Golf Equipment Guide

Golf Club Covers: It’s just Weird

Paul J James — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:16:05 +0000

by Paul J James

When someone refers to golf club covers they are referring to the sock like covers put on the longer golf clubs known as woods. However the notion of golf club covers can also extend to the rest of the bag of clubs as the idea of iron covers is also becoming quite popular. The golf club covers do a lot for your golf club. They protect your club in the rain and damp weather. If you lay your bag down in freshly cut grass the golf club covers will make sure the grass doesn't cover your clubs.

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The golf club covers also protect your clubs from each other as golf clubs can become damaged by banging around into each other while in your bag. It used to be that golf club covers were very basic items that looked like socks and had on them the number of the club that was being covered. A very expensive set of golf club covers would look not unlike a very basic set and they usually served the same purpose. After a while golfers started to express their personality through their golf club covers and whole new industry was born.

It has been going on for a while now. Your big burly friend from work would put a gorilla golf club cover on his driver because he felt that he projected a lot of power with his driver. Sometimes the covers would come in sets of what looked like puppets and they would have entire families of covers to use on clubs that would express a little personality in an otherwise solemn game. Then, not too long ago, someone came along that changed everything and caused a boom in the sales of covers all over the world. That person was Tiger Woods.

Tiger and His Boy Frank

Tiger Woods burst onto the golf scene as an amateur and a golfer had not been so anticipated since Jack Nicklaus. It did not take long for people to start to notice that the golf club cover covering Tiger's driver was a tiger. Soon the sales of tiger driver covers took off and people all over the world were sporting their Tiger Woods' driver cover and adding a bit of color and fun to the exploits on the golf course. Then we learned that the cover had a name and could talk.

Tiger Woods' driver cover is named Frank and thanks to a series of television commercials a couple of years ago everyone got to watch Frank talk and give Tiger advice. It was all in good fun and the result was a thriving industry that has grown up around creating new golf club covers and maybe even finding the next Frank.

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Titanium Hybrid Golf Club Offers Best Of Both Worlds

Paul J James — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 18:14:51 +0000

by Paul J James

There is a difference in swinging a fairway wood and an iron, since the shafts are usually longer on a fairway wood and some shots, especially those lying under a tree branch, may be far enough away to use a wood, but doe to the location, the golfer has to use an iron, often sacrificing distance for accuracy. The new titanium hybrid golf club offers the best of both clubs, allowing the golfer to get the distance they need while playing from surfaces not idea for a full solid swing.

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The titanium hybrid golf club combines everything that is good about a fairway wood and an iron into one club. The shorter shafts of hybrids enable the golfer to swing harder under less than ideal conditions as well as in higher grass off the fairway. When playing through the rough, a wood simply cannot slice through the grass, often leaving the ball falling short and to one side while the iron may lift it out of the grass, but lacking in distance.

By using a titanium hybrid golf club the distance can be realized and the club can slice through higher grass like an iron. The loft on the ball at the time of take away is going to be similar to an iron while the ball strike on the club's face is going to mirror that of a wood.

Low Irons Make For Difficult Shots

Many golfers simply have a lot of trouble going for distance with low irons and numbers one through four may often be left in the trunk of the car or in the garage instead of having to chase the ball into the woods. With a titanium hybrid golf club of the same number, the ball can be played from nearly any surface like an iron, with the feel and accuracy the golfer achieves with their fairway woods.

The titanium hybrid golf club also tends to have a lower trajectory than many of the low and mid irons. When they get closer to the pin, higher irons developed into a titanium hybrid golf club, such as a seven or nine, can become more of a utility club to get them out of trouble in higher grass or on dirt surfaces.

Since a titanium hybrid golf club can swing like an iron and strike like a wood, a golfer using them can learn to be good. It may some adjustment to learn to swing the hybrid like a wood, especially after years of using irons in the same situation.

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Tags: club, fairway, Golf, Irons, shafts, swing

How Far Can You Go With Your Golf Club Distance?

Paul J James — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:15:35 +0000

by Paul J James

Most golfing newbies ask how far a golf club distance can go, and with how much force should they hit? Generally each golf club has a specific distance range. But in reality it really depends on your swing, and the power of your hit.

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A golf club distance depends on a variety of things such as the type of club you are using, the weather condition, the fairway, your physical fitness, your age, your gender, your swing speed, and how your club head connects with the ball.

Sometimes one person's 5 iron distance is another golfers 3 iron or 7iron distance. According to golf digest most amateurs usually hit their drives at around 195-205 yards. So don't compare yourself with the pros, because PGA pros hit theirs at around 280-320 yards, while LPGA pros hit at 230-270 yards. See the disparity even in the pros category?

Long Hitter or Short Hitter

As you play regularly you will slowly see whether you are a short hitter or a long hitter. Of course do not expect to be a long hitter the first time you play golf. But whether you're a long hitter does not always mean that you're better than the short hitter. After all, there's still the issue of your ability to putt.

You have to remember that it's not just hitting the ball. You have to able to hit the ball, and make it fly straight or reach the target. You know there's no use for long hitters who frequently get out of bounds.

Men's and Women's Golf Clubs

There is a chart of range for golf club distance, and you can find this in your favorite golfing stores, sporting stores or online. But there is big difference on percentage when it comes to the Men's golf clubs versus the women's golf clubs.

You know that longer clubs generally hit farther right? Since most women are less in height than men, it simply follows that their golf club distance also has a big difference from that of the men's.

Golf Club Distance Factors

How far your ball travels is also affected by the temperature, air pressure and air direction. Most golfers tend to under club when they are trying to hit the green, so there shots usually fall short.

Have you ever played on golf courses with elevation? Have you noticed that when hitting your ball from a lower elevation to higher one you golf club distance falls short of expectation? That's because golf club distance are affected with elevation.

Well hopefully, through this article you have gained some knowledge on how golf club distance work. If you need any other information you can always use your search engine.

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Tags: club, fairway, Golf, Irons, swing

What To Look For In A Used Golf Cart

Timmy Gold — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:43:07 +0000

by Mike Striker

People get addicted to golf. They will get up in the early hours to play before work when most people are happy to be soundly tucked up in bed. People become passionate about golf but not everyone can cope with the exercise required by walking around the course so someone invented the golf cart.

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The idea behind the golf cart is simply that it should be a small powered vehicle that is suitable for driving around a golf course without causing damage or excessive noise and disturbance to other players. They are normally gas or electric powered and are easy to drive.

The most simple of the two types is probably the electric golf cart. It has very few moving parts and is quiet and easy to drive. Electric golf carts are quiet due to the electric motor and cause little noise or disturbance to other players.

The gas golf cart is more like a small car with a low powered gas engine which is generally fairly quiet and economical. Gas powered golf carts do require a little more maintenance that electric carts but with a simple top up of the gas they can run for hours whereas an electric cart might run out of battery power after a few hours use.

Golf carts can cost a fair chunk of money to buy new but a good secondhand used golf cart can be purchased for a lot less. A good used golf cart can offer excellent value for money and so long as you have it checked over just as you would with a secondhand car you can get a great deal.

Check that it has not been subject to excessive wear and tear and that it has been maintained in the correct way at regular intervals. A properly maintained gas or electric golf cart should have plenty of years life left in it and can be purchased for a very reasonable price.

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Easily Better Your Glof Score And Swing

mimmo greco — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 14:04:35 +0000

by Marks Hickman

How do I hit the ball low?
Hitting the ball on a lower trajectory is the result of a couple of factors: - a delofted clubface at impact and a reduction of pace and spin on the golf ball. It goes without saying that a club with less loft on it will make the ball go lower, but the amount of spin imparted on the ball also affects its trajectory. To hit the ball with less spin and on a lower flight-path try the following ideas: Pick one extra club for the given yardage.Yes you can. You have to renew your subscription manually each year. We do not automatically take payments from your Bank Account and the decision to renew your membership is up to you, just like any golf club.To straighten the hook (for right-handers), you need to reduce the top- and right-to-left spin on the ball.