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Guide To Buy Used Golf Clubs For Beginner Golfer
By Richard Bond
If you are just starting out to play golf, you should never buy a new club set immediately as you may discover that this game is not for you later on. Furthermore, you are yet to find the type of clubs that fits you during the learning stage. The good choice is to start with cheap used clubs. And here are some guidelines to help you to hunt down your first used club set:
Golf Rental Clubs
First, you may want to play with the rental clubs at a driving range. During this time, don't be afraid to ask your friends or other golfers to try their clubs on the range. This is a good opportunity for you to judge which type of clubs is right for you. After hitting for a period of time at the driving range and you think it is time to buy your own clubs, then ....
Rely on expert
When you go out to buy used clubs, you should always rely on people who know equipment well. You can look for your local pro at your local municipal course as a source of information and advice. Or you can consult the experts at the shop or even your friend who plays well or who knows anything about clubs. Alternatively, you can search the Internet for used club reviews. You can always ask people for advice but keep in mind that what suits them may not necessary prove good in your hands. Therefore, it is more important to identify the club set that suitable to your ability yourself.
Golf beginner's half set
As a novice golfer, you are advised to learn with a half set of clubs with all matching iron of the same model. The half-set could be made up from a few combinations of clubs. In general, the half set combination consists of five iron clubs, including 4, 6, 8, pitching wedge and sand iron, in addition to 3 and 5 woods plus a putter. The driver is not recommended in the beginner's half set because it is the hardest club to control. Majority of beginners would achieve better results using a 3 wood on the tee box. Likewise, 1, 2 or 3 irons should be avoided at the early stages of the game, as each of these long irons requires an accurate strike from the middle of the clubface with plenty of club heads speed in order to achieve good results. In contrast, a 5 wood with distance almost equivalent of the 2 iron - the ball can still travel a fair distance despite being hit off-center. Besides, a lofted wood is more forgiving than the thin blade of an iron club heads.
The half set combination not only sufficient for most novice golfers on the course for every situation but also makes club selection much easier. It is a good combination of clubs to help the novice to improve their swing technique until they are good enough before they advance to the full set clubs. Therefore, you have to make sure to select
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