Your Guide To Choosing Your Golf Clubs

For the last hundred years or so golf was played with basically the same set of golf clubs. The standard set includes 3 woods (1, 3, and 5 wood), 10 irons (2 to 9 iron, PW, SW), and a putter. Now it's time to take a fresh look at what a golf club set can and should do for your game. Instead of selecting clubs based on "that's what we have always had", you should select clubs based on what YOUR golf game requires.

By far the most frequent shot is a putt. For an average golfer, the putter is used more than twice as much as any other club. So, the putter is the most important piece of golf equipment you carry.

Generally, for most golfers the driver (also called the #1 wood) is used the next most often, about 14 times from the tee, or roughly 12-20% of the time depending on ability level and course requirements. A good drive makes the rest of the shots on that hole easier. A lousy drive means, well we wont go there..That makes the driver a very important club.

For players who have a hard time hitting the green in a regulation number of strokes, the wedges may be the second most used category of clubs. Even on a good day a beginner may spend a 15 to 20 strokes chipping up to the green.

The remaining challenges in a round will utilize the rest of the clubs in your set. It is likely that no one club will be used more than a few times.

The more difficult it is to hit a particular golf club the more likely it is to cause disaster. The driver, the long irons, and fairway woods are the most likely culprits to cause that terrible shot. There are now a lot of hybrid clubs that take the place of your long irons and are much easier to hit, these are well worth taking a look at.

When you first start to play you will probably have a hard time making consistent contact with the ball. Hitting it with the heel and toe of the club, topping the ball or hitting the ground first will be your challenge. As a beginner you may also have trouble getting the clubhead to the ball in a square position. This results in your typical shot shape being a slice - a shot that curves right.

To help with inconsistent contact an oversized clubhead will help. This has a larger hitting area so there will be fewer mishits. For irons, perimeter weighting will help to make those mishits go a little straighter. A wide sole will slide through the turf easier and get the ball up higher. Also slightly shorter clubs will make accurate club-to-ball contact a higher possibility.

As your game improves you can start to introduce the harder to hit clubs. One very important tip on choosing the right golf club for you is to try it out before you buy, don't just go on recommendation. We all have our own unique swings and you will find that some clubs simply do not suit you. A few practice swings in the nets will give you a good feel if that club is right for you.

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