Today from the Forums takes us into the bags of the wives of WRXers. WRX member, Yuck, began the discussion and gave us some great insight into the clubs that his wife currently plays:
“My wife is an avid golfer. She started playing about 35 years ago when we were dating. Once the kids were grown, she got better. 5 club championships in the last 10 years at 3 different clubs. She is now in her “early 60’s” and has lost a bit of speed, so she finally replaced a very old set a couple of years ago. She plays men’s senior shafts on all except her three iron, which is a project x 6.0. ( go figure??). She does beat me gross on not so rare occasions. She still shoots upper 70’s on good days.
Here is her WITB for what it’s worth.
- 915 D2 12 degree redboard 60g ( I talked her into giving up her 10.5 degree 975 D driver a few years back) Her Driver speed is down to the high 70’s these days.
- Callaway X 3,5,7 woods, Fujikura Banzai 65g A flex
- Bridgestone Air muscle 3 iron, project X 6.0 ( stolen from my bag a dozen years ago) she calls it her “Tree iron” for hitting low bullets under branches.
- PXG 25 & 28-degree hybrids KBS TGI 60g graphite. A flex
- 7-GW PXG 0311 P, Steelfiber 70i. A flex
- 20-year-old Michela sand wedge. ( she won’t replace this one)
- Highway 101 number 7 style putter. She is a much better putter than me.”
Yuck asks fellow members if any other WRXers’ wife uses “not so generic clubs” and our members divulge the clubs their partners are using in this “WITB – Wives’ Edition.”
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
third-times-a-charm: Quite a few of the ladies at the club have neat bags and are quirky about their selection. I’ve seen PXG stuff and even CF16’s (not counting our LPGA members bags) and lots of ‘mens’ clubs with A/L shafts, but the majority is a mix of old SGI stuff and ‘made for women’ stuff from PING and Cleveland from the early 2000s. My wife is one of the most modern and interesting I’ve seen IMO, mostly from my being on here and playing ‘personal clubfitter’ for her.
She has:
- Mizuno ST190 10.5 Driver / Fujikura Pro XLR8 L Flex Shaft 43″ (We just moved to this from the JPX900 440cc driver, and she gained almost 20 yds)
- Mizuno JPX900 3-wood / Fujikura Pro XLR8 L Flex Shaft 42″ (She won’t let this go, it’s her ‘magic’ 3 wood)
- Mizuno JPX900 4H and 5H / Fujikura Pro L Flex Shafts
- Nike Vapor Speed 6-PW (She cycles the 5i in and out of the bag with her 5h depending on conditions, she used to play both of them, but I made her take one out as to focus on being good with just one of them)
- Cleveland CBX 52 and 56 Wedges with KBS Tour Wedge shafts (She will be switching these out to the Callaway MD5 JAWS wedges w/ Catalyst 6.0 Mens graphite shafts as soon as I can find a deal on them)
- PING G Le Oslo Putter
- Bridgestone E6 Lady balls
- Nike Sport Lite II bag (she walks 9 holes by herself sometimes)
….and she shot her first 95 again (gross) last weekend after our first kid earlier this year.”
player12: “My wife started playing when she retired at age 48…former college bb coach, can shoot the heck out of free throws/3 pt range; but a sport such as golf was quite foreign initially. She started with my old TM MCG 5-PW and TM woods re shafted for her length and SW. Started at 30hc index..stuck with it (never thought she would). shes now a 14.5 index and moved on to:
- Callaway Fusion 13.5 45.5 Recoil 450 F2
- Callaway X2Hot 15 43 Aldila ATX 55 SR flex
- 3,4,5 Callaway 2018 Big Bertha Hybrids Recoil ES 460 F2 (1* lie up)
- Callaway 6-AW 2018 Big Bertha Irons Recoil ES 460 F2 (1* Lie up)
- Callaway Mack 3 54 (bent to 55) and 58 (both 1/2 in long)
- Odyssey 2-ball Putter (won in a giveaway and won’t part with it)
- Callaway Supersoft, Bridgestone E6, and she also likes Kirklands
A million shirts, shorts, skirts and pants and more shoes than I can count..and most of all, a whole large box of TPC Players caps.”
ChipNRun: My wife uses Adams Idea – Petite boxed set, which she got fitted for in 2014. She’s only 4-foot-9, so the female player’s rep at Golf Galaxy made three coordination calls with the factory in Ft. Worth regarding the fitting. For one thing, Adams was able to flatten lie slightly on irons, and on long-hosel hybrids too.
Adams sent her clubs “grips in the box” to GG so the rep could do a final fitting. Good move, she needed another half-inch off each shaft for a good fit.
Club mix:
- 12°
Driver(she uses 3W off, even hits her 5W longer. She leaves driver at home. I may have to contact Maltby/GolfWorks for cure. Their L-Tech model has a 15° driver with some extra-light shafts). - 3-5-7W (45-gram Idea shafts)
- 5, 6 Hy (50-gram Idea shafts)
- 7i-SW (50-gram Idea shafts)
- Adams Yes! C-Groove putter.
- Callaway Extra Lite 4.0 carry bag | Footjoy golf shoes | Pinnacle Soft golf balls | Assorted gloves.”
wchahn: “Here’s my wife’s set up – she was fit at Club Champion
- Callaway Rogue Driver 12.5 – Grand Bassara shaft
- Callaway Rogue 4 wood – Grand Bassara shaft
- Callaway Rogue hybrids 19, 22 – Fujikura Vista Pro shafts
- Callaway Rogue Pro 5-GW – Fujikura Vista Pro
- Vega 54 wedge
- Cleveland 56 sand wedge
- PXG Brandon putter
She tried a bunch of super GI irons and hated them but loves her Rogue Pros.”