Some time ago, on a Facebook group, I expressed my despair at seeing age affect my game and at no longer being able to project my ball to the driver beyond 200/220 metres. It’s despairing, but what can you do?
And so, with the same cause (age) but different consequences, I realised that the composition of my bag was becoming somewhat incompatible with my physical abilities: for the last ten years or so, I’ve been playing with a driver and only irons, from the 2-iron upwards. So it seemed essential to me, partly on the advice of my youngest daughter, to put away my long irons for a while and replace them with fairway woods. But I wasn’t quite sure how effective this would be, so I started by looking at second-hand clubs.
And now I’d like to introduce you to this unusual shop in my home town of Hua Hin, Thailand.
It’s a kind of warehouse dedicated solely to the second hand, with an incredible quantity of very old clubs. Collectors beware, here you’ll find just about every Persimmon model ever made. But if you come here often, you’ll find a few nuggets like these 2 Nike fairway woods, old but in great condition, which I paid 1400 baths (36€) for with the practice bag as a gift. The first test was pretty conclusive this morning. I’ll let you discover the shop in pictures
