What is makes your bag an unorthodox/quirky set-up?

[macedan]

The top of my bag has always been a cluster****. I can't even look at a hybrid to save my life, but do well with iron designs...but also need something high launching...but also need a little more forgiveness than a 15* 3W.... but also want a dedicated tee club. This conundrum led me to my current set-up, which I'm hoping will last me for sometime. I play mostly parkland courses, with some short par4's and occasionally gusty conditions. After several rounds of trial and error, the top of my bag now goes: D, 16.5 3HL, 18* 2u, 21* 5HL (cut 1"), 5i. I haven't (with my own eyes) see another bag with a DI between fairway woods. What about your bag makes it quirky?

[lefthack]

It's lefty? 🤣

 

That and my irons are 1/15 and only like 5 sets are in the wild yet.

[Drivingrangehero]

11 minutes ago, macedan said:

After several rounds of trial and error, the top of my bag now goes: D, 16.5 3HL, 18* 2u, 21* 5HL (cut 1"), 5i.

Driver 

16* Wood

18* DI

19* Wood 

21* 4- PW, GW, SW 

Putter

[mcounci2]

Maltby wedges, Mizuno JDM combo set irons

Edited August 30, 2021 by mcounci2

[ShortGolfer]

It is designed for a short golfer with a very low swing speed. Light flexible graphite shafts.  High lofts for the longer clubs.

[A-A-RonCCC]

Playing all graphite shafts, three 8 irons (29* T400, 33* T300, 38* AP2), followed by 24* and 27* hybrids, a 7 wood and a mini driver all with JumboMax XL grips.  I'm trying to make the bag as easy as possible to play and it has resulted in some relatively unique selections which I would partially attribute to my index going from 20 to 13 this year.

 

 

 

 

[jsanderso]

My bag is a dog's breakfast of used clubs that I have picked up as I needed. Exception being the irons which were a used set I picked up en masse after falling in love with a wedge I had gotten previously.

[DevilDog]

21 year old MP 33 irons to start.  3 different kinds of wedges.  52 is a Vokey, 56 is a Cleveland and 60 is a Miura.  They all work for what I need them to do.  Driver is a Titlest and fairway a TaylorMade.  

[J.Bex]

That's not so quirky!

 

7 brands, 2 drivers - older one is longer with fade, newer is a little shorter with draw - 5W, different set 3 iron as DI, 4 utility or hybrid, 5 iron normally out of bag, players 6-PW, different set GW, GI wedges (CBX).  And you don't see many Cure putters around.  Waiting for challengers to bring the quirk....

[bladehunter]

19 minutes ago, A-A-RonCCC said:

Playing all graphite shafts, three 8 irons (29* T400, 33* T300, 38* AP2), followed by 24* and 27* hybrids, a 7 wood and a mini driver all with JumboMax XL grips.  I'm trying to make the bag as easy as possible to play and it has resulted in some relatively unique selections which I would partially attribute to my index going from 20 to 13 this year.

 

 

 

 

This guy wins ^^^^. For sure. My ocd just started to twitch. 3  8 irons??? You’re a brave soldier !  But seriously. Major props for working out what works for you.  20 to 13 is major league improvement!! 

[J.Bex]

Oh man I missed the three 8 irons post.  Love the setup @A-A-RonCCC.  If it works it works!

- Anti OCD crew

Edited August 30, 2021 by joostin

[Billfitz]

See below. Driver, three hybrids, 5-LW, all Cleveland, all senior shafts, all except the driver, SW and LW shafted long, all with Winn DriTec OS wraps.

[EddieEdwards]

Driver,5w,7w,9w, 5-pw,50,54,58, 30" putter

lether grips

[Bob M]

See below. Driver - 5w - 7w - 11w - 6H - 7-UW - 54* - 58*

[PJE]

1 hour ago, jsanderso said:

My bag is a dog's breakfast of used clubs that I have picked up as I needed. Exception being the irons which were a used set I picked up en masse after falling in love with a wedge I had gotten previously.

This is the most amusing thing I've read today. 

[NoTalentLefty]

The chipper

[PJE]

1 hour ago, A-A-RonCCC said:

Playing all graphite shafts, three 8 irons (29* T400, 33* T300, 38* AP2), followed by 24* and 27* hybrids, a 7 wood and a mini driver all with JumboMax XL grips.  I'm trying to make the bag as easy as possible to play and it has resulted in some relatively unique selections which I would partially attribute to my index going from 20 to 13 this year.

 

 

 

 

The three 8 irons, albeit with different lofts, is a really novel approach. 8 iron is such a fun and easy to hit club. Your 8 irons are probably close in shaft length?  I could see how this set up would work out well and be really consistent for the approach shots. 

Congratulations on dropping from 20 to 13 in one year!

[PJE]

Most of the time I play this set up:

Driver, 16.5 fairway wood, 20 degree hybrid, 5-P, 50 degree low bounce, 56 degree low bounce, 58 degree low bounce, putter. 

So the gapping in my wedges is odd but I don't get along with 60 degree wedges and I found I can use the 50 and  56 degree for a lot of different shots. 

Most of the time, I will play with  13 clubs but if I play a course which has genuine sand, instead of the packed clay that I usually encounter on the pastures I frequent, I will throw in a 54 or 56 with moderate bounce. 

[rgk5]

I carry two 6-irons. A Mizuno JPX 919 HotMetal at 26* and a Cobra Tour Forged at 28.5*.  Some times on my course I need the in between lofts for shots from 150-160 yds, depending on the slope and the wind.

 

The HM has a Recoil F3 shaft,the Cobra an Accra Tour 80 R.

[jbrunk]

I can't beat three 8-irons.  But I've got a 1° gap between 4 utility iron and 4 hybrid (no 5 iron); and three different iron shafts in my set: Modus 120 8i-AW, Modus 105 6i-7i, i95 4U.

[Poolparty]

Quirky? Soft stepped shafts, half inch stretched grips, everything is 1/8th over length based on how I measure and hold the iomic grip

[JD3]

Quirkiest thing is that it's always in a state of flux ... I'm always tweaking something, and if that tweak works then it often means tweaking something else to fit better as a set. Latest victim is hybrid shaft ... After getting iron shafts that are less butt stiff, I needed to switch out of the very butt stiff counter balanced KBS Prototype to a somewhat more even feeling and weighted project x evenflow black. This season so far I have changed driver shafts 1x, switched 3 wood entirely, switched hybrid loft and now shaft, I'm on my 4th set of irons , added another wedge, and swapped shafts on the other two. Putter is the only thing I've been really comfortable with for something like 5 years now. 

Edited August 30, 2021 by JD3

[macedan]

2 hours ago, A-A-RonCCC said:

Playing all graphite shafts, three 8 irons (29* T400, 33* T300, 38* AP2), followed by 24* and 27* hybrids, a 7 wood and a mini driver all with JumboMax XL grips.  I'm trying to make the bag as easy as possible to play and it has resulted in some relatively unique selections which I would partially attribute to my index going from 20 to 13 this year.

 

 

 

 

I'm trying out JumboMax Md right now? How are you liking them so far? I wear a Med. glove and started with Midsize CP2 Pro's and have thrown the JM on 9-50* and D so far to try them out. I love the ones on my three irons, but still need more work to be comfortable with the driver. That said, all of my Midsize's now feel like undersize.

 

2 hours ago, DevilDog said:

21 year old MP 33 irons to start.  3 different kinds of wedges.  52 is a Vokey, 56 is a Cleveland and 60 is a Miura.  They all work for what I need them to do.  Driver is a Titlest and fairway a TaylorMade.  

When I first got into playing a few years ago, I think I had a Cleveland CG4 PW, CG11 52*, an older Vokey 58* and a CG11 60*. I didn't know much about wedge gapping at the time haha

[Ghostwedge]

Two head covers on my bag, driver and putter.

The rest are irons. I know......boring.

[Roejye]

Reading this I don't have too quirky a set up in regards to having different clubs, etc. However I have some quirky loft gaps. I have 10.5° driver, 15° 3 wood, 17.5°-23°-26° hybrids, 6-AW irons (28°-50°), 56° gi sand wedge, to 64° sgi wedge (smartsole/sureout style). I've gone the route of a couple specialized clubs bought for fairly specific purposes. I originally bought the 17.5° hybrid specifically for one hole on my home course, but it's been very useful in many situations. The 64° wedge however has a very specific purpose. I will only use it when greenside and tight pins. I've tried using it a few times for longer shots but I have very little distance control.

[Soccerrick10]

Driver, 4 fairway woods (3, 5, 7, 9), no hybrids, 6-G, 54* sand, 58* lob and putter

 

[lefthack]

4 hours ago, DevilDog said:

21 year old MP 33 irons 

 

I still want a set, or combo 33/32. The MP32 6 iron I had was money.

[Nessism]

I play GI clubs.  Can't get any more quirky than that while hanging out on GolfWRX.  Oh, and I hate Titlist balls too.  

[jomatty]

I go driver, 15  wood, 21 wood (plus 3/4”), 22 hybrid, 25 hybrid (5 iron length with same shaft as my irons), ping i210 6 iron and x forged 7-p.  All graphite shafted including the irons.  For most of this year I had two 6 irons (one was epic forged that played as my 5 iron).  I like wacky set ups.

[capking]

My club grips are bigger than my putter grip.