Opinion & Analysis
Why Your Clubs Are (Most Likely) Completely Wrong for You
Full disclosure, I’ve never written about golf equipment, instruction, or any technical aspect of this glorious (read: torturous) game. My wheelhouse is a little more, should we say, old school. I write about fashion. I write about style. I write about how two buttons is all you need in a suit jacket, and how even one button more is a travesty. I write about the art of being a gentleman, about cocktails, and about being a gentleman while drinking cocktails. He Who Shall Not Be Named (but was caught driving a golf cart on a green recently because he was too lazy to get his POTUS-ness out of his cart and walk 10 feet), would hate what I write about. Let’s just say that if I worked in a certain Casa De Blanca, I’d have been fired and been the focus of numerous Federal Inquiries by now for ripping on his wardrobe choices.
That being said, I do know a thing or three about golf, the golf swing, equipment, and club fitting. I’m a full-time golf coach and club-fitter that could write all day about how much I miss the click-clack of metal spikes on concrete, but I’m not here to talk to you about that. I’m here to tell you that the clubs in your bag, those gorgeous little forged things that you dreamt of and saved up for and skipped taking your wife out for your anniversary for… are most likely completely, totally, and unequivocally wrong for you.
I’m not judging. I used to be like you. I’d read every magazine that got stuffed in the mailbox. I’d drool over so-and-so’s sexy new shiny blades and the hot new x-stiff, tour-issue shafts that “Hot Young Golfer on Tour” was playing. And I thought to myself, “I’m a good stick. I swing fast. I need those clubs!” I was a decent stick. Good enough to take money out of the pockets of the older guys at Men’s League when I was 15. I’m even more decent now. Buttercuts, high draws, stingers, sandbag flops, and low skippers, I have them all. And I’m getting even better now because recently I made a very important life discovery. When you get older, you realize how very wrong you were about many, many things (silk button-downs in high school anyone?). I discovered the pure joy of hitting a 205-yard 6-iron with a 3-yard baby fade with my eyes closed (literally). I don’t play a fade, mind you. I make my whiskey money on a power draw that would make Kenny Perry blush, and I have since high school. But two weeks ago, I roped this fade with my eyes closed. Then did it again, and again and again. With my scratch handicap, 95 mile per hour clubhead speed, decent lag and pretty strong load in the transition, I did this, and I’m still doing it with… wait for it… a Ping Rapture “Super Game Improvement Iron” with an 80-gram regular-flex shaft. And I can work it both ways, on demand, depending on what the shot dictates. That’s right, a pretty decent player is loving his new (old) set of irons that everyone swears is only for 18 handicaps. It took me 30 years of playing golf to set aside my biases, get over myself, and actually take the time to find what clubs will allow me to play my best, regardless of what I see when I look down at the ball. And that’s exactly what you should do.
My golf coach and club-fitter (even coaches need coaches) is a bit of a mad scientist. He spent some time on the Nike Tour, and now coaches and builds clubs for not only a number of Tour guys, but also for guys with Q-School goals like me. He’s one of those guys who prefers to stay behind the curtain, so he asked me not to use his name, but his time for the spotlight will come. He uses physics and biomechanics along with a holistic approach to playing the game instead of relying on Trackman data. I have nothing but love for Trackman by the way, just to be clear, but we don’t use it much for my training. When we started working together, I was playing forged head irons with heavy, stiff-flex shafts. They were beautiful clubs and looked impressive in my bag, but I was hitting massive draws with them that would get loose sometimes and cause major damage to my rounds. He watched me on the range and just shook his head. After watching 10 straight pull hooks, he stopped me, mainly because he couldn’t stand to watch it anymore. He told me that my swing was great; we didn’t need to work on mechanics. What we needed, he said, was to start with a club fitting and find clubs that would allow me to “Swing My Swing” (Thanks Arnie!) so I didn’t have to change what I was as a golfer. The next morning he met me on the range along with a bag filled with 30 different 6 irons in different head styles, shaft weights and flex profiles, and we started hitting.
Each club had tape on it with different numbers. These numbers represented the weight and MOI of both the clubhead and the total club, along with the ratio between the two. There was also another strip of tape on the shaft with numbers like 1.56, 1.19, etc. These numbers represented the distance from the centerline of the hosel out to the “sweet spot,” or the center of gravity on the clubface. Don’t ask me the formula used to determine this point, because he learned it from his dad who was a physicist and that kind of math is punching way above my weight class. He handed me a club and I took a swing. Same old huge draw that I’m used to. Then I was told to close my eyes and hit it again. That alone might be one of the scariest things I’ve ever done as a golfer. I hit it pretty well, actually (You’d be surprised by your own ability to do this. Give it a shot.), but it was still left, just a bit less draw. I looked at the number on that club, and it was 1.22. The problem wasn’t with my swing. The problem was that the sweet spot was too close to the heel of the club for me, and the only way for me to catch it solid was to pull across my body and shut the clubface. Thus, a pull-draw. We started hitting the higher numbered clubs where the sweet spot was more out toward the middle of the face where I need it to be. That draw got smaller and smaller, and the pull became less and less, until I found that club labeled 1.62 on it. I started hitting laser-shot baby fades that went forever and exactly where I wanted them to go… with my eyes closed.
It turns out that I had been playing clubs since I was 10 that forced me to swing in a way that isn’t natural for the way my body moves through the universe. I’m not Nick Price. Never have been, never will be. Think more like Pat Perez or Payne Stewart, where the swing looks like pouring syrup over pancakes… in the winter. It’s not that I’m not “good enough” to play forged blades. I’ve got game. It’s simply a fact of me needing the sweet spot to be closer to the middle of the clubface. More and more players on the tours are switching to “game-improvement” irons, especially for the long irons. Do you want to try to tell them that they aren’t “good enough” to play a 4-iron that’s a blade? I didn’t think so. I’m not saying that this is true for everyone. Far from it. My brother (a damn good player in his own right) has a swing that happens to fit perfectly with those sexy Miura Tournament Blades. He has a very strong, purposeful and speedy swing. He needs the center of gravity as close to the hosel as possible. When a player like him swings my clubs, the ball goes right of right and he can’t control it. It’s about finding what works for you. Should we be saying that he “isn’t good enough” to play my “game-improvement” irons? Of course not. That’d be ridiculous, right? So why do we accept the opposite statement as pure truth?
Basically, unless someone designs a blade or muscleback iron with the CG closer to the middle of the face, I’ll be showing up at Q-School next year with some big, chunky, clunky, cavity backs. And I’m okay with that. I’m proud, but I’m not shallow. I’m more concerned now with how good my clubs allow me to play, not how good they make me look. “Not good enough to play blades”? You hear it all the time. GI, SGI, Players Irons… those terms are misleading and just plain incorrect. The terminology needs to change. I don’t care if my irons look like a Barcolounger that was found on the side of the highway with a sign on it that reads “free.” They fit my swing perfectly.
Guys will judge me silently when they look in my bag and assume I don’t belong there. Be my guest, fellas. I’ll be the one on the patio chilling with a Woodford on the rocks after signing for a 65 while the guys with the flashy blades crowd around the scoreboard and stress out, hoping that their 73s get them into a playoff for the last spot. Now onto much more important things, like those pleated trousers…
Opinion & Analysis
Brandel Chamblee PGA Championship Q&A: Rose’s huge McLaren risk, distracted LIV pros and why Aronimink suits the bombers
PGA Championship week is here, and Brandel Chamblee did not hold back in our latest discussion ahead of the season’s second major.
In our 2026 PGA Championship Q&A, golf’s leading analyst made the case that PIF pulling LIV’s funding has left its players competing in a state of confusion, called Justin Rose’s mid-season equipment switch a huge risk at 45, and explained why Aronimink will be a bombers’ delight this week.
Check out the full Q&A below.
Gianni: With the PIF confirming that they’re pulling funding from LIV at the end of the season, what impact do you expect that to have on the LIV players competing at the PGA Championship?
Brandel: I would imagine that they have all been thrown into a state of confusion, and will be distracted, not knowing where they are going to play next year and not knowing exactly their road back to either the DP World Tour or the PGA Tour. Or in Rahm’s case, being tied to a sinking ship for the next few years, likely playing for pennies on the dollar in events that no one cares about or watches.
I doubt this would put him in the best frame of mind to compete at his highest level. Keeping in mind, however, that majors are the only time that LIV disciples get to play in events that matter, so never disregard the motivation they have to prove to the world they are still relevant.
Gianni: Justin Rose switched to McLaren Golf equipment mid-season while playing some of the best golf of his career. What do you make of the change?
Brandel: I don’t really know what to make of Rose switching equipment. It seems a huge risk on his part, even though it is likely, in my opinion, that the clubs he’s playing are similar, if not the exact grinds, to what he was playing previously, with a McLaren stamp on them.
Having said that, at best, it is a distraction when he seemed to be as dialed in with his game as any 45-year-old could be and trending in the majors to perhaps do something that would definitely put him in the Hall of Fame. At worst, given the possibility that these clubs aren’t just duplicates of his old set stamped with McLaren on them, he’s made an equipment change that would take time, and 45-year-old athletes don’t have the time to do such things.
Gianni: Aronimink has only hosted a handful of professional events since it hosted the 1962 PGA Championship. What kind of test does it present, and does a course with less recent major championship history tend to level the playing field?
Brandel: Even though Aronimink has only hosted a handful of meaningful professional events, it has been fairly discerning in who can win there. When Keegan Bradley won the BMW Championship on the Donald Ross masterpiece in 2018, he was the 2nd best iron player on tour coming into that week. When Nick Watney won the AT&T at Aronimink in 2011, he was 2nd in strokes gained total coming into the week.
In 2020, Aronimink hosted the KPMG Championship, and Sei Young Kim won. On the LPGA that year, she was first in greens in regulation, putts per green in regulation, and scoring average on the way to being the LPGA player of the year. And then there is the 1962 PGA Championship won by Gary Player, who eventually became just one of a few players to win the career grand slam on the way to winning 9 majors. It is a formidable test, and if it’s not softened by rain, it will bring out the best in the upper echelons of the game.
Gianni: Is there a specific hole at Aronimink that you think will do the most to decide the winner?
Brandel: The hardest hole at Aronimink in each of the three tour events that have been played there since 2010 has been the long par-3 8th hole, with the par-4 10th being the second hardest, so most of the carnage will happen around the turn, but with the par-5 16th offering opportunities for bold plays and the tough closing holes at 17 and 18, the finish is likely to be frenetic.
Gianni: The PGA Championship has always sat in the shadow of the other majors. What does the ideal PGA Championship look like in your eyes, and what would it take for it to carve out its own identity?
Brandel: The PGA Championship, to whatever degree it suffers from the comparison to the other three majors, is still counted just as much when adding them up at the end of one’s career. Almost 1/3 of Nicklaus’ major wins were the five PGA Championships he won. Walter Hagen won 11 majors, five of which were PGA Championships.
Tiger Woods twice in his career won back-to-back PGA Championships, and those four majors count just as much as the other 11 he won. The PGA may not have the prestige of the other three, but it carries the same weight. Having said that, I preferred the identity that it had as the last major of the year.
Gianni: You nailed your Masters picks. Rory won, Scottie finished solo second, and Morikawa surged to a tie for seventh. Who are your top 3 picks for the PGA Championship and why?
Brandel: I am not a huge fan of majors played on golf courses that have been shorn of most of the trees, although I understand some of the agronomic reasons for doing so and of course the ease with which it allows members to play after errant drives. However, at the highest level, it all but eliminates any strategy off the tee and turns professional golf into an even bigger slugfest. That means that it will likely be a bomber’s delight this week, but fortunately, Scottie Scheffler is long enough to play that game and straight enough to play it better than anyone else.
The major championships give us very few surprises anymore, going back to the beginning of 2012, so the last 57 majors played, the average world rank of the winners has been better than 15th in the world. So look at the highest ranked and longest drivers who are on form coming into the PGA Championship who also have great short games as the surrounds at Aronimink are very challenging. That’s Scottie Scheffler by a mile and then McIlroy and Cameron Young with a far bigger nod towards DeChambeau than I gave him at the Masters.
In this episode of the Club Junkie Podcast, we dive into one of the most interesting flatstick releases of the year with a full review of the new TaylorMade SYSTM 2 putters. After spending time on the greens, I break down what makes this design stand out, where it performs, and why it has me completely torn between loving it and fighting it. If you are into feel, alignment, and consistency, this is one you will want to hear about.
We also take a look at some of the putters in play on the PGA Tour last week. From familiar favorites to a few surprising setups, there is always something to learn from what the best players in the world are rolling with under pressure.
To wrap things up, I walk through the process of building a set of JP Golf Prime irons paired with Baddazz Gold Series shafts. From component selection to performance goals, this is a deep dive into what goes into creating a unique custom set and why this combo has been so intriguing.
This year my 50th birthday. Gosh, where has the time gone?
As a teenager in rural Missouri, some of my junior high and high school years felt interminable. Graduation seemed light years away. But the older I get, the faster life seems to fly by.
I’m also increasingly aware of my mortality. My dad died recently. Earlier this year, a friend and fellow PGA of America professional and I were texting about our next catch-up. The next message I received was news of his unexpected passing at 48. Shortly after, a woman I dated in college succumbed to cancer at 51.
Certainly, one can share perspective at any age. Seniors help freshmen, veterans guide rookies. But reaching this milestone feels like as good a time as any to do one of those “what would I tell my younger self?” articles.
I’ve had a uniquely varied career in golf. I started as a 27-year-old, average-length-hitting, 14-handicap computer engineer and somehow managed to turn pro before running out of money, constantly bootstrapping my way forward. I’ve won qualifiers and set venue records in the World Long Drive Championships, finished fifth at the Speedgolf World Championships, coached all skill levels as a PGA of America professional, built industry-leading swing speed training programs for Swing Man Golf, helped advance the single-length iron market with Sterling Irons®, caddied on the PGA TOUR and PGA TOUR Champions, and played about 300 courses across 32 countries.
It’s been a ride, and I’ve gone both deep and wide.
So while I can consult and advise from a lot of angles, let me keep it to a few things I’d tell the average golfer who wants to improve.
1. Think About What You Want
Everyone has their own reason for picking up a golf club.
Oddly, as a professional athlete, I’m not internally driven by competition. That can be challenging, as the industry currently prioritizes and incentivizes competition over the love of the game.
For me, I love walking and being outdoors. Nature helps balance my energy. I prefer courses that are integrated into the natural beauty of their surroundings. I’m comfortable practicing alone. I’m a deep thinker, and I genuinely enjoy investigating the game, using data and intuition to unearth unique, often innovative insights. I’m fortunate to be strong and athletic, so I appreciate the chance to engage with my abilities. Traveling feels adventurous. I could go on.
You don’t have to overthink it like I do. For you, it might be as simple as hitting balls to escape work, hanging out with friends, and playing loosely with the rules and the score.
The point is to give yourself permission to play for your own reasons, and let that be enough.
But if improvement is your goal, thinking about your destination—and when you want to get there—is important, because it dictates the steps you need to take. When I set out to go from a 14-handicap to the PGA TOUR as quickly as possible, the steps I needed were very different from those of a working golfer trying to break 90 in six months. That’s also different from someone who just wants a few peaceful hours outside each week, away from work or family.
None of these goals are better than the others, but each requires a different plan that you can work backward from.
2. There Are Lots of Things That Can Work
One of the challenges of golf is that, although there are rules for playing, there aren’t clear, industry-wide standards for how to best play the game. There’s a lot of gray area.
You might hear a top coach or trainer insist that a certain move is the best way to swing or train. Then you dig a bit deeper and, much to your confusion and frustration, another respected coach or trainer says something completely different. I don’t think anyone is trying to confuse you—at least I hope not. It’s just where the industry is right now.
You have to be careful with advice from tournament pros, too. They might be great at scoring, but they’re also human and sometimes just as susceptible as amateurs to believing things that don’t really move the needle. Tour players might describe what they feel, but that’s not always what they’re actually doing when assessed with technology.
I recently ran a test on my YouTube channel (which connects to my GolfWRX article “How to use your hands in the golf swing for power and accuracy”), and, interestingly, two of the most commonly taught hand actions produced the worst results in the test.
Coaches can certainly help. If you find someone you connect with to help navigate, that’s great. But there are many ways to get the ball in the hole. In the current landscape, you may need to seek multiple opinions, think critically, and use your own intuition to discern what seems true and whose advice resonates with you.
I’d recommend seeking someone who is open-minded and always learning, because things constantly change. Absolutes like “correct” or “proper” should raise a red flag. AI can be useful, but it tends to confidently repeat popular advice, so proceed with caution.
3. Get Custom Fit
If you’re serious about becoming a better player, getting custom fit is hugely important. There’s no sense fighting your equipment if you don’t have to. Most better players get fit these days and, if they don’t, they’re usually skilled enough to work around clubs that aren’t ideal.
If you plan to play for a long time, it’s worth spending a little more upfront to get something that truly fits you and your game, rather than continually buying and discarding equipment.
Equipment rules haven’t really changed significantly since the early 2000s. To stay in business, manufacturers keep pushing those limits. If you pull a bunch of clubs and balls off the rack and test them, you’ll find differences. I’ve tested two new drivers and seen a 30-yard total distance gap. Usually, the issue isn’t bad equipment; it’s that the combination of components simply isn’t the best fit.
It’s like wearing a new pair of floppy clown shoes. Sure, they’re shoes—but you won’t sprint your best in them compared to track shoes that fit perfectly.
Be wary of what’s called custom fitting, too. Sometimes the term is used as a marketing strategy rather than an actual fitting. In some retail settings, fitters may be incentivized to steer you toward higher-priced components. That doesn’t automatically mean it’s not the best fit, but you should be aware of potential biases.
I learned a version of this lesson outside of golf. Years ago, I bought a tennis racquet at a big box store from a seemingly knowledgeable employee who thought it would suit me best. The racquet gave me tennis elbow, and I spent months recovering with rest and acupuncture. The next season, I invested more time and money to find what actually fit me, and I walked away with something amazing that I still play with years later.
So if you’re going to get fit, be smart about it.
Find someone you believe has deep knowledge—possibly with certifications, but not necessarily. Make sure there’s a wide inventory across many brands. Check recent reviews for the individual fitter if possible. Make sure you trust that the fitter has your best interests at heart. If they’re wearing a hat or shirt with a specific brand’s logo, proceed with caution. Unless you specifically want a certain brand or look, be wary of upsells, especially if two options perform nearly the same.
Also, while golf is called a sport of integrity, there’s a thread of manipulation in the industry. I once drafted an equipment article for an industry magazine, structured just like one of their previous popular stories, with matching word count and great photos. The assistant editor loved it; it was useful to readers and required little work on his part. But the editor-in-chief nixed the story. When I asked why, I was told it was because I wasn’t an advertiser. It turned out the article I’d modeled mine after was a paid ad cleverly disguised as editorial content.
I really dislike games, clickbait, and fear-based manipulation. I hope this changes, but golfers deserve to know it exists.
4. Distance and Strategy Matter
There’s a real relationship between how far you hit the ball and your scoring average, even at the PGA TOUR level.
I experienced this early in my pro career. I started as a power hitter, swinging in the high 120s and breaking 200 mph ball speed with a stock driver.
Back then, some instructors advised swinging at 80%, so I tried slowing down for more accuracy. That worked fine on shorter, tighter courses. But on longer setups, I was coming into greens with too much club, and par 5s stopped being
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James
Nov 6, 2017 at 1:23 pm
Who knew a pull hook could be fixed by equipment and not the club face pointing left with an out-to-in swing path?
li0scc0
Jul 28, 2017 at 11:49 am
Great article. I shot my best round – and first round at even par (Par 72) last night with…. Cleveland VAS 792 2-PW irons in my bag. Laugh if you want, but an Eagle on a 500 yard Par 5 with a 2 Iron, then 5 iron, then 12 foot putt certainly silenced my playing partners. Ugly irons? You bet. But…do they perform? You better believe it!
Branson Reynolds
Jul 25, 2017 at 10:54 am
My only complaint is that while he says you need to get fitted, he’s a fitter and didn’t have himself fit correctly. How do i know if anyone at GG or golftec can fit like his coach does and isn’t just some by-the-book drone?
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Jul 25, 2017 at 12:51 am
Can’t lie I thought this was a new hilarious article by Ron Swanson, until I scrolled up to the top and realized it was not. I was honestly shocked this was a real person especially after reading the bio.
“Anything that can be gambled on and judging people by the clothes they wear”. Obviously there’s no depth to your shallowness…SMH. Honestly speechless that this is part of your amusement, no offense but your totally “that guy”. It seems like you about to hit 60, but with a 7th grader mentality.
Best of luck to you, and your outragous, superficial view on the world. I hope it’s satisfying, because it seems by reading this a lonely place.
Thomas Murphy
Jul 24, 2017 at 6:39 pm
Interesting thing happened…I went to fitting at Club Champion, worked with a great fitter, we started with shaft, that zeroed in fast, pulled a hole bunch of heads initially thinking split bag like 6-pw Srixon 765 4,5 Srixon 565, etc. you get the idea, player mid/short irons, game improvement long irons. The Srixon stayed in the hunt a long time but what we learned is I can’t hit a game improvement club for my life. I can but I hit player clubs WAY better, better smash factor, more consistent, etc. In the end it came down to 716CB vs. Apex — Apex better smash factor but Titleist tighter circle left/right — lasers. It wasn’t what I expected at all and it is far from stock pricing — kind of a pxg/epic etc. type experience but I picked up 20 yards over my current Mizunos. I was fully ready in the beginning to head straight into GI clubs Ping G, etc. but nay nay.
Nomad Golfer
Jul 24, 2017 at 2:10 am
Instead of going back to the future, my club selection has gone forward to the past ie 8-10+ yr old clubs. With some experimentation I have found what works best for me and that’s all that matters. The clubs don’t shine but they’ve done the time.
DrRob1963
Jul 23, 2017 at 8:14 am
Blades win – its easy – just look at all the career grand slam winners:
Sarazen = blades
Hogan = blades
Player = blades
Nicklaus = blades – 1st, 2nd & 3rd Slams
Tiger = blades – 1st, 2nd & 3rd Slams
Every GI & SGI club player in history = ZERO career slams
ibo
Jul 24, 2017 at 12:00 pm
Spieth has 3 Majors with AP2’s, which are not even CB’s?
2putttom
Jul 24, 2017 at 2:37 pm
it’s not the arrow, … it’s the ____________
joro
Jul 26, 2017 at 11:02 am
Wake up “DR” Bob, they also are real Golfers with hips in the plus side that if you don’t know what that is, is it says they give strokes to par, not take strokes. They are very good, but so are the blades of today, not like the ones we played in the old days. And for you, I was once a +2. but today as an old geezer I have CB, spring face, strong lofts, Graphite, and everything else I can find. It is not the tools, it is the guy handling the tool, and these players handle them very well.
Woody
Jul 23, 2017 at 7:55 am
Not sure why you had to rip on the president..crap gets old after a while. Please keep that crap out of your next article.
ACTUAL FACTS
Jul 23, 2017 at 5:26 pm
Agreed! Politics should be left off of WRX; however, the video of our golfing POTUS driving a cart on the greens was hard to watch!
Harry
Jul 22, 2017 at 11:55 pm
Funny how some guys admit to not reading the article but then presume to know what it says, and they seem to read all the comments too.
For my part, what prevents someone from paying for a fitting, getting a good set, and then just sticking with that set until the grooves are worn enough that the set needs to be replaced? I don’t think getting fit implies any need for getting a mother fitting/set every year or two. My starter set lasted me 15 yrs (too long I know), but I’d rather play the right stuff too long than keep on switching to things that don’t fit right.
Jose Pinatas
Jul 22, 2017 at 7:50 pm
Great read. I’m drinking the kool aid.. Dude can play in my group anytime… We’ll play a 5some in 3 hours 45 mins hold nobody up(follow all cart rules and or restrictions), all the old traditionalist moofs will be shaking there heads saying they can’t play 5 at my course…. We be yelling back move aside bro new breed coming thru as were poppin GI 6irons 220, knocking wedgies inside 5ft, and billy mayfairing putts right in the jar, on our way to 67’s…… BOOM!!!! Hey what works for the goose doesn’t always work for the gander….
ACTUAL FACTS
Jul 22, 2017 at 11:25 am
This was a pleasant read and an interesting take on club fitting that should be added as a how to section in the book How to Archer!
Jim
Jul 22, 2017 at 10:40 am
I gave your article a shank. Reason, you made it way too much about you, and not us, the average golfer. You should have titled it “why I was playing the wrong clubs”. It did nothing to help me with my club choice.
Rwj
Jul 22, 2017 at 9:23 am
Grown man using the word “fashion,”. Pass.
Double Mocha Man
Jul 22, 2017 at 1:07 pm
We’re not all beer guzzling, tough guy, anti-art guys out here in the “golf world”. That comment said a lot about you and your neanderthal ways…
J Witness
Jul 23, 2017 at 3:49 pm
And yours says a lot about you male feminist
Double Mocha Man
Jul 24, 2017 at 4:36 pm
Hey Witness… I’ll play you even up for 18 holes. Loser has to tour the nearest art museum, take in a classical concert and sip a flute of prosecco.
Dave
Jul 22, 2017 at 7:43 am
Great article. Any golfer can improve their game by seeing a ‘Good’ clubfitter. But I do have to say to Mr. Metzler, you can’t judge a book by the cover.
Additionally, what’s a perfectly prepared steak? and it all went to h*** with the Tenacious D.
jgpl001
Jul 22, 2017 at 5:45 am
Boo, down with sort of thing
How dare he get near the truth
This site is for serious playaha’s, who play blades, PX 7.0 tipped 1 inch and 105g driver shafts in x flex
Note to editor: please stop stupid articles like this, they are unpleasant and disturbing
Chris
Jul 22, 2017 at 4:36 am
Odd article, there are many players clubs, including blades, that have the sweet spot in the middle of the face these days.
james
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:45 pm
So woody, am i to understand that you do not like political comments, but you feel that those that do not like this article are haters, even though it contains political comments. Not trying to argue, just trying to understand your stance here.
gwillis7
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:40 pm
Great article, I actually enjoyed it
Woody
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:07 pm
One, I’d prefer you leave political comments out of it. And two, I think that most of the haters do not understand that most of this article is satire.
james
Jul 21, 2017 at 9:52 pm
Seems strange that GolfWRX gives members warning about political comments and then publishes articles with asinine political comments on their front page.
Jon
Jul 21, 2017 at 9:19 pm
I really liked the article until I saw “GolfTec Swing Instructor”.
Bryan Metzler
Jul 21, 2017 at 8:49 pm
Thank you to everyone for the feedback. I appreciate everyone who took time to read it and comment (even the negative ones!). One of the reasons that I didn’t give out my fitters info is because I didn’t want him to be bombarded by negative trolling by people who missed the point of my article. For those of you that are interested in an incredible Tour-level fitting experience (That isn’t as expensive as you’d think), contact me and I’ll get you in touch with him. You might just learn some really awesome stuff about your game at the same time. And who knows, maybe the new Titleist MB 716’s are perfect for you! That’s the great thing about this game, is that there are so many ways to approach it, and you get to find your own way in reaching your potential. Just like practicing Zen, Yoga, or cooking, there are people out there that have been studying everything about it for years and know things that can accelerate your learning curve. Find them, ask them questions, ask them for teaching or help. There’s nothing wrong with learning everything you can and deciding what works for you. Enjoy The Open and raise a pint or eight this weekend!
hot babe
Jul 21, 2017 at 11:53 pm
I found your profile http://www.pof.com/member89809665.htm. your hot, call me I was to see your huge GI irons
RG
Jul 22, 2017 at 1:18 am
Ping i3 blades R flex 85mph iron swing and ill shot your eyes out with them.
Mick
Nov 5, 2017 at 7:50 pm
Never,,,NEVER play a guy still rocking PING I3 Blades,,,their is no hope against a guy who knows how to hit those !
Kevin
Jul 22, 2017 at 2:30 pm
For those of us that are stuck with our current irons until we can afford new ones, can you manually effect where the sweet spot is located via lead tape? If so, would tape on the toe side effectively move the sweet spot closer to the toe and visa versa? Thanks for an interesting article.
Scott
Nov 5, 2017 at 6:47 pm
Love to know your fitter and location… BTW, great read… swing your swing
Ude
Jul 21, 2017 at 8:45 pm
I’m with ya Bubba, and it’s only the neurotic gearheads who will suffer immensely as the OEMs begin to fail and fall by the wayside, choking on their unsold inventories.
Ude
Jul 21, 2017 at 8:43 pm
The OEMs who advertise copiously on GolfWRX are on their last legs. Why? Because golfers are not buying the newest and most expensive golf clubs and discarding their old clubs.
They are desperate to jack up the marketplace otherwise they will collapse in their own mendacity. Within 5 years many of the traditional OEMs will vanish leaving a few and some boutique club companies. It’s happening with the collapse of big box store retailers and the OEMs are on their last gasps.
Club fitting will force the retailers to more heavily invest in qualified fitters and the OEMs will become component companies selling club heads and shafts to the stores that fit. This is a problematic marketing model.
Mike Hollingsworth
Jul 21, 2017 at 7:41 pm
Holy smokes. I don’t think I’ve ever read prose that screams “I’m grinning at my own genius while writing” quite like this. Sometimes less is more.
Someone
Jul 21, 2017 at 6:57 pm
Center shot on a blade is the same as center GI club or SGi because. Those “clunky and chunky,” clubs are only better in the sense that off center hits are still just as far. That is literally the only real difference. All you are saying is that you’re not willing to practice enough to groove your swing to hit closer to the center sweet spot and would rather play equipment that makes up for your inconsistency. There is nothing wrong with that at all, but don’t try and fool people into thinking that they need SGI or GI clubs over blades. The game was originally played with blades and that shows true ability and consistency and willingness to grind until your swing is grooved to hit the center or nearest the center as possible. Consistency is the key when it comes to irons…stop trying to dissuade players from playing the clubs they like. Not everyone can drive a corvette to its potential, but that doesn’t mean everyone should buy a corolla…you’re deluded because you have finally settled and found what works for you…which isn’t the same as what works for everyone. For some people, having good looking equipment gives them the confidence needed to help them perform well. For some it’s more mental than technical. For you it was a technical issue, not a mental. For others it will be a mental issue over technical. Don’t try and steer people away from playing what they want. Instead steer them to help them get better using the equipment they have. You’re only perpetuating the useless spending of money to try and buy new equipment every year instead of telling the truth that they should get their swing checked out or take lessons and then get a fitting to help adjust their equipment and then MAYBE they might consider gear if it potentially increases their gains by whatever percentage they determine. For me, a 10% gain is worth it, but for a pro, something as small as a 1% gain could mean the different between hitting a 4i or a 6i into the green. Who let you write it self fluff piece anyway, they must not have read this before it was published. Get off your high horse and maybe try helping people by teaching them or showing them instead of talking yourself up and thinking you’re so wonderful because you found your winning combination that worked for you, clubs that make up for your inability to groove a swing consistent enough to play a more precise club. Anyone can kill with a bazooka but it takes a pro to snipe.
ooffa
Jul 22, 2017 at 9:03 am
you are filled with negativity and discouragement for the average golfer.
izzlist of izzles
Jul 21, 2017 at 6:41 pm
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QR
Jul 21, 2017 at 6:40 pm
This is a safe space website for boys and men who homogeneously love their clubs and the game of golf. How dare anybody insult golf and those who are besotted with golf. Delete this horrid article.
Jim
Jul 21, 2017 at 6:39 pm
Remember – it’s all about getting you to go spend money on “new & improved” gear that you don’t need. THE best way to improve your game is with lessons and range balls.
Styles
Jul 21, 2017 at 5:55 pm
I can see how someone could be so self-absorbed they could write this article and not realize how inappropriate and awful it is. I cannot see how any gWRX editor could sign off on releasing it to the homepage.
CCGolfTx
Jul 21, 2017 at 5:53 pm
Worst article ever written on this website. The author is totally out of touch. People will not be judging him due to the clubs in his bag but rather his total lack of character and originality. He is 40 years old but seems to have the credibility of a sophomore frat boy who loves torturing pledges more than life itself. I do hope he realizes that the players on the champions tour can actually play excellent golf. Also, leave The President of the USA out of it.
Lloyd
Jul 21, 2017 at 4:15 pm
Circle jerking forum gearheads squealing like stuck pigs cause they didn’t get their sexy clubs fitted for their weenie swing.
Can’t love unfitted clubs cause that makes them imperfect and inferior.
Grizz01
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:46 pm
30 years of Club Componet Companies like Golfworks, Golfsmith (gone now) and the old Dynacraft company. Along with every OME company… if golfers don’t know they need to be fitted… they’ve had their head in the sand. Let them be…
Pured
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:45 pm
Brilliant!! FINALLY a refreshing read in the forum of golf that I would happily tip my cocktail glass to any damn day. Cheers!
2putttom
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:28 pm
Guys will judge me silently when they look in my bag and assume I don’t belong there. Be my guest, fellas. I’ll be the one on the patio chilling with a Woodford on the rocks after signing for a 65 while the guys with the flashy blades crowd around the scoreboard and stress out, hoping that their 73s get them into a playoff for the last spot. Now onto much more important things, like those pleated trousers…
And I’ll add skinny jeans to the pleated trouser list
Jay Bengston
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:06 pm
I have trouble believing the equipment change would make as big of a difference as described for someone with a good game. But all the whining about the author describing how well he plays is funny. He obviously had to emphasize that point or else be dismissed a hack by blade playing 80 shooters.
cg
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:05 pm
how does he measure where the CG is?
Timbleking
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:02 pm
I personnally think that, after 16 years playing and si many iron sets played (not far from 100 now), club fitting simply sucks. No figure will tell you how good you feel behind the ball and how confident you are, which is actually key to good golf playin’.
I dropped a set of Titleist 714 CB from the Tour Van to play my best rounds in years with…my girlfriend’s Wilson DC half-set. And each time I do that, I poay in the low 70. Conclusion is simple…
cody
Jul 21, 2017 at 2:42 pm
works at golftec is all you need to know about this guy… moving on
Jim
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:48 pm
Hahahahaha!!!
HooYah that!!!!
The absolute worst
sam
Jul 21, 2017 at 2:30 pm
shank of the week……
theD0n
Jul 21, 2017 at 2:15 pm
Having read the last few issues of Golf Magazine (the subscription I got for free by buying stuff from Global Golf), I noticed a huge push to players to get fitted for their clubs. Yes, it’s another revenue stream for the golf equipment business. Yes, I realize that if I wanted to play my best, getting fitted is one of the best things I could do for my game. However, this article confirms my suspicion, that custom fitting reeks of affluence. How much did all this cost? I’ve read articles that a fitting at Club Champion, combined with the purchase of whatever they recommend, can set you back $6k-$8k or even more.
If this is the way golf is headed, then I’ll let the rich have their country clubs, their crappy Woodford Reserve, and their custom fittings. I’ll continue to buy my clubs off eBay, fill up my flask with Four Roses Single Barrel, and head out to the mini down the street. Ha!
Someone
Jul 21, 2017 at 6:41 pm
So being someone that has gone to club champion, I will tell you that the price reflects what you tell your fitter. If you ask for exotic tour equipment with ultra rare shafts, etc, that is exactly what you will get. If you ask for moderately priced, it reflects, and so forth. You only get what you ask for. When you tell the fitter “I have no limited find me the best gear for my game,” you open yourself up to premium prices. That’s not to say that you can’t play your best with less expensive gear now! I didn’t ask for the most expensive, but at the same time I didn’t ask for the cheapest. I asked my fitter to show me options, and when something was too expensive for me I asked for its less expensive yet comparable brethren and they complied. Hit the setup in Trackman and either proved to be slightly under or pretty much the same as the more expensive option.
My advice to you, don’t go by what others say 100%. People will be turned off when they find out that there’s better gear out there for them, but they’ve wasted years buying used or off the rack only to find out they’ve spent just as much as they could have on a fit set from club champ. To make things even better, you can purchase part by part. You don’t need the entire bag immediately. My entirely new set would’ve cost me 3k. I ended up changing my iron shafts and my putter and my game improved from that alone. The gains from my iron heads to the new ones was good but I decided to play my head longer since they were still in great shape. They happily oblige. They had no problem tweaking the setup to meet the specs that we measured, tested them out to confirm and then the deal was done. I did what I could afford at the time. Getting fit by them was the best decision I’ve made in golf so far. If you’re hesitant about the price, wait until the holidays when they do their entire bag fitting for 50% off. In addition single portion fittings (woods, irons, wedges, etc.) are only 33% off. Those deals happen pretty frequently. And to make things better, they honor their lifetime warranty. It’s not for the lifetime of the clubs, it’s for the lifetime that you are working with them using the equipment they make for you. In addition the tolerances hey have are more restrictive than oems, so clubs are setup with +\- 1gram whereas OEM’s accept +\- 5grams or sometimes more. They will work with you, your fitter will stay in contact with you and help you with your transition and follow your game with you. Unhappy with the equipment they built for you, they’ll do what’s necessary to make it right, even if it means sending it back and changing it out. Again this is only for the equipment they provide. So for my case, it’s only the putter and he iron shafts. But the guarantee still applies. I am not really feeling my putter lately and it’s been off. I’ve been wanting a slightly heavier head and putter so I may take it back and let them know to see what other options I have for putters. They’ll put what I’ve paid already towards the cost of the new equipment. If it’s less, then they swap it out, obviously if the new stuff is more I gotta pay thee difference. The key idea is that you get fit by them, but you also keep a lasting relationship with them to help keep your game on par. Yes it is a business model but at the same time the long term relationship with the customer satisfaction and support is far greater than any temporary sale on a club that you’re gonna sell in 6months looking for the next greatest thing. How frequently does a pro change teachers? How frequently do they change gear? Not that frequent at all…so it only makes sense that your gear supplier be consistent as well.
SeanSpicer'sResignationLetter
Jul 21, 2017 at 2:13 pm
Great article and something to think about. I play blades myself, but often feel that my tendency to hit the ball closer to the toe would lend itself better to a different club. Or I could use lead tape.
Keep it up!
Someone
Jul 21, 2017 at 6:44 pm
Hitting the toe is not the sign of equipment change, it’s a sign of setup adjustment. I.e. Move a little closer or don’t pull your hands in so much in the swing etc. the clubs will always do what the user requests of them. The club wasn’t doing edginess to hit the toe more frequently than others.
Spend more money on club adjustments or just get your swing looked at to determine if it’s as Si mole as stepping a half inch closer or swinging a little more outside
SeanSpicer'sResignationLetter
Jul 21, 2017 at 8:07 pm
conversely, if, for a given loft lie and length, i’m hitting the ball more towards the toe than the heel, one might infer that with all things the same, having a CoG more toward the toe would help me. Put another way – holding my swing as constant (which I’m the first to admit is a mistake itself), I would be better served with a club that fit my swing, having a toe-bias to the CoG.
Sean
Jul 21, 2017 at 1:41 pm
The game of golf is about scoring, not what clubs are in your bag, and the scorecard couldn’t care less what clubs those are. There is a lot of ego involved in golf, from the kind of equipment one has, to what tees are played. If some people are concerned about “appearances” then they have bigger problems then their x-stiff shafts.
Totally unnecessary comment on POTUS. By the way, he chased down a Marine’s cover, twice. Another sign of laziness?
carl spackler
Jul 21, 2017 at 1:25 pm
what a tool. i hope some guy with pleated pants, a visor and a set of mp-4s schools you.
Travis
Jul 21, 2017 at 1:18 pm
Is your profile name BrianL99???
Matt
Jul 21, 2017 at 1:01 pm
“I’ll be the one on the patio chilling with a Woodford on the rocks after signing for a 65”
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chinchbugs
Jul 22, 2017 at 6:54 pm
+1
Tom
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:55 pm
A couple of things:
1) Leave politics out of it. I don’t care if you like or dislike the President, your commentary had nothing whatsoever to do with the rest of the article. I think we are berated enough on a daily basis not to have it randomly shoehorned into a golf article.
2) I actually have had the complete opposite experience when it comes to clubs. I am a lower handicap (5) who plays a slight pull draw with a slower tempo and, attempted, smoother swing. I had played the same muscleback irons for years and had worked down to a 2 handicap. Four years ago I started listening to the wisdom of magazines, commentators and the Internet that I needed more “game improvement” or whatever you want to call them, irons with lighter shafts, bigger sweet spots, and, different centers of gravity, because the pros are moving in that direction and so should you! I did my research, got fitted, and chose my clubs. Long story short, I went from shooting in and around par to not being able to break 80. It took 4 years of trying to fix my technique to ditch the GI irons and go back to irons with less offset, heavier shafts, and thin topline. My scores came down so fast it was almost miraculous. Get fitted, seek the opinion of experts, but ultimately, use what you’re comfortable with and enjoy yourself.
Grizz01
Jul 21, 2017 at 3:52 pm
Good reply! I’m still playing with my 1994 Lynx Parallax irons. I’ve had to move on with some wedges because they wear down quicker. I know these Lynx are anywhere from 1.5 -2 club lengths shorter than what is marketed today. (because all they are doing is changing an old 5 iron to a 7 iron length and loft). It doesn’t bruise my ego one bit when someone takes out less club than I do. (Actually makes me look pretty good that I can still hit a 2 iron when the lowest iron in their bag in a 4 or 5.)
Hmmm
Jul 21, 2017 at 4:57 pm
“We”? As in the people who berated the previous president constantly based on smears and lies about his religion (irrelevant in a country founded upon Separation of Church and State) and birthplace (just plain fake news)? Tom you should open your mind and free yourself from the mindlessness of partisan politics (this goes both ways!).
Grizz01
Jul 22, 2017 at 3:28 am
Just shut up…. enough with the politicing… Hmmm, you talk politics and get it wrong. The United States was not founded upon Separation of Church and State. Quit listening to garbage. Start reading and studying for yourself.
BIG STU
Jul 22, 2017 at 7:58 pm
Tom dead on it on all fronts even about the POTUS. Yep I played with muscleback blades all my life but recently switched to some forged CB Callys. Now I still maintain a 5 handicap playing only a couple days a week if that. Now if I go to practicing and playing everyday like I did when playing comp then I will more than likely go back to the blades. Since I do not practice or play as much as I used to I needed a little forgiveness in my irons. I am one who could give 2 hoots about what one chooses to play. I have caught a little heck on a couple of the WRX forums because I do not play the musclebacks much anymore. But then again I have been told the Callys I hit might as well be blades. Hey I play what I want to. Your last sentence on your comment says it all for me very well stated
Buford T Justice
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:42 pm
I don’t care about what other people thing, so, I’m going to write an entire piece illustrating how little I care about what they think.
I’m going to give specific examples about how I’m perceived.
I’m going to write a few fictional paragraphs about how the folks who are supposedly eye’ing my bag shot X, and I shot < X.
Then, I'm going to remind you again about how little I care about what people think.
Trying to convince us, or, trying to convince yourself?
AV
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:31 pm
Er…Rickie Fowler’s clubs are exactly what you need. Blades with tungsten plugs in the toe to move the “sweet spot” out towards the toe.
Ron
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:31 pm
Spend your money on lessons, not equipment changes. The biggest improvement you will see in your game will be from a series of lessons from a good pro. Not from switching from blades to GI’s.
Sam
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:11 pm
I disagree, for a tour player this is important, but for the rest of us you get on a trackman and play trackman to get clubs and shafts that are marginally better on trackman. Then you go out on the course and they don’t make a real difference at all. It’s a waste of time and money.
I just buy off the rack now, Dynamic Gold S300 is good enough for me and a Diamana blue board in stiff is fine. Where the money is in the wedges and putter, that is where rounds are made.
Mbu
Jul 21, 2017 at 1:20 pm
I agree with you.. , except for the putter bit. Good putters can putt with anything.
Chuck
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:05 pm
I was hoping that the payoff here would be one or all of these things:
1. A detailed description of what the author has in his bag. Heads, shafts, lies, lofts, swingweights, tipping, etc.
2. A sensible, readable, practical description of how to fit oneself for cubs, OR…
3. The name and address of one or more clubfitters who will make a big difference in our golf games.
Most of this article was about the shape and weighting of iron heads. And actually, the OEM’s are ahead of us in this game, making more and more traditional looking clubs with more tungsten weighting out to the toe. (A good idea, I always thought.) But still, if the point of all of this is to do a lecture on the shape and weighting of iron heads, that’s fine. But it isn’t a lot of “clubfitting.”
Travis
Jul 21, 2017 at 11:57 am
The only thing I came away with from this article is that the writer doesn’t like Trump and really likes himself.
Darrin
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:32 pm
My thoughts exactly. We really need to use an article about golf equipment as a venue to make opinionated and unsubstantiated political commentary. Shows a total lack of class (wow how ironic) and character.
Brian
Jul 21, 2017 at 11:12 am
Ever hear of Maltby?
Maltby the Physicist
Jul 21, 2017 at 1:19 pm
Yeah, exactly. This measurement created by some “unknown physicist” is the C-dimension in MPF and has been published for most irons for years and years. There’s no secret special sauce in this data.
S-maleBootieSlam
Jul 21, 2017 at 11:09 am
What a tool.
Jason
Jul 21, 2017 at 11:05 am
I think my IQ is lower after reading this.
Pixlputterman
Jul 21, 2017 at 11:03 am
Leave the politics out, PLEASE. I didnt read past the first paragraph.
Donald Trump
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:58 am
Your clubs would fit if they were single length. But you keep telling yourself they are a fad as you hit your snap hook OB.
Ray Koobatian
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:54 am
All golfers should always get fitted for their clubs, shafts, equipment. That being said whether you would like to play blades muscle backs or cavity backs should be a personal choice for each golfer. Playing something because you think it looks good should never be a determining factor in your selection of clubs. Also for those who have never played the professional tours, even a scratch index at your club level or public course level is not a determining factor for Q school or entry into the professional tours. Just ask Jerry Rice how that goes. He got his hat handed to him when he thought he could play the Nationwide tour a few years back.
Jacob
Jul 21, 2017 at 12:02 pm
What’s wrong with playing a club because you think it looks good? Everyone has their own priorities.
Greg V
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:54 am
Fun article. I forgot how much fun it is to practice with the eyes closes. As Percy Boomer used to say, when your eyes are closed, your senses are wide open. As a matter of fact, one summer I had a terrible time with my driver, and started hitting my tee shots with my eyes closes. Driver yips solved. Great game, right?
Desmond
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:51 am
Tough to find a fitter who will do what yours did for you.
But over the years, I’ve gone to ligher graphite shafts in irons, and my irons are more precise; I’ve gone to lighter shafts in driver and fwy metals, and while there is a balance, I find shafts that allow me to swing in balance. Still working on the eyes closed thing…
Patdugolf
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:30 am
What is this pile of words? Please cut this guy loose
Gordy
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:28 am
I play blades, but great article. I have recently thought about switching to a more game improvement iron just to see if the same thing as this article pointed out would happen to me. Only problem for me. I hit the ball really high and I think that more game improvement irons may make it go higher unless I flight the shafts down. But fun article.
Bob Pegram
Jul 23, 2017 at 2:09 am
If you put high flex point, tip stiff shafts in the game improvement irons they may even hit the ball lower than your current clubs. Shafts – especially graphite – can be made to affect launch angle and spin rate a great deal as well as affecting other shot characteristics.
Philip
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:25 am
A club is a club – play whatever you want – you don’t need to justify it to the world to be okay with what you want to play. I don’t play a blade (hard to get them anymore, anyways) so I play MBs. I do not play any worse with them over my SGi clubs, but I can get the ball closer to the hole with more precision – thus more birdies. Birdies are fun – I like fun, so I play the clubs that allow me to have more fun.
PXG PRO
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:25 am
WTF is this drivel?
Double Mocha Man
Jul 21, 2017 at 10:10 am
Bryan… thanks for the article with the color commentary. I have your old affliction… the pull hook. So the next time we sit down on that deck by the water for cocktails I will be hitting you up for funding for my new set of irons, with the sweet spot closer to the toe. But not to worry, I’ll pick up the drink tab.