Why You Should Buy Last Year’s Golf Equipment

Are you wanting to buy that new piece of golf equipment that cost $400, but just don’t have the money? Don’t worry, you are not alone. There are many people out there who are caught up with the newest drivers or irons that are priced to outrageous numbers. These golf clubs are waste of money and I will explain why.

Buying anything brand new is a waste of money in my thinking. I don’t literally mean everything, but you get the point. You should definitely buy new groceries. But when it comes to pricey items like golf equipment, vehicles, musical instruments, etc, you are paying way too much if you buy it brand new off the showroom floor. A brand new club at most retail golf stores are selling the new TaylorMade r9 for $399. You can buy last years for $299. Is this years club going to make you hit it better than last years? Probably not. Are you going to save a lot if you go with the previous model. Yes!

Many people would by a new driver every year. Chances are, they did not hit the ball any different year after year. Chances are, their scores did not get lower each year they bought a new driver. But you can bet your bottom dollar they paid a premium price every time. 

Let me say it again, It is a waste of your money to buy brand new golf equipment for the retail price. The minute you walk on to the course with that new club and play with it, the value shoots way down. Just like when you drive a brand new car off the lot, it is immediately worthless. The resale price for a Brand new TaylorMade is about $170 according to PGA Value Guide. That is in excellent condition too. It sells new for $299. Getting the picture yet?

The Right Golf Swing Path You Should Use

The game of golf is focused on precision and patience. Naturally, you also need to have power in the swing, but going about blindly whacking at the ball as you are playing a game of baseball or polo is not the way to get good at the game of golf. Instead you have to consider the game as more of an art form. Dancers will practice while they are in front of the mirror for hours every day until every muscle and ligament of their bodies remembers just how to stand and move. You have to do the same thing if you want to boost your golf game. You need to take the time to train every section of your body how it needs to behave for a long drive or a short put. You can even practice in front of the mirror. Learning the proper golf swing path is the start of this long journey toward perfection.

The path of your golf swing is what it moves through when it goes to strike the ball. You need to have power behind your swing to get it go far, but you need to be accurate even more. Part of accuracy is choosing the right type of club, but it is much more important to line up your shot long the proper path. A proper club can be chosen by an outsider; only you control the path of your club.

If there is anything wrong with you path: if it is off center or slightly tilted - your golf ball will not travel in the direction that you intended.It helps to divide your swing path into three different parts. The first part occurs when you club is still within inches of the ball. You just lined up the club for your shot, and now in this first step you need to keep your alignment in place. Then, in the second step, when you club is parallel to the ground, you need to maintain this alignment.

Then, as it follows, the third part of the path is at the apex of your backswing, just before the club descends onto the golf ball.If, during this entire process you can manage to keep your club parallel to the ball you should be able to exploit the power of your golf swing path to put the golf ball exactly where you want it each time.

Fixing Your Golf Slice

By: Curt Smith

Fixing your golf slice can be a big pain in the “you know what!” If you’re a slicer of the ball, you know firsthand how frustrating it is to cure this wicked swing fault.

I’ll bet you’ve tried everything right? Lessons. Videos. Books. The Golf Channel. And even tips from your golf ing buddies. But has it worked? Have you eliminated this evil ball flight from your game?

If not, there is hope! You don’t have to redo your swing! You don’t have to sign up for a dozen lessons! And you don’t have to buy anymore golf instruction dvds!

You solution can be as easy as readjusting your grip, stance or take-away…that’s it! Sounds easy right? It is, but most golfers want to make it harder than it really is. I don’t mean to say that to be facetious. I am only speaking from what I hear from other golfers.

If we made our golf swings simple, all the teaching pros would be out of business. We don’t want that do we? Now..I’m being a little bit of a smart alec.

But seriously…you can fix your golf slice and be hitting a nice draw in no time. Diagnose your cause and zero in on it like a mad man. Drill it to death! Practice it until you never have to think about it ever again!

Consider this like an important project at your work or business. Put as much priority on it as you can. Schedule it in and do it consistently.

This approach is a mini-version of what the pros do. They constantly work on their swing faults via drills, repetition and consistency every week…no matter if they have a tournament or not.

Even though you’re not a pro, why wouldn’t you take this approach? If you want to play better you will. If you want to keep playing the same game, then just do nothing and you’ll get it.

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What’s in Your Bag?

By: David Stargel

What you have in your golf bag might be the most important part of your game. Woods, irons, putters, drivers, what do you really need to play a great game of golf?

What you have in your bag depends on your skill level. An occasional golfer will not need what a professional golfer carries. Finding the right fit for your body, your level of skill, and your personal likes can take time.

Even Phil and Tiger have changed their club situation a few times to ensure the best fit for their game. If it takes time for the great golfers of the world to find what they like then expect for it to take some time for you as well.

Low handicap golfers don’t really need my golf tips. These are people who have at one time considered golfing as a profession or are just really goodhave a great golf swing. They know what they need and don’t carry around clubs that don’t work for them.

A mid level golfer, someone with not exactly a low handicap but not really high one either, could use the 3,5,and 7 woods, a pitching wedge, sand wedge, 4-9 irons, and a putter.

If you fall into this category than you most likely have a fairly good understanding of your clubs and what you need. A trap that some golfers who are fairly good fall into is, believing that if their bag looks like Tiger’s then they will play like him. Wrong. Tiger could play well with anything.

Someone with a higher handicap will most likely be an occasional golfer. Their golf bag should contain the 3, 5, and 7 woods, 5-9 irons, a pitching wedge, and a putter.

Using smaller woods rather than a driver is a good idea for a higher handicap golfer. The rules of golf state that no more than fourteen clubs are allowed in the bag for a tournament.

If you don’t know how to use fourteen clubs or twenty-five or however many, then don’t put them in your bag. A full bag does not ensure a good game no matter what anyone else says.

Not too long ago Tiger had to tackle someone who tried to take off with his golf clubs. Your skill should dictate which clubs you carry not which PGA Tour member uses them.

Don’t get carried away when creating your collection. Remember that choosing sticks that fit your game and that you are comfortable with are the two most important issues.

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David Stargel publishes several golf related websites in addition to writing about all sorts of golf related topics. Join us at The Golf Nut

Golf Swing Mechanics Tips

By: Mark Stephens

It’s all here: The crossover of the hands, wrists and forearms through and beyond impact is one of the movements (perhaps the key movement) that defines good ball-strikers and their mechanics.

The upper arms are passive as the right hand and forearm ’snap’ over the left a sure sign of a full, committed release of energy through the ball.

The great Henry Cotton always stressed the importance of ‘educating the hands’, and for me he nailed the essence of the swing. Down the ages, the game’s greatest players have all made the same basic mechanical movement (i.e. a body turn coupled with a wrist hinge); they play with a hand action that both conducts and multiplies the energy created by the body all the way down through the shaft and into the clubhead. It’s no coincidence that the greatest names in golf have all shared a wonderful hand action.

Ben Hogan illustrating golf swing mechanics perhaps better than any other golfer the value of hand/wrist and forearm rotation in maximising the ‘whip’ through the ball.

Britain’s greatest ever golfer, Nick Faldo, is often cited as a ‘mechanical’ player who relies on the ‘big’ muscles in the swing; truth is, Faldo’s hand action has always been his greatest asset.

Good players understand the principle of centrifugal force and they maximise the efficiency with which they rotate their body to create it. More importantly, they translate this force into clubhead speed thanks to this vital component of the swing-hand action.

Modern teaching has increasingly focused on the role of the bigger muscles in the body, which misses the point entirely as far as the weekend golfer is concerned.

Golf is a speed game, not a power game. And you do not create speed with the big muscles, you create speed with the smaller muscles in the hands and forearms. So, with that in mind, let me introduce you to a series of drills to help you improve your hand action.

With practice, they will enhance your ability to create a naturally correct swing that maximises speed.

As your only point of contact with the club, the hands play what I believe to be the most important role of all in the basic development of the swing.

This is something modern teaching has tended to overlook; We hear so much these days about the ‘Big Muscles’ in the body controlling the action and generating power, but all of that, for me, misses one crucial point.

As I mentioned in the introduction, golf is not a power game, it’s a speed game. You do not create speed with the big muscles; you create speed with the smaller ones - the hands, wrists and forearms.

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