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By GBB Staff Introduction  As the holiday season approaches, the quest for the perfect gift becomes an annual tradition for many. While the options are seemingly endless, one timeless and sophisticated choice stands out among the rest – golf clubs. Beyond the well-manicured greens and the meticulous swings, golf clubs represent more than just a sport; they embody a lifestyle of leisure, elegance, and camaraderie. In this article, we delve into the reasons why golf clubs make for an exceptional holiday gift, offering a blend of practicality, aesthetics, and the promise of unforgettable experiences. The Gift of Timeless Tradition: Golf...

By GBB Staff Introduction The frozen greens and frost delays of winter – no thanks. You can keep the scorching sun and humidity of summer afternoons. Dormant grass and bumpy greens of spring – don’t love it. Fall is our favorite season for golf, and it has nothing to do with pumpkin spice lattes. Why do we love golf in the fall? We will explore the obvious reasons below, but there is something about the end of the golf season. Fall feels like your last chance for glory. Could this be the year you finally make a hole-in-one or break...

By GBB Staff Introduction I've always preferred to walk the course during my rounds. I like the idea of getting as much exercise as possible while playing, and I've found that a stroll of about 5-6 miles with a push cart is one of the best way to maximize my health benefits; in fact, in a comprehensive 9-hole study by Dr. Neil Wolkodoff of the Colorado Center of Health and Sports Science, it was shown (among many other things) that golfers who used a push cart burned 718 calories during their round. So Which Push Cart Did I Decide On? There are so...

By GBB Staff Introduction Have you ever met a golfer who wasn’t interested in hitting the ball farther?  Neither have I. Added distance is the Holy Grail for everyone who plays the game, and golfers will do almost anything to find it. They’ll spend a small fortune on new clubs, year after year, believing all those self-serving claims by the manufacturers that their latest driver is (once again) the magic wand that will give them 10-20 extra yards. Eventually, though, golfers usually find that the answer didn’t lie in that expensive new club. The truth of the matter is that...

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...