Getting Back into Golf

[eightseventhree]

I have been playing Golf on and off since i was 10 (now 29) I am looking to get back into it and need a good set of clubs that will assist me in improving my game.

I will be most likely buying 2nd Hand as i want a decent set, non of these cheep eBay specials !

Cheers

Andy

[Bing o]

Spend your money on lessons - you can have the best car in the world, but if it's running on 2 cylindars and the wheels point in 4 different directions then it's no use to man nor beast.

I'd also read up on course management and the mental side of golf. And practice your short game until you wear the grooves off your wedges.

[NDA]

Is the place where you practice (driving range or local club) got a few 2nd hand sets that you can borrow to try?

There are so many makes of clubs, personally I think it breaks down to Ping or Mizuno (opens can of worms) and I prefer the latter.

[eightseventhree]

Good advice! I have been contemplating getting some lessons. My iron work I not too bad really it's my putting and driving that needs work. Upto now though I have never really used a driver just a 5 wood.

[Crackie]

Hitting a few baskets of practice balls, 20~30 shots in a row with the same club, will help you get back into the grove far more quickly than hours out on the course. For example in a 4 hour round of 76 you might hit 36 putts, 12 drives, 18 iron shots and 4 chips; the same club is rarely used for 2 consecutive shots and the lies and stances are always slightly different. On a driving range you can hit 20 consecutive shots in 10 minutes with the same club & with the same lie and stance; this helps you understand your own swing quickly and builds 'muscle memory'. Best to have a couple of lessons first though to make sure you're practicing the right things

[NDA]

Crackie said:

the same club is rarely used for 2 consecutive shots

You've not played with me have you?

[Antimus]

eightseventhree said:

I have been playing Golf on and off since i was 10 (now 29) I am looking to get back into it and need a good set of clubs that will assist me in improving my game.

I will be most likely buying 2nd Hand as i want a decent set, non of these cheep eBay specials !

Cheers

Andy

Andy, I never thought this of you. Planning on Golfing holidays with the bosses next? Masonic hand shaking your way up the ranks? you've changed man....

[snakeswitht1ts]

NDA said:

Crackie said:

the same club is rarely used for 2 consecutive shots

You've not played with me have you?

I'd hope not. Kinky bugger.

[Beardy10]

Bing o said:

Spend your money on lessons - you can have the best car in the world, but if it's running on 2 cylindars and the wheels point in 4 different directions then it's no use to man nor beast.

I'd also read up on course management and the mental side of golf. And practice your short game until you wear the grooves off your wedges.

Very good advice.....you don't need to spend much on clubs. They basically haven't advanced for the last ten years....so you could get yourself a fairly old set of cavity backs with steel shafts which will be plenty good enough.

The only advances have been in cosmetics, lengthening of shafts and delofting the club faces so you are think are hitting the ball further with your seven iron....the reality is a seven iron of today is like a six iron of a few years ago.

[HFLagos]

Beardy10 said:

you don't need to spend much on clubs. They basically haven't advanced for the last ten years....so you could get yourself a fairly old set of cavity backs with steel shafts which will be plenty good enough.

Totally agree with this. I bought a pretty expensive set of custom fit irons but ended up going back to set of Callaway X12. Quite a few of the lower handicappers at my club have X12/X14/Pro Series versions (though they will have a recent Driver, e.g. Titleist 910, Taylor Made R9/11)

[pimpin gimp]

NDA said:

Crackie said:

the same club is rarely used for 2 consecutive shots

You've not played with me have you?

That's what I was thinking. I can happily use my 9 iron to smash the ball a good 3 yards from a perfect lie, and then then have another go and send it 130 to the rough behind the green!... Using the same club twice, whether intentionally or not is my forte!

[g3rrd]

HFLagos said:

Beardy10 said:

you don't need to spend much on clubs. They basically haven't advanced for the last ten years....so you could get yourself a fairly old set of cavity backs with steel shafts which will be plenty good enough.

Totally agree with this. I bought a pretty expensive set of custom fit irons but ended up going back to set of Callaway X12. Quite a few of the lower handicappers at my club have X12/X14/Pro Series versions (though they will have a recent Driver, e.g. Titleist 910, Taylor Made R9/11)

Also agree. After having abandoned the premature custom fitting plan and picking up a set of Taylor Made Burner Super Steel Irons and fancy Taylor Made TMX bag/stand via EBay for under £160. I am currently frustrating the PGA Pro at the local driving range. Two lessons in and loving it!!!

Just pulled out of works Sunday jaunt at the Portal Premiership Course. Two lessons just 'aint enough and confidence would be shot