TexasSportsman
Well-Known Member
This morning I bought my wife, Maria, a boxed set of Wilson's golf clubs for $400. She's from the Philippines and couldn't bring her set of clubs with her. I bought a Wilson's boxed set of clubs several years ago.
Mine came with a driver, #3 and #5 fairway woods, #3 hybrid, #5-#9 irons, PW, SW and putter. A 12 piece set including bag and head covers for around $350.
Maria's set includes a driver, #5 fairway wood, #5 hybrid, #6-#9 iron, PW, SW and putter and includes the bag and head covers. Once I buy a product I pretty much use the product without following any news or development.
I found out that many club makers have discontinued the #2-#5 irons in favor of the hybrid which replaces those irons. I believe it was in the early 2000 when they hybrid made the scene. However if you order custom clubs I am sure they'd be happy to make the entire set #2-#9 for a price, anything is possible if you're willing to pay.
I am not anywhere near the skills of a profession or serious amateur. I'm a man who plays for the enjoyment of the game and the scenery of the golf course. Some of those courses are lush with vegetation and landscaping. I know why so many like being on the course.
The course near our home was a part of the vast Exxon/Humble oil/gas field. The owners trucked in 300k cubic yards of fill to build the course. To pay homage to the history of the course an old oil well christmas tree was restored in its original location near the driving range. I doubt most people pay much attention to it. I noticed it my first time there.
Many golf courses have been fallen into disuse because the number of people taking up the game has dropped dramatically as the young prefer to play virtual golf and hunting on their phones. Several former golf courses, very nice ones, were sold for master planned communities, a bus barn and stadium for the local school district or a flood control project by city leaders who love nothing more than to create a solution for a problem that doesn't exist.
Those courses that survive end up as municipal courses that get very little of any money to maintain them. Its sad that a once vibrant and lush golf course becomes another failed government project.
If you have a set of clubs and haven't gone out in a while, do so, in between obsessing about the latest caliber, rifle or powder and trips to the gun range and whack a few golf balls. If you've never played the game its an exercise in patience and lots of it.
Mine came with a driver, #3 and #5 fairway woods, #3 hybrid, #5-#9 irons, PW, SW and putter. A 12 piece set including bag and head covers for around $350.
Maria's set includes a driver, #5 fairway wood, #5 hybrid, #6-#9 iron, PW, SW and putter and includes the bag and head covers. Once I buy a product I pretty much use the product without following any news or development.
I found out that many club makers have discontinued the #2-#5 irons in favor of the hybrid which replaces those irons. I believe it was in the early 2000 when they hybrid made the scene. However if you order custom clubs I am sure they'd be happy to make the entire set #2-#9 for a price, anything is possible if you're willing to pay.
I am not anywhere near the skills of a profession or serious amateur. I'm a man who plays for the enjoyment of the game and the scenery of the golf course. Some of those courses are lush with vegetation and landscaping. I know why so many like being on the course.
The course near our home was a part of the vast Exxon/Humble oil/gas field. The owners trucked in 300k cubic yards of fill to build the course. To pay homage to the history of the course an old oil well christmas tree was restored in its original location near the driving range. I doubt most people pay much attention to it. I noticed it my first time there.
Many golf courses have been fallen into disuse because the number of people taking up the game has dropped dramatically as the young prefer to play virtual golf and hunting on their phones. Several former golf courses, very nice ones, were sold for master planned communities, a bus barn and stadium for the local school district or a flood control project by city leaders who love nothing more than to create a solution for a problem that doesn't exist.
Those courses that survive end up as municipal courses that get very little of any money to maintain them. Its sad that a once vibrant and lush golf course becomes another failed government project.
If you have a set of clubs and haven't gone out in a while, do so, in between obsessing about the latest caliber, rifle or powder and trips to the gun range and whack a few golf balls. If you've never played the game its an exercise in patience and lots of it.
- I don't play golf
