Improving Your Golf

If you are a fairly new golfer you might want to purchase used golf clubs as a method to stretch your dollar additionally, while still improving your game with superior equipment. Really, the majority golfers are on the alert for score lowering advantages.

Without altering anything but your clubs, you can significantly change your game. Properly calculating the shaft flex rating you need, the loft best for you, and the shaft length will go right along in improving your score.


Here are some statistics that may well give you new insights into the game and help you choose your next clubs well:

* Tiger Woods has an average driver swing of 130 mph.

* A PGA Tour player’s driver swing is about 115 mph.

* A LPGA professional player’s driver swing is about 95 mph.

* A young male golfer’s driver swing is about 90 mph.

* The typical older male golfer’s driver swing is 80 mph.

* The average lady golfer’s driver swing is 60-70 mph.

The above numbers is probably why the majority of manufacturers sell their clubs with these shaft flex ratings:

Ladies (L), Seniors (A), Regular (R), Stiff (S), Extra Stiff (XS)

Flex

One way to properly assess whether you are using the correct flex is to look at your current results. If the ball tends to fade right you are probably using a shaft too stiff for you and if the ball tends to draw to the left, it is probably not stiff enough. These results don’t always hold, but are generally true.

The easiest way to improve how far your ball travels on a drive is to buy a driver with more flex in the driver shaft. Unfortunately, the easiest method to improve the accuracy of your drive is to buy a driver with less flex in the driver shaft. And therein lies the conundrum.

Loft

So how do you increase the distance short of sacrificing your accuracy? You increase the loft angle. Here are some overall rules of thumb. Unless you are Tiger Woods, a PGA Tour player, or LPGA player, you are in all likelihood going to need one of the loft angles listed below:

* The typical young male golfer needs a 12% loft angle.

* The average older male golfer requires a 13% loft angle.

* The typical young lady golfer needs a 14% loft angle.

* The average older lady golfer requires a 15% loft angle.

Length

To find the best shaft length for you, measure the distance from your wrist to the floor while you are standing. Get an average between the measurements from your left wrist and your right wrist.

* 41 inches or more, your 5-iron should be 39 1/2 inches

* 39-40 inches, your 5-iron ought to be 39 inches

* 37-38 inches, your 5-iron should be 38 1/2 inches

* 35-36 inches, your 5-iron should be 38 inches

* 33-34 inches, your 5-iron ought to be 37 1/2 inches

* 29 to 32 inches, your 5-iron should be 37 inches

Equipped with the information above you will be able to get used golf clubs and decide on the best clubs to improve your game. They will offer a great value for your investment and can be sold to another who needs to buy used golf clubs later.

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