New Clubs for a 16 Year Old

[Chieftan22]

Hey guys

I have been playing for about 6 years now, but i have never had new clubs, just hand me downs from my Grandpa. My Birthday just past and i was thinking of getting new clubs, however, I have no clue where to begin. I was thinking of a new set of irons, a new driver and perhaps a hybrid, and I was wondering if you guys had any sugestions on clubs to look at, that are not overly expensive.

Also, I like graphite shafts more, but being fairly big 5'11 170 lbs, will they snap easier?

Thanks

[Andrew]

http://www.tgw.com/customer/category...TEGORY_ID=8266
Some good clubs right there. Mah brothers current ones!
http://www.golfsmith.com/ps/browse.p...-_-main-_-test
Select club type then select price range!

[mcecki]

I'm also 16, and just bought my first clubs.

I bought all of my stuff on ebay, and got some really great deals.

driver was around 80 bucks
irons were around 160
wedge was 40 bucks

You should check out some of the auctions too.

[jcrew]

at your age and size, for irons you should without a doubt play steel shaft.... i'm going to be 16 next month and I'm considerably smaller than you but I play steel shafts. your distances will be that much more consistent and yeah definitely won't have to worry about snapping (even though that shouldn't happen much if at all with graphite shafts regardless) .. only people with bad joints or old people or women should even consider playing graphite

[mcecki]

I'm 1" shorter and 25 lbs. lighter than you are and I know that steel is fine in my irons, but i'd rather graphite for the driver and woods.

As far as what clubs you should look into, I would reccomend a driver with a high loft (10.5 or higher), and over-size "game improvement" irons.