need some advice on club upgrades, I'm 6'4"

[jckuhl]

Hi all I've been golfing for a few years now. I play a set of garage sale specials and shot a 110 last week. I'm looking to upgrade to some new to me clubs. I'd like a good set to help shave some strokes off my game but I really have no idea where to start. What to buy or where to shop. I live in the South Bend, IN area and would like to keep costs down. Say $200 to $300. Pretty much would just like to get my game consistently under 100 strokes or better. Any thoughts anyone could offer would help. Thanks in advance. Also I'm like 6 foot 4 so maybe some extended clubs might be needed. I'm not sure about this though either. Thanks again

[boogielicious]

Welcome to the site @jckuhl.  A good place to start would be understanding what length clubs you would need.  The best advice would be to get properly fit.  But at your budget, you can get a good start by checking out on-line fitting.  Check out Ping's on-line fitting section.

http://www.ping.com/fitting/nflightweb.aspx

From there, you can look at getting some decent used clubs to fit you.  Some retailers, like Golfsmith, carry used clubs, which may be a good place to start.  E-bay is also a good place to find decent used club if you know what you are looking for.

[jckuhl]

Thanks for the input. I'm going to check out the on line fitting. Buying clubs of the Internet scares me bit though as I wouldn't be able to swing or hit any balls first. But maybe I can go to a store or pro shop and try out any I find online, then go home and go the Internet route if I like them. I'll post what I find on here first so I don't end up with a more expensive set of clubs that don't help my game at all. Thanks to everyone again. There are just so many options out there I'm overwhelmed.

[hacker101]

When my son wanted to take up golf about a year and a half ago, I did not want to spend top dollar until I knew he would keep playing.

I got him a set of Callaway X20's off ebay for something like $200$220 plus free shipping. When we got them they looked close to new a scratch here and there only.

He still plays them now and is on the HS team, we have only re-griped about 2 months ago, so don't discount ebay look at the feed back others leave.

I don't recall the ebay store but I am sure others on here will be able to help you with that?

If you have a store to go try out what they have until you find a brand you like and check out ebay or look at there used section. Rodger Dunn has a large used club area just about every make and model. Callaway has a pre-owned section online that they run deals all the time.

[inthehole]

In your price range, don't have to go used.    These clubs got me down to bogie in 2 years.     I would recommend them - long and forgiving.

http://www.tgw.com/customer/category/product.jsp/SUBCATEGORY_ID/11796/PROD_ID/7076438?CID=MC&LNK;=MC-GPS&CP;=KNC-g23&CID;=KNC-g23&LNK;=productlistingads&SITE;_ID=A2004%09&mr;:trackingCode=E37F5EE4-C4A6-E111-AC8D-001B21A69EB0&mr;:referralID=NA&mr;:device=c&mr;:adType=pla&mr;:ad=22602196263&mr;:keyword=&mr;:match=&mr;:filter=20744709783&mkwid;=yBNrWJyk&pcrid;=22602196263&gclid;=CNOGh8az6r0CFeMSOgod0nwAIA