When it comes to golf equipment, there’s a difficult balancing act between moving with technology and finding gear that you love and trust. Some players prefer to chop and change frequently, others are loyal to trusted weapons that they stick by season after season. Jack Nicklaus famously kept the same MacGregor 693 3-wood for 37 years and used it in all his 18 Majors victories.
There are different reasons why you might choose to upgrade your clubs and different clubs probably need to be upgraded more often than others. Here are six questions you should ask yourself when considering when, why and how often you should upgrade your golf clubs…
Are you improving?
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A starter set is a great option for someone beginning their journey in golf and it can help you get a footing in the game. But as you start to improve and your handicap begins to come down, you will benefit from an upgrade. Moving to a custom-fit game improving set, from driver right through to wedges, could give you the edge you need to step things up in your game.
As you get better still, you might be looking to move away from clubs that are designed for game improvement and forgiveness to those that offer a little more in the way of workability and predictability.
Basically, as you improve in golf, your equipment should follow your trajectory. Beginners should be looking at a relatively cost-effective option as they decide whether golf is for them. Mid to high handicappers should look at woods and irons that are playable, forgiving and produce a nice high flight. If you start to threaten single figures, you might want to upgrade to equipment that is more precise, perhaps slightly stiffer shafts, in order to gain more control.
Are you losing distance?
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On the other side of the coin. As we all, inevitably, get older we might find we’re losing distance and we need to upgrade our equipment to something that helps us out a little more.
Perhaps five years ago, you were still getting the most from those stiff-shafted blades and pro-spec driver, but now distance is dropping and you’re finding shots leaking to the right. It’s time to upgrade.
Go to your local qualified PGA Pro and see what the options are for staying in the game at the standard you want to. You can…
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