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By GBB Staff Introduction More and more teenagers are taking an interest in golf lately. In fact, the National Golf Foundation has research that shows that the number of junior golfers grew by as much as 20% last year. That could be great news for the future of the golf industry, as long as these budding golfers maintain their interest in the game as they grow older.  There’s a number of factors that will determine if these teens continue on in golf, of course, but one very important one is how much enjoyment they get out of it.  Let’s face...

By GBB Staff Introduction I know a female golfer whose first set of golf clubs was a hand-me-down collection given to her by her father. I’m sure his intentions were good, but there’s a good chance that this gesture may have actually had a detrimental effect on how her golf game initially developed. Why? Because clubs that are designed for men will rarely be suitable for women. Ladies clubs need to be shorter and lighter than men’s clubs, with higher lofts and more flexible shafts. These are the club characteristics that suit the profile of the typical lady’s golf swing...

By GBB Staff Introduction If you’re a beginner or intermediate golfer who is trying to improve, there are several features that you should be looking for in any new set of golf clubs. Those features include things like a cavity back design with perimeter weighting which makes the clubs more forgiving when you miss the sweet spot, a low center of gravity that makes it easier to get the ball up into the air, a wider sole that makes it less likely that you’ll hit a fat shot, etc. In short, these types of features make the game a little...

By GBB Staff Introduction There are significant differences between golf clubs that are made for men and those that are made for women. Women golfers, particularly those who are newer to the game, will find themselves at a significant disadvantage if they ignore those differences and buy clubs that have been designed for men, or if they try to play with clubs that were previously used by a man and “handed down”. If you’re a woman beginner to intermediate golfer contemplating the purchase of a new set of clubs, this article has been written specifically for you. In it, we’ll...

By GBB Staff Introduction My son recently became interested in golf. To get him started, I temporarily gave him an old set of mine. But in a conversation with the professional at our local club recently, I learned that, although my intentions were good, I may have unwittingly made a mistake by doing that. What he shared with me is that, when beginners learn to play with hand-me-down clubs that were used previously by someone else, there is a real risk that they will pick up swing flaws as a result of trying to adapt their developing swing to clubs...