Golf Club Suggestions For High-Handicapper's, Mid-Handicapper's and Low-Handicapper's Bags
How do you know which clubs are best for you? Your budget and skill level will be part of your decision as to which clubs to choose. However, here are some guidelines. These are only guidelines. If you have a favorite club that is not listed, keep it.
The High-Handicapper's bag:
3-wood
5-wood, 7-wood
5-iron through 9-iron
pitching wedge
putter
If you are a High-Handicapper, you would be better off not spending your money on a Driver. A Driver for a High-Handicapper puts them farther off the fairway, not farther down the fairway, so stay away from a Driver at this time.
The Mid-Handicapper's bag:
driver
3-wood, 5-wood, 7-wood
4-iron through 9-iron
pitching wedge
sand wedge
putter
You might want to add a lob wedge or gap wedge to this assortment. You may also consider adding a fairway wood.
The Low-Handicapper's bag:
driver
3-wood
2-iron (or substituting a gap wedge for the 2 iron) through the 9-iron
pitching wedge
lob wedge
sand wedge
putter
Remember, the "Rules of Golf" allow you to carry a maximum of 14 clubs in your bag. After all is said and done, use the clubs you feel comfortable with
Now that you have a guide as to which clubs are best for you, let us talk about how to solve some problems which you might encounter in your golf game. Here are some suggestions for solving those problems. Suppose you hit a nice drive but it drifts right and off the fairway into the trees. How do you recover from this shot? A rule of thumb is that when you are in trouble, take the shortest, safest shot back onto the fairway. However, there are some choices to recover your shot. One suggestion is to take a wedge and loft the ball back onto the fairway and on the next shot hit safely to the green
