How Do You Know When You Need New Golf Clubs?

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6 Signs when you need new golf gear

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00:00Welcome to Peterborough Milton Golf Club and this Golf Monthly video on six signs that you need new

00:07golf clubs. Now it is worth mentioning at this point that of course lessons with your PGA Pro

00:13will be applicable here and can also help you but equipment can do a lot these days

00:18and these are the signs that if you upgrade your gear you could play better golf.

00:23Number one, well it's a pretty obvious thing and that's physical damage, stuff that you can see

00:34when you pick up your golf clubs. Now I'm talking little dents and dings in them, the shaft may be

00:40splintering a little bit, some rubbing marks where it may be in the bag as well. Take a little look at

00:45the club heads as well, those grooves might become dulled over time. All of these things are indicating

00:51that you know what, these golf clubs they've had a good life but maybe it's time to upgrade.

00:57Now of course the most important thing here, it's not about aesthetics, it's about performance.

01:01Anything like that is going to prevent your clubs from performing how they were designed to perform

01:06and how they did when you first got them. Drop off in spin, drop off in ball speeds, all of these things.

01:12So if they're showing physical signs of deterioration, you can bet your bottom dollar

01:17their actual performance will be dropping as well.

01:29Number two, a drop off in distance. Now it might be that your swing is changing or that your clubs

01:36are getting a bit old and you need an upgrade. But if balls aren't going as far as you're expecting,

01:42or as they used to, it's an indication right the way through the bag that something needs upgrading.

01:53Number three is when your long irons start going the same distance. So that could be your three,

01:58four, five, maybe even your six iron as well. If the carry distance is the same on those,

02:04something needs to change. Now that might just be getting a new set of irons. New technology,

02:09long irons are easier to hit. You maybe don't need as much swing speed as well. So that means you'll

02:14be better with those long irons. If you're starting to lose a bit of speed, maybe as you get older,

02:20or you change the style of club, get one of these, get a hybrid, get two of them, three hybrid, four

02:25hybrid, even a five and a six hybrid. The important thing is at that top end of your irons, you need to

02:31make sure they all carry a different distance with a nice, even spread, maybe eight to 10 yards between

02:38them. If your long irons are going the same distance, you either need to upgrade your irons or invest in

02:44some hybrids.

02:55Number four, lack of spin with your wedges. Normally that would have come up spun and just been about a

03:02couple of feet short, but these days, these old wedges is rolling out. I've now got eight feet

03:08back for par. If that's happening to you and you're losing spin on your wedges, not just on these finesse

03:13shots around the green, but also the full wedge shots into the putting surface as well. That's telling

03:19you these wedges, it's time for an upgrade. There's a reason why the pros change their wedges every two or

03:25three months. It's the clubs in the bag that wear the quickest. Now you don't have to change them that

03:31often, but once a year, once every couple of years, it's probably advisable if you're serious about your

03:37golf. Believe you me, sharp grooves will save you two or three shots around.

03:47Number five is ballooning ball flights. Now we're really talking about your driver and woods here.

03:53Modern technology is designed to launch the ball high and with low spin. The flight that creates

03:59and the flight you want is straight out and then falling out of the sky. The problem is if you start

04:06to see that flight rising as it's still moving forwards, that tells you there's too much backspin

04:13and that's going to rob you of distance. If that's the case for you, take a look. If it's an adjustable club,

04:19you might be able to tweak something to get it set up better for you. Or if it's just a few years old,

04:25technology has probably moved on to the point now where just a new club and you could give yourself an

04:29extra 5, 10, 15, maybe even 20 yards with the right setup. If you're in any doubt, go along to your local

04:37pro. Anyone with a launch monitor, they're the professionals. They'll be able to advise you, tell

04:41you if you're in the right kind of window for backspin, if that club is set up to your optimum. And if not,

04:48they can advise you on the type of equipment that will help you get that high launch, low spin flight

04:53and maximum distance.

05:05Number six is when you haven't quite got the club that you need for a given situation, especially

05:11if that's a situation which is recurring a lot. Right here for me, I'm right between distances with my

05:18wedges. My pitching wedge goes too far, my sand wedge not far enough. It could be that you're around the

05:23greens, you haven't got the type of shot, the type of club that you need to pull off what you want to

05:28there. Or even a certain tee shot that you play commonly, you haven't got a club and a shot that

05:33you're comfortable with. If you've got a problem on the golf course, solve it with your equipment. Make sure

05:39you've got something in your bag that does everything you need it to do. The gaps are

05:43appropriate. If you're struggling to hit a certain shot or style of shot, it's time to change your

05:49clubs and give yourself a solution to that problem. So those are the six signs that you need to upgrade

05:56your golf equipment. I hope you found that helpful. Let us know in the comments below any feedback that

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