Mental Mondays: Play Game Improvement Clubs

There’s absolutely nothing like the feel of a golf ball striking the sweet spot on a forged iron. And there’s no satisfaction like being able to work the ball left and right into a green at will.

That said, what most of us need is to just consistently hit the ball in the air, straight and with decent distance. Do that every time and your scores will come down.

Game Improvement and Super Game Improvement Irons incorporate a variety of technologies designed to do exactly what you need: get the ball in the air, straight, with decent distance. Offset helps a player close the face in time; cavity backs stabilize the clubhead (increase moment of inertia); weight redistribution helps to get the ball in the air more consistently. Lighter shafts, hollow bodies and multi-material construction all are employed in the name of consistently straight and in the air with decent distance.

Club snobs argue that game improvement clubs don’t offer enough feedback, and that your game may never improve if you stick to the “higher handicapper” lines. That may be true, but your average weekender doesn’t practice enough to be able to appreciate the difference.

Play the clubs that will make the best of the swing you have. If you don’t have a muscleback swing, don’t play them.

As of late, even Tour players are buying into the improvement club logic. Look into the bags of many current pros and you will find they’ve traded traditional long irons for cavity backs, hybrids and other game changers.

This tip is an excerpt from The Five Inch Course: Thinking Your Way To Better Golf. The complete book is available in Kindle format at Amazon.com.