I was ten years old when I started to play, so I've got a swing that started out on kids clubs, grew through ladies' clubs and up to mens'. I also played a period with only half a set, and this I can recommend. People playing full sets all their life never learn to work with too much or too little club in the same way. I managed to get down to single handicap around 1990 and got as low as 7. After that I felt I did not want to spend my life practicing, so I've slowly managed to get up to a more managable handicap of 11.8. Today I use Wilson Staff Firestick irons, sometimes a geniune persimmon-wood driver from Spalding otherwise Yamaha Carbonfiber or Black Plasma driver & woods, Callaway hickorystick wedges and a Wilson putter with a balata-rubber insert. Sometimes this superb equipment can get me close to, or below, my current handicap.
