Opinions: Iron Covers

[Pinseeker]

I did a search of the forum on the subject and found the forum split on whether to use them or not. I received a set of Iron covers this past christmas and am sitting on the fence whether to use them or not. Visually I don't mind them as they fit well, have a zipper for making on and offs easy. What do you guys think of this set? Also do I really have to worry about moisture with my R7 CGB Max Irons or is it only forged irons that people need to worry about. My clubs are new and would like them to stay looking that way.

Steve

[Ginker]

I am not a fan of the iron covers but I use them anyway.. I play a very soft forged iron and a year later they look new..

[Golfbum]

As someone who has to deal with cleaning clubs all day I hate irons covers. They hold moisture inside, dirt too.

I used forged irons for two summers and carried my clubs. The irons had some bag chatter but not enough to bother me. Adds character!]

I carry my clubs most of my rounds and having covers on them means pulling it off, setting it on the bag, or stuffing it in a back pocket. Forget that.

I have covers on my woods to prevent paint chips, there is no paint on my irons.

JMO.

[Hacker]

Using an iron cover add about 10 seconds to your shot if that IMO. I pull my cover off of the iron as I'm removing it from the bag and slip it into my pocket. Play my shot, wipe off my iron, cover back on, back into the bag - no biggie at all.

Personally the 'Character' that comes from not protecting your irons, especially forged heads, makes them look like crap and will seriously reduce the resale value of your clubs.

If you like dings, dents and scratches all over your clubs and plan on keeping them forever then go without the covers.

If you like irons that look like new year after year and hold their resale value well, use your covers.

Personally, the work involved in using them or the perceived inconvenience is minimal to none IMO.

[Wilster]

I used them all last season , and the x-tours still look like new.

[foxman]

I put them on every other iron.Clubs look new and never bang.

[jvincent]

I am somewhat schizophrenic on the "look" of my clubs.

I play soft forged blades, clean them religiously, and redo the paint fill every season to keep them looking sweet.

That being said, I'll never put iron covers on them. Iron covers are for sissies.

I'm not really worried about resale since I like to play mine until they are "done".

[The Saint]

I am somewhat schizophrenic on the "look" of my clubs.

I play soft forged blades, clean them religiously, and redo the paint fill every season to keep them looking sweet.

That being said, I'll never put iron covers on them. Iron covers are for sissies.

I'm not really worried about resale since I like to play mine until they are "done".

I wish I was like you .. (how many times have you heard that?? )...however I use iron covers and I clean my clubs.. then something else catches my eye and I sell my nice clean clubs and buy something else...

[Sakuraba]

Covers on every other club is a good idea, never thought of that. Mine are too beaten up to bother protecting them any longer, I wish I had used them when I 1st got them, because they were mint then...

What about my new spin-milleds? They have yet to hit a ball, they are just sitting there.. looking strange next to the other irons in my bag. Maybe I'll get a couple for them.

[hoolio]

What about my new spin-milleds? They have yet to hit a ball, they are just sitting there.. looking strange next to the other irons in my bag. Maybe I'll get a couple for them.

Or just buy some new irons... Just give me a model number and I'll keep feeding you links.

I'll agree with GB on the fact that if you work in a back shop, they are your biggest nightmare (along with those stupid PVC tubes people put in their bag). That being said, I think my next set of irons will be getting some covers assuming they're in 9+ shape when I get them. My 670's were mint when I got them, but with my fondness of letting the 3 wheeler roll down every hill at full speed on its own, the chatter is starting to build up.

I really hate those stupid plastic tube dividers. I'm getting angry just thinking about them right now...

[Sakuraba]

I like letting my three wheeler run free also, I think I might get a couple iron covers for my wedges.

Maybe some of those tubes, too (see avatar)

[hoolio]

Don't be surprised if your phone rings at 3am this weekend.

[Kona Golf]

I personally prefer covers because they do protect the heads. I hate the "CHARACTER" left by bag chatter!

Problem with forged is they trap the moisture and will cause rust.
I think I have have a fix.
I have a sample of a product that removes rust and leaves a protective finish. It actually bonds molecularly to the metal, without leaving a coating or affecting the finish.

If it is as good as he says, I will have covers back on my irons for sure.

I will test them when i go away in March!

[Hacker]

I personally prefer covers because they do protect the heads. I hate the "CHARACTER" left by bag chatter!

Problem with forged is they trap the moisture and will cause rust.
I think I have have a fix.
I have a sample of a product that removes rust and leaves a protective finish. It actually bonds molecularly to the metal, without leaving a coating or affecting the finish.

If it is as good as he says, I will have covers back on my irons for sure.

I will test them when i go away in March!

I'll be anxiously awaiting your test results....

[Pinseeker]

I'll be anxiously awaiting your test results....

I am definitely interested in your results as well!!!

[bobjones59]

I use them for their Q-U-I-E-T-N-E-S-S! A big guy like me with 2 left feet lumbering down the fairway with a bunch of irons knocking into each other is a VERY annoying sound! With the covers on I get peace and quiet and get some quality quiet time to think about the bad drive I just hit and the bad iron shot I'm going to hit! Like Hacker said, pull it off when your pulling the club out of your bag, stick it in your pocket and do the opposite after you've hit your shot! I use the ClubGlove Neoprene ones, they come in black or gold at GT for about $35. Also, if you're a MASTER club HO like St. Micheal it helps with the re-sale value! LOL!Jeff

[Pinseeker]

Thanks for the help guys. I have decided to try a few rounds with them once mother nature co-operates with us golfers. I also like the look of these particular iron cover as they match my other headcovers and golf bag.

[Golfbum]

I use them for their Q-U-I-E-T-N-E-S-S! A big guy like me with 2 left feet lumbering down the fairway with a bunch of irons knocking into each other is a VERY annoying sound! With the covers on I get peace and quiet and get some quality quiet time to think about the bad drive I just hit and the bad iron shot I'm going to hit! Like Hacker said, pull it off when your pulling the club out of your bag, stick it in your pocket and do the opposite after you've hit your shot! I use the ClubGlove Neoprene ones, they come in black or gold at GT for about $35. Also, if you're a MASTER club HO like St. Micheal it helps with the re-sale value! LOL!Jeff

Now that sound is what I enjoy hearing while I walk down the fairways.

I just do no like the looks of irons that have head covers on them. I have never used them in 25 years and I will never put them on my irons. I do not find my irons being damaged, and yes I did have forged irons in my bag for two summers.

I think riding around in power carts is one of best ways to have your irons bounced around ni your bag. While using a push cart once in awhile I never hear my irons clanking around.

Bottom line I just do not like iron covers

[Ginker]

I hate the looks of my covers but again love the looks of my clubs.. I have used them for a couple years now and have had no rusting at all.. It it rains when I come home the covers come off to dry.. Also I clean my clubs after every round and leave the covers off for the clubs to dry..

[Nat Williams]

I like the look of beat up irons ... My apexs were really soft and looked like they'd been to war after a few seasons. I'll always cover woods though, chipped paint doesn't have the same weathered look

[jonf]

What's the point in having nice pristine irons if the only time you see them is the 15 seconds you're taking a shot with them? Take off the covers and enjoy the art that is a well made golf club.

[Hacker]

What's the point in having nice pristine irons if the only time you see them is the 15 seconds you're taking a shot with them? Take off the covers and enjoy the art that is a well made golf club.

I tried using that same logic wrt my wife and her insistence at wearing clothes around the house..............

Didn't turn out as I'd hoped

[Golfbum]

I tried using that same logic wrt my wife and her insistence at wearing clothes around the house..............

Didn't turn out as I'd hoped

Come on Scotty Boy we are talking about irons, not women!

When was the last time you saw a PGA caddy pulling off iron covers And do not use the excuse that they can get new irons once a month. Sure they can, but I doubt if they do.

I am going to start a petition to ban Iron Covers

[Hacker]

Come on Scotty Boy we are talking about irons, not women!

When was the last time you saw a PGA caddy pulling off iron covers And do not use the excuse that they can get new irons once a month. Sure they can, but I doubt if they do.

I am going to start a petition to ban Iron Covers

You should protect the things that you love. We wax and rust check our cars, we cover prized shrubs and trees and greens in the winter to protect them from the elements, we put sun screen on our children, we should also use iron covers to protect our beloved clubs from the elements and other environmental hazards!

I'm going to petition the members at your course to institute a MANDATORY COVER policy - time to make the boys in the back shop earn their pay. When I was a young man working in the back shop we had to clean clubs with a tooth brush...no club cleaning machines for us. Nothing like a little elbow grease and a good firm toothbrush to get a golf club clean........and here you are complaining about having to remove a head cover.

All this BS about covers causing rust etc. is just rhetoric being spewed by lazy back room workers

[Golfbum]

You should protect the things that you love. We wax and rust check our cars, we cover prized shrubs and trees and greens in the winter to protect them from the elements, we put sun screen on our children, we should also use iron covers to protect our beloved clubs from the elements and other environmental hazards!

I'm going to petition the members at your course to institute a MANDATORY COVER policy - time to make the boys in the back shop earn their pay. When I was a young man working in the back shop we had to clean clubs with a tooth brush...no club cleaning machines for us. Nothing like a little elbow grease and a good firm toothbrush to get a golf club clean........and here you are complaining about having to remove a head cover.

All this BS about covers causing rust etc. is just rhetoric being spewed by lazy back room workers

Sorry to say but I clean clubs by hand! And yes I have seen rust on some irons that have covers on them.

Not many irons covers in use at my course. Most of the members do not drag their clubs around behind them or the power carts So they do not get damaged, and yes there are forged irons in some bags.

I do not was my car, that is why auto companies use clear coat during the paint process! Plus I never own a car long enough for it to rust

I do not cover my bushes in the winter, I live in the Banana Belt!

[jonf]

You should protect the things that you love. We wax and rust check our cars, we cover prized shrubs and trees and greens in the winter to protect them from the elements, we put sun screen on our children, we should also use iron covers to protect our beloved clubs from the elements and other environmental hazards!

I'm going to petition the members at your course to institute a MANDATORY COVER policy - time to make the boys in the back shop earn their pay. When I was a young man working in the back shop we had to clean clubs with a tooth brush...no club cleaning machines for us. Nothing like a little elbow grease and a good firm toothbrush to get a golf club clean........and here you are complaining about having to remove a head cover.

All this BS about covers causing rust etc. is just rhetoric being spewed by lazy back room workers

Sure, you cover your convertible when you put it away for the winter. But once the sun is out and you're going to be using it every day, you uncover the thing, let it shine, and let the world become green with envy. You don't cover it up every time you pull into a parking lot, do you? No, you let it sit there to be admired.

[Indio]

You should protect the things that you love. We wax and rust check our cars, we cover prized shrubs and trees and greens in the winter to protect them from the elements, we put sun screen on our children, we should also use iron covers to protect our beloved clubs from the elements and other environmental hazards!

I'm going to petition the members at your course to institute a MANDATORY COVER policy - time to make the boys in the back shop earn their pay. When I was a young man working in the back shop we had to clean clubs with a tooth brush...no club cleaning machines for us. Nothing like a little elbow grease and a good firm toothbrush to get a golf club clean........and here you are complaining about having to remove a head cover.

All this BS about covers causing rust etc. is just rhetoric being spewed by lazy back room workers

Do my new Nike's come with covers?

[Hacker]

Do my new Nike's come with covers?

Sure, if you want to pay for em

Other wise they'll go on one of my other sets

[Hacker]

Sorry to say but I clean clubs by hand! And yes I have seen rust on some irons that have covers on them.

Not many irons covers in use at my course. Most of the members do not drag their clubs around behind them or the power carts So they do not get damaged, and yes there are forged irons in some bags.

I do not was my car, that is why auto companies use clear coat during the paint process! Plus I never own a car long enough for it to rust

I do not cover my bushes in the winter, I live in the Banana Belt!

Sets bought at Canadian Tire don't count

You're retired now so we'll see how long you keep your current Ford -and if you believe that the factory applied clear coat offers much in the way or rust protection you've been breathing too many fumes My old man made a lot of money off of people thinking the same thing (he owned the largest auto repair shop in the Maritimes). Let's just say that the first thing that he did when he got his new Infiniti QX56 home was apply a 'Real' clear coat to it

oh yeah and Bananas grow on trees, not bushes

[Indio]

Sure, if you want to pay for em

Other wise they'll go on one of my other sets

I will pass thank you very much! (since I am the back room schmuck that will have to clean them)