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I've generally bought all my clubs second hand, prior driver was Wilson d7, because even 10 years ago new was pretty pricey but now it's gone a bit mental, not to dissimilar to top end Nvidia gpus. My Wilson d7 Forged irons had barely been used (the 5 iron still had plastic wrapping on) and got for £240, which was an absolute bargain. Think my wedges were new but 2 year old models so not too expensive, putter was really cheap as really old model that I'd had before and loved.

If you haven't had any lessons yet, do, really makes a marked difference. You can sometimes find pretty cheap group sessions, there's golf England's Get Into Golf which got me started again.

Mrs crap found golf through work. When her team are on lates they will sometimes meet up at a driving range near the station for a breakfast and a few hits, she's ended up enjoying that and got persuaded onto a little par 3 course, hit the green off the first tee and was instantly hooked. She's got quite a natural knack for it, when I showed her a set of irons that might be good for her she said "oh but will they feel nice like yours?" when I asked what she meant, she said sometimes at the range when she hasn't robbed mine, she'll just use her friend's bats, but they're a bit wobbly and just don't feel as nice when you strike one. The woman already knows she likes a stiffer shaft and forged irons. Just gotta keep her engaged with it till I can get back on the course with her.

 

Yeh can definitely spend too much time at the range, especially for irons which are really forgiving on the mats. I did similar thing, standard with a few real basic sessions at a local pitch and putting, moved to the range for a rotation, played a bunch of rounds all of which were sky high but improved pretty quickly once I'd reigned in my "I'm tiger woods" mentality. Got some nice 2nd hand Titleist ap1's that were on sale in the shop at my local course, first round was a blistering (and still personal best) 14over*, but seemed to fall apart quite quickly after.

Went back for more lessons, quickly identified I'd fudged my grip up, probably to counter the new irons having midsize grips (did not even know there were different thicknesses), so a re-grip and rotation later I was back in low 90s-high 80's.

*Should be noted that this was at Warley Woods, a very short 9-hole municipal that you go round twice.


It's main defences are tight fairways, hilly af, greens the size of bunkers, and very little rough before you hit thicket from where balls don't return. I swear the only reason I shot that low was leaving the driver in the bag most holes in favour of my new 4 iron, only losing 1 ball the entire round

 

Dude, what the f have you been eating you need a pair a welding gloves for

 

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If I'm doing video content now, I want to make it as easy as possible!

(Yeah, I know there's a Mic 2 in the Creator Bundle already, but I need two mics and the two-pack of Mic Minis plus charging case and receiver for if I need to use 'em with my phone, desktop, laptop, DSLR, whatever is cheaper than a second Mic 2 plus receiver. Could always flog the Mic 2, I guess?)

 

I've only just put a new battery in my old 2C4T Dell XPS, I ain't buying a new laptop!

(Also part of agreeing to do this was that I just send 'em the raw footage and they handle the editing. I'm no fool!)

Now, am I also looking at replacing the Nikon D3200 that's served me well over lo these many years? ...maybe.

 

Yeah, it was a Z I was looking at - the Z fc, with the FTZ adapter for my old lenses. I'll put up (another!) gear thread in the photography sub when I get a chance...

 

Where might we find this fine video content?

 

Don't get excited, it's just interviews and maybe a couple of pieces to camera from Mobile World Congress in March. It'll be going up on Hackster.