We here at CaddyDigest are attempting the impossible, we are giving a go at listing the all time worst golf clubs ever created.
This list is ever-changing and we encourage you dear reader to post below any image links and or suggestions of specific golf clubs you think belong to this disgraceful list.
Yes, those crappy, overpriced, unhittable, gimmicky golf clubs which should forever receive dishonorable mention as the worst golf putter, the worst golf wood, the worst golf iron, the worst golf wedge, the worst golf driver, or the worst golf club ever designed.
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A few points about our Worst Golf Club List:
- Most of the expert loopers used in researching this worst golf club ever list, grew up caddying in the 1990's.
- We tried to only consider name brand golf clubs, marketed and known to the masses. Off brand junk-u-lus golf clubs were excluded.
- OK, we're not the creators of the universe. We certainly missed a terrible golf club or two. Please share, comment, and link your most dishonorable mentions.
All right all ready, enough of this pre-listing cowardice. Let's look at some of the worst golf clubs ever created in descending order... from some of the worst, to the all time worst!
10. Worst Golf Club Ever - Bullet Hollow Point Driver
Erasing essential portions of customary standard equipment is a major tenant in terrible golf club design. Be on the lookout for Taylor Made's soon to be released Grip-less Utility Wood and Scotty Cameron's Sweet Spotless Putter.
9. Worst Golf Club Ever - Odyssey 3 Ball Putter
Nothing subconsciously programs the three jack hack better than 3 mystifying white spheres floating through the green galaxies far far away. Star Trek's own Voyager has nothing on the swaths of distance this piece of crap putter has induced golf chops to cover.
8. Worst Golf Club Ever - Yonex Graphite Driver
It has been over 20 years since the launch of the Yonex ADX Driver. At the time, this golf club was considered to be extremely oversized. To this very day, lefty Michelson aside, no other man has hit a golf ball solidly using it.
7. Worst Golf Club Ever - Callaway Ely Would
Callaway's jake attempt at riding the extreme success of their "Heaven Wood". The act got stale on the "Divine Nine" and officially became played out when the company disgraced the founder's name by placing it on the "Ely Would".
This debacle was also the beginning of the end for women's golf bags carrying a 6, 5, 4, or 3 iron.
6. Worst Golf Club Ever - Cobra Baffler Blade Irons
One word's suffice for these pieces of golf design trash -> Unhittable
5. Worst Golf Club Ever - The Hammer Driver
We'll let Jack Hamm, and his cheesy voiceover pal, yell and scream on their own behalves.
4. Worst Golf Club Ever - Nike Slingshot Irons
If you think Tiger Woods uses Nike golf irons, you are wrong. He rocks Miura designed irons. Nike simply subcontracts the aforementioned Japanese design and then slaps their sweatshop swoosh on 'em. Doing so helps Nike continually pawn the image that Tiger actually plays the garbage slave shop irons they themselves create.
The end results are always the same: Slick commercials. Sponsored, highly visible players donning terrible Nike gear. Sprinkle in a few public relations lies... and the tard necktar products produced get gobbled up by the clueless golf masses.
3. Worst Golf Club Ever - Cobra Tricep Putter
If you ever had to lug around one of these wide load 20 pound 3 putt telephone poles - well you know that too, even in golf, King Cobras can be life threatening dangers.
2. Worst Golf Club Ever - The Alien Wedge
This other worldly club was supposedly created to help clueless chops get out of dry heavy sanded bunkers. Futuristically designed, this club can produce sound barrier breaking, laser-like skull shots from any tight fairway or bunker lie.
One final note. The golf club's original designer, Pat Simmons, is rumored to be a shapeshifting reptilian. Stand clear of his path:
1. Worst Golf Club Ever - Cleveland VAS Irons 792
The loopers of CaddyDigest unanimously decided, the Cleveland VAS 792 Iron is by all accounts, the worst gold club ever made.
- WHAT?! YOU GOT A DIFFERENT TAKE?
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- What DO YOU THINK is the worst golf club ever made?
Browning Golf Irons:
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I hate to admit it but I like browning 440 irons
DeleteI had one of those Bullet drivers with the plate on bottom. I used to hit that thing a country mile with it!
DeleteI've played a few rounds with the 440s, nicknamed them the butter knives. The 1 and 2 iron are legit rescue clubs and hit out of anything, 7 iron and up i struggled to get decent ball flights. Not easy to hit and now that I'm older and play less my game isn't tight enough to brave them onto a course now days. The 500s were the blade version and were almost impossible to find a sweet spot. Played nothing like the 440s
DeletePing Zing 2 Wood, Sumo Driver, any and all Taylor Made Bubble Shaft clubs, any kind of iron designed for strictly chipping, Adams Tight Lies Fairway Woods, Orlimar Woods, any type of Slazenger golf club ever made
ReplyDeleteLudicrous. The adams tight lies and orlimar trimetals could go in the Guinness book of world records as the best things to ever be sold on tv. I hit a par 5 in 2 with a trimetal 13* 3 wood just a year ago. That thin face fairway wood is the basis of all modern fairway woods. Now if you wanna put the great big Bertha three wood on here I’d accept that. Of course everyone just used that off the tee because they couldn’t hit a fairway with those terrible 90s graphite shafts. Literally every modern fairway wood more closet resembles a tight lies or trimetal than any of the major manufacturers stuff from back then. The callaway heaven wood was so popular because nobody could hit the 3 off the deck.
DeleteMan, where can I get the Hammer X driver? I want one just to walk around a course screaming "Its HAMMER TIME!" and whacking balls everywhere.
ReplyDeleteThat commercial makes me want to head to a tractor pull.
Awesome. No better way to say it.
DeleteI still want to know what the one at the top of the list is. I'd order mine in an amber color with a mosquito suspended in the middle, just like Jurassic Park.
ReplyDeletei have the cleveland vas irons there actually really good
ReplyDeleteOdd as it sounds, they DO play well and I'm not calling on the Corey Pavin story. As ridiculous as they look from every other angle, at actual address, they align very well and visually the shaft lines right up with the heel of the face as it should. The neck-crook isn't very noticeable at address and they play almost like a conventional iron as the face is not forward of the shaft the way the F2 or Jerry Barbers are. I experiment a lot and these had such a nice sweet spot I picked up a 3-pw for $40. Eventually a year later I pieced together the other three wedges and the 1 and 2 irons. Can't hit a fade but draws nicely. Just get the full set of iron covers because it's not fun having to explain yourself while waiting to tee off milling around the starter...
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ReplyDeleteThe Cobra baffler blades were actually great golf clubs. They were just hard to hit. If a person was a skilled golfer, he would have no problem hitting the sweet spot on the baffler blade. The blades that Tiger plays would be hard for the average golfer to hit also, but that doesn`t make them bad golf clubs. Some on the best golf clubs ever built were the Hogan Apex forged blades, but the average golfer would hate them because he wouldn`t be able to find the sweet spot with any regularity, Tiger does pretty well with them :) just fucking kiding im not gay
ReplyDeleteI have to disagree on the King Cobra Tricep Putter. It is heavy, but it is a hole finding machine. The weight of it is part of the greatness, short back stroke and good ball rolling follow through. I have used one for years, you have to be as smart as the club is all...
ReplyDeleteThe Wilson Staff Spine driver. Truly appalling headshape, shaft about a foot longer than anyh other shaft in history, and the noise on contact sounded like someone spitting out a tooth into an aluminium bucket. Every single one they ever sold was listed on eBay within 72 houres of purchase.
ReplyDeleteThis made me laugh until tears were streaming down my face !! great description...
DeleteTop Flite came up with a "topless" driver once. Can't remember the name, but it sounded absolutely awful when you hit it.
ReplyDeleteI have spine for years great machine
ReplyDeleteWilson Killer Whale Driver, Killer Bee Drivers with the zillion inch shaft, Tommy Armour Ti1000 irons (1,000 is what you'd shoot for 18).
ReplyDeleteWilson Fat Shaft, all the aluminum shafted irons...before your time.
I love my killer-bee driver. Long and straight.
DeleteFat shaft irons r ok
DeleteI still use a bright red Wilson fat shaft staff bag. I love how it screams fat shaft on it. It embarrasses my children...which is my goal in life.
Fat shaft irons r ok
DeleteI still use a bright red Wilson fat shaft staff bag. I love how it screams fat shaft on it. It embarrasses my children...which is my goal in life.
The Cobra Baffler Blades were great clubs. The "sweet spot" was very sweet and a joy to hit. You just had to be a skilled enough golfer to make them function properly.
ReplyDeleteSure pal.
DeleteShot 4 under with Baffler Blades, learn to play golf and able to drive these bad boys before you rubbish them. Hits long and straight, that is if you can play golf, should not be on this list.
DeleteWorst ever , those black cleveland vj singh blades.
ReplyDeletemy pal was off plus 2 when he got a set , they were so hard to hit he went to 1 handicap . Took them out of the bag and got back down again.
I bought an Alien 2 wedge at a yard sale for $3. I think I paid too much.
ReplyDeleteWorst ever for me - very old Ping Anser putter. No sweet spot at all, harsh vibration on every putt - like a little train wreck in the hands. Obviously they must have improved over the years, but I cannot believe these early ones ever sold very well.
ReplyDeleteI put this on reddit:
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DeleteI have Cleveland VAS irons bought them brand new in 93 love them still have them. You dont know shit....
Delete:-) Stay Calm and Chop On VAS fan
DeleteHave owned the Cleveland VAS irons forever. Demo'd about 15 different clubs prior to those. These hit straight as an arrow with an extremely high ball flight. Best clubs I ever played. Still have them and am thinking of going back to them. Ugly, yes. Worst clubs ever . . . not even close.
ReplyDeleteSomebody needs to fix your swing. If you’re steeper than ping eye 2s I feel bad for your wrists and hands. But hey you took hands in front of the club to heart
DeleteI still have a set of aluminum shafted Spalding Irons. Great shafts and I've played a ton of them!
ReplyDeleteI still have the Hollow Point Bullet driver purchased years ago. It worked ok unless the wind was blowing. Then the club head caught the wind and moved it all over the place on the down swing. Never did know where the hell the ball would end up. I stopped using it after a few weeks. It's for sale!
ReplyDeleteI've got the cobra baffler blades, as they cost me next to nothing and i'm just upgrading to my first proper set. They're horrendous to hit if you're a beginner like me, but on the odd 1% of the time I hit a sweet accurate iron shot.
ReplyDeleteWho makes the clear "wood" with the red shaft at the very top? I actually bought it for $5.00 at some garage sale years ago. I can't find any markings on it and it drives (no pun intended) me crazy that I don't know who made it.
ReplyDeleteAnyone remember the invex driver. I owned it. Good times.
ReplyDeleteVAS 792s.? Your game must be bowling to write that review. You have to turn your list upside down or something. If you can't play the 792's at first pick up golf is not your game. You embarrassed yourself here.
ReplyDeleteThe VAS 792 commentator vitriol is proof positive chop angst is alive and strong.
ReplyDeleteEvery long time looper knows, VAS 792s are the worst most hideous mass produced golf irons ever.
Corey Pavin used the VAS irons to win the US Open at Shinnecock Hills in 1995. Can't be totally useless clubs
DeleteOn my second set of Nike Slingshot Irons.....love them. Super forgiving. Shoot mid to low 80s with them. Take notes bitch.
ReplyDeleteLove my Nike Slingshot irons. Picked then up at cost. Demo set never opened. Easy to hit straight and pure. Of course it is the person swinging the club and not the club that matters most!
DeleteAnything Nike is pure junk. Really, their clubs are horrible.
ReplyDeleteAnything made by Ping, except for putters. They are so light a normal person can't hit them. HORRIBLE feel. HORRIBLE shafts. Hotspots galore in the faces.
ReplyDeleteI like Kirsten III and ping eye. Go with a lightweight grip and it raises the swing weight about 5 points
DeletePING is a notorious "quality" oriented product, meaning you have to care about your game to use them. Try any "G" iron and improve your game.
DeleteTiger's current clubs are NOT forged by Miura, this is an ever enduring myth.
ReplyDeleteSome of his Titleist clubs may have been made there when Miura was doing quite a lot of production for other OEMs, but am guessing they were actually forged by Hoffman who did the original production. To my knowledge Miura currently only produces their in house designs/brand.
Tiger's clubs are forged in the same foundry as their retail products except they're hand finished at the Oven in TX to his specifications. Most raw forged heads have 25-30g to work with after the forging process to shape/finish to weight.
I've also been in manufacturing side of the golf industry for 10+ years and know how big of a pain and how much of an expense it would be for them to set up the dies to press just a few sets of heads.
This honor has to go to the "Stand Alone Putter" (as advertised on TV). The premise was you set the putter on the green, left it there and backed off a few yards to line it up. My golf buddies ridiculed me so bad, calling it a barbecue grill with shaft.
ReplyDeleteHave someone edit this trash. Preferably someone who speaks English, please. For example, the singular possessive (its) is not the same as the contraction used for 'it is' (it's). It is further unbearable to see a improper use of upper case letters (7 instances at a glance), improper substitution of the esoteric slang 'chop' used as a personal pronoun, and such poor writing peppered with insults using (psuedo)intellectual verve.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't there be a space between the closed bracket and the start of the next word?
Delete"(psuedo)intellectual"
.....and 'further unbearable' like, really?
#justsaying
To add to that, it's "an improper", not "a improper", but seriously, get a life!
DeleteAlien wedge should not b on the list. I Caddie also. Best club for getting out of sand for hackers..All Jack Hamm clubs should b on this list
ReplyDeleteAlien wedge should not b on the list. I Caddie also. Best club for getting out of sand for hackers..All Jack Hamm clubs should b on this list
ReplyDeleteI can't believe that no one has mentioned the infamous Power Pod driver. Other weird clubs were were the Pat Simmons designed Tiger Shark low profile irons.
ReplyDeleteYikes. that is some list! You seem to have done great research on the worse golf clubs. And I actually quite enjoyed reading about them. Haha
ReplyDeleteANY DRIVING IRON, ALL ULTRA-LITES FROM THE 80'S
ReplyDeleteNeed to clarify DRIVING IRONs are not "old" 1-3 irons. Agree DRIVING IRONS problem is too high of loft (too much compromise for use in windy conditions). I love my "old" 1 and 2 irons, for windy Colorado. Also, the wife's 2 iron on par 5's gets her to great pitch shots and birdie or par every time.
DeleteAre the VAS 792 butt ugly? Yes, the ugliest set of irons ever produced by a major manufacturer. Do the long irons suck, why yes they do, at least for me. However, the 7 thru pw are sweet!! SW and LW suck too. I have bought and played endless Drivers, Fairway woods hybrids and 3,4,5,6 irons, change those up frequently but the old VAS 792 SHORT IRONS stay with me. Put grips to match my other clubs on em...good to go. Really, if you get the chance to whack an old 792 7,8,9 give it a go!
ReplyDeleteI actually own a set of Nike Slingshot irons and shot the best round of my life with them...a 76. Seems like the Palmer Gripless Driver should be on the list for the worst. What a Gimmick.
ReplyDeleteShouldn't there be a space between the closed bracket and the start of the next word?
ReplyDeletePing Golf clubs are in aerial appeal by abounding types of golfers today because of their affection architecture and attention craftsmanship.
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Wilson Invex needs to be on the list.
ReplyDeleteThat appears to be excellent however i am still not too sure that I like it. At any rate will look far more into it and decide personally!
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How about the Power-pod driver?
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ReplyDeleteUsed clear driver for years still have it mine has Johnny bench baseball legend name lasered in it supposKelly he was to play if he made senior tour
ReplyDeleteLi'l David Slingers, horrible, but sadly I love to play them, I own 6 sets, only one with the embossed logo and not the sticker. I typically shoot high 80s, the six rounds I've logged with thesenwere all 86 or under. As a collector I also have a set of 440s, Tiger Shark, Samurai graphite hybrids, Zing, Zing 2, ISI, Stan Thompson Ginty, Zevo Fli-Ti, spaulding Executives, executive XE, Spauding Cannon, Power Pod Irons and Driver, Callaway S2H2...fun to toy around with different sets.
ReplyDeleteThat hollow point driver hit terrible. I bought one for 10 bucks just because I collect the strange and brought it to the range one day, didn't even feel like a golf club. Reminded me of putting a motor mount on a car antenna and swinging at a piece of dried play dough.
ReplyDeleteVas 792 literally my favorite clubs ever. The weight is perfection. No club has ever come close to matching its feel.
ReplyDeleteVas 792 literally my favorite clubs ever. The weight is perfection. No club has ever come close to matching its feel.
ReplyDeleteVas 792 literally my favorite clubs ever. The weight is perfection. No club has ever come close to matching its feel.
ReplyDeleteHad VAS 792 for 4/5 yrs. Played ok but ugliest d@mn rods on earth
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ReplyDeletehe quality of golf clubs does make a difference, but the change only increases with your skill level. A pro would not play as well with lower quality off-shelf Golf Clubs, but the difference between cheap good quality clubs and more expensive branded clubs for an amateur is not significant.
ReplyDeleteirons mid handicap
ReplyDeleteI brought Hollow Point Bullett irons, 3-W and
ReplyDeletenow i know why i didn't like em, they were near Monstrositie irons, Frankenstein Laboratory irons,i brought em just because the badass name bullett were on em.
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