Starter Clubs for Someone Who Is Taller

[pedrowashere1]

Hello,

I am looking to get into the sport. I need suggestions on equipment. I have been looking around and using friends clubs, but my problem is that I am 6'7", so everything I have been using is just simply too short. When looking around for used, I have the same problem on club size.

I need a full set of clubs, including driver and putter, and a bag for the clubs. I am hoping to spend around $600, absolute max of $1000. Willing to buy used, however, I would still prefer new. Looking for any suggestions, sets, what to look for, etc. that people here may have.

TBH I really don't know what to look for in a set of clubs, such as brand/model etc.

Also, if anyone has suggested starter videos I'd take advice on those too.

[Buckeyebowman]

Didn't see a reply here, so thought I'd chime in. It doesn't really matter that you are 6'7"! I can imagine you already think I'm crazy. What matters is your "wrist to floor" measurement. In other words, how long your arms are. If you have shorter than usual arms for a man your height, you may need longer clubs. But if not, you might need standard of even shorter than standard length clubs. 

Quite some time ago I read a book titles In Search of the Perfect Golf Club by Tom Wishon, who was a professional club designer and fitter. He designed the last new set of clubs for Payne Stewart. In the chapter on club length, he wrote about fitting up some NBA players. These guys were anywhere from 6'6" to 6"11", and for many of them he had to build shorter than standard clubs! When someone asked why, he said because their hands were hanging down around their knees! 

To get a wrist to floor measurement you stand erect on a flat surface, wearing shoes with about the same sole thickness as your golf shoes, and measure from the first big crease on the inner side of your wrist just below the thumb and heel pad, to the floor. This is the number you need. 

 

[onthehunt526]

On 5/6/2020 at 12:17 AM, pedrowashere1 said:

Hello,

I am looking to get into the sport. I need suggestions on equipment. I have been looking around and using friends clubs, but my problem is that I am 6'7", so everything I have been using is just simply too short. When looking around for used, I have the same problem on club size.

I need a full set of clubs, including driver and putter, and a bag for the clubs. I am hoping to spend around $600, absolute max of $1000. Willing to buy used, however, I would still prefer new. Looking for any suggestions, sets, what to look for, etc. that people here may have.

TBH I really don't know what to look for in a set of clubs, such as brand/model etc.

Also, if anyone has suggested starter videos I'd take advice on those too.

You and I both, brother! Like you I am also 6’7” don’t know if you’re arms are long or short or what not, but if it helps in my irons I play a 38” 6-iron (either 1/2” long or 3/4” long depending on the company). 
 

Even though I’ve moved on from Tour Edge clubs I still highly recommend them. I’m not sure if their Bazooka 470 set comes 1” long but that would be a starting point. You could also build a HL4 set for probably around $800-$900 (Driver, Fairway wood, hybrid, irons, wedge) still would need a putter. The key I found with the putter is you can not buy one off the rack. You have to get fit or order a longer one in my experience.