Hey OT, I'm looking to buy some golf clubs. I'm a golf noob....

3 questions :

Is Buying golf clubs online a good idea (financially and play wise)?

If yes, then where's a good place to buy them?

Should I look at buying used clubs?

I had some success buying clubs on ebay (Pings) at a great price and have been using them for years.

 

Originally Posted by resilient

http://www.pocketfives.com/f13/golf-...mation-586018/

good thread resilient, so you think I should get custom fit locally... but that tends to be a bit too expensive for my taste, and that advice looked like it was geared to a 9 handicap... I'm looking for something more in the range of advice for a 40+ handicap.

I could see once I have a well developed swing, and am somewhere in the neighborhood of consistency, how custom fitting might benefit me... but at this time, my swing is so wildly inconsistent, I'm not sure custom fitting would be the way to go (both price wise and consistency wise)

 

Originally Posted by ChipArtist

I had some success buying clubs on ebay (Pings) at a great price and have been using them for years.

I've looked there a little bit. Were the pings you bought new or used?

 

Originally Posted by Tsupa

good thread resilient, so you think I should get custom fit locally... but that tends to be a bit too expensive for my taste, and that advice looked like it was geared to a 9 handicap... I'm looking for something more in the range of advice for a 40+ handicap.

yeah, you're probably fine getting a deal on the internet... but also consider going to the discount golf stores and looking at their used club inventory. You can get those even cheaper and you will be able to see how it looks and feels in person.

Go and demo the clubs that you look at. If you're completely new o golf you'll probably want clubs that are classes as "game improvement" or "super game improvement"

When you demo the clubs you can have the shop measure you up to see if you can get away with off the shelf. I was able to get measure for the wilsons i got 7 years ago and they were perfect from std (these particular range are +1inch shafts anyway)

Cliffs:
Demo lots of clubs
Get measured by an independent club fitter (get the measurements you need for shaft length)
Buy from the place with the best $$ and product support. You might get a god deal on clubs at one place, some will charge more for clubs and discount the shit out of bags, shoes, balls, etc...

Not sure about where to buy from, but I've looked at rockbottomgolf.com their prices seem pretty good compared to retail, but they have a limited range.

http://www.callawaygolfpreowned.com FTW

many of choices and great prices

 

Originally Posted by Golf_Nut01

rockbottomgolf.com, great prices and 3-4 day delivery.

I just put together an entire new set buying all clubs off eBay for MUCH cheaper than I could have in any store. I bought a couple clubs from Rock Bottom and there are a few other golf discount stores on eBay as well.

Don't buy used. You can get an awesome deal for new clubs online. Started building my set about 2 years ago - bought a set of Callaway x-18 irons for $400, TaylorMade Burner driver for $100, and Cleveland CG-11 54- and 60-degree wedges for $80 for the pair. Only club I bought in store was my Ping Karsten series putter because I tried every putter in a few stores before I knew what I wanted and I couldn't find it any cheaper online.

So to your three questions:
1. yes online is good
2. eBay, rockbottomgolf - you should find everything you'd ever want between the two
3. Buy new. There are plenty of deals on new clubs online where you won't save much by buying a club that you dont know how many times its been hit.

Also, don't feel like you need to buy the newest series of clubs. I bought the Burner driver that was the two years older model but I hit it much better when I demo'd both at the local driving range. Also, the guy at one golf store told me as I was looking at the x-18s and x-20s trying to figure out the difference, and he said the clubs are identical as I thought. Same thing happened with their newer models the x-22s.

Also, if you're looking for a bag, the Callaway Warbird bag is amazing.

 

Originally Posted by Tsupa

Thanks for the advice everyone. I just cashed out 5 hundo from stars, so I'm going to use that to buy some clubs. I'll probably go look here locally, as many of you suggested, find what I like, and then see if I can find it cheaper online.

You'll get off to a much better start in your golfing future if you find some less expensive clubs and spend at least $200 of that on some lessons to begin with.

I just started this year... my goal was to start with $300 out of pocket for equipment and then buy a new club every online tourney ship or so.

Most of my clubs were new, but I grinded eBay (also looks like you can get reasonable stuff on craigslist, then again I have no qualms about used when I first start a hobby in case I don't use the stuff nearly as much as I thought) and local stores and here's what I did.

Irons- bought a set of new Orlimar irons for $60 shipped instead of $200 because it was missing the 8 iron (still don't have)... I have 4,5,6,7,9,P,GW and that's been plenty.

Hybrid- Used full tilt points to get their hybrid and golf towel, showed up in a week, club seems fine...

3 Wood: Brand new Nike SQ Dymo2, being cleared out of lots of places for $99 now. I also, at the encouragement of friends, used this as my driver for the first couple months. If I ever actually pay for a lesson to learn how to not slice every shot 800 miles to the right, rather than listen to my friend's incomprehensible explanation of what I'm doing wrong over and over in increasingly loud assholish tones, this club will be awesome.

Driver: Bought a used Nike Sumo for $40. Was unaware at the time that it being a 16 degree driver made it for old people and pussies, and hit the ball farther with the 3 wood anyways. Is in the trunk of my car waiting for a Play It Again sports to show up.

Putter: Used Nike Oz Blue Chip, $25. I fucking love this putter. It's several years old but putting is usually the best part of my game and I feel like I have a lot more control with this thing than with friends' putters. I have been looking at a blade.


Bag: I bought a stand bag new for $45. It's completely homo, featuring such high technology as a pocket to store your valuables which is carefully and hilariously labeled "Valuables Pocket," a "Cool Zone," and well pretty much everything else you expect when you buy at low-end stores to save money. It holds all my clubs, beer, rainboat, random golf equipment, and more.

Have since purchased Nike Str8Fit Driver, which is pretty awesome. Got insane price of $139 delivered and it's legit. Next up is 8 iron, then maybe a 5 wood or a sexy wedge or 2.

Rather than start a new thread, I'll ask a question for OT golf savants and hope to get an answer or 3:

Anyone have any thoughts on Brush Tees? We had a walkon join our threesome last month and he played with these and said it had really helped straighten out his drives. I picked up a pack but haven't played much aside from Par 3s lately so haven't really used them...

 

Originally Posted by buchiYAYO

Are these legal? I think it would have to be more mental than anything to improve ur game

I found some of those for sale here -> http://www.pinemeadowgolf.com/golf-c...ools.brushtees

The reviews on them seem pretty good, but you're probably right, it's just mental. According to the description :

Conforms to R&A and USGA Rulings
The Brush Tees allow you to launch your drives without resistance or deflection and gain up to 7 additional yards without having to change equipment.
The innovative Brush-T allows you to tee your ball on flexible synthetic bristles that bend on impact, creating a feel of driving the ball off the air. These bristles provide significantly less resistance which produces dramatically longer and straighter drives.

On an unrelated note, I did a lot of research today and settled on buying some irons from Giga Golf. They are the GX922's. Apparently they are Callaway X-22 clones, but I read a lot of reviews and most people were impressed with them. I just bought a single 3 iron, so I can try it out. If that works out well, then I'll buy a set (4i-SW).

 

Originally Posted by buchiYAYO

Im sure you can find used x22s for ~300-350 if you just ask the dude at the golf store if he can do any better.

You sure? He wanted $700 for used Ping G10's... He tried to sell me some Bazooka's for $160. Maybe I need to try a different store. The only thing I'm concerned about is that I need a 1-2 degree flat lie. I'm worried about buying used clubs, because if they've previously been adjusted, then another adjustment could break them. Also need a 1/2" shorter on the shaft, which is hard to find on the the used clubs.

[edit] www.callawaygolfpreowned.com has the X-22's pre owned starting at $459 (steel shaft) and going up to $679 (graphite)

 

Originally Posted by Tsupa

You sure? He wanted $700 for used Ping G10's... He tried to sell me some Bazooka's for $160. Maybe I need to try a different store. The only thing I'm concerned about is that I need a 1-2 degree flat lie. I'm worried about buying used clubs, because if they've previously been adjusted, then another adjustment could break them. Also need a 1/2" shorter on the shaft, which is hard to find on the the used clubs.

[edit] www.callawaygolfpreowned.com has the X-22's pre owned starting at $459 (steel shaft) and going up to $679 (graphite)

choke up brah

Im more interested in laser range finders what up w that, lets play a game called "find a really good laser range finder for cheap and link it here" GO!

You were concerned that brush tees were illegal, so figured you'd care that laser range finders are illegal.

Rule 14-3b : http://www.usga.org/Rule-Books/Rules-of-Golf/Rule-14/

Dicks Sporting Goods has new x18 irons for $263 or something like that right now, as well if they have r-7's from Taylormade, they will be the same price. They can do all the work to make them - 1/2 and 2 degrees flat at the store. You can also get a nice 07 Taylormade Burner Driver for $129.99 or a 09 Burner for $149.99.