In our forums, our members have been discussing the club that affects their score the most. WRXer ‘jjfcpa’ kicks off the thread outlining how he’d like people to get involved in answering this question, writing:

“Before you answer this question, I want to suggest a way to determine which one would affect your score the most.

In my game, the wedge is the most significant club in my bag.  

I could easily swap my driver with another brand that is spec’d the same and it probably wouldn’t affect my game at all.  I could easily make up for any distance loss by simply using a wood or iron to make up for the affects of the driver switch.

While the putter is a club that I depend on to save me shots, having changed it more than any other club in my bag, my putting stats really haven’t changed much.  I’m normally 1.7 to 1.8 putts per hole for a round of golf.

My distances with woods and irons do not vary much when I swap these out.  I have 3 sets of irons and 2 sets of woods and I can interchange these with little to no affect.

So in my case, my wedges are critical to my game.  I’ve changed them to 3 or 4 different brands and I see more affect on my game than changing any other club.

I don’t use set wedges because I wanted to be able to change irons without affecting my wedge performance.  Currently, I’m using the Ping S159 wedges and they are excellent”

And our members have been sharing their insights in our forum.

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

• stratgolf: “Driver and it’s not close.”
• philly2kuk: “I know from experience it’s putting for me. If I’m having a bad round with the putter I don’t play well, as I subconsciously try to get the ball nearer the hole to avoid the issue. After the putter it’s probably tee shots, as a loose drive can put you OB on 10 of the 18 holes at my home course.”
• phizzy30: “This is a no brainer.  I lose the most strokes with driver.  I’ve always struggled off the tee ever since I was a kid.  My current driver setup is probably the most optimized for my swing as it’s fade biased to the max with max ball speed and acceptable dispersion.  I’d like to consider myself decent with irons and so so short game.  Putting is by far the best part of my game.”

Entire Thread: “What club affects your score more? – GolfWRXers discuss”