Spend Your Money Wisely When Playing Golf

Golf is big business today, and therefore can play into the ego of the buyer. Are you thinking of buying golf clubs? Do you know what you are looking for? I will tell you about my experiences of buying golf clubs. One day when I was 12 or 13, I went with two friends to the golf course. This was 50 years ago.

My first swing of a golf club, I was hooked. I already played baseball, so I had an idea of how to stand and swing a golf club. I needed golf clubs, and my parents made me work to make the money to buy the clubs.

I did not know anything about golf clubs, but I found a set at the sporting goods store for $45. It came with a bag, a pull cart, a driver, a three wood, a putter, and a 3, 5, 7, and 9 iron. Everything that a 13 year old boy needed to start his golf career. That is what I used the first year that I played.

I found that I could fill out my set for about $2 a club, so I got the 2, 4, 6, and 8 irons, and a 2, and 4 wood. Also I found a new putter that I liked. I loved golf, and I wanted to get as good as I could, so I played a lot, and practiced every chance that I could.

When I was a freshman in high school, I made the golf team, so my dad said that he would buy me a new set of clubs. We got these at another sporting goods store. This time the set included all of the clubs, and they were much better than my first clubs, but still far from the best.

I continued to get better, and at the end of my senior year, I won a big amateur golf tournament in my hometown, and the prize was $200 in credit. With the credit, I got my third set of golf clubs, Haig Ultra woods, and Wilson Staff irons, both with stiff shafts. You can see how things have changed, because they were top of the line clubs, for only $200.

I played with these clubs for a long time, throughout four years of college, and three years as a professioal golfer. I did get a different set of irons, Spaulding Elites, because they had extra stiff shafts.

My last set of clubs were a set of Taylor Mades that cost $600 for the irons, and $200 a piece for two woods (except that they are now made out of metal) The irons only cost $600 instead of $800 because they were the previous year model. As you can see buying golf clubs can be very expensive.

The best, and most expensive clubs I had, was my last set. If I was just starting out in golf today, that would not be the set I would buy. There is no reason for a beginning golfer to pay that much money for a set of golf clubs. For most beginners, a starter set is all they need. I learned on a very cheap set of golf clubs, and that is all most people need.

I got better because I was motivated to get better, and I was able to do it without the best clubs. The better I got, the more I wanted clubs that fit my swing.

Spend your money on what will get you better, and when you get better, then spend some money on the right clubs for you