What’s In the Bag? ***GOLF EQUIPMENT THREAD***

Next time I get fit I need it to be outside. I hit all of my clubs great on the sim. Less great outdoors but still fine. I don't know if I set up different indoors or what.
That's 100% what I ran into. Simulators loved my Cobra driver, I'd pound 280 yard drives board straight in sim league with it all over. I can count on one hand the number of times I did that outside. I'm dreading the thought that I just did the same thing again today, but we'll see.
 
Couple years ago I switched from a Titleist woods to the Callaway Mavriks. As kids increased my playing time went down. So I decided to invest in forgiveness from my woods and it was great. Still have the Taylormade Burner 2.0 irons. And I agree with whoever said that everyone can hit Taylormade, I'm a fan.

I have been using the Taylormade Tour Distance balls. They play great but seem to lose their pop really quick. Like halfway through a round I lose 10-15 yards off the tee, not sure if it is me or not. So grabbed some Kirklands to try out, have heard decent reviews. And I'm a hobbyist, so price is nice.
 
Just ordered a Taylormade Quad mini driver. I just can’t get used to the cartoony size of new drivers (have a SimMax2) so I’ve been driving with my 5 iron for the last couple seasons. It gets me out 220 average, so it has been enough on most holes but my approach game has suffered as I’m usually hitting a lot of 8 irons in when I should have some variety of wedge.
 
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Just ordered a Taylormade Quad mini driver. I just can’t get used to the cartoony size of new drivers (have a SimMax2) so I’ve been driving with my 5 iron for the last couple seasons. It gets me out 220 average, so it has been enough on most holes but my approach game has suffered as I’m usually hitting a lot of 8 irons in when I should have some variety of wedge.
Update, I'm thrilled with it so far. Only used it 6 times on Thursday, but 3 great results and the rest were workable results. Tons of spin has been part of my problem with drivers, and this one wants to go straight. I mean, it fights the off center strikes and if anything, seems to go straight in the direction that you missed it in, but still not significantly off line.
 
My son needs a new driver - he just has a starter set but he doesn’t like the driver so he uses a like a 25 year old driver that just doesn’t have much distance.

Any good place to get sized in DSM?
 
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My son needs a new driver - he just has a starter set but he doesn’t like the driver so he uses a like a 25 year old driver that just doesn’t have much distance.

Any good place to get sized in DSM?

If you can measure him at home, look at 2nd swing. I got my son a G425 max a few years ago for $175. Great club for the $$.
 
Update, I'm thrilled with it so far. Only used it 6 times on Thursday, but 3 great results and the rest were workable results. Tons of spin has been part of my problem with drivers, and this one wants to go straight. I mean, it fights the off center strikes and if anything, seems to go straight in the direction that you missed it in, but still not significantly off line.
One of the guys in my regular group got one of those awhile ago. His iron and short games are incredible, but hitting off the tee has always been a struggle for him. He just has a naturally steep attack angle. Obviously works for irons, but not what you want with the driver. I think the mini works for him because it’s basically a hybrid driver/fairway wood. In reality, he doesn’t really need it, because he has some 3 hybrid he bought a thousand years ago (for real, might have been when they first started making them) that he can hit anywhere from 180-255 on command. But, when he needs a little more off the tee, the mini works a lot better for him than the 445-460cc drivers.
 
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One of the guys in my regular group got one of those awhile ago. His iron and short games are incredible, but hitting off the tee has always been a struggle for him. He just has a naturally steep attack angle. Obviously works for irons, but not what you want with the driver. I think the mini works for him because it’s basically a hybrid driver/fairway wood. In reality, he doesn’t really need it, because he has some 3 hybrid he bought a thousand years ago (for real, might have been when they first started making them) that he can hit anywhere from 180-255 on command. But, when he needs a little more off the tee, the mini works a lot better for him than the 445-460cc drivers.
I have a naturally steep attack angle too. Just doesn't feel like I'm in the right position if I'm not doing that, so obviously I'm trying to fight that tendency as I set up with this club.
 
Update, I'm thrilled with it so far. Only used it 6 times on Thursday, but 3 great results and the rest were workable results. Tons of spin has been part of my problem with drivers, and this one wants to go straight. I mean, it fights the off center strikes and if anything, seems to go straight in the direction that you missed it in, but still not significantly off line.

What’s the loft on it?