A Closer Look at the Most Popular Mens Golf Clubs

The Traditional Set of Mens Golf Clubs includes the following:

* 3 Woods (1,3, and 5)
* 11 Irons (2-9 PW, SW)
* 1 Putter

However, this configuration isn't right for every golfer. You should choose your golf clubs based on the type of game you play. Golf requires many different kinds of shots: sometimes you're going for distance, and other times you're going for accuracy. Sometimes you hit from a tee, but other times you have to make a shot from sand, rough, or dirt.

The most frequent golf shot is the putt. If you are an average golfer, the putter is used more than twice as often as any other club. Suppose your score is 100. Typically 35 to 40% of those 100 strokes is a putt. Hence it is very important that you choose a good putter.

The next most frequently used club is the driver. A good drive sets you up for the best results from the rest of the strokes for that hole. For new golfers who may have difficulty hitting the green within the regulation number of strokes, wedges might be more important than drivers at first. As for rest of the game, it is likely that the other clubs won't be used more than a few times.

Five of the most popular brands of Mens Golf Clubs are, in no particular order: Callaway, Cleveland, Titleist, TaylorMade, and Ping. This article will give the basic information about these Mens Golf Clubs.

1. Callaway

Callaway is the number one manufacturer and seller of Mens Golf Clubs worldwide. Callaway putters and drivers are designed to maximize your performance on the golf course. Callaway has several models of putters. One of the most popular is the Big Bertha, which has one-piece casting and gives the player a larger hitting surface.

The Callaway Odyssey putter is T-shaped for better weight distribution and more precise hits. The I-Trax is the newest Callaway putter. Made of lightweight aluminum, it is weighted to give a low center of gravity and resistance to twisting. Callaway's Big Bertha drivers are made of titanium and use a hyperbolic face technology that gives players a larger sweet spot and higher speed.

2. Cleveland

Cleveland makes what they call Golf Visual Performance Putters that assist the player in getting to the proper position for every putt. One of the biggest problems with missed putts is misalignment. In putting, unless the player's eyes can be positioned directly over the ball's center and on the intended target path, misalignments will occur.

Cleveland's VP putters use Dual Axis alignment so that the golfer can see if their hands move out of position changing the putter's lie angle and when their eyes are not over the ball. Cleveland's latest drivers, introduced just a few years ago, use a "scoop back" design that moves weight lower and deeper into the head. The latest model, the XL, has a bigger club face and claims to have the biggest sweet spot in golf.

3. Titleist

Titleist Scotty Cameron putters have the feel, performance, and technology that makes them the putters chosen by more players worldwide than any other line of putters since 1997. Unfortunately, the Studio Style Scotty Cameron putters are one of the most commonly counterfeited clubs, so you have to be careful to avoid fakes.

The "T" in the Titleist logo on fakes is more curved, but the "A" and "M" on fakes come to a point at the tops, whereas on the original they are more curved. If you're in doubt, ask for detailed photos of the sole, milled face, and cover. Titleist drivers, with their all-titanium clubheads are highly reviewed due to the shape of the face, which is tapered from a thinner top to a thicker bottom, which helps with high launch and low spin.

4. TaylorMade

TaylorMade has been giving the competition in Mens Golf Clubs a run for their money the past few years. They're gaining on the Scotty Cameron Titleist putters and the Callaway Odyssey, helped by their reputation for helping pros like Sergio Garcia win. The weight is distributed lower and to the rear of the putter.

This maximizes the stability of the clubhead and helps off-center hits come off better. It also helps the ball to roll smoothly off the putter face. These drivers have been popular on pro tours for years, with their traditional pear shaped design and great playability.

5. Ping

Ping's latest putters feature interchangeable weight inserts. The putters themselves are face balanced mallet putters made of stainless steel. The Craz-E putter has a two-piece stainless steel insert that Ping says gives steel-face performance but with a softer feel. This line of putters comes with two 12-gram sole weights that can be swapped out with 20-gram or 28-gram tungsten weights sold separately in their own weight kits.

For those keeping up with the math, that allows up to nine possible weight combos. Ping drivers have a reputation for solid performance with a feeling of lively launch from the face. Ping drivers have converted even the most die-hard traditionalists with their solidly engineered performance.

If you are choosing Mens Golf Clubs, whether new or used, you have an abundance of technologically advanced models to choose from. For most golfers, having a great putter is paramount. Good drivers are next in terms of importance. Callaway, Cleveland, Titleist, TaylorMade, and Ping are five popular brands of Mens Golf Clubs that offer a broad enough variety of clubs that every golfer can find the perfect putter and driver for his game.

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