| If you're in the market for golf clubs and you don't | | | | up higher especially for slower swing speeds like |
| have the big bucks required for new name brand clubs | | | | women, seniors and juniors. You can also find shafts |
| you might be considering used golf clubs. Maybe you | | | | that compensate for low or high ball flight. The wrong |
| think you'll save money, get better technology or just | | | | shaft could make the ball go low, short and to the right. |
| find better clubs than you have now. What if I told you | | | | Sound familiar?If you are tall or short you may need to |
| might be wrong on all counts.If you have old or | | | | get the lies adjusted in your irons. This will make sure |
| hand-me-down clubs, sure you probably can find new | | | | the bottom of the club stays flat with the ground during |
| technology. That's a given. Especially if you are looking | | | | contact. If it isn't... if the toe or heel is up in the air it may |
| for hybrid long iron replacements or a new large | | | | make your ball go as much as 20 yards offline.If your |
| headed driver. These new clubs are much better than | | | | new driver has too little loft you may lose as much as |
| versions from just five years ago. They are more | | | | 20-30 yards from your drives. New scientific testing |
| forgiving and probably will hit the ball a bit longer than | | | | has proved that most amateurs are playing with clubs |
| what you've been using.If you are playing with irons | | | | that have too little loft. How do you know what is right |
| that have no perimeter weighting or not much offset | | | | for you? You need some fitting.A correct fitting |
| or thin toplines, then there are definitely game | | | | system will ask questions like... what is your height? |
| improvement irons out there that will hit the ball | | | | What is your wrist to floor measurement? What is |
| straighter, higher and with better consistency. You'd be | | | | your hand size? How far do you hit your driver and |
| a fool not to try them and get them in your bag.So | | | | your five iron typically? If these questions aren't being |
| what's wrong with used golf clubs you ask?Well | | | | asked then you may not be getting clubs that are right |
| nothing...maybe. If the used clubs you find are right for | | | | for you and your game.Suppose you find used clubs |
| your game and fit for your body size and swing speed | | | | that seem to have all these adjustments that you |
| and swing type, you just might get lucky. But what if | | | | need. What happens if you find that they don't? Can |
| they're not? What if they're too long, too short, too stiff, | | | | you take them back? What happens if they break |
| too flexible? What if the grips are not the right size and | | | | after six months...can they be fixed for free? Probably |
| the driver loft is not enough for your swing speed? | | | | not. No warranty or return policy with used clubs most |
| What if the lie of the clubs will make you tend to hit the | | | | of the time.So what's the alternative?Did you know...? |
| ball to the left or right?The point is...,getting the right golf | | | | You can buy brand new clubs with a 1 year |
| clubs for you requires some fitting. Fitting means having | | | | guarantee and a 30 day money back return policy |
| clubs that are adjusted for your height, swing speed, | | | | (and you can try the clubs out). You can get custom |
| hand size, and typical ball flight. Without clubs that have | | | | fitted and get the exact right club length for your body, |
| been adjusted you might just be throwing away your | | | | get the lie adjusted for free, get the right shaft for your |
| money.You also want to make sure that your clubs | | | | swing speed, and choose from a variety of brand |
| have the right head type for your game. That means if | | | | new, first quality grips and shafts...all for less than you |
| you are a beginner, a woman, or just someone who | | | | could pay for a used set of clubs.That's what you can |
| doesn't play very much, you want forgiving clubs with | | | | get with a good online custom clone retailer. It's worth |
| heads that have game improvement features like | | | | taking a look before you put out that money on clubs |
| maximum perimeter weighting, hosel offset, a wide | | | | that may not be right for you. After all... who doesn't |
| sole and thick topline. These features help make shots | | | | want clubs that were made just for them? I guarantee |
| more consistent with greater height and | | | | it will help your game and make it more fun.Rick Hart is |
| distance...especially if you don't hit the ball with the | | | | a long time golfer and owner of Golf Club Revue |
| center of the clubface.Is the shaft right for you? The | | | | where he puts the spotlight on golf clubs. |
| right shaft will help maximize distance and get the ball | | | | |