Which hurts more?

[Flip4000]

Which hurts more when you pop up a shot.

 

1. The fact you now have a long shot into the tee and likely killed your score on the hole?

 

2. The fact that you know you just killed the resale value on your club

 

 

I just did it on Saturday with my 913 hybrid out of the rough. Ball popped up and landed in a pond. Even though I got a 7 on the hole, and even though I didn't plan on selling it I was pissed that in one shot, I pretty much cut the clubs value in half haha

 

Added some pics further down in the thread, not the worst, but just enough

[rcain1us]

Its almost expected with that type of club hitting out of the rough.

Now do it with a 3 wood or driver on the tee - then you can get depressed.

[HackeroParadiso]

Some hybrids are not made to rescue. Use a deeper face hybrid/rescue when hitting off the rough.

[Golfrnut]

Agree with above. Lie has to be taken into account. Club type also needs to match your playing style. This is why you can find deep faces hybrids vs. shallow faced ones etc, to help match your playing style and try to mitigate the miss.

[Jkellender]

I have been playing the 913 D2 since it came out, I didn't pop up a shot for a LONG time, and the time I did pop it up was an outing with WRXers in Houston on the LAST hole about 6 months ago. I was embarrassed that I hit a s*** shot (I still shot a halfway decent score for the day) and pissed that I put a dummy mark on her like that.

Still playing with the dummy mark but I'm not happy about it. Maybe it's time to upgrade to a 915.

[Qqq123xx]

#2*

* I do not resell clubs all that much. So would have to amend that to 'club looks like crap and I have to keep looking at it.'

[Jkellender]

Oh but to answer OPs question, the mark on the club hurts more for sure. You can still make par with a crappy tee shot. I do it all the time!!!

[TRheezy]

The club blemish for sure. I through my driver in the bag recently and it hit one of my alignment sticks that is missing the rubber cap at the end, have a nice scratch on the top of my driver. Although it doesn't affect game play it still bothers me every time I see it.

[sharkiesj]

None of those 2 above hurt as much as the guy with sky marks all over his woods shoots 66 and takes all the bets....

[jonn443]

Did it really make that bad of a mark that it couldn't be buffed out?

[GolfinHack]

The sky mark hurts the worst because I can't look at it anymore. That's when it's time to put in a range session with horrible rock balls and hope it cracks for a warranty replacement.

[Macklessdaddy]

If I didn't play my driver with electrical tape on it who knows how many ball marks would be on top of the club, too bad pup went out of business

[ChristopherMcDonald]

it's a combo of the two, but usually the first one since my long game is just utter dog s*** at the moment.

[Muirfield Willie]

Definitely option #1. I'm more of a tools not jewels guy. I don't ever buy a club with intent to sell so I don't worry about scuffs and such.

[E-Lew]

[quote name='Flip4000' timestamp='1434647481' post='11777238']
Which hurts more when you pop up a shot.

1. The fact you now have a long shot into the tee and likely killed your score on the hole?

2. The fact that you know you just killed the resale value on your club


I just did it on Saturday with my 913 hybrid out of the rough. Ball popped up and landed in a pond. Even though I got a 7 on the hole, and even though I didn't plan on selling it I was pissed that I one shot, I pretty much cut the clubs value in half haha
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Now you know how people who buy brand new Taylormade clubs feel every 6 months.

[playa]

There's an old saying in Australia when you hit someone's driver; "You sky it you buy it". Nothing screams hacker like a nice sky mark on a driver head.

[Flip4000]

[quote name='jonn443' timestamp='1434660214' post='11778848']
Did it really make that bad of a mark that it couldn't be buffed out?
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Well.....

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[clinkinfo]

[quote name='Flip4000' timestamp='1434647481' post='11777238']
Which hurts more when you pop up a shot.

1. The fact you now have a long shot into the tee and likely killed your score on the hole?

2. The fact that you know you just killed the resale value on your club


I just did it on Saturday with my 913 hybrid out of the rough. Ball popped up and landed in a pond. Even though I got a 7 on the hole, and even though I didn't plan on selling it I was pissed that I one shot, I pretty much cut the clubs value in half haha

Added some pics further down in the thread, not the worst, but just enough
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You're missing an option-

3. The fact that for the remainder of that drivers life with me I have to stare down at that damn ugly idiot mark on the crown!

[sbjinx]

Yeah it's not really a resale thing but a ugly mark that I have to look at.

[justincredible04]

I'm the noobest of noobs. I tape black face clubs with a small sliver of electrical tape between the crown line and the alignment mark...I do it on drivers too. I know, I shouldn't even be allowed to post on this site haha.

However, I have been able to sell a lot of older clubs at a higher price because they are in such great shape. Resale value is very important to me as I don't have the disposable income to be ho'ing as much as the other guys on this site.

[Rig14Port]

It's a hybrid club... chances are, you're going to be playing it out of all kinds of nasty lies. I'll bet money it wont be the last sky mark you put on that club (and it shouldn't be)! Wear it as a Badge of Honor

[Ayoung19]

Marking up the club hurts way more. No way I would be able to look down at that.

[Kenny Lee Puckett]

that's a sweet one dude. but get some polish you'd use on auto paint and buff it out a little first. then gently touch up those nicks with a Sharpie tip. It ain't gonna be perfect, we do it in the shop for trades that come in with snow on the roof, but it won't annoy you so much down at address.

[sheppy335]

I never think about resale value.

[Bigmean]

So you are upset that the thing you bought to smash into the ground and another object at 95mph hundreds of times over has scratches on it and has lost value?

This is why I only buy used clubs......

[matchavez]

It's awesome. Why?

#1 You now have a reminder every time you look down to be aware of your lie.
#2 You don't have to worry about keeping your precious jewel perfect. That ship sailed, so now you can play golf with it.
#3 You can use the word "patina" in a sentence.

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[quote name='jonn443' timestamp='1434660214' post='11778848']
Did it really make that bad of a mark that it couldn't be buffed out?
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Well.....

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Ick. Nasty feet.

[ElJefe26]

A Sharpie will take care of about 80% of that. That's what I do, and when they get bad enough, off to Continental Golf they go for refinishing. If you are worried about re-sale, that's another matter, but that's the approach I take with the clubs that I expect I am keeping around. But with the clubs with the black PVD finish on the face and sole, re-sale is a moot point, anyway. The faces and soles get so beat up that they look like crap, no matter how good the crowns look. I hate those black finishes on areas that are designed to contact the ground and the golf ball. I refuse to buy them any more. They look cheap and beat up very quickly. It's like buying the King Ranch Ford pick-up to use as a work truck.

[Flip4000]

[quote name='Bigmean' timestamp='1434730994' post='11785744']
So you are upset that the thing you bought to smash into the ground and another object at 95mph hundreds of times over has scratches on it and has lost value?

This is why I only buy used clubs......
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I actually did buy it used. To be honest I am not terribly upset by it. I just thought it would be a fun light heart-ted thread topic, since clean top lines and lack of pop up marks are one of the top things people ask about/ look for when you sell a club. As well as its something all of us can relate to at one point or another.

[Tarkata]

It's been so long since I disfigured a golf club.

[Flip4000]

[quote name='matchavez' timestamp='1434731302' post='11785776']
It's awesome. Why?

#1 You now have a reminder every time you look down to be aware of your lie.
#2 You don't have to worry about keeping your precious jewel perfect. That ship sailed, so now you can play golf with it.
#3 You can use the word "patina" in a sentence.

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[quote name='jonn443' timestamp='1434660214' post='11778848']
Did it really make that bad of a mark that it couldn't be buffed out?
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Well.....

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Ick. Nasty feet.
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Yeah forgot to crop out the feet, whoops haha