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Post by katana22 on Jun 29, 2019 12:36:08 GMT -5
I thought I might ask the question that a lot of people new to the game and/or BCT might want to know but might be to shy to ask for whatever reason. I know its something that I'm interested in hearing as I myself have been more inclined to use a stock set of clubs that I don't change from round to round or week to week.
Do you use a standard set of clubs that you don't change? Do you change your clubs week to week / round to round? if so why and more importantly how do you come up with what to change to? What the advantages or differences between Woods/Hybrids/Irons? example 3I vs 7W vs 5H which are all fairly close in carry and overall distance?
Hopefully we might get a good discussion going and maybe be of some help to others just starting out.
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Post by katana22 on Jun 29, 2019 12:44:19 GMT -5
So my set currently is D - 2W - 5W - 4I through 9I plus all wedges, When i 1st started playing I tried to fill that gap at the top end by leaving out GW and replacing it with a 4H but I found for me that my strength is in my wedge play so I just want all of them, I also tinkered around with dropping the 4 & 5 I for a 7W & 7H as I they seem to cover a better range of distance by lofting or de-lofting them compared to the irons but I never really got to make them work like I had hoped.
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Post by mayday_golf83 on Jun 29, 2019 13:16:42 GMT -5
So my set currently is D - 2W - 5W - 4I through 9I plus all wedges, When i 1st started playing I tried to fill that gap at the top end by leaving out GW and replacing it with a 4H but I found for me that my strength is in my wedge play so I just want all of them, I also tinkered around with dropping the 4 & 5 I for a 7W & 7H as I they seem to cover a better range of distance by lofting or de-lofting them compared to the irons but I never really got to make them work like I had hoped. I'm almost the the same, except I go 3W, 2I. My thought on not going 2W is 1) It's rare I'll need that club off the tee and 2) if I'm in 2W distance in the fairway, I'll likely go driver off the deck, knowing I'm less likely to mis-hit. 3W helps me cover the gap at the top a little better and distance is close between a 5W and 2I. I'll take the 2I just in case I need it for a rescue club out of the rough. I know some have played with going only three wedges to throw in an extra club to cover the gaps up top, but the thing about beginner clubs is they have a lot less spin than master or even pro clubs, so I like having all four in the bag so I can give myself the best options around the greens. My tweak this setup slightly if the course calls for it, but that's pretty much my stock bag right now.
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Post by Warwick Todd on Jun 29, 2019 13:20:22 GMT -5
If I can be a55ed playing a practice round I’ll make sure I’ve got the longest par 3 covered, but I normally play -
D, 4w, 4h, 4i-LW. I hit driver off the deck for a lot of 2nd shots on the par5’s. Wouldn’t give up a wedge so I’m ok with the gap from D-4w rather than risking having a gap between irons to deal with. Being somewhere around green high is good enough on the par 5s
I’m happy with plugging away in the top 10-25 here, i won’t be mapping out any short game figures or worrying too much about it at all, I’m enjoying it playing by feel 😇
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Post by Deleted on Jun 30, 2019 13:28:45 GMT -5
This is a good discussion topic and I like seeing how others approach this. I know that PDub does a lot of practice to ensure that he has the right set for each round.
I play master clubs in everything else I do in the game, so I have a bag setup that I prefer for those clubs, but it doesn't translate well to just clicking the "beginner clubs" setting and heading to the first tee, so I'm quite often changing my lineup anyway. Because of that, I've taken the approach of doing a practice round on the BCT course to see where the largest need will be. There have definitely been some weeks where you don't want to have big gaps in the longer clubs, so I've given up a lob wedge on those weeks for an extra long iron. However, there have even been some weeks where I've given up a random club, like 7 iron, because none of the par 3s needed it and then I could keep the lob wedge and still have an extra club at the top.
I do like Warwick's approach regarding the par 3s. I never want to come to a par 3 during my competitive round and be completely between clubs or not have a decent chance at getting a 15' radius to the hole.
Mayo's approach has me thinkin' a bit because he's right about the 2w, but I often have that in my bag, so maybe I shouldn't. I can live without going for the par 5's in two because you can't often reach them on BCT anyway, and I'd actually rather have that 92 yard wedge, which I'm deadly with.
All of that is to say, great question Mike, but my official answer is that I try to customize my bag based on the needs of that course for the week, whether it requires more longer irons, or if it's short enough that I can load up the wedges and leave some gaps at the top.
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Post by Davidius74 on Jul 21, 2019 17:57:09 GMT -5
I have a stock set that I rarely change. D-3W-3H,5H-5I,6I,7I,8I,9I,PW,GW,SW,LW-Putter. In my real golf bag I have D-3W-3H,5H-4I,5I,6I,7I,8I,9I-PW,SW-Chipper,Putter (chipper is a putter with some loft when just off the green but not in a position to putt, AKA Texas Wedge)
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