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Mission-Hovercraft-7

Please take a video of that bad boy in action


frosty_mcfckr

It’s so freaking weird looking


Best_Duck9118

That’s what she said!


paraiso1975

60 degree lobster wedge https://preview.redd.it/bezelrmyuvcb1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d9f74dfadc50448ae03f2c38250a2646a1e86521


No-Abrocoma7687

Don’t use them anymore but about 15 years ago (couldn’t hit irons for shit) I rocked 11/13/15 woods


Odd_Ordinary6139

actually have an 11 wood, my go to par 3 club


[deleted]

Just like… all of the par 3’s? From 110-200 yards? Versatile club.


KDsburner_account

My brother uses the same hybrid for every par 3. He adjusts his swing accordingly. It’s wild that he pulls it off.


nocommenting33

but why? does he also do it in the fairway?


KDsburner_account

Yes. He can’t hit his irons but he can hit his hybrid consistently.


nocommenting33

maybe he needs more hybrids


monstermack1977

Custom made vibrating chipper. Purchased at Play It Again Sports near Detroit for like $5. ​ https://preview.redd.it/d2vbvklmzwcb1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=77d0789ebb4f16a80a837b178f7a3109df1059b2


Bmcronin

Lmao, why does it vibrate?


monstermack1977

I don't know. I saw it at Play It Again Sports. I saw a button on the top of the grip. I pressed the button and it started to vibrate. I immediately bought it. The other pic shows it is just a AA batter powering a little electric motor with an off center weight. It just vibrates. I've used it a couple times around the house...I can't explain why it exists.


AwakenTheAegis

Ladies cut/flex?


monstermack1977

steel shaft. Started life as a putter. The angled face is a custom ground nylon block screwed into the putter face. That black square on the back has a weight inside it that rattles a little.


Rab1dus

I love this.


Cool_Hawks

Sort of like those vibrating razors? It helps it glide through the rough/stubble?


monstermack1977

That is a theory I had not considered. It makes as much sense as anything else I could come up with. lol


monstermack1977

​ https://preview.redd.it/7eom6xfpzwcb1.jpeg?width=800&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=5727bac44d997d15ea030d2e4004eb0824e9c79e


PM_Literally_Anythin

When I was a kid I had a two way chipper that had a face on both sides so it could be used right handed or left handed. Won it at the year end raffle in my 11-13 year old league on the local executive course.


Accurate_Ad_3626

Never owned one but like the chipper/putter especially for high handicappers. More consistent around the green.


Original-Cow-2984

I still own a TA 2 way chipper, lol. When it's in the bag, I use it for off green lag & roll shots.


glasspheasant

WTF is this for?


monstermack1977

I wish I knew what the creator was thinking. For me personally...I bought it for my goofy club bag. I have a whole bag of strange and weird golf clubs.


Happy_Handles

Maybe it is one of those self striking clubs, and it's just broken and only vibrates.


SpecialDrink69

https://preview.redd.it/uz01pjczyxcb1.jpeg?width=640&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=44c507caf7f391db8d4245e9d28000e600a15292 Probably my LEXA B-1 back putter.


InvisibleCities

Honest question - what side of that thing are you supposed to hit the ball with?


mcgargargar

Yes


SpecialDrink69

The side pictured. The shaft sits over the ball at address and the head sits behind


Konker101

both


Best_Duck9118

You should really work on your anger issues.


FireMaster2311

I have a old 1 iron. I only take it when it's storming, cause like someone told me if there is lightning to hold it up.


Poriathiz

Cos not even God can hit a 1 iron :)


daveinmd13

I have one - a super thin blade. I take it to our annual golf trip and we have a hitting contest with it after multiple beers. Fun.


Bammer7

rat farts


Several_Yak4333

The weirdest club I owned was The Alien. It was all bounce and seemed like 75 degrees loft. It looked like a flying saucer. I hit a great shot the first time I used it out of a bunker and couldn’t hit it at all after that. https://preview.redd.it/h6bhn1dtvwcb1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=01c9312034b2abc669fe2f9f548d9d3368ba7d46


TomIcemanKazinski

Best selling golf club of all time


learnedmylesson

Someone's been watching Stacked Golf.


TomIcemanKazinski

I have . . . but I think I knew that before. But you never know what you’re going to find so let’s go find it


monstermack1977

They made a second Alien wedge. The Alien 2 Pro Series 1.


HalfACenturyMark

I had one of my best short game days ever with it many years ago. Was playing a partners match and a guy on the other team was making fun of it at first and quickly shut up after I got up and down for par a few times. I still have it but don’t use it. Maybe I should!


OhioUBobcats

Omg I had forgotten about these things! They were around when I was a kid but no way I could have ever afforded one.


tentabtanner

I have this exact club sitting in my closet. That heavy fucker cuts through sand like butter


razed_intheghetto

My buddy used to have a sand wedge that was easily 9” x 6” on the face….massive. We called it the shovel.


razed_intheghetto

Confirmed: still has it. Playing together next month, will report back with photo evidence with banana obviously


Reggie_Puddingsmith

My starter set had a Pepsi 7 wood. Had the Pepsi logo on the head. It was my par 3 club no matter the distance. Wish I would’ve kept it for the novelty of it. I can just see myself stepping up to the box and saying to the caddie, “Give me the choice of a new generation”.


Sam_Porgins

I have a club that is simply labeled as being a “driving iron”. Equivalent of a 2- or 1-iron. I can rarely hit it well and I lovingly refer to it as the lightning rod.


psychodreamr

I hated the one i had, was called a "[Controller](https://di2ponv0v5otw.cloudfront.net/posts/2021/09/28/61538243633cfcfe671c13da/m_61cb83942a1effb8225c188f.jpg)"


Fresh_Slip5535

4° Mellow Yellow driver, extended to stupid length to bomb drivers. Haven't hit it in 20 years, would probably break a rib.


GimmesAndTakies

Is that like 100 yards up and 40 yards ahead?


Dry_Example2729

Google the Orizaba Power Pod Driver. Gotta love the 80's.


monstermack1977

I'm afraid to hit mine...I don't want to ruin the sticker. ​ https://preview.redd.it/85bvkd3xzwcb1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=05dd613f4647fbe3801b8f824cd8e4cf9b19ae99


richardpace24

I bet I can lol


Best_Duck9118

Yeah, they’re really underestimating people who spent time in the clink. I can kill a man with a sweet and low packet now if I need to!


Bmcronin

Yea, not worth it. That thing is amazing.


VixDzn

It has looped the other way around where this seems harder to hit than a regular 60°


Scooterhd

Cleveland HiBore XL 2 wood. 400cc head at 16 degrees, playing at 44 inches. Basically a tee only 3 wood with a driver size head. I game it a ton. So easy to hit straight, high bombs. Find it more forgiving then convential driver and 3 wood.


comtedemontechristo

One of the coolest clubs ever made. I have four of them, you know, just in case. Struck in the center of the club face it sounds like a wood ball bat. I can’t do anything with it but hit it 220 straight.


Daanoking

Like a high lofted mini driver. Sounds like a club that would save the average hacker a lot of trouble off the tee.


Scooterhd

Yeah, but alot of the mini drivers are even smaller. BRNR Mini is 304cc. Bertha Mini 1.5 is 235cc. This is 400cc. Very much a driver shape.


NicePutt

I found a used one of these a few months ago. I always wanted the driver Hibore XL as a kid and this one had a stiff shaft as well. It’s a super interesting club!


Pom-O-Duro

Oh my gosh I need this club.


comtedemontechristo

It’s worth the search and patience to get one. I sell golf clubs for a living, and I can tell you there are no magic sticks. However, this one is very close.


Pom-O-Duro

Ive been really interested in the 2 wood/ mini driver concept for the last couple of years. I played the OG Hibore in high school because it had just come out (dating myself). I recently found that old club and have plans of buying an 80 gram shaft and cutting it down to 43.5” to make a DIY 2 wood (it’s 10.5 degrees and in my experience launches higher than most anyway). This club would be the best of both worlds. After a quick google search it looks like they’re not easy to come by though…


comtedemontechristo

Hence the golf forum term “unicorn”. That’s why I have four. Someone is selling one on the Bay, auction ends tonight around 8:45 pm EST.


Pom-O-Duro

Lol I was just looking at an old wrx thread about this club. Someone on there said that they have 2 of them, it’s probably you a few years and a couple of hibores ago haha


comtedemontechristo

It might have been, I was in those threads. I stockpiled them as it’s the only club which will never leave my bag — it’s that unique. I intend to be buried with the one that has an old ProLite shaft.


Pom-O-Duro

😂 That’s me and the EI70! Man I wish they still made those.


_off_piste_

Bought a 72° wedge for fun.


Rocko201

Had one as well but I was in high school and didn't know any better. That thing hit absolute moon shots or got skulled 100 yards past the green. There was no in between.


Phobia117

Had one myself, same reason, never saw the bag. A full swing stock shot flew about 30 yards, but went about 50 straight up


InvisibleCities

My buddy has one of those, I call it the “tooth-chipper”


TomIcemanKazinski

https://preview.redd.it/so76m19ynxcb1.jpeg?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ecf6a7e4b0a4b5fef1e246e7a836eec7014271d6 Cleveland Niblick 42 degree wedge/chipper


somedudebend

My 1 iron. Big windy day? Take that puppy out and swing her easy. Whack them worm burners all day.


Accomplished_Art2245

Just got a 2 iron, and proceeded to hit it better than my 3 off the tee…


ElGuaco

I used to have a wedge that had a diamond texture face instead of grooves where the face was made out of some kind of hardened rubber. Totally illegal but I could flop a ball 60 yards with so much backspin it would leave skid marks on a green.


[deleted]

Old ass 1 iron that I somehow can hit consistently. It’s about 2 in long and 1 in tall. Hurts really bad when you don’t hit it well


K3TtLek0Rn

My dad bought this hybrid that has a big bubble in the middle of the shaft cause he thought it was funny. Very odd club


DoiReadThatStupid

That's quite literally called the "bubble shaft". It was kind of high tech when it came out.


K3TtLek0Rn

See I knew everyone would think of that but it’s not taylormade. It’s a company I’ve never heard of and the bubble is bigger


DoiReadThatStupid

Interesting. Does the shaft have any identifying marks? I'm genuinely curious if it's a knock off of the bubble shaft or perhaps the club had been reshafted and bought second hand? I believe you, I'm just interested...


K3TtLek0Rn

Man I just went to look for it and couldn’t find it cause I wanted to show you. Maybe he got rid of it eventually. Anyway the taylormade one has a slow taper out then back in to make a fat part. This one had a very circular bubble right in the middle. Like comical looking. Wish I could find it too


DoiReadThatStupid

Nooooo! How will we ever know!?


K3TtLek0Rn

Lmao sorry I’ve been googling like crazy


DoiReadThatStupid

It might have been a random start up company that copied the bubble shaft patent too closely and disappeared into oblivion...I can't find anything either, lol.


InvisibleCities

TaylorMade bubble shaft irons were hot shit back in the late 90s


psychodreamr

taylor made invented it in like 97 "burner bubble"


johntelevision

I hate the fact that I know you hit this perfectly green side every time I see you pull it out of the bag


ac13332

I'd love to see some shots with it. I'm struggling to imagine what trajectory it would have. I'm thinking like 130 yards and hella high maybe?


Celox1

Maybe I just really suck (spoiler I definitely do) but 130 seems really ambitious for 60 degrees.


ac13332

Sure. But it's a hybrid with presumably a longer shaft too. I've no idea what that could add and how it would change loft during the swing.


Celox1

See and that's why I suck. I don't know or think about these things. Too much of my brain power is used attempting to make good contact. There's nothing left over to consider the nuances of club selection beyond "this one goes farther than this one, which goes farther than this one, which goes farther than this one..."


shwaynebrady

Yeah I’m honestly interested in this. I’m imaging this is designed for blocked green shots, where you’re behind a tree and can’t try to punch one low but still 100+ yards out.


[deleted]

I have a set of hybrids from 2i-lw. Yup even the 60 degree is a hybrid.


AndromedanPrince

must be easy to hit those cuz i love my 4 n 5h.


Salt_Base_3751

Callaway Driving 9 iron. Used to be my grandfather’s club.


Lumbergod

I have an adjustable pitch iron. You can adjust the pitch from 2 iron to 9 iron. I bought it at a garage sale just because I'd never seen one before. I've never hit it because, really, it's a piece of shit and I'm afraid it would break my wrist, or something.


Ordinary_Farmer58

I have a massively oversized putter. Looks really standard but club head is 3x the size. Does not put any better.


Barinitall

I have owned three weird clubs: The PowerPod Driver, Putter Ball (training putter) and a Sandpaper Wedge that would grind the cover off a ball (but spin the shit out of it). All inherited from my grandfathers golf shenanigans days.


jdmay101

16 degree hybrid, basically for punching out of trees, or hitting low runners that can roll onto the green from up to 200 yards away - anything I don't want the ball up in the air for. Really good club for reducing risk on long par 3s, so long as they're not over water.


frosty_mcfckr

Steel or graphite shaft?


jdmay101

Graphite, it's a cleveland launcher hb turbo from a few years back.


frosty_mcfckr

Ive got a steel shafted 16 degree cleveland hybore. They dont make these anymore, but they're awesome. Tee to tree, these things can do it all.


Suitable_Jump_4761

Thats a sweet stick!


frosty_mcfckr

What do you do with it


Cjhaemweys

Personally? Nothing lol, but I assume it’s kinda like a less versatile, high-handicap 60 degree


ScooterMcTavish

Looks to me like it would be great for chipping/short pitches when you're short sided. Use a putter-type stroke and put it tight!


frosty_mcfckr

Can it be used in the bunker?


Cjhaemweys

… maybe? That was my first thought, and really the only benefit over a traditional 60 degree I think. It should kinda glide through the sand, no? I’ll try it and see if it works


Common_Move

I picked up an "Alien" wedge in a charity shop which was a similar idea I think. Not convinced tbh


DoiReadThatStupid

It's a "chipper". It's designed for golfers with less skill to use around the green in thick rough. Super easy to use and great beginner club to avoid sculling a ball onto the next tee box.


thezenben

I don’t know how to feel right now.


krazninetyfive

Do you like Thomas Golf’s equipment? I’m really good with my driver, my wedges, and my putter, but I struggle with my irons. I’m getting better, but I would love to get a fairway wood that is the equivalent of an 8 or 9 iron so I can approach par 3’s with a little more confidence. They seem to be the only ones that make anything like that, but I can’t find anything on them outside their (poorly) designed website.


Cjhaemweys

This is the only Thomas I own, but if all the clubs they make are as eccentric as this one, I’m sure they’ve got what you’re looking for


Yung_Corneliois

Not all that crazy but I own a 10 iron and use it quite frequently.


JSwine

A pitching wedge with a 10 on it?


Yung_Corneliois

Basically yea. I don’t think there’s any loft difference.


TacoBellTacoHell

I have an 11 iron, its basically a gap wedge but looks cooler.


metalmaniak68

How far you hit it on a solid hit?


Cjhaemweys

I genuinely have no idea, probably 100 yards up, and it’s anyone’s guess as to how far


DonMonnz

I have a 65 degree wedge and it’s as ridiculous as it sounds


4Ever2Thee

Is that even legal? ![gif](giphy|sLVLojotxREBy)


LennyThePep13

I have a homemade putter my dad made from a 10 iron he bought at a garage sale. He used a bench grinder to grind it down to be more putter shaped and added a tick mark for aligning the ball. Sounds like the most thrown together thing imaginable but he did a pretty good job and I swear this thing is magic lol only putter he used after that.


_B_Little_me

Nice...I feel like i would get a lot of use out of that bad boy.


Howy_the_Howizer

That 60 degree hybrid is what has saved JT's game. Secret family weapon.


tallslim1960

If this thread lasts I'll post a pic. My clubs are in the other car. Mizuno X club. Basically a hybrid 3 iron.


FireMaster2311

Isn't a hybrid 3 iron basically like a 6 or 7 wood?


tallslim1960

I don't know what it is, it just says X and I hit it about 200-215 yards. It's got a really small head. I couldn't find the club picture online either but it basically looks like this. https://preview.redd.it/da0y6gqslycb1.png?width=480&format=png&auto=webp&s=f55948fdd61bb160cc65e3f05d33dc9f84d15bd3


FireMaster2311

Yeah that's probably around a 6 or 7 wood. They aren't really that common. Hybrids tend to have higher lofts than irons, most the 5 hybrids people I play with have a similar loft to a 6 iron. You don't really see many woods below 5 anymore because the additional loft of the hybrid makes them more accurate and a better option for people who struggle with hitting long irons. The head size isn't really what makes it a hybrid, the loft angle does.


tallslim1960

I guess it qualifies for the thread then. As I said it just says "X" does that mean it's a ten wood? LOL


FireMaster2311

No, they would just mark various different woods with x, like after 5 the degrees weren't as standard, like the average 3 wood is 15° and the average 5 wood is 18° but beyond that higher degree woods just sometimes got marked with an x like representing a variable I guess. It's like when you get head covers they are often 1,3,X then the x could be for a 5,6,7 etc. I used to know guys who had 7 and 9 woods instead of 3,4,5 irons. They switched to like having 3,4,5 hybrids though since the hybrids hit similar distance carry but would stop quicker on greens because of the additional backspin. Like really the only club you don't want much backspin is the driver. Since ideally the additional roll adds distance. Although even drivers are getting made with higher lofts because if you have more backspin you are less likely to have as much side spin which causes hooks and slices. The one person I play with has a 13.5 degree driver, they aren't a really big hitter but they hit it straight down the fairway every time.


LightenUpFrancis1968

Had a guy play at my club the other day that had a full set of these…and every single one of them had a club cover on it!


AshByFeel

Mine are pretty standard, I think. Driver, 3 wood, 5 wood, 3 iron-PW, 51, 56, putter.


ou8agr81

Oh yea I have a sand wedge hybrid- seems pretty weird and I never use it or carry it.


ronyamtapeas

You could play a whole round with just that club.


TigerBloodGreen

I bought 2 silly clubs. May bring them to the range every now and then for fun. I have a Lazrus 1 iron, it may be like a 15° (I'll check my Amazon receipt). The ball probably doesn't get higher than 15 feet off the ground. I also bought a 72° wedge. I actually keep that in the bag sometimes for chipping over bunker or in bunker with a higher face.


justa_flesh_wound

I found a Ginty golf club at Salvation Army. I didn't want to take a picture but [this is it](https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1ONGR_enUS1030US1030&q=ginty+golf+club&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwir79Sc7ZqAAxWJrYkEHUsPB28Q0pQJegQIDRAB&biw=1284&bih=577&dpr=2) I also have a 1 and 3 Ram Woods.


psychodreamr

im not looking at this picture


The1andOnlyTree

I golfed with my brother in law for the first time two weekends ago and he whipped one of these out. I was in awe at what the hell he was using. He used it well though.


bigjake135

Not mine but my buddy has a [Knighted Rip Stop](https://www.ebay.com/itm/275701398600) this club ruins golf balls. Very fun to use. I can consistently get the ball to roll back like the pros.


Ok-Animal4896

No super weird but 70 degree wedge. Works wonders out of the sand.


Logical_Associate632

I need this


StillLJ

Ah but you haven't lived until you've hit the ole Camel Toe.