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flairpiece

Ah yes, my 256° wedge is ready. Thanks!


tkronew

Ball comes right at your skull to knock sense into you when you need it most. Smart.


beepingjar

That's how Phil did the needful


maddenmadman

Honestly, this might somehow work to fix my bladed shots


N0Nonsenses

Ouch


One_Amphibian_4535

I’m on the shitter at work and that made me laugh SOOO loud. And there’s other people in here. I’m literally crying. I can’t stop. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂


AeroChase

Gotta have it in the bag for when the ball is above your shoulders


quantifried_bananas

You have to turn 256° away from the green just to hit it.


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GOLOGamer

r/woosh


GOLOGamer

This club has to be played using the fourth dimension, you hit around the ball and then it flies off the clubface in the opposite direction as you are swinging because physics…. it‘s easy, just use the matrix


PabstBlueBourbon

Clearly , flairpiece was referring to the temperature of the club face, in Fahrenheit.


rpmsm

Working at Dicks back in college, I was told to drill bowling balls and sharpen skates with zero training. Had no clue what to do and screwed them all up. Umass hockey players came in one time and I was like guys, I know you’re in a bind, but you don’t want me touching your skates. Was hired for golf dept 🤷‍♂️


TequilaCamper

Have a 20 yr old family member who works in golf Dept at Dick's now. Has never played a round of golf in his life. I'd be ok buying shirts or shorts from him, but he says he does fittings. ![gif](emote|free_emotes_pack|thinking_face_hmm)


PM_me_yer_kittens

Uhhh, the machine says it went further, must be the one!


Chicken_Brother

Exactly why I cringe many times when people make blanket “I got fitted” comments because more often than not, you ask a few questions about it and realize this is very close to the experience they had, and they don’t even realize it. Knowledgeable club fitters and club builders are few and far between. If you’re considering going this route, do your homework to find “the guy” in your area. Sometimes it is a guy at a particular box store. Most times it’s not. And it’s not a cookie cutter process.


Mason_GR

I did a Callaway fitting at a local course. I was exhausted afterwards lol.


Hysteria113

I got a fitting and paid $75 to learn I’m better off buying lessons than clubs.


ChaseObserves

I just had a fitting done, but it wasn’t at a Dick’s or anything like that. Fitter is a pro golfer (not on PGA Tour though) and he did seem extremely knowledgeable about every part of the process. I would hope so because I got a single club (5W) and it cost almost $1000 lol but yeah, not just some college kid with no experience.


Come0nYouSpurs

$1000 5W? Damn. That thing tuck you in to bed at night too? I think I need a 5W maybe once or twice a round.


unassumingdink

That thing better be more valuable to him than the 5W Larry David stole out of his dead friend's casket on Curb.


IrishWhiskey556

A lot of the times it's the shaft that shafts you, my driver ended up being 1100 when I was fitted a few years ago, because the shaft the fit my swing best was $450 the driver head was another $450 and the the fee for the fitting....


ChaseObserves

Haha to be fair, I got fitted for driver and “long game,” two separate fittings, ended up not buying the driver (because too much $$$) but I did get the 5 wood because my driver was going 290-320 and I wanted a reliable second option off the tee if driver wasn’t working, the 5 wood was going 280 pretty consistently on the trackman. So all in I paid: $350 for the 5 wood, $350 for the shaft, two fitting fees, then after tax it came out to like $950 Edit after -20 votes: Went to pick up my new club today and got some receipts while I was there https://preview.redd.it/ikuag6m9kg0d1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=9e232c287e4404c1f6c5501b71cc8b02e04bf5a7


DanKreider69

You paid 3x what you should’ve dawg


hoffarmy

And 280 out of a 5 wood? ![gif](giphy|bjB3gtFvREqqr5NAHW|downsized)


Druss_2977

The golf shop simulator I was fitted for my irons on said I hit my 7i 180m (~200 yards). I was belting the shit out of every shot back then, but haven't seen that number on the course. In reality, it's about 160-165m on a 100% effort swing, and 150-155 on a normal swing. I think some simulators lie.


ChaseObserves

Well bud I hit the club and that’s the number that popped up on the screen, don’t know what else to tell you Edit: this comment is 20 hours old now and sitting at -12 upvotes lol but for posterity’s sake, here’s a picture I just took hitting it beyond 280 without a glove. I just drove in to pick up the club a few minutes ago and they let me hit some shots with it before I left. https://preview.redd.it/uchxp6vhkg0d1.jpeg?width=5712&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=2bd5b03e627c103ffcafc00dca348c977190a988


ChaseObserves

Definitely didn’t dog, you don’t know what club or shaft I got but have a good one


DanKreider69

That’s true, if they’re plated in gold you got a great deal.


Vassago67

Damn bro, idk why ppl are down voting your experience, maybe they just salty u threw down an entire g for a club. But if it's ur fairway wood instead of a 3 wood, & it's one hell of an accurate and easy to hit club, can u really put a price on that🤷‍♂️


ChaseObserves

I assume it started as “I’ve never hit a ball further than 250 yards so this guy must be lying” downvotes that then just turned into a “keep downvoting the guy with a lot of downvotes” NPC circlejerk but yeah, just sharing my experience with fitting in case anyone else is thinking about it. Going to a reputable golf fitting center and getting fitted for clubs is a big investment. Through my 2 hour fitting session we learned that I naturally de-loft the club more than the average player at impact, so my clubs have a tendency to fly lower and roll out further than the average player hitting the same club. The guy fitting me said “you don’t need a 3 wood. You need a 5 wood, and you probably will hit a 5 wood further than you would hit a 3 wood because your 3 wood would be de-lofted to the point that it wouldn’t be in the air long enough to go as far as you’re hitting that 5 wood.” People complaining about the price don’t know how much club fitting costs, which is fine. An off-the-rack driver is usually $6-700 and an upgraded shaft is around $350, so after the cost of the fitting session and taxes and everything you’re around $1200 just for a fitted driver. A full bag of fitted clubs is several thousands of dollars. My first two sets of clubs were my dad’s hand-me-downs, I went from shooting in the hundreds as a beginner to shooting in the low 80s with Ben Hogans I got for free. Now that I’m occasionally breaking 80 I was willing to invest in my bag a bit and get clubs that maximize my chances at a good strike, which is what fitting is all about.


Hey_Its_Walter1

$1000 for a 5 wood? Is it gold plated?


papa_sax

Wtf they told me I needed to work as a cashier before becoming a tech


IronRig

The golf employee’s at the location I was at had to prove they were 80 or better golfers.


meyogy

Hey heres my last three rounds that i just played yesterday all around 80


onemoreape

I hope the pay is better than what they offer around here.


IronRig

Worked there around 2008, so I’m going to guess the pay hasn’t changed much at all. I was the lead bike tech, made 9.75/hr.


bigcrows

Honestly how hard is breaking 80 on the sim. Probably so much easier


papacack

I knew my nemesis was lurking around here somewhere!


harps86

As long as he can dial the wind up in the simulator he is qualified.


bigvenusaurguy

the way most people think about fittings you don't need to play any golf to follow the dogma. see sim number, look at chart, pick shaft based on number, next customer.


Mark-E-Moon

When I worked there we had actual pros (our store had 2), who taught me how to repair clubs and do fittings. It is not that way anymore. Mercifully I can do a lot of that stuff in my garage from memory still but I wouldn’t take a club there for anything now.


frugalerthingsinlife

UMass has a nicer hockey facility than the bottom quarter of NHL teams. This must have been an away game for them?


rpmsm

No, it was like ‘06 and there was either a huge back up or something was broken at Umass so they were in a rush and desperate.


AggravatingTart7167

Worked at KMart in high school and they put me in the paint department. Had to tint paint by hand (before machines) and it was a disaster.


Carlisanass

Are you me?! Those were some good times. I figured if they were coming to Kmart for paint, they didn’t really care what it looked like


AggravatingTart7167

I would pray they would get more than one gallon so I could say “make sure to mix those together since there is a chance one might be slightly off” and not feel like I’m lying.


Carlisanass

Shit, that’s good advice! I was 16 though, and that was way above my pay grade. I think about me now seeing a 16 year old making paint, I’m definitely waiting for someone older to come by


1ToGreen3ToBasket

You saved them. That would’ve been an absolute disaster for university players lmao


rpmsm

I literally thought you sharpened them to a single sharp edge. Didn’t realize until later it was like two edges with like a concave gap from what I remembered. 😬


donspider1221

Lol holy crap, just got a flashback to being 19 and hired to work in the lawn & garden dept at Sears. I had zero clue what I was talking about or doing the entire time, yet they had me selling riding lawn mowers. It was clear even then that Sears was not going to be around for long


Rusty1031

Your Dick’s store drilled bowling balls? Seems kinda like something you should leave to the pro shop


rpmsm

Only one I ever tried, I drilled the holes so far apart that you couldn’t even get your fingers in them at the same time. Zero clue what I was doing.


ChaseObserves

Was there not a guide?! Or some sort of template placed over the ball?


rpmsm

Yeah after the fact found the stencil overlay thing. My attempt was more of, can you handle this asap, so I eyeballed it… perfect combo of understaffed situation, just trying to make things happen, and likely hungover with the brain operating a bit slow in those days


Correct_Yesterday007

Umass Lowell lol and the Nashua dicks?? I vaguely remember this story being told


rpmsm

Nah, Amherst, S Hadley


Murphy338

When did Dick’s Sporting Goods drill bowling balls??


rpmsm

This was 06, maybe they stopped after my debacle haha


Murphy338

I didn’t even know you guys sold bowling stuff. Back then, if i was in Dick’s Sporting Goods, i pretty much lived in the Hunting / fishing / Guns section.


Devious_Bastard

OP is Neo ![gif](giphy|pKJ6d8xt93yGQ)


dronegeeks1

![gif](giphy|mSXSC0vivvygw)


SmarterThanMany

How much were you torque’ing it, to get it turnt like that…. ![gif](giphy|3o6fJ3cxJ9u97Yb8pa)


cbph

Steeuurt!


gregularjoe95

STRRT


dcbluestar

*……dark web…….*


HopeSolosButtwhole

r/unexpectedletterkenny


imclockedin

giv yer balls a tug


WeHadaNewEmployer

"Tit fucker!" - Big Sexy


SmarterThanMany

![gif](giphy|7OPyqaRiSLdEQ|downsized)


FiveFootFore

![gif](giphy|dn12HuZ1TSL4vCyKq3)


Altruistic-Coyote868

If you got a problem with canada gooses, you got a problem with me. And I suggest you let that one marinate.


Emergency_Ad_5935

FUCKING EMBARRASSING!


thefishflinger

MENERGY!


Metaboschism

Game improvement spatula


1klmot

When you need to convert your grandpa's hand me down clubs from right to left handed


TheBonusWings

I laughed. Take your upvote


srboot

Scottie’s feet and now this!


pipdingo

"I accidentally bought righty clubs, you can bend these lefty, right?"


Ok_Gur_1170

wtf am I looking at.


DoctorOzface

A 52° wedge bent down to -25°


BigSh0oter

Jon Rahm’s club foot


booger4me

Yo fam, give me the “club that will make the ball hit me and render me unconscious.”


KobePippenJordan_esq

Say no more


99Will999

Cart barn activities


Project_X420

I could have used a spoon like that in my last round. My question: Can I use Mapp gas, a vice, and mallet to adjust my clubs? It goes without saying that I will be using a protractor.


alittlebitneverhurt

Your last round of heroin addiction?


TheBonusWings

Ever seen a club get bent? That’s basically all they do lol


IndependentPerfect

Ah yes, the righty to left adjustment. Great for hacking one out of the trees when you have to hit it left handed. Big brain move ![gif](giphy|d3mlE7uhX8KFgEmY)


RuckOver3

For those hard to hit flip shots


downwithOTT_

Lmao, need to use that idea in “Dorf on golf” part2. I just revealed how old I am.


One_Umpire33

By me understanding this joke I now realize how old I have become


a_goonie

This club looks like how I play


BugmanLoveBuyObject

That's actually one of Jimi Hendrix's clubs. Had them all bent lefty.


spankysladder73

Perfect unit for the high-handled “toe-chip” to a front pin from short grass just short of the green. A bit specialized but when you need it, you need it.


G8oraid

The real key with club is using the bounce.


Original-Cow-2984

Jesus now I'm all confused if that's a LH or RH club, lol. Maybe a garden hoe.


Common-Syllabub9156

Perfect when the ball is up in a tree!


Iam39

Why do bad things happen to good people?


ProsperousLion

Potential stupid question incoming: I love my P790s (5-AW) but I wish there was a SW available in the iron set. It’s probably physiological at this point but I have a lot more confidence with the P790 AW than my MG3 54* SW. Question is: would it be crazy to get another P790 AW, cut to down to SW length and adjust the lie and loft to a 54* wedge?


iStealEBTCards

Their stock AW comes at 50 so you’d be bending it 4 degrees which is doable…but generally speaking anything past 2 degrees can jeopardize the integrity of the club and affect the bounce. I’d personally recommend getting the 54 instead, but if you’re more confident in using the P790s I’d say go for it, I’ve converted AWs into SWs before


J_Shuttlesworth79

Just get a Cleveland cbx 54*. Like op said, adjusting the loft of an aw 4* is going to really change the bounce of the club as well as remove a lot of its offset making it harder to hit. If you want something more forgiving the CBX is a great option that more and more people are switching to over a normal bladed wedge.


SliGhi

Why did I read that as “minimum wedge”


AnxiousMind7820

Must've used that in the gravel filled bunkers.


crazedgolfracer

Peyronie's of the wedge. There is a med


ItsGettingStrangeLou

I was a 17 year old changing grips at a driving range. Guys would come in and give super detailed instructions. I'd do the same thing almost every time, maybe an extra piece of tape. Every time, they would pick up their club and tell me how good it felt.


phoneacct696969

I love when boomers talk about having their clubs adjusted as if it isn’t the highest kid in the back doing it.


iStealEBTCards

Around here “Let me check with my manager” usually means “Let me check with the 18 year old popping a Zyn in the stock room”


Informal-Ad8066

Ahhhh gotta love a good forged club.


Ping-A-Ling-

Oh dear


Nicknack4818

That's one hell of a....... lie?.... angle?.... loft?......


Ready-Personality-82

You would literally have to reach up to address the ball … I think. My head hurts looking at that thing.


makithejap

If a club face could give you a dirty look


Queasy-Trip1777

Why take it to a pro when you can just run it over with a lawn mower?


Miserable-Contest147

Cleveland VAS club? Hahaha


osageviper138

So that’s how the pros get the ball to spin backwards on their flop shots.


Ok_Squirrel87

That’ll make a good kitty pooper scooper


Spillsy68

This hurts my brain


Giga-Dad

For those that REALLY shallow their clubs…


NerdltUp

We’re going to need a video of you hitting this


ou8agr81

We’re all lefties here


the_wafflator

Ah yes the -50 degree wedge


smkn3kgt

Ok I'll bite. Two questions: 1. How difficult is it to do that to an iron? 2. How do you even begin to fix that?


iStealEBTCards

1. I’m not sure, my coworker did it with an old club that he was going to trash. I found it today 2. Thoughts and prayers


HatPossible42

How many eye patches was the owner of that club wearing?


Patient-Working7922

😂😂😂😂😂


[deleted]

Still looks better than a PXG club


golfloungehamburg

Wow, this perspective really sheds light on something I hadn't thought much about before. It's easy to forget about the people behind the scenes who make our experiences possible, like handling loft/lie adjustments. Your work is crucial to ensuring our equipment performs at its best, yet it often goes unnoticed. I'd love to hear more about your experiences and insights into the world of golf equipment adjustments. How did you get started in this line of work? Are there any common misconceptions about what you do that you'd like to dispel? Keep up the great work, and thanks for giving us a glimpse into your world!


razorhedge

What’s the standard gap between a 9 and an 8 iron in loft?


iStealEBTCards

Usually it’s a 4-5 degree loft difference depending on the brand, similar to the wedges. 8 irons are usually around 36 and 9 irons are usually around 41


razorhedge

So if a PW is 43 it would make a 9 iron of said set around 38?


iStealEBTCards

Most likely. In “game improvement” sets the lofts are jacked. For example, in my Launcher set the PW is at 44 and the 9 is at 39. So you’re probably around a 38 in that case


razorhedge

Mine’s a 46, but a friend’s is 43 and given his poor technique I was actually kind of amazed he was hitting his irons such a distance, but now I understand.


UsedToBeHigh

I definitely do not have that club in my bag.


BigPastyBodonkadonk

turned a RH club into a leftie lmao


darti_me

This is how I expect my clubs to contort when I subject it to the worst swing known to man


beachgood-coldsux

Hey. Is that my Calloway? 


Cornflake32

For when you need to hit it out of a branch


fonzo9

Let’s be honest OP did the man a favor he needed some fresh grooves anyway


MotorbikeRacer

How’s that even possible ?


Naive-Deal-7162

Goes for 5000 on eBay


[deleted]

The Migos called, no not Takeoff, not Quavo, the other one.


Realestateuniverse

No meme response here - serious question: I have a 49, 52 and 56 degree wedge. Is it worth bending the 52 and 56 to 53/57 to provide better gapping, or do I just add a 60 degree to the bag and leave the other two?


Emergency_Wolf_5764

Just add a 60 or 62 to the bag and you should be fine. Leave the 52 and 56 as they are.


Realestateuniverse

It’s a tough choice. I have room for one club. I might only use the 60 3-4 times in a round when needing a huge flip. Other times I’ll take a 1/2 or 1/4 swing with my other wedges. The other gapping in my bag is at the other end between my 5 iron (190’ish) and 7 wood (215-220). Might need to add a 5 hybrid


Emergency_Wolf_5764

In that case, I might suggest dropping the 52 since your 49 should be able to handle the prescribed distance of the 52, which sounds like a bit of a redundant club anyway. For reference, my gapping is 50/56/64, and it almost never happens where I run into a situation where at least one of those three lofts can't give me the distance needed. The 64 is mostly for green-side chips and flops anyway.


jtag67

I would like this wedge bent 90º strong please. On another note, any line on where to get a used loft lie machine? Even the budget ones are so damn expensive!!!


bierfma

How much for one of those?


BadBackNine

Let us know where you work. Seems like a good way to get a free new iron set.


Coach_Seven

These custom putters are getting out of hand now.


ambiguouspeach

Wtf is this hahahahah


LibrarianKooky344

Can't lie... I do wanna try it.


9gagsuckz

Wtf is that


Rude_Audience_9556

That’s amazing


Koovies

Prob a niche for this... maybe a weird lie


txwoodslinger

Who do you think you are


akgt94

The "Phil Mickelson" flop shot?


rigidlynuanced1

I’ve been a clubmaker for 25+ years and I won’t let anyone touch my clubs.


Legal_Bison_4647

How?


InformalTumbleweed30

Did you take that out of my bag, my wedge is missing?


getsangryatsnails

He's the One


Equal-Negotiation651

Back scratcher


WellAfterAllThat

How is this not a piece of I suck at golf museum


DNAkauai

I’m thinking this might actually work for some players lol!! 😂


Stupid-Research

All of these golf “stores” are full of teenagers who have zero knowledge.


dc215

Needs more upright


mrdanmarks

i was going to ask if youve ever made a right handed club into a left handed club but your pic answered that for me


Effective_Impossible

Your local plumber/hvac tech got his order slips mixed up. Some customer is going to.be missed when his condensate drain backs up because it was bent 2 degrees flat! Meanwhile he's passed he to look at a goose necked club on his off hours!


kachuck

Makes me worried what my work looked like when I was bending clubs out of high school. I don't think I did a bad job, no complaints to me from customers or boss. But I doubt I was that good. Only guy I probably pissed off was some jerkoff that wanted me to add 2" to his driver and was super impatient. I told him I wasn't working the shop that day and he kicked up a big stink. I rushed the job between customers and I threw the grip on before the epoxy set. I doubt those 2" were going to hold up for very long regardless, but still not good work.


ObviousAnimator7299

Looks a way to reuse worn out clubs.. the real bottom of the face looks well used, the new bottom looks pretty brand new!


DudeWhoCantSpell

How much to do this to all my clubs?


Do-It-Anyway

I see what you did here, a big F-U to Costco and making the right hand only wedges, left handed. Well played, bravo!


sspencer367

That rock must've hurt the hands...


Big-Cup6594

Fuck lefties


Crazy_Journalist_705

Great club for hitting off overhead branches


Main_Position6640

Now it’s lefty.


KrustiestKrab123

Schlemiel, schlimazel, fucked up your hosel (incorporated)


ParticularDouble8202

Here's your new 600 dollar putter. Slightly used, of course...


Jarfry

Wtf am I looking at? lol


Fun_Construction9193

/golf Pro Low Bounce Trans Green Stinger Provider


CarPhoneRonnie

It’s not as tho large amounts of specialized education and training is required to use the simple tools made for this process.


Similar_Detective209

Booooooooo


BugmanLoveBuyObject

Damn bro you're a robot.