E-Guide to Golf

So far I have never spoken of equipment and then shopping, is not forgotten, just my experience in the field of neophytes made me realize that at this stage of growth does not need anything, or almost (but at least buy gloves )!
Exactly, the equipment during the neophyte package will be provided at the LG which attended the course, as the course of practice balls. The shoes at this time are not fundamental, as well as clothing (except gloves precisely).
In my opinion, therefore you must start thinking in Shopping (with capital S) after having obtained the status of NC, or when we are authorized to enter into the field alone (after having taken the exam on the rules) and then we are ready to go in search of disability.
So those who say that to start playing golf involves a lot more money wrong (except syndromes compulsive shopping spree)! But shopping is also many times a player's habit, so often we tend to think that the purchase of a stick can actually improve the level of the game .. Well let's say that this rarely happens, but as the psychological factor in this sport is not essential then stigmatizzerò compulsive shopping.
So we do a sort of shopping list of what we really need to take to the field:

1) Glove - of course is strongly recommended the purchase of at least one Guantini (which Calzi member, I recommend). The average price is around 10 euros and can also be found at large chain stores sports.

2) Ferri - the irons are in my opinion the "engine" of our bag, which is the component that will be used during our laps on the field. Usually the "set" of irons (must be all of the same make and model) from PW (Pitching Wedge) iron 4 (also 3 or 5 depending on brand / model). My advice is to not spend a madness for the first set of irons (which must be chosen from among the models are suitable for beginners) but to focus on sets used in this way, you can purchase a set of a good brand at a reasonable price ( best buy for the same price as a set of brand new low). This will spend orientativamente 200/300 euros at most.

3) Wedges - the set of irons must add at least one piece (or even more). The so-called "wedges" or "special tools" are identified based on the degree of openness of the design of the stick (loft). So we wedges of 48 °, 50 °, 52 °, 56 °, 60 ° ... We say that the wedge needed to complete the set of irons is the so-called "sand wadge" which usually has an angle of 56 °. The price for a new stick of excellent quality (Titleist, or Cleveland) is a little over a hundred euros.

4) Putter - The putter is the stick that is used to post on the green. The choice of this stick is very personal, so the invitation is to try several before you proceed with the purchase. There are many used around the shops and on the Internet so you can save a lot 'even if I believe a stick "emotional" and it is not difficult to buy new (price from 50 to 200 euros).

5) Woods - The woods are the heavy artillery of our bag, which are the sticks that shoot the ball very far. Over the years the idea and use of wood has changed a lot, so today we can safely say that the driver (the stick longer than the bag) is actually one of the simplest of the set. Caution, however, that the price of the drivers is very high (even 450), so I recommend you buy it used or expected that the model is not the last in production in order to get significant discounts. Besides the driver there are also the timber 3, 5 and 7 due to different inclinations of the face (loft) can cover different distances. It must be said that today in fact is sold almost exclusively on timber 3, while the timber 5 and 7 are gradually leaving the post to the so-called "hybrid / rescue."

6) Hybrids / Rescue - can be defined sticks "new" that only a few years have appeared in catalogs of the most famous brands in the industry. Sticks are hybrids, ie, that bind some of the characteristics of wood to those of iron, thus making their use more simple and traditional timber at the same time the most efficient long irons. The range of their loft usually cover long sticks (3 and 4) and the timber 5 and 7. Even for this product you can buy a good used at a reduced price (50/150 euro).

7) balls - to play golf balls are used, dispassionate advice (due to the exorbitant amount of balls that miss in the early rounds) is to buy the balls "use" that is, those that are recovered from the lakes. By doing this you can buy good quality balls for a discounted price (from 0.3 to 0.5 euros per ball for those of "lake").

8) Footwear - obviously to be able to set foot in the camp is advisable to use golf shoes with a "rubber spikes (soft spikes) in order to avoid sliding during the execution of a stroke (50 to 200 euros).

9) bag - the bag is obviously necessary to take the field, but here there's up to the huge number of models currently on the market (from 50 to 200)

10) Basket - absolutely optional purchase of a carriage (manual or electric) in view of the fact that in all the GC is the possibility of renting (in some cases even for free).

11) Accessories - Accessories fundamental to the play are of course "tees" (those wooden sticks or plastic on which lies the ball before making the first shot), make the ball (to be used on the green), towel and toothbrush ( to clean irons and golf balls), raises pitch (fork, used to repair the damage caused by our ball on the green).

Not everything has been included in the "shopping list" and not everything that was entered is absolutely necessary, saying only that these are the things that are normally present in the bags of all golfers in the world.
Tips for shopping: the advice is to be assisted by their teacher in the choice of equipment (make and model), try it when you can and then compare all the offers available for equipment choice. Today the Internet gives us the opportunity to compare the prices in many countries around the world with a few "click", but be careful to cheat. There are many counterfeits in the world of golf, so wary of eBay sellers with few feedback (much sciura is to rely on well-known British and American sites). Moral of the story does not have to spend a folly to learn to play golf with a few hundred euro in fact, you can buy all the necessary equipment, which moreover can be used for several years.