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Revelation
Hybrid Iron Set A seamless progression from hybrid
to wedge; the Revelation hybrid iron
set is engineered to perform together from club to club
while delivering
maximum game improvement. The best configuration for
most golfers is
True Temper Finest Quality Feather Flight steel shafts
and VX grips. |
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Let Your Game Choose Your Golf Clubs
Instead of selecting golf clubs based on tradition, why not select
clubs based on what YOUR golf game requires.
For over a hundred years golf has been played with basically the same
set of clubs. The traditional set includes 3 woods (1, 3, 5), 11 irons
(2-9, PW, SW) and a putter. Does this configuration work for everyone.
No way! It's time to take a brand new look at what a golf club set can
and should be.
Playing the game of golf requires many kinds of shots. Sometimes a
shot requires distance and sometimes accuracy. Some shots we hit from
a tee, some from short grass and sometimes from ungodly places like
rough, sand and dry dirt (hardpan). Each situation requires a different
club. Based on our abilities, some shots will be relatively easy and
some will be very difficult.
If the shot requires a 200 yard carry over water to a tight pin on
a small green, the right club for a beginner, intermediate or advanced
golfer will be different. The beginner will need all the help and forgiveness
possible (they might even need 2 shots). The intermediate may need a
little less forgiveness but still wants to be comfortable with their
club. The advanced player may want more subtle characteristics of feel
and clubhead response that a beginner can't even imagine. In the past
all three were left with only a few choices. Thankfully today there
are many more.
Which Clubs Are Most Important
As mentioned, golf requires several kinds of shots - drives, long approach
shots, short approach shots, pitches, chips, sand shots, putts and a
variety of so-called trouble shots. By far the most frequent shot is
a putt. For an average golfer, the putter is used more than twice as
much as any other club. If a golfer shoots a score of 100, 35%- 40%
of those strokes will be putts. So based on shear numbers, the putter
is the most important club.
For most golfers, the driver is used the next most often-a possible
14 times from the tee, or roughly 12-20% of the time depending on ability
level and hole requirements. That first shot from the tee sets the tone
for the hole. That makes it a very important club. A good drive makes
the rest of the shots on that hole easier. A bad drive means ...well
trouble.
For beginners who have a hard time hitting the green in a regulation
number of strokes, the wedges may be the second most used category of
clubs. On a good day a beginner may hit 1-4 greens. So they spend a
lot of strokes chipping up to the green (15-20).
The remaining strokes in a round are spread among the rest of the set.
It is likely that no one club will be used more than a few times. So
in terms of frequency of use, the putter, driver and wedges are clearly
used the most frequently with the rest of the clubs bringing up the
rear.
On the other hand, the importance of a club has a lot to do with it's
effect on our games. A club that has the potential to cause problems
(strokes) must be given added weight. The more difficult a club is to
hit the more likely that it may cause disaster. The driver, the long
irons, and fairway woods are the most likely culprits to cause that
errant shot that never is heard from again. Good bye ball.
It's no coincidence that these problem clubs are also the longest clubs
in the set. We can all agree that the longer the club, the harder to
hit. As our abilities improve we can begin to take advantage of what
the longer clubs offer (distance) but to help our games now, finding
forgiving versions of these clubs is a priority. Thankfully, we have
many new possibilities
with higher lofted drivers, fairway woods and the new
hybrid clubs.
Let's take a look at how a set for a beginner (1),
intermediate (2)
and an advanced golfer (3)
could be configured.
