Knowing the Right Clubs to Carry in your Golf Bags
As a golfer, carrying the right clubs is paramount to your optimal enjoyment and achievement. Your bag should only contain clubs that work for you. Your skills as a golfer will let you determine the clubs to carry.
A low-handicapper has different needs than a beginner golfer. A number of clubs available today are easier to control than others and higher-handicap golfers must concentrate on clubs that are easiest to hit. Skilled golfers can play more specialized clubs and a variety of shots. Based on skill level, below are club suggestions that you should be carrying:
If you are a Low-Handicapper
Your bag as a low-handicapper should contain a driver, 3-iron through 9-iron, 3-wood or 2 hybrid, gap wedge, pitching wedge, lob wedge, sand wedge, and putter. If you are a scratch golfer, you may wish to have the fourth wedge instead of the 3-wood or hybrid. But, if you are not scratch, you may want to choose extra wood or hybrid to the extra wedge.
Your skill and ability will dictate how more specialized your game will become. For the best players, such specialization results in a concentration on the short game. The majority of top layers hit the ball far enough so they do not usually use a long iron, thus, they bypass 2-irons or 2 hybrids to prefer an additional wedge.
The gap and lob wedge increase your options around the green. However, great golfers tinker with their set configuration from round to round or week to week as a way to respond to the kinds of challenges they may encounter at the golf course.
If you are a Mid-Handicapper
For mid-handicappers, a driver, 3-wood, 6, 7, 8 and 9 irons, 4 and 5 hybrids, a pitching wedge, putter, and a sand wedge are a must in their bags. If you are strong in your short game, think about adding a gap or lob wedge to this assortment. However, most of you will be better off with hybrids instead of most forgiving irons for high handicappers, particularly the long ones.
If you are a High Handicapper
As a high handicapper golfer, your bag should contain a 3-wood, 7, 8 and 9 irons, 4,5 and 6 hybrids, pitching wedge, and putter. The majority of this kind of golfers is not capable of hitting a driver regardless of how badly they wish to. For high-handicappers, drivers are particularly dangerous as a lot of golfers view distance as the quality they desire off the tee.
