8 Biggest Equipment Mistakes I Golf Monthly

Hello everyone Neil Tappan from Golf Month E and welcome to this video where we take a look at the 8

biggest

equipment

mistakes

golf

ers are making right now. If you're fooling yourself with

golf

clubs, from the driver to the putter, there are a lot of traps and

mistakes

that you can make that you really need to avoid if you want to do it right, and in this video we wanted to highlight what some of them were. those mistakes and have the best knowledge possible to make sure you end up with the right 14 clubs for your golf game, guys, if you're new to the

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I like it, but let's start with the 8

biggest

mistakes in the rig, starting with the fairway woods. There are no two ways to do it. Fairway woods are probably the hardest golf clubs to hit in the bag. You need to be able to use them off the tee, but you also need to be able to use them off the deck and you know it's a long shaft, it's a relatively small head with the ball sitting on the ground, it can be difficult to hit fairway woods consistently and This is why players often have a hard time finding the street. woods they really like, you'll have to find out on tour that if a player finds fairway woods and they really hit it off, they are the last golf clubs to change, they may change drivers, but they may not change drivers now. fairway wood quickly.

The question I have for you is if you put your 3 wood in your hands and you had a shot of about 200 yards on a long par 4, it was in a tight lie and there were some problems near the green, would you? Feel confident pulling that 3 wood and using it. If the answer to that question is no, then there's a good chance that your fairway woods are just another piece of bag furniture, which is why they look nice in the bag, but now they never come out to play. that's a mistake you really need to rectify. My advice would be to think about adding some loft to your fairway woods.

It's something I did in my game. I added loft to my 3 wood. Now it pays more like probably more like a 5 win. so it doesn't go as far and there is a little gap between my first fairway wood and my driver. However, it is a golf club that I feel very comfortable using. I don't have to swing it as hard to get the ball up and away and if you're someone who has trouble with their fairway woods, it's something worth considering beyond that, what you should definitely do is talk to your local pro. from the PGA and look for an accommodation, but tell the fitter that you are really struggling with your fairway words. and you want something that you can rely on and get it right consistently if you do it right, it's one of those mistakes you'll probably never make again.

The next one on the list that we will talk about relates these things that you do not master now. I don't want to sound like your dad, but your grips are your only point of contact with the golf club and if your grips wear out or become slippery, the tension of your grip will automatically tighten and that's a problem because you want your forearms to be what you want. Your grip pressure should be as light as possible so that your arms swing effectively with complete freedom and fluidity during the golf swing. As soon as your grip pressure gets tight, you lose that fluidity and you'll actually lose power as a result now a couple of things to keep in mind: This is an old grip that I had in the bag.

You can see it's starting to wear a little bit here. It has also lost a bit of its stickiness. This will have to change, see now if it was like that. I don't have this part worn if it was a little slippery I would give it a good wash and a good scrubbing and maybe I can get a little more performance out of it so it's worth doing if your grips feel a little bit old clean them first If after cleaning them it's still not right then change them, put some new clips on the golf clubs and it will make your golf clubs feel like new, so it's probably no surprise to hear that in 2019 drivers are becoming more expensive, is something we have noticed as a recent trend.

The controller I have in my hands here. This is the TaylorMade m5. It has a recommended retail price of £499. It's the same with Titleist. The same with Callaway, it is a significant investment in your game and even just one look at the sole of the driver reveals the different options that are available to you and there is a lot of engineering that has gone into these clubs, which is why they come with a Pretty steep price and again looking at that engineering, in my opinion it really doesn't make sense to buy one of these new generation drivers without going through a complete and thorough custom tune and that means taking shots at a launch monitor to buy one of these. without going through that process it's a dangerous business and you could end up with something you paid a lot of money for that isn't quite right for your game now when you go through that adaptation process for a new driver it's also important that its installer understands the type of shots you want to hear on the golf course, if the workshop you like to hit when under pressure is a little cut off, you need to be able to hit, there is no point in going with the driver that does not allow you to make the most important shot that you need to do, so make sure your installer knows that if you are doing the process now, the last thing I will say is that if you are interested in a new controller you might think that to save a few quid you go for an older generation controller, It will certainly save you money, but keep in mind that component availability may not be the same as the first time around, so you may not have as many head options to choose from or shaft options and you may not be able to opt for a port, it depends on whether you look for it, you may be able to find that you can check all those boxes if it's not You may have to opt for one of the newer generation controllers, which are more expensive and if you do, make sure you do a complete and thorough custom fit, so the next point on the list and which relates to the previous point is don't go for a driver that doesn't spin enough, that's fine, keep in mind that spin is your Man, even with the driver, there can be a temptation during a test to adjust yourself or to prepare for your best swing, your fastest swing, the swing that offers the best. launching conditions and that often means a low spin setup, but a low spin setup may not be entirely suitable for your average or below average shots and you need a driver that performs with every swing you take, so a setup like this with the weights really far away, this really is for the fastest things in the world, those people who are able to control the driver every time, for most of us you will need something with the weight further back in the head to give you as much forgiveness as possible to keep those spin numbers high because I said at the beginning don't forget spin is your friend okay so obviously there's a very big difference between these two putters obviously a two blade putter and a mallet one, but there is much more.

It has to be said that one of these putters is designed for players with a straight back and a straight stroke, the other is designed for players with an arc in their stroke and the way you can tell is by swinging them over your finger to release them. of the tapered shaft, you find the balance point, you release the shaft and you find the point where the club balances very well and you will notice that the ping in my right hand is sharper than the Scotty Cameron. in my left hand which means the ping is designed for players with an arch and the Scotty Cameron is designed for those players with a straight back and straight stroke, it is very important that you match your putter to your stroke, this is how find consistency on the green, there's really no excuse to have a mismatch in that regard because you can find mallets designed for players with an arch and you can find bladed putters for those with straight backs and straight shots, do a little homework .

For your pro, make sure you match your stroke with your putter and you can last a few more putts, so next on my list relates to these guys, your wedges, and in particular the grind of your wedges now that we're talking about grinds. what we're really talking about is sole design and when it comes to wedges, sole design really is a key factor, it's a key factor in determining how good you are at hitting the ball around the greens, now such Maybe you don't think he will. It's a big difference, but I can say from my experience that it really does and that's why when you look at manufacturers like tight lists like Bob Voki, they offer so many different grind options on their wedges because they know that every golfer has a slightly different grind. different.

Technique My technique will be different to yours and therefore you will need a slightly different wedge setup, so the one I have chosen for now I understand that not everyone who sees this will want to go for a wedge setup, we recommend that you do . It can be incredibly useful, but if you don't want to go for a wedge fitting, go to the pro shop and ask them to pull out some different wedges, but to pull out wedges with different polishes, you'll notice that one wedge will just seem to click with your technique. a little better than the others and that's the one you should choose because that's the wedge that goes through the grass a little better when you chip and that's the wedge that goes through the sand a little better when you hit bunker shots, it can score a big difference in your game, so in 2019 make sure that if you buy new wedges, you find the right method for your game.

It could make a big difference in how your wedge face looks if so clean it, don't be lazy, clean the face of your wedge otherwise you will be wasting some really important spin control. Well that brings me to number one on my list and this relates to iron lofts and is something that everyone out there will do. you need to consider it you will need to consider it today or in the near future when the time comes to upgrade your irons now it probably won't surprise you to know that manufacturers are making the loss of their irons stronger and stronger in iron sets from today, so what was a seven iron in years past is no longer a seven iron in terms of its loft which has increased, so it's flying a little further now that manufacturers can do it because "They are able to incorporate more launch into their IDEs and the ball still flies like a 7 iron.

Now it goes further, just to give you an idea. In the TaylorMade iron range, you have two different models, so you have the p 730, which is a very traditional, almost sword-like type that you'll discover on the tour and the m6, which is on the other end of the spectrum, is really forgiving for a long time. The five iron in the P 730 comes with loft. of 27 degrees and the five iron in the m6 comes with a loft of 21 degrees, that will mean that the m6 plays much longer than the P 730, that is fine, it is not a problem, however, there will come a point in each set of amethyst in which it will begin to diminish. comes back in terms of distance, so with that loft getting lower and lower as you go up the bag, you may get to a point where your four iron doesn't go as far as your five iron and this is where you'll need change and think about putting a hybrid or a different type of iron at the top end of the bag that will give you that distance distance that you really need, it is something that you will have to consider and it is worth thinking about while you go through a fitting so these iron sets aren't cheap if you're going to get them through a proper custom fitting and part of that fitting process has to be thinking about the space in the At the top end of the set it might as well be that you don't need to carry a four iron or a five iron or even a six iron and instead have hybrids that will help you close that gap with your fairway woods if you don't.

You may well end up having two irons and the top end of the bag that go exactly the same distance, guys you got it, that's our eighth biggest mistake on the team. I hope you enjoyed the video, hit the like button if you did. Also leave comments below. Is there something we have missed? Is there anything you would like to clarify? Leave comments or questions below. We will contact as many of you as possible, but for now, we at West Hill say goodbye.