Change For The Worst
 

I am an equipment ****. I have 6 sets of clubs in my garage. I tend to try out a different iron set, but have always gone back to my old EVO 31 blades. I just bought a set of forged blades that appear to be my new permanent set. I am playing with them very well. I have a new set of TM R7's that I played with 3 times before I decided to dump them.

It has killed my game Diane. I was around a 1 handicap when we started THP. Now I am about a 6. I now play a fade on every drive that was never the issue in the past.

So why do people keep buying new clubs seeking perfection? I understand that some people do need different clubs for whatever reason, but I'm thinking a lot of people want an instant fix they're never going to get with all the change.

I think with proper fitting and finding the right clubs, equipment can help quite a bit as long as you stick with it past the "honeymoon period" and work to better your game.

That is the worst because it screws with your alignment on iron shots and whatnot, in my experience.

Personally, I bought several different styles of clubs, cavity back, muscle back, blades, with steel shafts and with graphite shafts, etc to try out the different types to see which I wanted to play. I did exactly that, I played them and found that I much preferred blades to anything else. Recently, I thought I would switch to graphite shafts because of tendonitis in my left elbow that is really bothering me. I bought the TM's only to find out the offset and the cavity back with the thick topline were just more than I had bargained for.

I found a set of forged blades with factory stiff graphite shafts which I bought to see if they would give me what I wanted and I couldn't be happier. After playing my other blades for a couple of years, I switched after the first two rounds with the new clubs. I have finally found a set that I like the feel, look, and performance better than the set I was playing. The added benefit of having the less harsh impact of graphite shafts is a plus as well.

Being left handed, it is hard to sell them off. And that is how someone gets 6 sets of clubs in his garage.

When I was single....I changed clubs all the time. A set of irons or a driver would not last more than 2-3 months in my bag before I switched. I think that it messes the most with your consistency. Meaning that I would still have a good round and be able to shoot 73, 74 but my average was higher than it is now. Before my handicap would hover around 8 and now it hovers around 7.

Now being married I don't change all that often and I find that I am more consistent now. I have had my driver for 2 years and my irons for 6 months. Both of those are a very long time for me.

Now onto your second question, why do people switch. I think golfers are suckers for marketing, myself included. These guys are constantly barraging us with information that their "latest" club is even better than you could imagine. We get it in golf magazines, while watching golf, while watching the golf channel. How can we not fall victim to all of the marketing hoopla. Just watch the advertising "10 more yards". I know I think I would better player with 10 more yards.

Hmm....Interesting point. Your right I don't pay attention. Plus the commercials are awful. Who hangs out in separate bath tubs in the woods? And there are so many that at a certain point I tune it out.

I think that the best marketing that golf companies do is use the players themselves. We make this connection that if they play better or hit the ball further with this new equipment than we should as well.

JB has said in the past that trying out so many different clubs has hurt his game. Last summer I was a club ho, but now Ive got a set that Im pretty happy with and my hoing days are pretty much done.
As to why people switch clubs so often, they dont want to admit that the problem is their swing, so they blame the club and that pushes them to try a new club to fix their swing flaws.