Last updated Nov 04, 2023
You Don't Need New Golf Clubs
Always hoping that the new club in your bag is going to produce extraordinary results all of a sudden? Maybe you need to rethink your strategy.
Written By: Zach Gollwitzer
Posted in: Golf Equipment
"I remember how in about 1962 a manufacturer came out with a new driver that had some kind of a slot in the head that supposedly increased distance. One of my Texas boys, Billy Munn, told me he wanted to buy the new driver. I said, 'I didn't realize you had broken your old driver, Billy. Let's see if we can fix it.' There was nothing wrong with Billy's old driver, and he was good with it. Like all golfers, Billy was being gullible to the lure of advertising."
And that was back in 1962...
We now have the internet, which advertises golf clubs like they were lollipops at the checkout register in a gas station! It is all too easy to be taken in to the marketing schemes of the major club companies.
When the impulse to buy a new club comes, give yourself 2 weeks of buffer time before buying.
If after 2 weeks, that impulse is still there (in which case it probably isn't much of an impulse), THEN consider buying the club.
If you can't wait 2 weeks to buy a golf club, it is pretty obvious that your priorities are not in the right spot :)
About the author: Zach Gollwitzer
Hey, I‘m Zach, the founder of The DIY Golfer! I created this site while playing D1 collegiate golf with a simple mission—I wanted to learn the golf swing and get better at golf myself.
Fast forward a few years, and my “journal“, The DIY Golfer, has been viewed by millions of golfers worldwide looking to do the same with their games. my mission is to make golfers more consistent in just a few hours a week through advanced practice strategies and timeless, first-principle golf instruction.
