Golf Clubs for a beginner?

Question

I have decided to take up the game off golf. I played my first game today and I'm pretty bad. Not the worst but still pretty bad. I have set back about 400-500 dollars to get clubs with. I'm 6-2. What type of clubs should I be looking for? Because of my height so they need to be custom? Should I buy a box and a make a few custom? Please keep the termonlogy simple... i'm still new to all of this...

Side Note: They will be used a lot because I am setting up for lessons...

Answer 1

I would try the Adams Idea because they come with hybrids which are good for beginners. They are very forgiving.

Answer 2

go on line and look up 1 iron golf, i struggled with my game for years.  then i found this site. read the whole site then you can make your decision.. these clubs really helped my game...m

Answer 3

Are you having a lesson with a PGA Professional instructor? If so, they are certified to fit you to a set of clubs that suit your build. Being 6'2" is no indication of any fitting differences. Then again, it may be. I'm a certified club fitter and repairer. I'm 6'3" and play with standard length clubs. My arms are long and the distance from my wrist to the floor is about the same as the average 5'10" player. That's just one of the variables considered.

Best bet, take the clubs you just played with to the lesson. Ask the instructor how he determines what, if any, adjustments should be made. If he says it doesn't matter, find a new instructor. Proper club fitting should be the 1st step in any new golfer's process. Many people quit the game due to frustration stemming from ill fitting clubs. There's plenty of choices in your price range for clubs that can be ideally fit to your body type.

Best of luck in this great game.

Answer 4

First off, congrats on chosing to enter the gentlemen's game.  Anyway, because of your height, you may need customs.  But if you don't need them, I suggest Taylor Made.  I got some new Taylor Made clubs recently, and they work like a charm.  These ones I bought are around 400 dollars.

Answer 5

Your first piece of luck was getting Bobbio's answer. As a veteran in the game I am appalled that young people bring to golf the same push-button philosophy that they do in everday life. They also have this weird idea that the more they pay for equipment, the better person they are. That's new too.

I say, s***w the cost of the equipment - it's the technique that counts, and technique is, in the final analysis, all about bones and how they react to other bones.

When you set up to a golf ball, you are trying to turn yourself into a machine that will deliver energy in a line parallel to your feet. If you were an engineer, the shape of a human body is the very last thing you would think of to accomplish this. It is COMPLETELY unnatural.  So you have to use your bones like struts in some kind of a mechano set to simulate the machine to accomplish this.  The proper alinement  of the spine is the major "strut," so ill-fitting equipment is going to ruin the enterprise from square one.

Answer 6

They don't have to be custom for 6'2", but if you are spending the money on new clubs, a good golf store will measure you and add an inch or take away an inch, to make them perfect.  Golfsmith does this for free and the adjustments are free. D I C Ks charges for the fitting, but deducts it from the price of the clubs.  At both places, there is no charge for the adjustments themselves, but you can't walk out with your set, they have to be ordered.  

You should look for a set of forgiving clubs, maybe one that comes with hybrids for some of the longer irons (hybrids are easier to hit than long irons.)  Check out the Cleveland Hybore iron set.  They are all hybrids.  The Callaway Big Birtha '08s have IBore technology (the bottom of the club is very wide and thick, like a hybrid.)  Also, they come in a combo set (the 3, 4 and I think 5 Irons are hybrids.)  If you want to spend some money the Calaway x-20s are SWEET!!!  Or same some cash, get a used x-18 set (thats what I am looking for now.)

For drivers, check out the Taylor Made Burner (NOT the Tour Burner), the Cleveland Hybore XL or XLS, or the Nike Sumo squared.  All very forgiving clubs.  The R7s are supposed to be forgiving, but I never hit them well.

Answer 7

Get fitted first. I would recommend Ping clubs because they are very forgiving and are good for beginners and advanced golfers alike.