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Golf Clubs: How to Make the Right Choice

There are a mind-blowing number of choices of equipment used in golf today. This indeed makes it much harder for golfers-especially amateurs-to know which products will best fit their individual games’ needs. The fact of the matter is that playing with golf clubs that do not fit a golfer’s particular needs and experience can produce more harm than good, both in terms of scoring and enjoyment.

According to the golf game’s rules a player cannot carry more than fourteen clubs during a game. Thus, most of today’s players do not carry more than this maximum permitted number.
There four basic types of golf clubs: Woods, Irons, Wedges, and Putters.

Woods are usually used to hit long golf shots. Standard woods that are carried in a golf bag are 1, 3, and 5 Woods. A 1 Wood is typically referred to as a ‘driver’. As the number of your wood increases (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) you lose the amount of distance it can go, but you gain a higher trajectory. Recent golf club technology has made higher lofted woods for shorter distances. A standard golfer’s bag will have a driver (1 wood) and a couple of fairway woods (3- and/or 5-wood). A driver is the longest club (typically 45 inches) making it the toughest to handle during a swing.

Iron clubs are mostly used for shots that are expected to go an average distance – typically from 125 to 200 yards. The lower the number iron, the less degree on the face of the club, hence, the farther the distance the ball will travel. On the other hand, the higher the number iron, the higher the degree on the face, and consequently, the loftier the shot will be.
An Iron features a thin clubhead with grooves on it. Experienced players opt for a blade style iron, while beginners get a cavity-back style. A blade-style has a clubhead with a full back, but a cavity back’s clubhead is hollow. It is hollowed out to make a perimeter weighting effect helpful for less-experienced golfers.
Irons are categorized as long (1, 2, 3,4), mid- (5,6,7) and short (8,9). Short irons are the easiest to hit while the long ones are the hardest. The shorter the iron, the more loft there is and for beginners, the more loft, the better.

The most popular irons used are 3 Irons and 9 Irons, however, many companies also manufacture 1 Irons as well as 10 Irons.

Wedges are used for semi-short shots. They are also used for chipping, and sand shots. There are several types of Wedges, including sand wedges, pitching wedges, and lob wedges. These are iron clubs and are used for games played on difficult grounds, and approach shots to the green.

A putter is a golf club that has a low loft. This enables the ball to roll farther. A putter is typically shorter than all of your other golf clubs. Putters are the clubs most regularly used in the game and come in clubhead styles of blade, heel-toe and mallet. Lengths come in belly putters, standard and broomstick (long) putters. Which selection to choose will be based on an individual preference.
Another popular type of golf club nowadays is the Hybrid club. The Hybrid club is a cross between the Iron and the Wood, and is made for people who have difficulty using these other types of clubs.

The physical capability of every golfer is different – stance, posture, size, swing characteristics etc yet golf manufacturers make golf clubs identical as an off-the-shelf product. However with a custom fit golf club in your hands you can be safe in the knowledge that your clubs are personalized for you and be sure that when you make a good swing the club will be square at impact and your shot should soar down the middle of the fairway.

The majority of golf clubs which you can purchase today can be customized to accommodate the individual differences between golfers. The lie angle/loft, type of shaft, length of shaft, grip type and grip size can be modified. All that is required to custom fit these clubs is some simple measurements and a basic analysis of your swing.

The following information is usually all that is required: gender, height, distance from the wrist to the floor, age, handicap/skill Level, and swing speed.

Gender is utilised as the golf industry in general utilises different definitions as to what the standard length is for both a male and a female.

Height and distance from wrist to floor is used jointly so that the fitter can determine the length of club which is best suited for you. For example a tall man with long arms could easily be fitted with a shorter shaft than an average height male with short arms. The majority of golfers however use standard length clubs.

The remainder of the measurements are used to determine what type of flex the shaft on your club should have.

The notion that the more costly the club the better it is purely doesn’t hold water anymore. If you do enough research and read reviews you’ll find a club that matches your degree of interest. Some play for a weekend activity and there are others who’d like to move up in the rankings. If the occasional pastime is your stride, a low- to mid-performance club can work for you. But those of you who intend to play more regularly should seriously consider custom, higher-performance clubs.

Paul Buntrage
http://www.articlesbase.com/golf-articles/golf-clubs-how-to-make-the-right-choice-70564.html

Golf Monthly – Nike IC 20-20, 20-15 and 20-10 putter reviews

Whatever your preferred choice of putter the new Nike IC Series should have something for you. Watch GM equipment editor Jezz Ellwood test the 20-10 classic heel-and-toe model while Neil Tappin and Paul O’Hagan get to grips with the 20-20 and 20-15 mallets in this week’s Gear Vault video blog.

Check out the Gear Vault again next Wednesday when the GM team take Mizuno’s new MP-600 and MX-560 big sticks for a test drive.

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Putting Arc Golf Trainer

Heres the best-kept secret on Tour. Despite what you may think, the best putters and these include Tiger, Phil, and Padraig make no attempt whatsoever to stroke straight back and straight through the target line. Instead, theyve grooved a shallow elliptical swing arc, which is naturally centered around the spine the anchor of your stroke. Putting Arc is the only trainer that can teach you this superior style of putting. The 33 long Putting Arc is molded into a permanent, shallow ellipse against which the heel of your putter glides. The key is to always keep the putter face absolutely square to this elliptical plane. Thus, it is only square to the target line at the point of impact, and lines on the top edge reinforce the correct club-face angle. And this inside-to-square-to-inside putting stroke has just one moving part. Hands, arms and shoulders rotate as one, around a fixed axis your spine. Its a breeze compared to the unnatural contortions needed to achieve a straight back, straight through stroke (either your spine slides laterally, or sways; or your hands, wrists and arms must manipulate the clubhead). Its obvious when you think about it, but its still the best-kept secret in golf!

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Porta-Putter Blind Golfers Performance Comparison Testing

http://www.porta-putter.com – Golfers can’t tell the difference with Porta-Putter. Now your personal golf putter can be adjusted to become a Porta-Putter! There is zero change in the feel, touch or performance and this is backed by the 100% Porta-Putter Satisfaction Guarantee. No more underserved 3-putts! Don’t forget Porta-Putter makes a great Christmas Gift.

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Odyssey Golf White Ice Sabertooth Putter

Odyssey White Ice Sabertooth Putter…New for 2010Feel the Ice in Your VeinsThe new White Ice Putters from Odyssey combine Tour trusted shapes with a new look and better feel. The new White Ice Insert is Callaway’s best feeling, multi-layer insert to date. Developed after extensive feedback from players on Tour, Callaway engineers have enhanced the sound, responsiveness and consistency of the insert. Coupled with a new Dark Nickel finish, the new White Ice putters combine Tour-proven looks with Tour-inspired feel.White Ice InsertThe multi-layer insert has been fine-tuned to enhance sound, responsiveness, resiliency and consistency. The inner core is 19.6% firmer to enhance the feel and 92% stiffer for better resiliency, leading to consistent distance control. The face surface has been roughened to enhance the sound at impact with softer golf balls. The rough texture also helps increase friction between the ball and the insert to promote forward roll.Headweight OptimizationIn White Ice core models, Tour-tuned weight ports in the sole optimize the putter head with the shaft length to create the ideal balance that maximizes feel, control and accuracy.Dark Nickel FinishCreates a rich premium for the utmost in confidence.White Ice SabertoothA radical alignment mallet with weighted fangs, aiming channels, a double-bend shaft and full shaft offset.

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The Porta-Putter Process

http://www.porta-putter.com – Once you place your order with Porta-Putter we will send you a pre-paid and addressed shipping container and packing materials that you will then use to send us your putter. Once we receive your putter at our state-of-the-art computerized manufacturing facility, we will cleanly insert our precision implants into the center of your golf putter‘s shaft. The implants fit together perfectly and are barely visible. You actually have to look for them to see them! Your putter is then carefully packaged for return shipping back to you.

Once finished, your golf putter may then be unscrewed to form two short lengths, easily fitting within any standard sized luggage. It takes less than 30 seconds to disassemble or reassemble your portable putter and that’s all there is to it!

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An Improved, Real Texture, Real Roll, Light Weight, Transportable Putting System

BirdieBall has created a revolutionary golf putting green that is super light weight and transportable yet feels and rolls just like an actual putting green. Using space age foam technology this proprietary texturing process creates a real feel, real roll putting surface. Large 4′ x 9′ putting surface with a large 4′ x 4′ chipping mat make greenside chipping practice a snap. Contouring with actual breaks is achieved by using shims that change how where and how the ball rolls on the green

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Washington State Cougars Logo Datrek Blade Golf Putter Cover

This sleek, durable Washington State Cougars logo golf putter cover is the perfect fit for any thin-headed putters. Embroidered with the Washington State Cougars team logo, this long lasting nylon material is in Washington State Cougars school colors.

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anyone use a Sunset Beach Golf Putter?

www.ssbeachgolf.com
Anyone use one of their putters or know someone who has? I mean welded neck putters with the big custom guys are like 400.00

No.

what the best golf putter ever?

i have my eye on a resso putter.

this is according to the web one of the greatest putters you can buy.

i have heard great things about this.

i am just wondering if any one has bought or has one an could give me the information on why this putter is so good.

can you really knock down putts like crazy.

they say this putter can take 10 strokes off your game.

www.ReesoPutters.com
i know its how u use the putter not the putter you use but i just want to know what the putter is like okay thanks in advance

The best putter( club ) ever is the one you use which results in the most one putts, no three putts. Putting is all about feel and confidence. Whoever states that a putter can take10 strokes off your score immediately is catering to the most gullible. He most likely will sell a lot of putters. If you believe everything you read on the web, there is a great bridge in Brooklyn for sale.