Good clubs will help to improve your game. New advancements in golf club technologies make lighter, bigger, and better golf clubs available to the experienced as well as inexperienced golfer.
How do you know what to look for in golf clubs? For the novice golfer, the basic set of golf clubs consists of drivers, wedges, putters and irons. Beginners will need to use the proper type of club to speed up the learning process. Different clubs are designed for different purposes, such as improving swing speed, and correcting faults to improve your score. You must take into consideration the style, size, and type of material used to make the golf club shaft. Steel is always a cheaper material. Golf clubs with a steel shaft weigh more but can be longer-lasting than other types. More control is achieved with a steel shaft due to less flex. Graphite shafts are lighter than steel, but also more expensive. This type of club is used for long distance shots or for slower swingers. Most golf clubs are available with both steel and graphite shafts. Keep in mind that graphite shafts will not only be lighter and easier to handle, they will also be more forgiving if you have a bad shot.Vibration is absorbed to give you a better feel.Plus, the lighter materials allows for greater swing speeds.
The flexibility of a shaft is referred to as flex, or bend. The less the bend in a shaft, the more control the powerful swinger will have. On the other hand, beginners and those with less powerful swings generally use a shaft with greater flexibility. 65 mph is an average swing speed for beginners. Advanced swings can top 100 mph. When it comes to selecting a golf club driver, especially as a beginner, you will probably want one with a head made out of titanium.Titanium has many advantages over steel allowing for a larger head with the same amount of material.A larger head on your driver gives you a bigger sweet spot, or area to hit the ball with.This type of club head allows for more forgiving shots.
The goal when buying golf clubs should be to own the best golf clubs you can afford, whether they are name brands, used, or a reproduction of one of the name brands.
Selecting left handed golf clubs is not all that different from choosing right handed clubs. The biggest distinction is that there’s a much more limited choice when it comes to left handed golf clubs. This means that it will likely take additional time to find the perfect set. There are lots of more right handed folk than left handed people ; so there are numerous more right handed golfing club sets. There are several players who want left handed clubs because they’re really left handed while others are right handed for everything but sports.
There are 3 main parts to any golf club. These include the head, the shaft, and the grip. The head is the section of the club that’s placed on the grass. This part comes in a extensive array of styles and sizes which have more to do with personal preference than the rest. The shaft is the angle of the club’s head. This part is created from either graphite or steel and directly impacts the distance the ball will travel. Graphite shafts are lighter and are a good selection for ladies, seniors, or people who have joint discomfort. The grip is the material that covers the stick. The grip of the club determines how comfy it will be to hold. The grips have a tendency to get greasy and hard over time and will need to be replaced often .
When purchasing a set of left handed golf clubs it is important to keep in mind that cash will not purchase talent. It is practice and time which will have the largest impact on how you play the game. When searching for a left handed golf club sets you don’t have to go with the big name brands, particularly if you are a beginner. You’ll find a broad selection of costs out there but intend on spending no less than $250 for a basic set.
“Driving the Golf Ball with Confidence, Accuracy, and Consistency”
The three most important elements to the game of golf is:
Driving the golf ball in play.
Putting the golf ball with consistent speed control (distance).
Pitching the golf ball with loft.
Let’s concentrate on what I consider the MOST important aspect to the game of golf, DRIVING THE GOLF BALL IN PLAY. This area of the game is the number one confidence builder in our sport. As you probably know and have experienced, your score adds up quickly if you hit your tee shots out of play.
Here is a bold proclomation for you -if you read this article/special report every time, just before you play a round, your friends will think they are playing with Joe Durant. Joe has led the PGA Tour in driving accuracies for the past two years. So far this year, he is averaging 79% of the fairways every time he plays 18 holes of golf.
If you are going to change the way you drive the golf ball you will need to implement the following four fundamentals:
THE PICTURE
PROPER DRIVER
CORRECT TEE HEIGHT
CORRECT SWING PLANE
1. THE PICTURE
If you can see it, you can have it. Before you take your driver, or any club for that matter, out of your golf bag, you better start seeing what you want the golf ball to look like during its trip down the fairway. Of the millions of words my mother (the first woman to teach at a golf school in the United States) passed on to me, the one phrase that has stayed with me all of my years is THE PICTURE. You should have a mental picture of how you want the ball to fly through the air and where you want it to wind up. When you have a driver in your hands, you have to pick out an exact area you want the ball to land on. IF YOU DON’T SEE THE PICTURE, YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE.
Important Tip: During the course of a round of golf, you can find yourself driving the ball well, but all of the sudden you are faced with a difficult driving hole. Shortly after I turned professional, I played a practice round with Tommy Bolt the 1958 U.S. Open Champion. We came to great par four, 435 yards long, water down the right side of the fairway from the tee to the green, out of bounds markers down the entire left side of the fairway from the tee to the green. After I teed my golf ball up I said to Tommy , “What do you do here with O.B. left and water right?” Tommy looked me straight in the eye and said “Son, if you see the water and the O.B. markers, you better go find another line of work.”
That stuck with me to this day, and I wanted to pass it on to you. Don’t worry about the challenges, just think about what you want the ball to do. I have benefited immensely during my golf career, and I want you to gain the same benefit from this as well.
2. PROPER DRIVER
Now that you can see the picture, let’s see if you brought the correct brush to paint with. If you are still trying to buy 30 more yards every time you walk into a golf shop. It is time to stop-NOW! If you own a driver that has a graphite shaft, is metal, and the grip is new then you own what it takes to send the golf ball straight down the fairway.
Let’s back up a foot or two. The loft on the golf club will play a major role in how accurate you are. If you are struggling with your driver you might consider buying a driver with at least 10-12 degrees of loft. The less loft a driver has the more you are apt to slice and hook the ball. If you are driving the ball well you can buy a driver with less loft.
An important side note: If you are driving the golf ball short, low and to the right the shaft might be too stiff. If you are driving the golf ball too high and to the left the shaft might be too weak.
Another item to consider if you have small hands, have the club repair shop regrip all of your grips with either a junior grip or a small grip. If your hands are large, have the shop regrip you clubs with oversize grips.
Bottom Line – think about getting the ball in the fairway first, and then focus on distance generation. Chances are, you own the equipment right now, that will give you the fairway shots you’re striving for. Remember – It’s the swing, not the equipment. The equipment can help once you have a good swing, but you’ll never FIX your swing with an equipment upgrade.
3.CORRECT TEE HEIGHT
The tee height does not seem like such a big deal, but it plays a huge roll in whether or not you drive the golf ball consistently down the fairway. Something so simple can often be the biggest challenge.
The two major mistakes are teeing the golf ball too low or teeing the golf ball too high. You may have heard that golf is a game of opposites. This is a fantastic example. Let me explain why. If you are constantly swinging your driver too vertical into the ground in the downswing, you probably tee the golf ball to low. Most golfers with a vertical driver swing fear swinging underneath the golf ball so they tee the ball low in hopes of catching it square. For those of you with this challenge, the next time you are on the golf course, tee the golf ball up a little higher and sit back a little bit more on your heels and keep your weight there in the downswing. After your shot has landed, look down to see if your tee is still in the ground. If you are always conscience of leaving the tee in the ground, you will not pop your tee shots up anymore.
If you are topping your tee shots to the right you might have the ball teed too high because you are trying to hit the ball on the upswing. The next time you go out to play, tee the ball down a little. After the golf ball has landed, make sure your weight is on your left foot and meaning you have transferred your weight correctly.
4. CORRECT SWING PLANE
With this final tip I feel confident you will be on your way to driving the golf ball straighter and with more consistency. The golf club in your bag that swings the most vertical, (up and down) is your sand wedge. The golf club that swings the most horizontal (around you-baseball swing) is your driver. The mistake I have seen most amateur golfers make is that they swing their driver like their sand wedge and they swing their sand wedge like their driver.
A couple of things to remember when you are addressing the driver:
Chin up
Turn your right shoulder in the back swing level
Swing the golf club around you/not up and down
Leave the tee in the ground after you hit the ball
When you are ready to begin your backswing, keep your swing thoughts to a minimum. Just focus on swinging more horizontal.
At the beginning of this article I promised you would drive the ball more with more consistenency, accuracy, and more confidence if you read this article every time before you tee it up this summer. This stuff seems simple, but give it a whirl and let us knwo your results. You’ll get some really excellent results.
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