I've never been a fan of the large volume (+400cc) driver heads. For me they are just too big. My contact is better with smaller heads - maybe because I feel like it forces me to focus on hitting the middle of the head. This KZG driver is the lowest lofted driver I've been able to find built with recent technology.
I also have various other drivers and heads laying around at home or in storage including:
* 44.25 inch 9-degree 460cc Wishon 919 THI Driver with spine-alined Aldila 65-X Graphite Shaft
* 44.25-inch 6-degree 460cc Alpha C830.2 Plasma Driver with spine-alined Fujikura HF-6 SX Graphite Shaft
* 44.25-inch 8.5-degree 425cc Taylormade R9 TP Driver with 85g Fujikura F185(TP) X-Flex 3.3 Torque Low/Mid Launch Graphite Shaft
* 44.25-inch 4-degree 460cc Alpha C830.2 Plasma Driver with spine-alined graphite shaft
* Numerous other shafts and heads (KZG, SMT, Bang, Nakashima, etc)
Woods:
* 44-inch 13-degree Cleveland Launcher Fairway Wood with Dynamic Gold X-100 Steel-Shaft
* 43-inch 15-degree Alpha C830.2 3-Wood with spine-alined Wishon Series 5-SL Graphite Shaft
* ??-inch 14-degree Wishon Golf 525 GRT with spine-alined Aldila 75-X Graphite Shaft
I love the straightness (good lie angle), the shaft heaviness (great to feel in competition), and the loft (13 degree gets me more distance than a 15 degree) Cleveland Launcher (it’s a 2005 or 2006 model?). It is maybe 1/2” too long in shaft length, but I’m worried if I were to cut it that the lie angle would then be too upright and I would start missing to the right. This is the one that’s in my bag now, and I don’t plan on changing it any time soon because I like it so much.
When played from the middle of my stance, I hit the Alpha really straight. The shaft is a bit light, though...and the 15 degree gives up a bit of distance for me. It’s a good club for me, but I like the Cleveland much better.
The Wishon 3W is a great club, but I would like a heavier shaft.
I’m also experimenting around with 1iron Golf’s 12 degree, 16 degree, and 20 degree fairway woods.
Hybrids:
*18-degree Nike Hybrid
I don't have the specs handy, but it's the one I have in play right now. I tend to miss this a little left, but the trajectory and contact is nice with it.
I hit this hybrid pretty straight from the middle of my stance, but it comes out a bit too low. Plus, the way it sits on the ground, the sweet spot looks to me like it’s on the inside part of the face...so that’s a bit funny mentally and visually. I also tend to miss it a little left.
Irons:
* Wishon 555C 2-9 iron with spine-alined Dynamic Gold SL X-100 steel shafts
Now that I got the stiffer spine-alined shafts in my 1irons, these clubs are by far my favorite ever. Same length clubs are a bit unconventional, but I’m not going back because my iron play has become too good with them. I wish the lofts went down in 4-degree increments from 58 degrees in stead of 59 (I don’t like clubs over 58 degrees), but I don’t want to bend them because it might mess with the leading edge and bounce relationship...which I like as is. Plus, cast clubs are hard to bend and get them to stay there anyway.
So I just live with the lofts because the clubs are so great in every other way. Often-times I’ll take the 59 out of the bag and just use the 55.
If I weren’t playing same length clubs, I would play my 555Cs (I used to also have a great set of 550Cs that my friend Scott Herrigstag put together that I wish I never would’ve gotten rid of) that my friend Ric Moore put together for me.
Wedges:
* Vega RAFW Wedges
See above Irons section.
Grips:
I’ve been using these grips for years. They are cheap, they last a long time, and I really love oversize heavier grips because they don’t blister the hands as much and they move the club’s center of gravity more towards the handle end (which means significantly lower Moment, resultant forces from impact (Torque and Impulse Reaction), Shock, Work, Shoulder Pull, Shoulder Crunch, Wrist Crunch, and Elbow Crunch).
Putter:
This putter has tested really well in independent testing and the weight of it is nice for short or nerve-racking putts and on windy days. It took a little bit of getting used to for longer putts, but now it’s great. The only thing this putter is missing is a line on the top of it for alinement purposes. I tried taping a piece of cardboard with a line to it, but it fell off when I played in the rain...so I need to come up with another fix. I’ve had it since 2007.
Ball:
I think I’ve been playing this ball since it came out on the market. I don’t know why but I just like it. The regular ProV1 goes high and spins too much for me, so I use the ‘x’.