It never fails to amuse me that any discussion about golf eventually gets to the point where someone says " I'm thinking of buying a new driver". The conversation will then follow along the lines of such and such company has brought out a new club that gives you an extra twenty yards, or will cure a slice or will take you out to dinner and make you the greatest golfer the world has ever seen. The hype goes on and the world turns and in six months time another company has a club which will do all this and more. And give you an extra twenty yards.
The golf ball manufacturers must rub their hands in glee when they hear these conversations. For the average amateur player the extra twenty yards will only mean the ball will end up even further into the woods.Am I wrong?
There is not a club made that will do all that for the weekend golfer. These tests are done on machines that perform the same swing over and over. Is your swing completely the same two times in a row?
If you are thinking of buying a new or even used club, concentrate your money where it will do the most good. Bill Gates can ignore this. For the average guy who plays golf, the best value for money can be had in the golf wedge store.
Around seventy per cent of your golf game will be played in the scoring zone, at around the 120 yard mark and in.So the driver is out. At this distance the clubs to use are wedges, from the pitching wdge to the lob wedge. Think about it for a moment, three quarters of the shots you hit will be with a wedge of one sort or another so doesn't it make sense to invest your cash where it will work for you.
I buy all my wedges online and at the bottom of this article you will find a link to my website. My website is all about, you guessed it, golf wedges.The point is you can buy two solid wedges for the price of a driver and you will use both of them twice as much. Would you buy a race car to go shopping? No, don't need it, don't want it. So why buy a driver for $400 when you will use it four or five times in a round?
Buying wedges online makes sense for me because I play a lot of golf and I like to experiment. I will buy a new club, play with it a little while and if I can't get it to do what I want or I just don't like it, I'll relist it and sell it on. The fact that prices of clubs are pretty bouyant allows me to swop clubs four or five times a year and pay very little if anything for the privilege. Heck, sometimes I make a profit.
The one thing I have found is that wedges are like girlfriends, some suit you down to the ground and your'e sorry to see them go, others, you just want them out of the house. For this reason I do not give reccomendations on any particular club but I will say Padraig Harrington and I share a favourite.
Do you play golf? If I was a betting man I would hazard a guess that you do or why would you be reading this? Furthermore I would also bet that you buy new golf clubs from time to time, and I guess you talk to your buddies, visit a couple of stores and then lay out your money for the club that takes your fancy. I would ask why?
I play golf, a lot of golf. I am not a professional golfer and I don't think I would want to be, I don't like flying for one! What I am is an ordinary guy with a passion for the game of golf and to further break it down a passion for the short game. For instance, did you know that the majority of golf shots are played from 120 yards? One hundred and twenty yards, that's it. You play the most golf from that distance and yet I would wonder, what importance do you place on your wedge play?
The golf wedges are the scoring clubs, from 120 yards you are using a pitching wedge, from 100 yards you are using a gap wedge and so on. These clubs are firing your ball into the green where you make your putt. If you can pepper the green with balls two feet away from the pin will you be making more putts? more birdies? I think so. So why then does nearly every golfer rush out and buy the latest driver?
Like I said earlier I play a lot of golf, purely because I like it. I use four wedges in my game from a pitching wedge down to a lob wedge. I have used wedges from Titleist, Callaway, Ping and Wilson to name but a few. I am not made of money but I like to try every club I can lay my hands on and without my computer I would have to forego a lot of pleasure.
I buy all my clubs which as I say, are mostly wedges, onine. I haven't bought a new wood or driver for several years, and my game hasn't suffered. All these wedges come from auction sites, one in particular, no names, no pack drill and it is this simple fact that allows me to test out virtually any club that I want to and for very little money overall.
The great thing about buying my clubs online is that prices are fairly stable so if I get a club and can't get it to work for me I'll sell it to a buddy, one of the guys or girls at my golf club or simply list it in an online auction and sell it there. Golfers are a great community and always looking for a club of some kind so when I sell I sometimes make a little profit. Every ones a winner!
For a whole range of golf wedges available online visit the link at the bottom and thanks for spending some time with me.
Norman Stanley has sinced written about articles on various topics from Golf Guide, Recreation and Sports and Golf Guide. Norman Stanley is a weekend hacker and part time tutor with particular interests in the mental game and short game wedge play. Norman Stanley's top article generates over 22200 views. to your Favourites.