Sunday, November 6, 2011

Golf 101

By Francis Chisem


The Basic Essentials That You Need to Know About Golf Clubs and Equipment

If you know how to play golf, you can have fun with it for your entire lifetime. When you have the right golf clubs for playing golf, there is no doubt that you will really enjoy the golf game. The following are the must have clubs that you should have in your bag:

The Irons

The available types of irons are from 1 to several wedges. When you are an average golfer, it is important that you carry in your bag, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 irons along with the pitching wedge and sand wedge.

The Hybrid Clubs

When you look at the golf club technology, the hybrids are the latest. The hybrids will take care of hitting the ball that lies when you are off the fairway. You can easily get the ball into the air through the use of the hybrids as compared to the woods or irons. Check some lofts for any hybrids that is available. Consider placing some hybrids in your bag in order to replace the longer irons. There are plenty of golfers who have hailed the use of hybrids since it gives them convenience rather than hitting with long irons. Your Putter

Many golfers have with them only one putter. There are plenty designs when it comes to putter clubs. To name a few of the putters, they are: "belly" putters, mallet putters, bulls eye putters and then the straight faced putters. In order that you will be sure that you have the best putter for you, better visit a store or a professional shop that has an indoor putting area and try the various putters. There are also some stores that will offer to let you borrow their putters in your next round of golf.

Since you have now the basic facts about the golf clubs, here are some advices that you need to bear in mind when you are playing for golf. And they are:

It can be observed that most woods have metal heads.

The lower the number of the club, the less the loft, and therefore the longer you should be able to hit the ball with that club.

Majority of the courses, do not allow their golfers to have more than 14 clubs in their bags. You can always put different clubs that you want in the bag. There is no general rule about this.

You will surely enjoy the game of golf for your lifetime if you only know how to deal with all its rules. Most of all, you must have the proper clubs for the game.

Your Driver

When you are from the teeing area, you need to use the driver The driver is designed in a way that it can provide maximum length from the tee. When a driver is used by an average golfer, a ball can be driven from 180-200 yards.

The Fairway Woods

In order to be able to hit a ball that is close to the green, the fairways woods should be used. Many golfers have in their bags the 3 and 5 wood. But then, there are also those woods that are more lofted. In excess of 150 yards, it is significant that you can hit the ball when you use the longer fairway woods.




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