Golf is a mystical game. The smallest thing can have such a dramatic effect on your game.
I recently took a lesson from one of the better pros in my area. After about 5 minutes, the pro informed me that my clubs were too short! He informed me that I needed to add about 1 inch in length to all of my clubs. I almost fell over. I am 6' 0" tall. My clubs are "off the shelf". I have never felt that the clubs didn't fit me.
After thinking it over, I decided to find a club maker and have the clubs lengthen. After receiving the clubs, I headed to the range. What a difference!!! My setup is more comfortable, and my ball striking is crisper! With the minor tweak to my swing and the lengthening of the clubs, I am now about 10 yards longer on average.
The adjustments have helped my games and I am a much happier golfer. If your pro mentions this to you, it is worth a try!!
Zimbio
Monday, May 26, 2008
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Featured ArticleAre Ladies Golf Clubs All That Different From Mens Clubs ? Around 22 percent of the country's 26 million adult golfers are women. That's a lot of ladies playing a game they were once locked out of -- 5.7 million to be exact. And with the likes of young wonder golfer, Michelle Wei, making an impact, more women can be expected to be seen in the years to come swinging their special ladies golf clubs on the fairways and greens you play on. There are some distinct differences between ladies golf clubs and those men use. There have to be, of course. A woman has wider hips and more mass and weight in the chest, so her swing is going to be different. Also, women are generally weaker, so their clubs need to be lighter with heads that allow for the difference. And so on. Here's a list of the differences you will notice (or not see, because it's hidden in the design and materials) between the clubs of the two sexes. Ladies golf clubs:
It was not always like this. Golf can be said to date from the time of Julius Caesar, when wooden branches were shaped for the clubs and only men played. And there were no women's clubs when the first woman known to have played the game, the lively, Mary Queen of Scots, played in the 1550s. (As a side note, it's from Mary we seem to have got the name 'caddie', and in her day the magnificent course at St Andrews was built. I'm not sure if she ever played there, but if not, then no woman did until the man-only course opened to lady golfers almost 400 years later.) Women began playing in their own golf tournaments in the UK in 1893, and in the US and Australia the following year, and with this rise in women playing it is probable that shorter and more stylish clubs were being made for them. It is no secret that today clubs for women are a major part of all the big brand companies' inventories and sales.
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