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With so many clubs out there, deciding which one to get can be a tough decision. Here are some tips on how to narrow down the selection.

- Decide on your levels for playing
Some play for the weekend game and there are others who’d like to move up in the ranks. If the occasional game is your pace, a low- to mid-performance club can work for you, while a high-performance club is suited to those who’ll play more regularly.

- Set a budget
The notion that the more expensive the club, the better it is simply doesn’t hold water anymore. If you do enough homework and read reviews you’ll find a club that matches your level of interest. Don’t be afraid to check out used clubs as they can give you the best chances of getting the club you need at a good price.

Now that you know your interest level and have established a budget, here’s a brief run-through of kinds of golf clubs and what each one does.

Woods and Drivers
A typical golfer’s bag will have a driver (called 1-wood) and a couple of fairway woods (3- and/or 5-wood). A driver is the longest club (usually 45 inches) making it the toughest to control during a swing.

Irons and Wedges
Irons feature thin clubheads 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, whereas a cavity back’s clubhead is hollow. It is hollowed out to create 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.

Putters
Putters are the clubs most often 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 option to get is a personal choice.

Utility clubs/hybrids
The clubs combine features of woods and irons and are best for beginners who may not want to buy too many clubs straight out. More and more, even experienced golfers are opting for utility or hybrid golf clubs. Since they are easier to hit, they inspire confidence. Confidence is one of the main ingredients in playing your best golf.

Finally as a final word before taking them out of the store, most new clubs fit individuals at the average height of 5’10” for men and 5’5” for women. If you are significantly shorter or taller than these figures, you should get your club fitted to your height. GolfClubsHome.com provides an efit system to make sure you get golf clubs that are fitted especially for you.
Start off with these considerations to build on your research when choosing your golf clubs. The game becomes that much more fun with the little effort you make now.
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The words core training, golf fitness, and improving your golf swing have become common words in golf. Without good fitness, all the technique training in the world isn’t going to make you an excellent golfer.

The major components of a well designed golf conditioning program include: strength training, flexibility training, cardiovascular conditioning, posture and balance training, nutrition and diet, and injury prevention techniques for golf.

Exercises

First and foremost golf fitness exercises can be of great benefit to the golfer provided a few principles are adhered to in the development of such a golf fitness program. These types of exercises will develop higher levels of strength and endurance within the muscles used by golfers.

Injury preventative rotator cuff exercises should be a part of a comprehensive golf fitness program. These types of golf fitness exercises develop additional strength and endurance within the rotator cuff muscles.

The bottom line is this: golf fitness exercises can benefit the distance of drives for any golfer. It is well known that in every professional sport athletes perform a series of flexibility exercises and drills to prepare them to play a game, and golf is no different.

You should implement golf fitness exercises to go along with your swing drills.

Training

When fitness training for golf, dumbbells are usually used for strength training because this is the most efficient equipment for building strength quickly, hence their inclusion in the best golf fitness workout routines.

Golf fitness stretch training is also an important part of the modern game today, and yet there are still many amateur golfers that do no see those benefits. Golf fitness stretch training is also a great help in reducing the risks of injury which are rather high in golf for golfers who do not exercise.

Stretch training plays an important role in improving the flexibility of a golfer and therefore the quality of the swing both in terms of controlled direction and much more power and distance. A stretch training program from a qualified golf fitness stretch trainer will also help in increasing strength in the golf-specific muscles of the golfer.

Core

Your core is the area of the body from the chest to the knees. Core muscles are more complicated to understand than say the quadriceps or biceps. They require a major emphasis on core rotational movements with resistance. Increase your core strength, it is important.

If your core is weak or restricted, you will have a very difficult time generating clubhead speed and power at impact.

Focus on core stability. Exercise ball fitness training for golf is a simple and effective piece of golf fitness equipment that will quickly improve core strength for golf and balance.

Balance

Balance and postural sway is determined by the golfer’s posture, which in turn, is affected by the integrity of the core and muscle balance. Balance exercises challenge the nervous system, creating more efficiency in the input/output system of the body.

Posture and balance evaluation will help to identify in what positions you have good balance as well as positions where posture and balance need improvement.

The most effective way to improve balance is by training the core musculature. Any time you put yourself in an unstable environment through the use of balance pads, fitness balls, or various other balance training aids, you increase your body’s awareness and balance.

Balance plays a pivotal role in your ability to execute weight transfer and hip rotation without jeopardizing a stable address position.

Conclusion

A monster drive is not only the result of improved equipment, but is due in large part to flexibility, core strength, balance, and stamina as well. Golfers need to be physically fit in order to have the right strength, power, flexibility, balance, core stability, body awareness, and endurance to finish a round successfully. By following the fitness tips shown in this article you will be in much better shape for that next round of golf.

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Having as much as 5,000 patented designs approved since the 1990’s, the golf ball is the most skillfully designed ball in the world of sports.

Because of its advanced technology, choosing a golf ball is a baffling decision for golf players.

Because there are several types of golfers, ball manufacturers have created several kinds of balls, that if correctly matched to the player’s game, they can boost enjoyment and at the same time a possibility for par.

Structure of a golf ball

1. Two-piece golf balls are recognized for their “distance”, and players describe them as distance balls. These balls are made up of harder, strong and a cover resistant to cuts. The compact inner center is made from a variety of materials. The harder the material of the inner core, the further the ball will travel. However, two-piece balls lack the capacity to manage the ball because it has limited spin amounts.

2. Three-piece golf balls are constructed for feel and spin. These are made up of a softer coat or cover (Balata) with compact inner core and extra layer of fabric between the cover and the core that “softens” the blow or impact of the head of the club against the golf ball. This provides improved feel and spin, but loss of durability and distance.

3. Multi-layer golf balls are also known as “all purpose balls”. These balls are made up of a durable, soft cover that is separated by many very thin layers which are made up of a variety of materials and an improved inner core, resulting in a ball that gives better all around execution.

Buying the best ball for you

1. Beginners or high handicap players will require distance and are likely to “mis-hit” the golf ball, must choose a two-piece golf ball with Surlyn coat or cover because it is durable, affordable and has “distance” characteristics.

2. Mid handicap golfers can play with a three-piece ball with Elastomer or Balata softer cover to give more feel and spin. Since these balls offer faster “swing speeds”, they will not suffer distance loss.

3. Low handicap players should use a multi-layered ball. Because advance golf players have the quickest “swing speeds”, they will achieve extra distance and feel and spin benefits.

Like any equipment in golf, discovering the perfect or right golf ball for your play style will entail a lot of trial or testing. Just keep on playing, keep on testing those balls; in no time, you will find the most perfect one for you.

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It’s time to make the move to custom clubs. You have seen the pros shoot lower and lower scores. You have read articles touting its benefits and you have probably even heard the TV announcers talk about getting custom fit clubs. But you still have questions. What exactly happens during a fitting? Does this mean I have to buy a new set of clubs? Does a high handicapper benefit from custom clubs? These are but a few of the many questions my clients ask me before their fitting session. Let’s address the first question. What happens during a custom club fitting session?

After filling out a comprehensive player information sheet that includes set makeup, current club specifications, swing tendencies and playing goals, we move onto the first and most important fitting criteria which is club length. Swinging clubs that are either too long or too short could result in the golfer developing bad habits as well as inconsistency and accuracy problems. During this fitting phase, the golfer hits various length clubs with impact labels on the clubface to determine the longest length club they can hit for both distance and accuracy. The club that he/she hits the most consistently on the center of the clubface with the most accuracy and feel is the optimum club length for that particular golfer. The golfer is also asked for any feedback regarding weight, length and overall feel of each of the different length clubs.

Once the proper length is determined, we move onto lie angle. The second most important fitting parameter, lie angle is the point on the bottom of the clubhead that makes contact with the ground during a swing. For example, clubs that are too flat for a golfer will tend to show hitting marks more on the toe. This could result in the golfer hitting most of his/her shots to the right of the target because as the toe digs into the turf first, the clubface tends to open, pushing the shot to the right. A lie angle that is fit to the golfer is where the impact mark is directly in the center on the bottom of the clubhead. Each and every club should be checked and adjusted for proper lie angle, but the scoring clubs (6-PW) are the most important. In order to test for lie angle, I place impact labels on the bottom of the club head and have the golfer hit a few shots off a hitting board. Depending on where the impact mark is on the label will determine if the clubhead needs to be bent more upright or flat.

After lie angle is determined, shaft flex and torque are measured. Shaft flex is the relative stiffness of the shaft and its ability to bend or flex during the golf swing. It is important to note that no two shafts are alike in regard to flex. A Callaway R flex shaft is not necessarily the same as a Titleist R flex shaft and so on. Each company measures their shafts using different performance criteria and therefore you can’t assume that just because it says R on the shaft that it will perform like an R from another company.

Torque is the ability of the shaft to resist twisting. It is the combination of both flex and torque that make up the overall stiffness of the shaft. To determine shaft flex and torque, I measure the swing speed and tempo by using a machine called the Golf Achiever. This is a state of the art laser swing analyzer connected to a computer which allows me to not only measure a golfer’s swing speed but also ball speed, launch angle, club path, face angle and distance carried, just to name a few. Without some sort of measuring device it is very difficult to accurately determine swing speed and tempo, which are the cornerstones to fitting the proper shaft flex.

Tempo has a direct impact on torque. The faster a player swings from the top of the back swing to the ball, the more load or torque that is placed on the shaft. Therefore, a fast swinger will require a lower torque shaft to help square the clubface at impact. Along with the Golf Achiever to help determine flex, the golfer hits various clubs with different flex shafts, giving feedback on anything from a very flexible senior shaft all the way to an extra stiff shaft. We observe the performance of each of the different flex shafts in addition to the feedback from the golfer to further identify the proper shaft flex.

Once shaft flex and torque are determined, the last fitting procedure, if for new clubs, is to pick out the actual club head. Based on the questionnaire and the fitting results, I make a recommendation about a specific type of club head that the golfer will most benefit from. Does the golfer prefer/require a blade, a cavity backed head or maybe an offset? Does he/she prefer a thin or thick top line? Each of these types of club heads has different performance characteristics and is better suited to a specific type of golfer. The golfer test hits various component companies’ club heads comparing performance, look, and feel, and we finalize the club head best suited to him/her.

If the fitting is not for new clubs, the fitting is complete once the shaft flex and torque are determined. I then retrofit the golfer’s existing clubs. This may consist of bending the clubs for lie angle, cutting the shafts down or even replacing the existing shafts with something that is a better fit to the golfer’s current ability level.

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