Golf For Beginners

Golf for Beginners

Naturally the first thing a golfing beginner's attention is the amassing of a suitable selection of clubs, – not “clubs social” but “clubs golfing”— i. e., the actual tools of the game.

Equally naturally, to one totally unacquainted with golf and its needs, this is a difficult matter to solve
satisfactorily unaided, so the obvious thing to do, especially in these hard times when dollars are a matter of consideration to everyone, is to borrow one or two from a sympathetic golfing friend who has a store of discards.

Clubs in use are far too valuable to lend to beginners. However well players may golf, themselves, it is impossible for anyone to prophesy what a beginner's tastes may develop into. They cannot know
whether he/she will get to like a light or a heavy club; whether his/her pet fancy will be a long one or a short one, or one having a stiff or whippy shaft, but most players can point out what a club should be or explain the particular merits or demerits of any under consideration.  Don't buy a whole set at once, if you have to buy, but start humbly with a driver and a putter. By doing this you can begin with either the first or the last shot in the game, or both together, and the one will help the other.

When testing the balance of a club remember that you never hold the grip quite at the top. There should always be two or three inches above the left hand.

A great matter is to see that both the wooden clubs you buy, driver and brassie, have the same lie when their heads are lying naturally on the ground—i. e.—that the shafts make the same angle with the heads in each case. Also with all clubs it is most important that the lie of the head should suit the player. To be correct the club-head should lie in its natural position on the ground when the club itself
is being held correctly and easily by the player. For an ordinary strong, healthy woman, clubs, especially wooden ones, should not be too light as it is very hard to control a ball with a light club.