How often should you replace your clubs?
(Excerpts from an interview with Pinemeadow Golf)
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Me: Any thoughts on when you should replace your clubs?
Guy Mount III: You need to scan the market to see where the new innovations are. We saw a jump 5-6 years ago when the first 300cc titanium driver came out. There was a big jump back then. And people jumped on that because it was more forgiving. It was much like the oversized tennis racquet.
Bryan O'Doherty: It seems that people tend to have more weapons in their bag and newer, sexier weapons in their bag, the closer they are to their foursome.
So when they tee off it seems like people will tend to have a number of drivers and be switching between drivers because that's where everything is on the line - they're up there teeing off the ball. Most people don't have 5 sets of irons, but they may have 5 drivers.
Guy Mount III: And they may have five putters...
Bryan O'Doherty: ...for when they get back on the green together. But when they're out on the fairway all by themselves (or - like me - in the trees), well, I'm just fine with my set of irons.
It's psychology. I like to try out the latest greatest drivers, and I like to have a variety of putters - depending on what's going on in my game. That's probably why titanium drivers are our number one sellers. That's where you want to have the latest and greatest.
It also depends on what you're playing. If you're playing with wood woods and blade irons, it makes more sense for you to buy new clubs that it would for a top golfer.
Because perimiter weighted cavity back irons and metal woods will bring a significant performance improvement for the average golfer. Because blade irons are hard to hit.
And there's no question that the metal woods are easier to hit and much more forgiving than wood was. So it really depends on what you've already got in your bag.
Now, if you got a new set of clubs three years ago, it probably doesn't make sense for the average golfer to change - though we like them too!
And we would invite them to look at the DoubleWall, because it has true application to the average golfer.
Guy Mount III: We talk about how the titanium drivers came along, oversized irons came along or some of these new mallet putters that really provide you with some alignment techniques that really help.
I really do believe that the DoubleWall is revolutionary in the fact that it will help the average golfer hit the ball longer and hit the ball straighter.
So when you talk about what causes you to change clubs, I think the DoubleWall is the kind of innovation in the industry that I think will get a golfer to change clubs, even though he may have bought a driver 2 years ago.
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