| When a friend of mine introduced me to golf many | | | | spent a small fortune on golf equipment (Nike made a |
| years ago, I wasn't overly impressed and asked him | | | | small fortune off me) I did or did not need. Truth be |
| what he saw in the game. He said, "Well, golf means | | | | told, my lack of knowledge and my being ill at ease |
| different things to different people. To me, it's mostly | | | | with the sales people in the pro shops probably kept |
| about being away from my busy life for a few hours, | | | | me from enjoying the game as much as I should have. |
| being one with nature, and talking to some good | | | | All of this changed in the past few years. I am an |
| friends." That made sense to me, but I quickly found | | | | online person. To me, finding accurate and unbiased |
| out what he meant as I became a golfer, too, taking | | | | golf equipment reviews on the web was just what I |
| lessons and burying myself in golf equipment reviews. | | | | had been waiting for. I am not talking about just online |
| People do take up golf for different reasons and it | | | | golf stores or golf bulletin boards. What helped me |
| does mean something different to almost every player. | | | | were sites done by golfing enthusiasts who simply |
| For some, like my friend, it's relaxing on a beautiful | | | | wanted to share their knowledge with others. See, |
| course and enjoying nature and the scenery. To | | | | while I used to be aware of the likes of Burton or Ogio |
| others it's a great way to meet with clients and close | | | | or Ping, there wasn't anyone who told me who truly |
| deals. Some just enjoy an occasional round. Others | | | | made the best bag for me. I was told some of the |
| get hooked and pursue mastery of the game with | | | | training aids out there really worked while others were |
| single-minded passion. But no matter what attracts you | | | | a waste of money but I didn't know which was which. I |
| to the game of golf, we all have something in common: | | | | knew of amazing advancements in golf carts and I |
| we need equipment. Lots of it. | | | | had even heard of new technologies like golf gps, but I |
| Initially I had a real problem with that. Golf shops | | | | didn't know what was valuable information and what |
| intimidated me. I didn't really know much about golf | | | | was just marketing. |
| clubs, golf shoes or even golf bags and I was | | | | For me, the emergence of golf enthusiast sites with |
| embarrassed about my lack of knowledge. Whenever | | | | golf equipment reviews made all the difference. I love |
| I went to a pro shop, everyone else seemed to be an | | | | reading reviews written by real people as opposed to |
| expert, knowing everything about golf, except me. I | | | | just sales spiels, and I love how some of those sites |
| didn't understand half of what sales people were | | | | explain it all in terms that make sense. I love to read |
| talking about and I didn't even understand many of their | | | | and learn, and these days I totally rely on golf sites that |
| questions. So I felt they were talking down to me and I | | | | are not only entertaining, but also provide me with the |
| resented that. | | | | reviews I need and even recommendations on where |
| So I began reading golf books and magazines and | | | | to get the best deals. |
| asked golfing buddies for advice. I ended up with a | | | | Information on dog rash can be found at the Dog |
| good set of clubs, found that some balls worked | | | | Illness site. |
| better for me than others (I am a Titleist man), and | | | | |