This is like a golf confession session. Mine would be books, not equipment. Although last year, as my game continued it’s spiraling decent, I tried several remedies:
Quit for two weeks, then decide whether to quit altogether;
Lessons from the teaching pro I employ;
And finally, new clubs purchased at wholesale from the manufacturer.
The new clubs didn’t help except to revive my interest in seeing if they would. However, letting others hit them sold several more sets. Still, I doubt I spent the minimum. I was amused to note that the new fairway woods replaced 2 that were 16 years old. I agree with those that point out that spending $900 isn’t that difficult. Some years ago, before a trip to Ireland, I hit up our reps for a raingear upgrade. Nike sent a comp set, but Footjoy (Titleist) wanted $125 for their best. When the gear arrived, the MSRP was, you guessed it, $900 for the Footjoy stuff! $600 for the jacket alone. It’s good stuff, but who the hell pays $900 for raingear? Well, somebody must. If you add in all the hats and stuff you buy with logos from top tier places that you give as gifts to your golf buddies, pretty easy to get there as well.