Vintage Five Clubs Sunday Bag Ideas

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I go to the range with driver, 5 wood, 8 iron, lob, putter. 

[Wilsonian]

So far I've been experimenting with a variety of combinations, but mostly consisting of some kind of wood, long iron, mid iron, short iron, and putter. That's the template.

 

The best combo has been a Wilson Laminated K-28 4 wood, the pyratone rough iron (2) a pyratone 4 iron, Wilson pyratone 7 iron, Wilson Tour Special II Putter (modern).

 

Switching away from the 4 wood has not worked very well. I find I like the rough iron best around the green. The 4&7 irons have been the most consistent. I've had trouble adapting to the very old putters, but I'm still trying.

 

At the end of this process I hope to arrive at a five club set to play with exclusively. I'm thinking that staying with the same clubs will help my scoring improve. My theory anyway.

 

I've also been experimenting with several 8 iron niblicks and dropping the 2 iron. I really like a niblick, and with the 4 wood the Rough Iron might prove to be superfluous.

 

Tomorrow I'll be taking the following:

*Wilson Aero-flo Turfrider Driver

*Wilson Laminated 5 wood

*MacGregor Hickory Jigger

*Wilson Pyratone 7 (Mashie-Niblick)

*Hickory Zenith Putter

Playing a Callaway Super soft ball

 

I think I'm getting close. I don't really think I can live without a high lofted fairway wood in the bag. So the real question boils down to either bringing a driver or dropping the driver for another iron. Just thinking out loud. 

 

Edited July 21 by Wilsonian

[Wilsonian]

The Wilson Laminated 5 wood was a disappointment. Hit a couple of good shots with it, but didn't like it enough to justify keeping it.

 

Liked the Wilson Driver. That's club will stick around for a while.

 

Liked the hickory jigger. Hit a few good shots and ran them up on the green. That one is a keeper.

 

Started to get the hang of putting with the hickory putter. Worked best with a popping stroke. That is also a keeper. I got my hickory bag today so now I have 2 jiggers, a putter, and a niblick for it. Hopefully I can find a decent mashie soon, along with a hickory spoon. Then I'll be all set except for a mid-iron.

 

Tomorrow's bag will have:

*Wilson Billy Casper 4300 Laminated Driver 

*Wilson Laminated K-28 4 wood 

*Wilson Coated shaft 7 iron

*Wilson Ryder Cup 8 iron 

*Wilson Gene Sarazen 5 star putter 

 

Today I broke 100 so I was happy, but I still want to work my way through the vintage clubs I have yet to try. At least this is a fun experiment. 

 

[Wilsonian]

Today's round was really fun. I think I finally found a driver too. The niblick was only used twice, so it may be a bit superfluous to carry. I could have used my 4 iron more times, so might be swapping those two. 

 

The niblick did come in handy on #8, where my normal bump and run was thwarted by a dirt pile on the edge of the green. Had to do a flop shot with the niblick which left me 15 ft from the pin and a 2 putt bogey. 

 

They are now removing the old sprinklers and have left large holes everywhere. Looks like they are removing them first, then filling in the holes later. 🤔

 

All in all it was a fun morning. Took a great step towards settling on the right combination. Next round will be carrying: Driver, 4 wood, 4 iron, 7 iron, putter. All vintage. I got along well with the Wilson Gene Sarazen 5 star putter today. It's starting to grow on me.

 

Finished 18 in 2.5 hours. Shot a 91 and was very close to breaking 90 for the first time. Had 5 pars today, which was cool. Weather was mid 60's and muggy. A fun day.