Joey's Golf Bag

I thought I would document how the contents of my golf bag have changed since I bought my first set of clubs in 2004.

My original set of clubs was the Signature Series Set from Golden Bear Golf that I bought from Costco. This is a 12 club setup, which has a driver, 3- and 5-wood, 3- and 4-hybrid, 5-iron through pitching wedge and a putter. I soon added a set of Tom Watson wedges (not the current model but a set no longer on their website) from Adams Golf. I learned to play with this set of clubs.

After the completion of the Masters class at the Golden Bear Golf Center, I set out to get a new set of clubs. My first irons were Callaway Big Bertha 2004 irons (4-PW; I later added a 3-iron), to which I added a Nike SasQuatch 3-wood, a Callaway Big Bertha Titanium 454 driver, three Cleveland 588 wedges (56°, 60°, 64°) and a Odyssey White Steel Mallet #5 putter, along with a Great Divider Journey stand bag to hold all my new purchases. I never did hit the Big Bertha driver very well, so I traded that club in on a Cleveland 3i HALO hybrid and a Nike SasQuatch Lucky 13 driver. I took the 3-iron out of my bag and replaced it with the 3i hybrid. This was the set of clubs that I used to break 100 for the first time at Sherrill Park.

I’d been experimenting with building my own clubs, but none of the clubs spent a great deal of time in my bag until I built my first set of irons, Toski T-58 irons. The T-58 irons played better than the Big Bertha irons, so I sold those irons to a friend and played with the T-58 irons for about six months. I also sold him my Cleveland 56° wedge and bought 49°, 54° and 64° wedges that fit better with the T-58 irons.

About this time I read the Tom Wishon’s book, The Search for the Perfect Golf Club, and changed my whole philosophy of what clubs to use. I built a set of Tom Wishon 770CFE irons, a 321Li 3-hybrid, a 915HL 5-wood and a set of CX Micro wedges (52°, 56°, 60°). These clubs joined my Nike SasQuatch driver and Odyssey putter, but I never really hit the 321Li hybrid well, so the Cleveland 3i HALO went back in the bag. This set of clubs was stable until I hurt my back and re-injured it after getting fitted for a Wishon 525GRT driver.

While my back was healing, I built a Wishon S2R Model 3 putter, which kicked out the Odyssey putter from my bag. I also built a new set of CX Micro Satin wedges (52°, 56°, 60°) so that the clubs were all the same length and used the heavier Dynamic Gold shaft (trying to slow down my quick tempo with a little more weight). After I got back to practicing, my only non-Wishon clubs were the Nike SasQuatch driver and the Cleveland 3i hybrid. I played that set for the last time at my swing clinic last week.

While I was resting from my back injury, I built a Wishon Golf 949MC 7-wood and a Wishon Golf 915FH 9-wood (4-hybrid). That completed my all-Wishon Golf bag!

So, how long do you suppose this bag will be stable? Don’t hold your breath… 😉

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