JOKE OF THE WEEK
Golf Clubs with a Difference – FREE
There comes a time for all good golfers where you have to say, enough is enough. For me, this occurred around 2.45pm on Sunday 22 August.
These golf clubs were bought second hand in 2006.
Over the past 15 years they have provided very consistent results – 90% shithouse, 10% miraculously something positive happens.
I think the irons maybe perfect for someone around 5’6″. I am 6’3″. As a result, the stance needed with these has been difficult to adjust the swing to counteract the club length. Many variances on swing and stance have been tried.
They are very strong. Ping should be congratulated on the strength of the 1 wood. This has hit the ground very hard about 4-7 inches from the tee on many occasions, and the club seems unaffected. It can provide bad jarring through the shoulders, but I think all clubs would be similar.
The putter is good & comes with a silly velvet cover. Always reliable for 4 putts on each green & on very rare occasions a 3 putt. The putter is the only club in the kit that has only had 1 windy – on the 18th at Joondalup on Sunday. Admittedly it was a difficulty attempt, 40 metres from the pin. This putt actually went into a bunker, which is not easy to do.
The set is missing a few clubs – a 2 iron (in a tree in Bali), a chipper (also in Bali), and a 4 iron left somewhere on the Joondalup course – good course that one, except the houses are a bit close to the course.
They have a good aerial profile when thrown. The irons can easily go 35 metres with a run up, and make a terrific sound through the air. They bounce well on landing.
The clubs are resilient, having been called some terrible names, almost as much as the ball. However, the balls often disappear, never to be seen again. The clubs keep coming back for more (except the 2 iron in the tree, etc).
So, what is the best performing club? It is the Taylor Made 3 wood. This has only been used about 5 times and has a 30% chance of going straight (ish).
Included is a Titleist golf bag. The bag has large pockets. I generally take about 50 balls out for 2 days of golf. I will leave about 20 golf balls in the bag (left over from the weekend). These mostly have bad scuff marks on them & there is 2 practice/driving range balls.
There are tees in the front pocket. I would get new ones as these don’t keep the ball still on the tees. I have used these to scrape out dirt, rocks, sand & duck shit out of the groves in the irons, and they work well for this.
If you like sculling beer after a round, these are the clubs for you. They have created hundreds of penalties over the years.
All the golf played with these has been hungover (first 4 holes), and then boozed (remaining 14). Surprisingly the club’s performance is consistent.
It is hard to put a value on the clubs, but after thought… they are free to a good home.
I paid $1,000 for them. I have calculated that if I play 36 holes a year, they have cost me about $0.23 a shot (15 yrs x 36 holes x 8 shots per hole = 4320 shots). That is not including the windies, which would bring the cost down to around $0.21 a shot. That’s pretty good value!
There is also a pair of golf shoes thrown in. Adidas, size 10.5. These shoes have covered serious kilometres, and various terrain. Not much on short grass, but lots of thick scrub, and plenty of sand. Been in a few puddles too (mainly in Bali). The toes seem to turn inwards, mainly on the left shoe.
Available for pickup ASAP, otherwise they are going on the verge collection in October, unless put on the fire pit beforehand (weather dependent).
There are some action shots (short videos) if anyone is interested in seeing them in action.
If you would like to take them for a practise hit, no problem – just don’t bring them back.
My advice when I play golf is “expect the unexpected”. These golf clubs have been integral in delivering this over the past 15 years.
Nedlands WA