion on GolfWRX, you have to visit the related forum thread.
Debate: Rather win an Olympic gold medal or The Players Championship?
PGA Tour pros put the Olympic gold medal in their order of priority in the Golf.com Anonymous Pro survey, as we reported in our 10 highlights from the survey.
For the pros, 62 percent preferred a Players title to a gold medal, while 76 percent would want a gold medal rather than a more minor tournament, such as the Texas Open.
Interestingly, WRX forum users were already trying to position the gold medal in order of esteem, asking the same question late last week.
Check out the thread to see what they had to say.
Tell us why you play old clubs
We’ve discussed playing “outdated” clubs in the past in FTF. Interestingly, 70sSanO tried hitting his irons from the 80s against a set from 2007 and found, perhaps not surprisingly, that the more recent set performed much better for him.
This inspired him to ask the question: Why does anyone, senior golfers in particular, choose to play “outdated” clubs? The discussion is a great, and the thread is one you’ll want to check out if you’ve ever wondered the same thing.
Equipment
I’m a 31 year-old male and I turned my apartment living room into a driving range stall – GolfWRXers react

In our forums, our members have been reacting to a post from ‘GolferTodd’ who has turned their apartment living room into a driving range stall. ‘GolferTodd’ produced the following photo in our forums with the caption:
“To the exclusion of furniture. Bachelor life.”
And our members have been reacting to the post in our forums.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- MtlJeff: “This is amazing……When i was 28 i lived in an apartment that had my winter tires in the kitchen, i only had one plate and 1 set of knives and forks, and i cooked pasta in a witches cauldron from 1835. And i still convinced a woman to marry me. So i am all for this. In fact this is way better than what i had to offer.”
- TiScape: “Love it Todd. Go Dodgers!!”
- imkirby34: “Based on the view out the window, it looks like you’re on the first floor, which is probably a good thing because I’d hate to live below you, even if you have an extremely shallow AoA. Haha.”
Equipment
Best classic irons – GolfWRXers discuss

In our forums, our members have been discussing classic irons. WRXer ‘DonaldDunes’ has caught the vintage club bug, and wants to know other members’ favorite iron models that “have stood the test of time or were the top performers for their day.”
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- Maine Golfer: “I love a lot of clubs but ’69 Wilson Staff’s are an all time favorite. Easy to hit in relative terms and they look amazing.”
- Wilsonian: “No surprise from me, but the Wilson K-28 irons, specifically blades with the glide thru sole. I grew up playing Ram clubs, but got away from them as I got older. My return to vintage was with the Wilsons, and my first set of hickories were the Wilson Plus Success irons. You’ll try a lot of sets, but I think it’s a matter of what feels best in your hands, specifically your 7 iron which is the best indicator imo.”
- Hawkeye777: “Hogan Redlines. Macgregor Nicklaus Muirfield 20th. Wilson Staff Tour Blade. Those are mine, don’t play any of them these days (no real reason to) and didn’t really “collect” them. The Wilsons I played with for years.”
Equipment
When buying used irons how much wear is too much? – GolfWRXers discuss

In our forums, our members have been discussing how much wear is too much wear when purchasing used irons. WRXer ‘con_mon2’ is interested in a used set of iron and kicks off the thread, asking:
“Would love to hear everyone’s thoughts on this! How much wear are you comfortable with?
I found a set of irons on eBay that I am very interested in buying, but they have a bit more wear than I’m comfortable with. I have attached a few pictures showing especially the wear on the sweet spot on the PW and 9 iron. Maybe you can convince me that I’m being too picky and I should just buy them? Or maybe I should be concerned about the wear? I’m not really sure. They are Ping i230s which came out in 2022 so they aren’t that old. And the seller had this to say about the condition: ‘Good: Normal wear for their age. Excellent playing condition but they have cosmetic wear on faces and soles. Sweetspot wear is visible.’
Beyond the cosmetic, I’d really like to know this: At what point do you start to worry about the grooves being so worn that they have a substantial effect on the shots you’re hitting?”
And our members have been sharing their thoughts in response.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- rsballer10: “The term you are looking for is “browning” and these irons have some of that going on. They are completely playable, but I’d say they’ve reached their half-life.”
- Nessism: “Those heads are stainless steel. The “browning” that some people reference, is really the yellow shade of the nickel layer under the chrome. When forged carbon steel heads wear through the chrome, the “brown” is RUST. These heads will never rust. People applaud the old Ping irons as being “indestructible”. Those heads had no chrome. These heads, even if the chrome is beginning to wear through, on one head, are miles more durable than the older unplated “indestructible” Ping’s. And even further ahead of any forged club.”
- phizzy30: “Hard pass for me. I would rather get a new set of DTC irons and would be glad to spend the extra couple to few hundred.”
Entire Thread: “When buying used irons: How much wear is too much? – GolfWRXers discuss”
Jerry Neff
May 6, 2016 at 1:50 pm
I play some of my dad’s clubs, vintage 1965, because the work and in his memory
Sq
May 6, 2016 at 11:48 am
I play old clubs because that’s all I can afford when new high-tech balls cost $50