Which Golf clubs are most used/important?

[bernie]

[ QUOTE ]
Driver.

[/ QUOTE ]

I think this is the least important club in the whole bag.

b

[shadow29]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
Driver.

[/ QUOTE ]

I think this is the least important club in the whole bag.

b

[/ QUOTE ]

Eh I don't think so. I gave 4 clubs, but I don't think they're the top 4. You know what I mean? Basically they're ranges. Putter is the most important. Then come the scoring clubs like wedges and 9-irons. Next are the mid-range irons (7-iron for me, for others could be like 6 or 5). Then come the tee-shot clubs (driver, 3-wood, 5-wood). I rarely use my long-irons.

[cookie]

Most used order
putter
5-iron
9-iron
7-iron
Driver
Sandwedge - This in dependent on how my short play feels, some time I use the sandwedge a bit more

Importantness order:
Driver - Mainly playing for the fun of the game, and drivers are FUN
5-iron - Longshots are fun
9/sandwedge Dependent on the day
Putter
7-iron

Got more clubs and more irons, but seldomnly use them

[TripleH68]

[ QUOTE ]
Putter, Wedge, 7-iron (+- a club, depending on the player), Driver.

[/ QUOTE ]

[jnalpak]

played sunday in a 3-club tourny...
shot bogey golf with 7,pw,putter

i would say 3W,7I,PWorSW depending on which your more comf with

[offTopic]

Importance WRT score (estimated frequency)
1 (3) Driver: Affects the all-around game (too much). Good driving day = confidence + fun.
2 (1) Putter: I would rather never 3-jack again than be able to smash it 300 yds.
3 (2) 60* Wedge: Short approaches, most pitches, and most chips.
4 (4) 56* SW: Virtually all greenside bunker shots, "the 100 yd club".
5 (6) 5I: Higher importance because this is the favorite layup club, as well as 170-180 approaches and par-3s
6 (7) 7I: "The 150 club"
7 (5) 52* PW: 110-120 approaches, hacking out of deep rough, playing off of hardpan
8 (8) 8I: 140-150...this changes places with the 7I if I'm striking the ball well.
9 (9) 6I: For whatever reason, I don't seem to leave myself with shots of this distance that often
10 (11) 9I: see 6I
11 (10) 3W: Backup driver, perfect lies on the fairway on par-5s, and the occasional long putt over lots of apron.
12 (13) 3I: Long par-3s, and the favorite "tree club"
13 (12) 5W: Imperfect lies in the light rough on par-5s
14 (14) 4I: Maybe once every other round for the dreaded 180-190 approach. Little hope...

[J.A.Sucker]

For good to great players, this is simple.

Most important club is the putter.

Second most important club is the driver. Getting off the tee long and in the fairway is the key to making birdies and eagles.

Third most important club is the wedge.

For weaker players, I think you can reverse the wedge and driver.

For me, the list is probably something like this: (for playing a difficult course from the tips)

1. Putter
2. Driver
3. Pitching wedge
4. 3 wood
5. 6 iron
6. 4 iron
7. 7 iron
8. 5 iron
9. Sand wedge
10. 3 iron
11. 8 iron
12. 9 iron
13. 4 wood
14. Lob wedge

If the course was very tight and tough, the 3 wood become much more important (and may actually be #2). If there are long par 3's, longer irons become more important. For a muni course, 9 and 8 irons are key, since the approach is always 150 or less. This is my normal list, though.

[bernie]

[ QUOTE ]
I rarely use my long-irons.

[/ QUOTE ]

Play longer courses. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

[ QUOTE ]
Basically they're ranges. Putter is the most important. Then come the scoring clubs like wedges and 9-irons. Next are the mid-range irons (7-iron for me, for others could be like 6 or 5). Then come the tee-shot clubs (driver, 3-wood, 5-wood).

[/ QUOTE ]

I agree with the ranges thing. But also I think of the versatility of the club. A driver really isn't that versatile. Not to mention, most (average golfers) take more strokes because of their driver than they lose in comparison to any other club.

Putting it in terms of ranges, you're on a 6900+ yd course. Along with a putter, if you could only add 4 more clubs to the bag, what would they be?

For me:

Sand wedge. (I love my sandy)
3 wood
7 iron
4 iron. (I hit it better than my 3)

Take it a step further, you can add clubs one at a time. The next clubs I'd be adding would be irons. Woods would be last, driver the being the last one. Imo, I just don't see it as that important of a club.

b

[M2d]

I suck, so the milage you may get out of this will vary. I'm pretty long, but I still suck, so i decided to try taking my woods out of my bag one year. 2 iron off the tee was the longest I had (~250 yards). in three months, my index went down about three strokes and my game was much more consistant. granted, i only went from a 17 to a 14, but it showed me a lot about my game and taught me how to use my long irons a little.

[Daliman]

This and JA sucker's respnoses are EXACTLY what I was looking for..TYVM guys.

The rest of you can get bent. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

J/K, TYVM for all the info guys.