Used Golf Clubs

Discount golf clubs are certainly a temptation for many golfers since the price of a complete new name brand set can be in the $1,500 or higher range these days. This article will discuss various ways of procuring discount golf clubs, and the pros and cons of doing so.

Know Yourself- Get Fitted Properly

Before laying down a chunk of cash on golf clubs, it is imperative that you know what clubs to look for. I suggest a club fitting be a certified professional club maker. That is an investment every serious golfer should make, but less than 10% actually do this. And by the way, trying out a couple of different clubs at a

Demo-Day does not constitute a proper club fitting. If you purchase discount golf clubs and think you have saved a bundle, what good is it if the clubs are wrong for you? Thus, if you are looking for a discounted driver, for example, you should know exactly what kind of clubhead, loft angle, shaft, club length and grip are right for you. If you know all of this, then and only then does it behoove you to purchase any clubs, be they new, used, or discount golf clubs.

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More and more golfers in recent years are choosing to buy their own golf cart instead of just renting them when they play. Many feel that owning their own cart is actually cheaper in the long run.

And for some, there are clear advantages to owning their own golf cart. For instance, if you like to play golf a lot, perhaps five times a week, and your golf course charges you $15 for a cart rental, you are spending nearly $75 a week just on golf cart rentals. If you buy a used golf cart instead for $3500 - $4000, it would pay for itself in only about one year’s time. And considering that golf carts can easily last

10 years or more, you should be able to recover the cost of your cart many times over in saved golf cart rental fees.

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Becoming a successful golf club collector is not as easy as it sounds. There is a lot to know about golf clubs, golf history, and star golfers before you start buying clubs. So, before you start bidding for clubs on eBay, or spending thousands of dollars on so called collectible golf clubs at sports memorabilia stores you need to know what you should look for.

The first step that you need to take when starting a golf club collection is to pick up some reference books. These books should include a pricing guide, a history book of golf, and a book designed for golf club collectors. One book that you may find particularly useful is Antique

Golf Collectibles, A Price and Reference Guide by Chuck Furjanic. This book covers golf club valuation, golf club identification, and other topics that collectors need to know about.

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Until recently it was one size fits all for women golfers. Since most major golf club companies had less than 10% of their sales in ladies golf clubs, they offered women few if any choices in club length, shaft flex, swing weight, etc. LPGA Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez has come to the rescue with an excellent product line for women golfers.

Club Fitting for Women

The company offers at least a basic level of on-line club fitting, which is far better than nothing. They have several lines of clubs, and through some general questions about how often a woman plays golf, and in general how athletic she is, a particular line of clubs

is suggested. From there grip size is determined based on a woman s glove size. Based on how tall a lady is, club lengths are suggested. More will be said about this length issue shortly, as most women play clubs that are too long for them, as do most men. The last step is to choose a shaft flex based on swing speed. Once again, most golfers, both men and women, tend to play with shafts that are too stiff, so a lady might choose to go with more flex than the formula suggests. Those choices are available, fortunately, including shorter club lengths. So the options are there. A custom club fitting would do a lot more, but the above system is so much better than the old one size fits all mentality.

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Putting together a great golf set is not easy to do, and it is definitely not a cheap thing to do. However, there are tricks and tips that you can follow to reduce how much money you have to spend on your quality golf clubs.

The first tip for reducing how much you spend on your golf clubs is to look for stores that specialize in discount sporting goods and golf equipment. These stores will usually have a warehouse feel to them, and they may require that you join their buying club. However, the discounts that you get on your equipment are well worth the extra paper work and the self-serve atmosphere most warehouse stores have.

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