What To Do If Golf Equipment Is Too Expensive For You
August 16, 2008
What To Do If Golf Equipment Is Too Expensive For You
By Jim Gharib
Golf, what a wonderful game by all accounts, for people of all age groups and if you are a walking golfer, it’s the best thing for your health too. Different age groups require different equipment to play this game. If you are young and energetic and love to walk, you may want to carry your bag of clubs and if you are older you may want to have a pushcart to carry your bag. Then there’s the clubs themselves. A set of golf clubs can cost upwards of a couple of thousand dollars and in this day and time who could afford to spend that much to play the game of golf a couple of times a week. Some people do but if you’re like me, you don’t want to fork out that much money. So now what?
Well, golf clubs really don’t wear out, not like shoes or socks, so why not used golf clubs? You can save a bunch of money shopping for used clubs. It doesn’t have to be really old clubs either. Some people buy new clubs every year and what do you think they do with them once they have new clubs? They list them for auction or on the various golf-classified websites to sell their extra clubs. That is if they want to recover some of that money they spent on new clubs!
There are many classified ad websites you could list your clubs or go searching to buy. Some of them charge a nice fee for listing your items and some are free. Golfing Tennessee Valley is just such a website. You can list your items, if you have any, for free including one image and if you’re in the market to buy, each listing has all the details for you to contact that person. What could be simpler? You could get a whole set of clubs for a fraction of the original price, get into the game and get out there. The listing is free and there’s no calls to make either, just get on the website and click on “classifieds”.
Jim Gharib is a golfer and the Webmaster of
Golfing Tennessee Valley where, besides classified ads, you can get maps to area golf courses, local and tour news, blogs, all the golf instructions you can use and watch a little golf pro hitting balls constantly!
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Golf Equipment - A Prime
August 16, 2008
Golf Equipment - A Primer
By Anne Clarke
The sun is shining on your shoulders as you step out onto the course, feeling the spongy grass soft under your spikes. Morning birds sing a song as you hoist your bag higher on your shoulder and you take a minute to enjoy the serenity of the early morning. You don’t need to consider the generations before you who have done the same thing, but you do anyway. After all: golf is deep in tradition.
Since the Scots began organizing the 18-hole game more than 500 years ago, there have been few changes. While the fashion has changed (even though you can still find players in kilts on a lucky day), the main items of golf equipment needed to play the game have not changed.
Golf clubs are the most important pieces of equipment. Despite their intended purpose to project a ball close to the hole, each club is different to carry out specific types of hits. For example, there are three major clubs: woods, irons and putters. Woods, or drivers, are heavy clubs intended to hit the ball far down the fairway; players often begin each hole with these clubs The face of these clubs is round with a flattened sole so it doesn’t dig into the ground during a swing. Drivers also have longer shafts to provide more power, although shorter woods do exist. The name of these clubs comes from their solid, wooden composition, which was standard until the late 1980s. Since then drivers have been made from steel, titanium and, recently, carbon fibers.
Once the ball is on the fairway, players use irons to maneuver it through obstacles like sand traps, rough, through, and trees. Irons come in sizes according to their length; 1-4 irons are considered long irons, which provide more power. 5-7 are mid-irons, and 8-plus are short-irons. Also, the faces of irons are slanted at different angles to accommodate different terrain. For example, sand wedges have an angle of 54-58 degrees.
Because of their specific purpose, putters are a golfer’s best friends. After the ball has made its way from the fairway to the green, it is the putter’s job to ease it toward the hole. Because this moment proves so crucial during a game, players put a huge amount of emphasis on the quality of these clubs. These clubs have a flat face which provides smooth stroke, good glide, and bounceless topspin.
Golf bags are especially valuable for a player to transport their clubs. New bags come with wheels that make them easy to pull, but traditional golfers carry them. Pockets on the side also make it easy to store and transport items like extra balls, gloves and towels.
Golf shoes are another important type of golf equipment. These shoes have small spikes on the sole to help stabilize a player on wet grass. The spikes used to be made of metal, but replaceable soft spikes are becoming more common today. Actually, soft spikes are often required by golf courses because the cause less damage to the physical course.
Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for Web sites on gardening, parenting, fashion, and home decor. Her background also includes teaching, gardening, and a variety of outdoor recreation and sports. For more of her useful articles on golf, visit Golf Equipment, supplier of many useful articles on golf and equipment.
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Golf Clubs - A Major Part of Golf
August 16, 2008
Golf Clubs - A Major Part of Golf
By Anne Clarke
Since the Scots began hitting balls more than 500 years ago, clubs have been a source of pride for golfers everywhere. As any experienced player will tell you, a quality set of equipment can drastically improve your play, which is why most players care for their clubs like they would a family member!
So now you’ve seen the players out on the course and you think it looks fun, but where do you start? This informational article will provide a brief rundown of the different types of clubs and their purposes.
There are three general kinds of clubs: woods, irons and putters. Woods, or drivers, are the most powerful clubs; they are used for long-distance shots. Players begin each game with a wood, which they use to drive the ball down the fairway. The face of these clubs is round with a flattened sole so it doesn’t dig into the ground during a swing. Drivers also generally tend to have a longer shaft than other clubs; some players prefer to use shorter drivers, however this reduces their distance. Like their name suggests, woods were made out of wood until the late 80s, when club manufacturers began to use steel or titanium. Today, many drivers are made from ultra lightweight materials like carbon fiber, but they still retain the wood title for tradition-sake.
Irons have a shorter shaft than woods an angled face. After a player uses a wood to drive the ball down the fairway, they use irons to perform technical shots, getting the ball closer to the green. The angled face allows players to hit in difficult situations, including sand, rough, through, over trees and other obstacles. These clubs are also numbered according to their length. For example, 1-4 irons are considered long irons, which provide more power. 5-7 are mid-irons, and 8-plus are short-irons. Also, the angle of the face changes between clubs - sand wedges have an angle of 54-58 degrees.
Putters have flat faces which are designed to push the ball toward the hole when it’s in close proximity to it, especially when it’s on the green. Because of the preciseness of these clubs, they are among the most valuable pieces of equipment for a golfer. The advantages of putters include: smooth stroke, good glide, and bounce-less topspin - all of which increase the club’s performance near the hole.
Golf bags are especially valuable for a player to transport their clubs. The round-shaped bags can be made of leather or nylon and they allow players to organize their clubs into easily-accessible categories (i.e. size, length, type). New bags come with wheels that make them easy to pull, but traditional golfers carry them. Pockets on the side also make it easy to store and transport items like extra balls, gloves and towels.
Golf is a sport ripe in tradition - it’s also extremely difficult to master. However, a solid knowledge of clubs is a perfect jump-off for anyone interested in learning the game.
Anne Clarke writes numerous articles for Web sites on gardening, parenting, fashion, and home decor. Her background also includes teaching, gardening, and a variety of outdoor recreation and sports. For more of her useful articles on golf, visit Golf Equipment, supplier of many useful articles on golf and equipment.
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How You Can Benefit From A Site with Golf Equipment Reviews
August 16, 2008
How You Can Benefit From A Site with Golf Equipment Reviews
By Chris Robertson
Sometimes I think back of the days when I started playing golf. Things were simple then. A wood was still made of wood, and a 5-iron was a 5-iron. Or at least that’s what I thought until I learned more about equipment. Still, things were relatively simple, but they are not anymore. Just read some golf equipment reviews. It’s totally amazing how technology has changed the game of golf, and how radically golf equipment has changed over the past couple of decades.
As someone interested in new gadgets, I have been fascinated by the introduction of Golf GPS. Let me give you a few basics. GPS stands for Global Positioning System and uses satellites and a receiver to determine where you are on the planet with amazing accuracy, as close as a couple of feet. GPS is available in most new cars and it’s also available for golf where it can help you improve your game. It’s not a traditional training aid, though. What a Golf GPS receiver does is figure out where you are on a course, and then give you the exact distance to the green, water hazards, bunkers and fairway boundaries. This way you know the number of yards, golf clubs to pick, and even the size of the green from the angle you’re approaching it!
How did I learn about all this? Certainly not by going to an electronics store. If I want information on golf, I go to websites dedicated to golf and golf equipment. I love to read what golf enthusiasts have to say about golf shoes, golf bags and other equipment, as I have no use for the usual marketing hype. I mean, where else than at a golf enthusiast site could you read comparisons of electric golf carts and what’s important when you consider getting one of your own? Did you know, for example, that you can create tricked-out custom golf carts with special suspensions, paint jobs and fancy wheels?
But it’s not only emerging technologies like Golf GPS or big ticket items like carts that you can get good information on at a golf review site. There are probably thousands of different golf bags out there, and I love to read about the latest from some of the best companies like Burton, Ogio or Nike, and that includes the good and the bad. Nothing’s perfect, and I rely on unbiased reviews to give me the real scoop.
Same with clubs. We all have our favorites, of course, but I keep an open mind. Nothing can replace trying out a club, and that’s where the pro shops come in, but I like to do my research online. Did you know companies like Ping actually have online fitting systems? Or that Titleist clubs are no longer just for top-level players with low handicaps? The company is clearly going for new and aspiring golfers with their new lines of clubs. Again, I found out on an enthusiast golf site that also does golf equipment reviews. There’s just nothing like it.
Chris Robertson is an author of Majon International, one of the worlds MOST popular internet marketing companies on the web. Learn more about Golf Equipment Reviews or Majon’s Sports directory.
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