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Gotta put Titlelist in pure class! Other than that, great list.
Nike Vapor are still being played by Brooks Keopka and Tony Finau. I’d put vapors up higher. But the rest of the Nike clubs weren’t that good.
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The list looks balanced, but I would have put Bettinardi putters in pure class, their putters are just as nice as the Titleist. I game a Cleveland putter, for what they cost it should be in would try. Ping has been innovating since Kirsten Solheim made the first 1A putter in 1959, that's Pure Class. Great content as usual. It's good to see you and your family made it home safely.
I think Nike golf is definitely should try
I have Cobra irons, woods and driver. They are amazing and affordable, oh and most importantly forgiving! Why I don’t see more amateurs playing with Cobra is beyond me.
Callaway needs to be just as high and really higher than TaylorMade. Driver's, as good or better – irons in game improvement the best and Apex as good as anything on upper end – Jaws wedges only surpassed by Vokeys and Odessey putters as good as anything!
Great Job Gabe !
I still play with my custom fitted Taylormade 320’s since 2002, and even today my golf buddies can’t get away from me. There’s a ton to say about custom fitting. Only new additions were SIM2 MAX and Spider putter.
Why can I say? Playing a Scotty putter, Mizuno irons, Callaway driver, wedges and woods, plus one Ping hybrid. I guess I have to agree…. 🙂
You should try Sub70…..I'm playing irons and the wedges. great products!
Ping is pure class.
Taylormade, Titleist then Ping for me. Maybe l need to branch out a bit more, but that's the three brands that stick out for me. Agree with you on Cleveland Golf, once a great name in wedges, but they have slipped in recent years. Ben Hogan blades are pure class. You only tend to find them online here in the UK. Still have a 56 degree copper Ben Hogan wedge from the mid 1990s.
Yonex, most underrated brand in golf
While cleaning my house, I found an old ( and rusty ) Scotty Cameron. It’s probably 20 years old and I think a Newport. GOOD FIND!!
I don't have the knowledge to definitively comment but belong to a club where I've been able to try different brands and clubs from various eras. Wilson is a good value for me and I bought a set of D9 irons slightly used demos. Tour Edge was my first set of second hand irons and consistently good quality. I have a set of their wedges too. My neighbor got a great deal on new PXG irons and loves them, with free custom fitting. I wouldn't trade my Taylormade driver, it is awsome and perfect for me and recommended by a fitter. Cleveland and Calloway are on my favorite list of second hand clubs for beginners and recent Cobra clubs. Great video, I will keep my eyes open wrt the many great recommendations you have made, thank you!
I just bought that exact same shirt for $10 lol
Good video btw!
Personally a huge fan of Srixon. Always played their golf balls but the ZX line seems like a firm buy. Would probably move them up and move cobra, argolf, pxg and TEExotics down a racket (personally!)
There are so many good choices now. Back in the 60's and into the 70's almost everyone played Wilson Staff irons and either Wilson of Spalding woods. Callaway, Nike, PXG, and Taylormade didn't exist. Titleist was primarily a golf ball manufacturer, Ping a putter manufacturer. Mizuno a foreign iron manufacturer that was rarely seen in the US.
Since Scotty Cameron putters made the list, how did Odyssey not? How on earth did you not rank Titleist at the top? The Scotty Cameron that you know is Titleist (since 1994). Even though I don't use them, Titleist golf balls have been the industry standard and innovators for decades. How are you still gaming Sim 2 irons….. they weren't that good to begin with and probably wouldn't make a top 100 list in todays market.
Disappointed in the Sub70 ranking. Innovation might not be up there, but performance and value far outweigh those in my opinion. Also held in high regards by MyGolfSpy and those guys only care about how the clubs perform, not the name on the clubs.
Love the video gabe! Only change I would have made is setting price aside, I do think PXG irons are not only well made, but are innovative and perform well. Never would have thought that but after hitting a ton of irons this past winter, went for a fitting of gen 4 0311 P, and they overall performed better than my p790 and have reduced my handicap from a 12 to an 8 this year in large part due to the iron game. Mizuno pro 223 we’re close but didn’t quite have distance I needed from them and glad to see you bumped them up….keep up the great content as always!
Wow, my board would look exactly the same. I was going to disagree with Mizuno, but then you bumped it to “pure class.” I’m in violent agreement.
Fun video. Amazing how diff we all think. Most of this list i disagree with. Scotty putters are nothing special and PING PDL, Evenroll, bettinardi are all just as good if nor better. To not put titeist in pure class with vokey wedges is a crime. Fun vid though.
You forgot the biggest brand in the world: Kirkland
Sub 70 is a great budget Direct to Consumer brand. Compare their 699 irons to P790s– the performance is comparable, the price kicks butt. (FWIW, I won a set of fitted Taylormade M2 2017 irons in a giveaway when they came out– they were worth the price I paid for them).
Absolutely TaylorMade is pure class. I’m loving my P7MB irons. Callaway (Odyssey) putters are pure class.
Mizuno is PURE CLASS. But what about Odyssey?
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You must be getting a different iteration of TM clubs that we get in Europe ! As the ones we receive are without doubt the worst manufactured clubs bar none . A friend recently waited six months to get his irons and three heads came flying off within a month . Would give up golf before I bought another TM club . Currently playing PXG Gen 4 irons and they are without any doubt best irons I have ever gamed in 40 years at least two clubs longer than anything else on the market . Ping and Callaway are also”Pure Class”
Been using the Callaway Rogue driver one of the best drivers I’ve owned trying the irons now and love them so Callaway goes in my top category
You have probably never heard of my first set of clubs – Petron Impala. I bought my set from what you would call a yard sale. What about this for a set – 1.5 Wood (Yes a one and a half wood), 3 wood, 3 iron, 7 iron, putter. The woods were made of wood.
Good topic Gabe! Taylormade and Callaway pretty synonymous. Would throw both into CLASS. If you include Cameron include BV. How bout topflite in the Meh or NAH?
Could easily ranks balls like this as well
Hey Gabe, i am going to tell you about a hidden jewel, the PXG 0211 blades. They are buttery soft and unbelievably easy to hit for a blade…they look great also. If you bought a set of these, I would recommend the Mitsubishi graphite shafts. If you tried these clubs I would almost bet you would play them for a while…trust me on this one. I played them and loved them, unfortunately they were not long enough for me. I'm a sr. golfer and do not hit it as far as I use to.
Good video. I’ve played golf for 50 plus years since my Navy days. Usually I buy a set of irons and driver, woods every 2-3 years. Started with Haig Ultras woods & irons custom built in the Navy. Good but I needed more. Fast forward: played Titleist, king Cobras, Ping for many years. In the end my lady 300 yard drive was with the Titleist 983k driver about 20 years ago. Played ping drivers for about 15 years. Then I bought the Titleist TSi driver – new ball game. Hitting it further and hood accuracy and more. accurate. Looking at T100 irons next and I’m going to buy because of the big punch, turf interaction (best I have ever felt in 50 years) and accuracy. The Awt shafts. My vote is with Titleist as elite, top of the pyramid. I can still shoot in the high 70’s.
Mizuno!! Haha the bump at the end, that was great! Love the way you did these rankings! Awesome vid Gabe!
Cleveland Zip Core wedges are seriously good Gabe, so they should go up a category. And you have to put Ping & Titleist into the Pure Class category surely?
Where would you rate XXIO?
Just wondering where would you rate XXIO?
I think Ping should be in the Pure Class line. TaylorMade should be in the would try line . Callaway definitely in the Would Buy. No mention of our favorite putter…. Sacks Parente. Pure Class.
I’ve got a bag with 7 different brands! Ping G425 driver and FW, Callaway FW, TM and Mizuno hybrids, Titleist irons, Cleveland wedges and finally a PXG putter. My favorite brand of them all is Ping. They don’t advertise like TM and Callaway. They don’t bring out new equipment every year and they’re not as innovative perhaps. They’re just solid and in my eyes they belong in the pure class category. TM bugs me and they’re my least favorite brand.
So they are all about the same got it lol. When I got back into golf I tried many different clubs and ultimately Cobra has become my brand. I just love how they look, feel and sound. I’m also super impressed with Tour edge and I nearly bought their irons over the ltdx they were so good. Then I found the Cobra lofts were so aggressive that’s what was giving me the extra distance so all things considered Tour Edge are brilliant
I like this video. Thanks for another great one.
I have Cleveland CG01 tour Black Pearl iron set in my bag. And Cleveland wedges from CG 12 to cg16 ( also blade style ). Along with a Huntington Beach 11 soft mallet putter. I cannot say enough about those irons in that putter. I hate that they have dropped off over the years but I just discovered these irons 7 years ago. And I got them in pretty good shape used.
Sub 70 is a great company. Their customer service is top notch. I would easily play them over super cringe PXG lol
The very definition for "pure class" in terms of irons is… Miura. They are likely some of the best forgings out there, fantastic feel, quality and all. Pricey, for sure, but you certainly can't expect mostly hand made Japanese boutique irons to be as cheap as some mass produced semi-generic game improvement stuff. Cleveland irons and drivers are "meh" for sure, but wedges and putters clearly should be in the "would try" at the very least: I went to buy a Scotty and left the fitting with a Cleveland that felt slightly better, worked better and costed half as much!
ill just play whatever I hit the best. no loyalty here. Like during my fitting was playing stratas… was expecting to like the pings…. ended up with taylormades lol. I couldnt hit the titleist for the life of me. The cobras at address looked great, and the calaway mavericks I hit good but they felt heavy to me (callaways always seem heavy).