How to choose the best Golf Clubs for Beginner Golfers
09/29/2007 20:03:11 / i love golf
Our recommendation: The Beginners Ideal Set
The ideal set for a beginner would be one that takes into account
the swing/hit issues mentioned above. Maximum forgiveness is the goal.
To help with inconsistent contact an oversized clubhead will help. An
oversized club has a larger hitting area so there will be fewer
mi???s. For irons, perimeter weighting will help to make those mi???s
go a little straighter. You're shots off the heel and toe will be more
solid. A wide sole will slide through the turf easier and get the ball
up higher. Slightly shorter clubs will make accurate club-to-ball
contact a higher possibility.
To help with that out-to-in swing path, an offset clubhead will get the
clubface back to the ball a little later. That means the clubface will
be more square to the target and not open. This will also keep the
hands a little bit in front of the clubhead, which in turn will also
help with those fat shots.
For long shots from the fairway or rough a beginner should choose woods
and hybrid clubs with the most loft possible, together with a low
center of gravity. More loft means it will be easier to get the ball in
the air, and it will likely go a little farther as well. In addition it
will create more backspin which will counteract the side spin of shots
and keep them from curving as much. As a combined result your shots
will be a little bit straighter.
A beginner's driver should have a larger head (over 430cc) to increase
the size of the hitting area. Additional loft (12-15 degrees) will get
the ball in the air. Added loft once again will increase backspin and
make those left to right curves less of a head ache.
Putting is something that, with practice, will get better (although
sometimes hard to believe). It's true, it doesn't take great athletic
ability to be a decent putter. Yet again, it's still hard for a
beginner to judge distances so 3 putts are still common. Besides
keeping your head directly over the ball a good alignment system will
also help getting over your inconsistency...
