Joey's Golf Bag

I’m happy to report that my back is feeling much better, and I believe I’ll be ready to play on Thursday. In the meantime, I built a new driver (photo tomorrow). I built a Wishon Golf 919THI driver using a hand-selected 11° clubhead, square clubface (normally 0.5° closed) with a Wishon Golf 7-B2P driver shaft, R-flex and a Wishon Golf V-Series oversize grip. I swingweighted the club to C-8 this time. I plan to test the driver at each swingweight between C-8 and D-2 and see what swingweight yields the best ball-striking, using lead tape to add swingweight.

Since I had the gripping equipment set up, I also regripped my Wishon Golf 949MC 7-wood, my Wishon Golf 915F/H 4-hybrid and my Wishon Golf 525GRT driver. I used the same grips I had previously on each club, which were the Wishon Golf V-series putter grip for the putter, and Golf Pride DD2 midsize grips for the other clubs. While I love the feel of the DD2 grips, they aren’t very durable. I got about a year’s use on the 525GRT driver, but only about 9 months on the 7-wood and 4-hybrid, but I really should have regripped these clubs about 3 months ago as wear was evident then. I need to replace the grip on my 949MC 4-wood also, but didn’t have another grip to put on it. Because of the cost, I’ll probably revert all my fairway woods and drivers to the Wishon Golf V-series grip. That grip has nearly the same feel as the DD2, but only costs about 1/3 as much (and is more durable to boot). I do have to put 3 layers of tape under the V-series grip to get the same diameter as the DD2 grip, a minor inconvenience.