Practical tips for playing golf well
Equipment
The clubs
To start golf, there is no need to buy equipment, wait to see if you like it. The club will lend it to you. If you are left-handed? Specify it! It is rare in this sport and therefore there is not always a lot of suitable equipment available.
For to play golf women have specific, smaller clubs. Do not borrow those of your husband or a friend.
Ask your teacher who will know better than anyone to advise you according to your morphology.
To start the golf half a series (6 clubs: 1 wood, 4 irons, 1 putter) is quite sufficient.
Budget: with the bag it takes between 250 and 400, depending on whether you opt for a more or less sophisticated equipment.
The balls
Preferably buy used balls, in the beginning you lose a lot.
Budget: It takes between 15? and 30? for twenty balls. Recycled bale boxes (for beginners) are a little cheaper.
The look of the golfer
It must be like the etiquette (the good manners of the golfer) stipulates that you take a neat outfit. For to play golfThere is no need to buy a particular outfit, the main thing is that you are comfortable in your movements. Winter pants and a warm jacket will go very well. In summer, forget the denim shorts! Prefer a bermuda, much more elegant.
The glove
Golf does not buy a pair of gloves, but only one glove! A left hand for the right-handed and the opposite for the left-handed. Attention ladies left-handed, as for clubs, it is sometimes difficult to find a glove to his size.
The shoes
At first it is not necessary to buy. A pair of tennis will be fine. Afterwards, you can invest in the "special golf" shoe with crampons to adhere to a sometimes slippery lawn.
Budget: about 75?
Lessons
When you start golf, it is best to take classes to learn the technique and the rules.
It takes between 20 and 25? half an hour of class, depending on the club. You may need to add the price of the practice balls is 3 or 4 euros the bucket of thirty balls. But again, everything depends on the club.
The prices are very variable according to the club and the days of the week. For example, for an 18-hole course, count between 40 and 75 euros.
An advice : do not hesitate to change teachers if you do not feel. Having a good pro is very important to start well and love golf.
Know that rates are different depending on whether you play on weekdays or weekends.
License
It is compulsory to be allowed to make a course of 9 or 18 holes. It costs 46?
But before you will have to pass your green card. It is an assessment of level of play and behavior.
The exam is divided into three parts: a theoretical test and another on the driving range and a test on the course. You will spend it with your pro, within your golf club.
Where to play?
You are spoiled for choice, there are more than 550 golf courses in France. Consult the website of the French Federation.
To read : Golf - 110 exercises and pro tips
Richly illustrated, thanks to many photos, this book will help you to correct your bad habits.
Renaud Guillard
Editions Amphora - 22.80?
The clubs
To start golf, there is no need to buy equipment, wait to see if you like it. The club will lend it to you. If you are left-handed? Specify it! It is rare in this sport and therefore there is not always a lot of suitable equipment available.For to play golf women have specific, smaller clubs. Do not borrow those of your husband or a friend.
Ask your teacher who will know better than anyone to advise you according to your morphology.
To start the golf half a series (6 clubs: 1 wood, 4 irons, 1 putter) is quite sufficient.
Budget: with the bag it takes between 250 and 400, depending on whether you opt for a more or less sophisticated equipment.
The ballsPreferably buy used balls, in the beginning you lose a lot.
Budget: It takes between 15? and 30? for twenty balls. Recycled bale boxes (for beginners) are a little cheaper.
The look of the golfer
It must be like the etiquette (the good manners of the golfer) stipulates that you take a neat outfit. For to play golfThere is no need to buy a particular outfit, the main thing is that you are comfortable in your movements. Winter pants and a warm jacket will go very well. In summer, forget the denim shorts! Prefer a bermuda, much more elegant.
The gloveGolf does not buy a pair of gloves, but only one glove! A left hand for the right-handed and the opposite for the left-handed. Attention ladies left-handed, as for clubs, it is sometimes difficult to find a glove to his size.
The shoes
At first it is not necessary to buy. A pair of tennis will be fine. Afterwards, you can invest in the "special golf" shoe with crampons to adhere to a sometimes slippery lawn.
Budget: about 75?
Lessons
When you start golf, it is best to take classes to learn the technique and the rules.It takes between 20 and 25? half an hour of class, depending on the club. You may need to add the price of the practice balls is 3 or 4 euros the bucket of thirty balls. But again, everything depends on the club.
The prices are very variable according to the club and the days of the week. For example, for an 18-hole course, count between 40 and 75 euros.
An advice : do not hesitate to change teachers if you do not feel. Having a good pro is very important to start well and love golf.
Know that rates are different depending on whether you play on weekdays or weekends.
License
It is compulsory to be allowed to make a course of 9 or 18 holes. It costs 46?
But before you will have to pass your green card. It is an assessment of level of play and behavior.
The exam is divided into three parts: a theoretical test and another on the driving range and a test on the course. You will spend it with your pro, within your golf club.
Where to play?You are spoiled for choice, there are more than 550 golf courses in France. Consult the website of the French Federation.
To read : Golf - 110 exercises and pro tips
Richly illustrated, thanks to many photos, this book will help you to correct your bad habits.
Renaud Guillard
Editions Amphora - 22.80?
