These are some tips I received via Andy Brown E-zine. Just thought I should share with you. I don't agree with his first point. The rest, I thought they are quite sensible. What do you think?
"My Number One Key Lesson, and possibly the
most important of all, is the fact that I REFUSED
to change my clubs until I had broken 80.
i.e. I didn't even think about the concept of
all the new technology and "buying a better game"
until I had a really sound swing grooved in and
a proper understanding of how to play the game.
I shot a 78 with a ten year old Big Bertha, a
20 year old Mizuno three wood, a set of hand-me-down
Mizuno irons (that were at least 20 years old)
and a horrible old Wilson putter that was found
lying around the store at the golf centre.
So the lesson is .....
Plain and Simple ....
- don't put the cart before the horse!
Don't expect great clubs to make you a great golfer
- And here's WHY in a Nutshell!
Number Two is to make use of the wedges.
But again DON'T start jumping into the whole
lob wedge thing before you can really play
well round the green.
The lob wedge is a great tool but don't expect
to improve your scoring and keep it well out
of your bag when you're out on the course until
you are really comfortable with it around a
practice green.
After you are comfortable with it then get
yourself four, equally spaced (I use 46/52/56/60)
wedges and get out there and work out exact
distances with each club.
Number Three - Get a putter you love - you must
really love the feel of a putter or it simply
won't work for you.
It almost doesn't matter what it looks like -
as long as you can fall in love with it then
it can work for you.
I used (cue: golfing madness alert) to sit
twiddling my putter while watching TV in an
effort to get really comfortable with its weight
and feel
- I advise you to do the same but be aware
that, yet again, this stuff doesn't exactly
make you popular with your partner.
I did exactly the same thing with my Ping 56* SW
since that became my round the green "go to" club.
Number Four - get the easiest to hit irons you
can find.
Don't worry about what they look like and be
swayed by the looks of super-sexy slim blades.
The name of the game (unless you're already a
single figure handicapper) is to find great game
improvement irons.
I used Mizuno MX-17s during the challenge and as
a present to myself after I completed the challenge
traded them in for beautiful forged MP-30s which,
if I'm honest, I doubt that I hit as well as the
much cheaper Mx-17s.
So remove the ego and get inexpensive cavity back
game-improvement irons.
Number Five - use hybrid clubs.
The average high handicapper really shouldn't be
using a 3 or even a 4 iron these days.
Hybrids make the job vastly easier.
I have a Mizuno 2 iron MP-37 blade which I use at
the range to teach myself certain practice
techniques (more later) but it goes nowhere
near my bag on the course and I don't even have
a 3 iron.
So again ignore the ego, ignore your mates who
call them "girl's clubs" and buy at least one
hybrid.
Number Six - get a decent driver that suits your
swing.
I spent a clean fortune on drivers during the
year and that was ultimately a mistake.
But it's a mistake a huge amount of golfers make.
We're forced, through the power of huge advertising
budgets, to think that the newest driver on the block
will transform our game.
The key is to get one decent driver that suits your
game and stick with it.
Number Seven - buy last year's models.
Irons, drivers, hybrids etc. should all be bought
one year out of date.
The industry moves at a ferocious pace and most of
the time you can buy a brand new club for as low
as half the original price just because it isn't
fashionable any more!
Avoid the hype and keep a rational mind (even though
I know, more than anyone, how tough that can be with golf)"
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