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Golf club grips

The term golf grip has two important meanings in golf. The first is the way you grasp the club, i.e. the position of your hands.
Of more interest to us here is the second meaning - the grip is the part of the club you hold when you hit the ball.
You can think of it as […]

The Revelation Hybrid Set

 Golf may seem to lack all logic and rationale at times, but at least the club manufacturers know what they’re doing. People use hybrids to replace the long irons. And for good reason. So why not build a complete iron set that recognizes that the same clubhead design doesn’t make sense in both a 3-iron and […]

Loft

Unless you’re simply tapping the ball into the hole, each shot you take with a club involves knocking the ball into the air.
The angle at which the ball flies through the air is important for determining how far it goes. If the angle is high, the ball doesn’t travel far horizontally…

…to begin with, as you […]

Command Q irons

Those looking for a little bit of color — literally — in their iron game might be tempted by the Command Q irons from Pinemeadow Golf.
The Q logo adds a splash of red to the rear of the clubs and looks smart with the mirror finish. But until someone proves a direct relationship between color […]

Center of gravity

Time for another episode in the saga that is golf club characteristics. This week: the center of gravity or CoG…
The center of gravity is the position within the clubhead where this clubhead is completely balanced.
You can think of it like this - if you could tie a piece of invisible string to the center of […]

The Acer XP hybrid

Where the golf club world travels, so the clone world follows. Hard to imagine that a few years ago, a hybrid or utility club was a gimmick rarely seen in any self-respecting golf bag. Today, barely a self-respecting golf bag goes without at least one such club.
So no surprise to find the Acer XP line […]

Acer XP 905 irons

One of the more popular of Acer’s XP irons is the 905 model. This is the next iteration of the basic XP iron design. The original is a game improvement club that used a cavity and central notch to push weight out to the clubhead’s perimeter. The more weight at the edges, the more stable […]

The best clone golf club?

When you see the range of clone clubs available out there, you might be tempted to ask which ones are best? But don’t try and answer the question. Seriously. Because the better question is not which is the best clone club, but which is the best clone club store.
Let me explain.
There is no best club. […]

Coefficient of Restitution COR

The next installment of my series on clubhead characteristics for beginners looks at the delights of COR… 
You can think of the coefficient of restitution (or COR) as a measure of the spring-like properties of the front of a golf club.
The higher the COR, the “bouncier” the clubface, and the further it propels a golf ball […]

Cheap used golf clubs?

One question I regularly encounter is where to get cheap used clubs. There are several answers to that question, depending on your motivation for buying.
If you want a particular club
If you’re after a specific club, but don’t want to pay normal retail prices, then there are two options.
Option 1: Yes, look to the used golf club […]