Former Golf Pro here, Clubs are a lot like cars, almost any of them do the job for just getting around but people tend to project their self- image by what they own. Most golfers quit the game after a year or play so badly that it make absolutly no difference what clubs they use. So buy wisely for your budget and needs. Don't buy blades, buy perimeter weighted. 4-SW is fine even for novices, forget the long irons. Beginners should get more lofted woods like an 11* Driver or just a 3 wood. There is nothing wrong with buying a cool set of clubs if you can afford them but no matter what you spend you can't buy a game. If you are a good player, wait for a demo day and hit all the different clubs you can, different manufatures,shafts, flexes etc. Then get fit for loft and lie by a professional before you buy. Buy used if you can, Calloway used. com or Ebay. "ees better to look good than to play good"
Yes, the less loft on a club the less backspin it imparts. Backspin keeps the ball going straighter so you will spray long irons more. If you need to hit a 185+ yard shot you'd do better with a lofted wood or hybrid club. To score better just hit 2 pitching wedges 90 yards each. You'll lose less balls too!
Yup. One guy in my group uses the 7-iron religiously, and never seems to lose any balls in the trees or water.
I must be the exception to the rule. Although I haven't played in over a year, I had all but abadoned by drivers for a 1 and a 2 iron. In fact, I wouldn't even touch a driver unless it was a ridiculously long par 4. I have a slice with drivers like you wouldn't believe. So much in fact, that when teeing off, I would turn my body to the right about 45 degrees and hope my slice wound land in the fairway (you wouldn't believe all the snickers I got from people watching me ...my playing partner was embarassed). I praticed with my 1 and 2 alot and they became my favorite clubs. I can actually hit a 2 iron pretty damn straight (although the 1 iron comes and goes). I can usually take my 1 iron about 210-225+ and my two iron in the low 200s on a good day.
ebay is the best place to buy golf clubs. golf clubs don't wear out so you it really doesn't matter if they are used.
Sounds like your trying to kill your driver if you are getting slice on only that club. All your swings should be basically the same with any club you use, so if you slice your driver, but not your long irons, you are swinging differently. Lots of times that slice is caused by using too much strength from your right arm (if you swing right handed). Your right arm is almost just along for the ride in a golf swing. If you start "pushing" the club down from the top of your backswing with your right arm rather than letting your upper body swing through with your hips, it will cause an outside to in swing with an open club face pushing and slicing the ball. A good little exercise to do for this problem when you are on the range is to pull out a 7 or 8 iron and address the ball. Then put your feet together. Next take a little 1/4 swing only using your upper body to pull the club up parallel to the ground (not all the way around like normal swing, but just a little quarter swing up). Now let your arms relax and "pendelum" through the ball. Keep practicing until you can pop the ball out there about 50 yards and straight. Once you can pop about 10 out there in a row, start opening up your legs and taking the club back a litte further each time...until at the end you are taking a full swing, but you have the "feel" of just letting the club head take the club through the ball without pushing it down with your right arm. After you can do it with an iron, do the same exact thing with your driver. You should be able to pop them out there about 120 yards with a little quarter swing...once you have it down, gradually increase to a full swing...only allowing yourself to take it back more once you can pop it out there straight. If that slice starts creeping into your shot, close up your feet and shorten your stroke and start over. This drill has helped me everytime I start letting a little too much slice into my swing.
I'm thinking of getting a Callaway Steelhead X-14 Pro Series 3-PW. I see them going for about 250-350 bucks. I'm pretty much a beginner though I've been playing for a year. Any experience or recommendations about what type of golf clubs to get? Dubious? I don't know what you mean about the perimeter weighted. I'm looking at some of the sites, and I don't know what some of the different terms mean or affect the game. I know that graphite is suppose to be better than steel and is more forgiving if you hit the ground. But what's the difference for "Flex" between regular, stiff, tour X-stiff, and how does that affect my swing/game? And for shaft type, they have all this weird stuff like RCH M75i, Dyn Gold Sens, CW Rifle, and Constant weight. Thanks.
ebay is the way to go, as others have said. just go to a pro shop and check out all their clubs to see what you want. tell them you want to think about it, then hit the auction blocks. i got my hogan apex irons on ebay and i love them.
martian man, perimeter weighting helps square the club at impact, helps to get the ball up in the air and utilizes a cavity back to minimize errant shots. graphite shafts are for old men. the stiffness of a shaft is related to clubhead speed. if you swing slowly you want a lot of flex. tiger woods, on the other hand would use a very stiff shaft.
Be careful about fake Calloway's from ebay. Those things are damn near identical looking as the real ones.
I recommend FreeGolfInfo.com as an excellent site for all golf-related stuff. Also, TheGolfChannel.com has excellent free training videos and tips from golf pros, too.
