Chipmunkslayer

What's the point of them? I did a round with some guy today that had one over every club in his bag. What's worse is the guy insisted on putting the things back on each club after every shot he took. And he took forever doing it.
Now my driver and putter came with them, but I just threw them in the garage and forgot about them. I notice most people have them on their clubs. Do they serve any real purpose?

Topflite_d2

Well I use them on all of my irons, putter, and driver. The reason I use them is so that my irons aren't clanking around and making a bunch of noise. I also use them to keep the head of the clubs from scratching my other club's shafts, and heads. Plus it keeps them from being scratched during transportation, since most of the time we take our truck. The thing I do is I take the covers off the clubs I most use so that I don't hold up play as much. Well that is my 2¢.

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I play in a regular foursome.
I'm a single looking for a game.
I race the sun to get in 18 and I've putted for hours in near darkness.
I belong to a club.
I play the munis.
Sometimes the game is metal and sometimes it's a match.
I grind for two bucks like it was a thousand.
I still feel my dad's hands teaching me to hold a club and I'll never forget the day I beat him. I AM A GOLFER.
See golf doesn't begin on the 1st tee and doesn't end on the 18th green... its a life long journey.

Foster4

i understand them if you use a truck but most car trunks aren't going to hurt your clubs...and i know ppl use them for riding in carts which i don't do alot of but i guess it would save on dmg while riding...walking however it doesn't make that much a difference in noise or club wear...the heads are gonna get much more worn out from playing then actually clanking around...clubs are pretty durable and resilient.. Only clubs i keep head covers on is my driver and woods and my putter cuz there the most expensive/easiest to damage since there made of light materials...

i think its just an ocd way to play golf....my clubs i have had for 5 yrs are still in great condition...only dent i have in any club was a dent about the size of a tip of a pencil on my 9 iron when i hit a rock on the course...other then that its just tear on the face from beating balls all day..and a lil of the paint on the back of my clubs where they rub just a tad while i walk...so i choose to take that lil paint wear for the price of headcovers and the time it takes to pull them off and put back on...

funny thing is i use to have club covers when i first bought my clubs cuz i didn't wanna mess them up ...that lasted 2 weeks if that..

GlennM

When I first bought a set of cheap clubs I thought my buddy was pretty anal to have head covers on all his clubs. I heard my clubs clanking from time to time when I drove. THey would clank when I walked with them - which was irritating but I didn't really care.

Then I spent all this money on a new set of clubs!!!

I felt differently about them. Although I think the protection is probably minimal it does protect them. I don't expect to buy a set every season and want them to last for a while and if I do get another set, want to protect these clubs as much as possible for the trade in value.

Yeah, now I'm anal. I take them off before I play so I'm not fumbling with them before and after every shot - except for my putter, driver, 3wood and hybrids which gets covered after every shot.

My other friend said it'll last two weeks with them covered. LOL It been a couple months so far.

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DennisM

Covers for irons have been around a long time, while not used too extensively, but none the less enough people must be buying them to make it worth manufacturing them. So, don't think simple questions or criticisms will make them go away.

I know one player with covers on every club, but he takes off the iron covers before a round and stows them in his bag until it's over. That makes sense to me.

Personally, I don't feel my irons have damaged each other clanking around in my bag uncovered. On the other hand, I am protective with my woods because they have black painted finishes and I don't want something to scratch or chip that up. It's OK for the faces and soles to get scratched because those are the parts that come in contact with the ball or the ground during the swing, but I don't want to have the top of the club all chipped up like one friend's clubs who doesn't use any covers at all.

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Foster4

like i said ...using for transportation is not bad..but playing in a round is ...and both of yall have said your friends or you take them off before a round...i want to see yall use them for more then two weeks while you play with them on...and play at least 6 times (18 holes) in those 2 weeks...you'll hate them by then...

my arguement was there a nuisance on the course while playing and they don't save much dmg from mearling walking a round of 18 holes day in and day out...maybe if you ride they do but not walking...but even riding i would say they don't make that much a difference if you have a decent bag....since i have with my clubs several times...


thats for irons ...excludes putter and woods hybrids...cuz it would be dumb not to have covers to protect them

Topflite_d2

Well mine have lasted like more than a month almost 2 months, and I have went golfing a lot in the 2 months and I still use them. Like I said before I sometimes take off the iron covers of the ones i use a lot, like the wedges and 6 iron.

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I play in a regular foursome.
I'm a single looking for a game.
I race the sun to get in 18 and I've putted for hours in near darkness.
I belong to a club.
I play the munis.
Sometimes the game is metal and sometimes it's a match.
I grind for two bucks like it was a thousand.
I still feel my dad's hands teaching me to hold a club and I'll never forget the day I beat him. I AM A GOLFER.
See golf doesn't begin on the 1st tee and doesn't end on the 18th green... its a life long journey.

degoins

I have covers on all my clubs and have used them that way for 2 years now. I have too much money in them to let them bang and beat the crap out of eachother. I plan on trading this set the same as the last and I want to get top money for the trade.

Chipmunkslayer

I have been convinced/seen the light on keeping them on woods due to them being a softer metal (something reiterated to me today by the golf pro who sold me my 2nd 3 wood in as many months today - mmmmmm, HiBORE w/ gold Fujikura shaft).

But by all accounts putting them on the irons is pointless. I mean heck, I've got just as much money tied up in my clubs as just about anyone, in most cases probably more (see also sig line) - but by all accounts putting them on the irons has a negligible effect.

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Topflite_d2

Well IDK about everyone else but I really think this is a personal preference and some people may like putting and having head covers on all their clubs and some people may not. Its kinda like saying one club is better then another, it is all in personal preference. End of story.

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I play in a regular foursome.
I'm a single looking for a game.
I race the sun to get in 18 and I've putted for hours in near darkness.
I belong to a club.
I play the munis.
Sometimes the game is metal and sometimes it's a match.
I grind for two bucks like it was a thousand.
I still feel my dad's hands teaching me to hold a club and I'll never forget the day I beat him. I AM A GOLFER.
See golf doesn't begin on the 1st tee and doesn't end on the 18th green... its a life long journey.