Slowly but surely, early summer is showing and more and more people are being drawn outside into the fresh air. This is often a matter of leaving the stressful everyday life behind and recharging your batteries. This is precisely why outdoor activities are enjoying increasing popularity, including golf.
Getting started in golf has become much easier. Golf has long since ceased to be considered a sport for the upper class. Many people who discover this sport for themselves are pursuing quite ordinary professions. Golf does not have to be expensive and, in addition, numerous offers are now aimed specifically at beginners. Many golf courses now offer taster courses, which allow a quick and uncomplicated introduction. You can also book beginner’s courses online, for example at Jochen Schweizer. Interested parties do not even need their own equipment, this is usually provided.
At some point you will have to buy your own golf equipment
However, anyone who is enthusiastic about the sport and wants to get deeper into it cannot avoid buying their own golf equipment. In the long run, there is no way around own clubs as also further golf accessories, specially as it is anyway more fun to play with own equipment.
However, many prospective customers find it difficult to find the right equipment. There are essentially two major challenges. Firstly, there is often a lack of clarity as to what is important when choosing clubs, and secondly, some are afraid of having to invest a lot of money in their equipment. Good equipment doesn’t have to be expensive, even in the low-cost segment you will find first-class products.
Cost of golf clubs
“He who buys cheap buys twice!” – the wisdom also applies to the purchase of golf equipment. It is therefore generally recommended to consciously decide to purchase quality products. But as already mentioned, quality does not necessarily have to be expensive. Nobody has to compete on the fairway with the best brand clubs. In the following, various options are presented to help you make the right choice of golf clubs.
The first option is to get started right away and buy a complete set of clubs from the brand manufacturer. The price may be handsome, but in return you can play with these clubs for a lifetime. In addition, brand clubs are very stable in value, theoretically they can still be sold to other players at a good price later on.
If you want to start with high quality rackets but still save money, you can buy a so-called half set. It contains only half as many golf clubs as a standard set. For the irons, for example, the clubs 9, 7, 5 and 3 are included, the intermediate sizes are missing, but this does not bother the beginner much. In addition, a driver and a putter are also purchased.
An alternative is to switch to inexpensive brand quality. In addition to the well-known top brands, there are other golf brands that are not quite as well known, but still promise high product quality. However, you must be careful not to buy cheap products – it is advisable to take advice from the expert in the pro shop.
The experienced salesperson or even the golf trainer can ensure that the right clubs are purchased from the very beginning.
One possibility, which is rarely considered by the way, but can still be very attractive, is the purchase of used equipment. High-quality clubs can often be purchased in this way at half the price of their new ones. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
What else is needed besides the clubs
Beginners should consider that it is not enough to buy golf clubs. The equipment also includes a matching club bag, golf balls and tees. In addition, the outfit should not be forgotten, high-quality golf shoes and gloves should not be missing. Later on, it would be worth considering investing in suitable clothing as well – whereby it is not so much a question of the look, but rather the suitability for playing in wind or even rain.
These are the costs to be reckoned with
As already indicated, a complete golf equipment does not have to be expensive. For the clubs, including the bag, you need to plan on about 450 to 1,500 euros. On top of that, another 150 to 200 euros for shoes and gloves, and about 50 euros for smaller accessories, which also include balls and tees. Accordingly, it is possible to get into the game with a reasonable amount of equipment starting at about 650 Euros.
