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busbus 18 October 7, 2024 2 Comments

I will be 64 in November and sneaking up on retirement quickly. I am looking for more things to do with all this time I will be getting within a year or two. As for my background, I only ever played golf regularly for maybe two or three years–and my last round of 18 holes was back in 1994 (I am ashamed to say). But one season, I played with a friend mainly on a local nine-hole course and I ended up shooting a respectable 37 or 38 on the par 34 course regularly…but I was only 30 and 31 years old at the time. So, I better call myself a beginner.

I honestly have no idea what my club speed would be these days. I could hit the ball 160-170 yards with a 7 iron back in the day, but who the heck knows now? I am right-handed and do slice the ball, especially the driver–but it has to be because I crank it too much when I use the driver.

My son has taken up the sport last year. He is a high school teacher, so we will have many a day to play in the summer plus I have a couple friends who are egging me to join a league (they say I don’t have to be “good,” but they ain’t seen me [try to] play!). With all that, I plan on playing fairly regularly in the near future.

I can’t rightly remember how I played 30+ years ago, but it seems like I was always afraid to hit the ball low, so I don’t think I tore up the ground much, if that makes a difference. But I was also a line drive hitter and rarely had good loft–the only thing that really helped me back then was that I was an extremely good putter.

I was looking into a KE Max set because I believe I probably need to have as forgiving of a club as possible, but is that the best choice IF there is a chance that I might actually get better? Is the KE Max something that you can grow with or will I hit a proverbial wall with them after a while? In other words, should I possibly get a set of clubs hat I can grow into instead of a set that I might grow out of?

As for things like what angle I want a club to be bent or what kind of grip I want and other deep things like that, I honestly have no idea! I just want to play golf, be reasonably “okay” playing it, and find a set that I can have for a while.

Thanks!

Britt Lindsey Answered question October 8, 2024

Rlafoone commented October 8, 2024

KE4 Max is a good choice. In the event you think you might out grow them, it’s doubtful. Good irons and those I know who hit them, love them.
Highly recommend you get fitted by a local fitter. Might post where you live, possible a forum member is nearby who can fit you.

busbus commented October 8, 2024

That is what I needed to hear: It is doubtful that I will outgrow them.

Th best thing is that I live just south of Pittsburgh and I can jump onto I-70 and drive to Golfworks in about 2.5 hours. I plan on doing that in the very near future; I just wanted to have a semblance of a plan before I went.

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KE4 Max is a good choice. In the event you think you might out grow them, it’s doubtful. Good irons and those I know who hit them, love them.
Highly recommend you get fitted by a local fitter. Might post where you live, possible a forum member is nearby who can fit you.
That is what I needed to hear: It is doubtful that I will outgrow them.

Th best thing is that I live just south of Pittsburgh and I can jump onto I-70 and drive to Golfworks in about 2.5 hours. I plan on doing that in the very near future; I just wanted to have a semblance of a plan before I went.

Answer 1 · 2024-10-08T09:41:04+00:00

You are welcome. I never was one that you outgrow a certain type of club. If you hit it well and like it, keep playing it no matter what level of pay you are or get too. Yes, it’s possible that over time technology changes and there might be some advantage to a change, but in irons that rarely happens. Your preferences may change, in what you like to look at, or you may simply wear the clubs out and need to get a new set some day, but growing out of a certain design is not a thing players do, in my opinion. If a player gets better, or even really good, it may mean that they can play less forgiving clubs and still play well, but I have always asked, why would they? Why wouldn’t any player want the most stable and forgiving club they can play and enjoy the game with. It comes down to what a player likes to look at in many of those cases. Anyway, I could go on, but happy your getting back into the game and hopefully we can help you get the best clubs for you that will allow you to enjoy this great game.

Britt Lindsey

Would it benefit me to even bring my current set of clubs with me to a fitting? They are awful old; they are from the latest the early 1980s, maybe even the late 1970s. They are old Titelist Tour Models with steel True Temper Dynamic S shafts.

I will say that when I first started playing, I was young and poor and went REAL cheap with a set of Knight clubs back in the mid-80s and they have graphite shafts. When the friend who got me to play on a regular basis a few years later, he told me to try out his clubs and they were the same Titleist ones I have now. I was able to hit the ball MUCH straighter with no real change in the distance and I had much more control. That being said, all I still ever did was hit line drives with my driver with the occasional good hit.

I don’t think bringing 40+ year old clubs would be very beneficial, but maybe?

Also, what would you suggest I do prior to the fitting? Do you suggest I go to a driving range and hit some balls several times in the days and weeks before the fitting? If so, do I use these old things? Or would I be better off not having any sort of “habits” and start afresh?

This whole thing is so new and different for me.