Know your golf clubs?

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I quite fancy taking up golf as an occasional hobby, but don't have any of the necessary kit or even know where to start. However, a bloke at work has offered me a second-hand set of Wilson Pro Staff Fat Shaft (snigger) irons, complete with stand bag, balls, tees, etc etc. Everything looks in good nick (to my untrained eye) and it's a nice little package.

He wants £130 for them. Is that a good price or a bad price?

 

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Had a look earlier and couldn't see the same set on there, but thanks for the pointer.

 

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No woods with the set (he's got some huuuuuge Callaway beast that he wants to keep) but I've already discovered from a few sessions at the range that I can't hit a driver as well as I can hit a 3 - at least not in a straight line anyway!

I could get a set of irons cheaper elsewhere, but like you rightly say I'm getting the whole load and a nice Wilson stand bag for £130 (or less when I haggle him down). But am I grabbing the first offer in front of me when I could spend £130 on something else? Last thing I want to do is shell out on something that I'll either outgrow or find unsuitable in a short space of time.

And the funny thing is, nin9a, you're the third person to recommend the Deep Red irons to me, but at £250 for a set of the Deep Red 3 and stand bag they're just out of my price range, especially for a first time buy!

Apart from Direct Golf, Online Golf, American Golf and Discount Golf Store, are there any others that I could mooch round? I'm hoping that being Golf stores I can mention those names?

 

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the clincher for me is how they feel when you swing them - try before you buy if you can. if they feel right go for it, if not time to look elsewhere.

Taking them down the range tomorrow so will see how they feel. Had bought a Nike Slingshot 6 to play with and have found that very responsive, so will compare these Wilson's and see how they feel.

The one piece of advice I will offer,is, take lessons before you take up the game. It is very very easy to fall into bad habits straight away and very hard to iron them out once they set in.

Got myself booked in for a series of four starter lessons already, so will hopefully find myself heading in the right direction soon.

Now all I need is a set of shoes. More expense!

 

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You can pick up a cheap set (Irons, Woods, Putter + Bag) for 69.99

I got my shoes from Sport and Soccer for about £15.

I'm extremely wary of cheapy sets of clubs. My colleague picked up a full set of Dunlop 65i's from some sport shop at the bargain price of £90 and some of the clubs are already coming apart at the joints. I almost lost the head of the 5 iron down the range yesterday!

I guess a second-hand set carries no guarantees, but I'll be able to get my money back from matey-boy should anything happen with his set. Doesn't mean I'm going to buy them though, just need to find something better for the money.

Shoe-wise I'm fighting a losing battle because I have a heel deformity and I need to wear shoes that will support my feet in the right places. It's a nightmare trying to find smart or casual shoes that support my arches properly and I can feel another horror show coming on with golf shoes.

There is a set of fat shafts on ebay right now with 1 day to go and no bids for £30 these are steel shafts, £130 sounds a bit steep, are they graphite shafts or steel, you dont need graphite shafts in an iron, just lend some clubs off someone and see if you like it

Must have missed them, can only see a £99 BIN for the FS IV 5-PW.

 

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What's the crack with custom fitting then? Who benefits from it and who are 'normal' clubs set up for? Is it the median height/reach/etc?