I would like to post this question. reason is that I have spend a lot of money the past two years buying new equipment. I have also due to having rearanged my working life, got more time to play golf and practice. My handicap has come down and I can play competitive golf again. I play in snr league games, I am 50 yrs old, and come up against guys age 60 to 65 that still play of + and scratch handicaps that shoot below par. what interest me most was that very few of them use the lates equipment. they all have good quality equipment but not the latest. I often ask them why and the response I get is this. I have had these for xx time and they work for me and I trust them. I made me go back home and take the dust of my old set of Founders Club CB tours that I bought 12 years back, the shafts had some rust so I had them reshafted. I started to play with the old bag and the new bag changing every week as I play 2x per week. average score over 12 months, same handicap!!! 2/3 handicap. the biggest improvement has come from dropping the 3 irons and using a 21 degree hybrid. My 2005 Comp Driver with New Accra Dymatch shaft is as long and as straight as my 910 D2 with the same shaft. I bought new equipment as I thought the technology is so much better and that I would fall behind. I realise that I buy new clubs because they also loop nice. I will spend more money getting fitted with a proper driver shaft and ensure the shaft, weight, loft and lies and gripsize is fitted for me on an older set of clubs then spending $ 800 + on a new set off the rack. Why do you buy new equipment.