Golf is terrible for your health. The worst possible thing you can do for your health is golf. So I’m going to make a list of golfing gadgets that will help you improve your game.
I want to make this post useful, so I’m going to start with the most important gadget: Ping iGlass. It’s a blow-up putter that fits over your regular putter, so when you strike the ball it looks like a Ping iron. You can play with that for a while until you get used to how hard it is, but then when it gets cold out, take the iGlass off and put it in the freezer. That will give you a few weeks of practice with an icy face.
The good news is that there are lots of ways to improve your game. A few years ago I started a blog called The Shot Doctor, which focused on golf and the stuff you can do to improve your game. The Shot Doctor is still going, but it’s also turning into a book and some kind of video series.
I try to avoid putting too much stock in what my readers tell me. But I learned a lot from the comments on The Shot Doctor. People often say there’s no such thing as golfing gadgets, which is obviously not true. By far the most important thing you can do to improve your game is better practice, but golfing gadgets tend to make practice more fun, or take some pressure off, or help you remember stuff you want to learn.
So I thought I would write down some of my favorite golfing gadgets here.
For a gadget to be useful, it must satisfy two criteria. First, it must be something you can use without losing your swing (i.e., it should be something that you can use while standing on one foot). Second, it must be something that will help you improve your game.
This blog is about gadgets that meet these criteria.
Golfing is a sport that requires a fair amount of equipment and accessories. And since golfers are mostly men, the golfing gadgets for men are mostly gadgets for men.
One exception is pro women’s gloves. These gloves are almost as good for women as for men. The standard male glove feels like a sausage skin, and it seems designed to keep the wrist in an unnatural position relative to the forearm. In contrast, the pro women’s glove has an opening at the back of the palm that allows fingers to slide more naturally under the clubface and away from kinks in the fingers.
Pro women’s gloves are usually available only in adult sizes, which is unfortunate because they come up short across the top of the hand. But they have a little extra room at the bottom of the palm, which makes them usable by children and small adults (including small golfers). They are not comfortable enough for women with large hands or for men with small hands, but if you want to make your game better use these great products!
I am a big proponent of the benefits of golf gadgets, especially those designed to help improve your game or make you a better golfer. In fact, I recommend them all the time.
So I have decided to put together a list of my favorite golf gadgets, which I will update semi-regularly as new products are released.
One thing I don’t think I can emphasize enough is that these recommendations are purely my opinion and not intended as an endorsement of any particular golf gadget. As with all things in life, it’s best to do your own research and make up your own mind about what you want to buy.
Here is the list:
In the past few years, a new kind of golf club has been hitting the market, designed for use on the driving range. These clubs are known as Seneca GOLF Clubs, and they have been quite popular at golf shops. Golfers have been able to purchase various models from different companies that vary in length, loft and bounce.
Seneca Golf Club Company says that their clubs have a high-bounce cam design that provides maximum club head speed for great distance without sacrificing accuracy and control.
Some golfers believe this is one of the biggest breakthroughs in golf since the invention of graphite shafts. It’s easy to understand why; these clubs are getting rave reviews from players who say that they stand out in the crowd of ordinary drivers. They work great with shots up to 300 yards, while their sweet spot is just 250 yards.
Golfers are also seeing good results with these clubs when they play around the green
If you want to improve your game, it is useful to have gadgets. Golf is a game with many moving parts. One of the most important is the impact of weather on the golf ball. When the temperature and humidity change, the amount of spin on the golf ball changes.
A reasonable person might think that changing from summer to winter would have an effect on the golf ball’s spin. In fact, because the golf ball isn’t just one thing but a combination of many things, it probably does change significantly in different seasons and climates. And there are ways to measure this effect. Even if you don’t read about it in a scientific paper, you can easily do it yourself with something called a “golf simulator”.
Golf simulation software is available for free or very cheap on the Web. It shows you how your swing will look if you adjust weighting on your club head or other aspects of your swing based on your current location and time of year. The software plots a number of swing paths and shows how they differ based on where you are or what season it is, making a good simulation possible even for people who know nothing about physics or physics simulation techniques.