What's in My Bag

Since it's "Labor Day," I though this would be a good time to write about the clubs I labor with on the golf course. In the right hand column of this blog, you will see a listing of the clubs that I typically have in golf bag. I though I would finally take this opportunity to actually show you "what's in my bag." Although I typically walk and carry  my clubs in a Sun Mountain Swift X stand bag, I put the clubs in a larger staff-type golf bag for the above photo. The clubs are:

* Driver: TaylorMade R9, 10.5 degrees, Fujikura Motore 65 shaft, 44.5-in, R-flex. I have the shaft set in the neutral upright position and 4-6-4 gram weighs in the toe, back and front respectively.

* 3-Wood: TaylorMade Burner, 15 degrees, TaylorMade RE*AX 49 shaft, 42.5-in, R-flex.

* 5-Wood: TaylorMade Burner, 18 degrees, TaylorMade RE*AX 49 shaft, 42-in, R-flex.

* 2-Hyrbid: Nickent 3DX DC Utility, 17degrees, Aldila NV 75 hybrid shaft, 41.5-in, R-flex. This club plays as a 2-iron and I alternate between this and the 5-Wood.

* 4-Hybrid: TaylorMade Raylor, 22 degrees, TaylorMade RE*AX 65 shaft, 39-in, R-flex.

* Irons: TaylorMade Tour Burner, 5-Iron through GapWedge, TaylorMade Burner 105 steel shafts, R-flex.

*Sand Wedge: Solus 4.1, 56 degrees, True Temper supplied Solus proprietary USGW-38 shaft, R-flex.

* Lob Wedge: Solus 4.1, 59 degrees, True Temper supplied Solus proprietary USGW-38 shaft, R-flex.

* Putter: Odyssey White Hot XG #9, 3 degrees loft, 34-in.

  My Sun Mountain Swift X Bag

 Photos by The Muni Golfer

Practicing with the New 'Big Dog'

Fishers Glen Driving Range
4717 Fishers Lane
Philadelphia, Pa
215/533-9466

I have been wanting to up-grade my Driver, so last night I purchased a new TaylorMade Tour Burner Driver from Dicks Sporting Goods at the Franklin Mills Mall. The Driver was on sale and I had several gift cards from my recent birthday, plus a $20 off coupon, so I picked it up at a steep discount. It has 10.5-degrees loft and a Fujikura Re*Ax 60-gram shaft in regular flex. I already have the TaylorMade Burner 3-wood, so I thought this Driver would complement my bag set-up nicely.
On Friday, I scheduled to play a round with a friend at Mainland Golf Course, just northwest of Lansdale, Pa. From the reviews I've read about the course, a Driver is not necessary on most holes, but I still wanted to get to the Driving Range tonight to get a feel for my new Tour Burner so I can use when needed Friday. I also wanted to hit some 3-woods and utility clubs, since they will probably be the club of choice off the tee at Mainland.
It was unseasonably cool and a bit rainy, but I still headed over to Fishers Glen to hit a small bucket of balls. After warming up with 8 wedge shots, I hit 15 3-woods. They were some of the best tee shots I've hit this year. I then moved to the Driver and worked on figuring out how high I need to tee ball, ball position in my stance and swing tempo. I hit 16 balls with the "big dog," some good, some fair, a few I'd rather forget. But overall, it looks like I'll be able to have it in my bag on Friday.