in response to gord962 "The best way to justify to yourself getting a new set of clubs would be to do it as a reward system. For example, when your handicap get's below a 10, you will treat yourself to a new set of irons." i used that idea by telling myself no new clubs til i broke 85. but having done that and now getting down in the low 80's quite often i think "why give up sticks that got me to the low eighties?"