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What GolfWRXers are saying about golf’s greatest overachievers

In our forums, our members have been having a great discussion on overachievers in the sport. As a flip to my piece on golf’s 5 biggest underachievers, WRXer ‘Forged4ever’ has kicked off a quality debate regarding players who have maxed out their game to achieve significant success in the sport.
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.
- golfandfishing: “Corey Pavin. He has ALL of the things you don’t want to make the show. Small, skinny, weak, low ball flight, short, questionable ball striker. The guy just wanted it more than anyone else and willed himself to the tour. Just a smidge short of HoF. Shot freaking 26 once. Got himself into a playoff with Bubba Watson who is a full set of clubs longer than him. 185 is rescue club for him, hard wedge for Bubba. Corey was one of the best for a while; he absolutely overachieved. Got 500% out of his game.”
- oldpalchamp: “I look at this as the players who made the most out of limited natural physical abilities. Corey Pavin definitely comes to mind. Also these players: Paul Azinger, Zach Johnson, Mike Weir, Kevin Na.”
- iBanesto: “Padraig Harrington. He said he would have settled for a journeyman career.”
- No_Catchy_Nickname: “Lots of good comments here. From a European perspective, I’ll back up those who said Langer, and I think doublehans’s mention of Faldo is good. He went from being called “Foldo” to a six-time major champion. What about Francis Ouimet? Came from a modest background (caddy) to win the US Open in 1913, and 2 US Amateur titles, and later became captain of the R&A.”
- BNGL: “Zach Johnson has got to be in here, I think. To me he’s won at Augusta and St. Andrew’s, something not a lot of people have done. He’s a terrific putter accurate off the tee. But he predominantly draws it, doesn’t hit it the highest, isn’t long, but won and had a stretch there where he was there seemingly every week. I always thought he does the most with the least. Jim Furyk. One major, a FedEx Cup Champion, PGA Tour Player of the Year. Shot 58…and 59. We all know his unorthodox swing, but not great length solid iron player solid putter great wedges but dang who’d have thought he’d be the one to have the lowest score in history.”
- smashdn: “Webb Simpson. Not sure what list though. He either greatly overachieved with the one major or underachieved and is not getting the most out of his talent with only 6 wins. Davis Love III. Same deal though I lean more heavily to underachieved. He had tremendous length but only one major, cut 38 times out of 100 major starts and only 21 PGA wins. Martin Kaymer. I’d say he has overachieved. Three majors. Wish he could turn his career back on as well. Did Ben Crenshaw overachieve?”
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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.”
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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.”
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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.”
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