Raging Beard

Mine are cheap so must be cast, I don't expect much can be done. I'd be interested in buying one club fitted, say a 7 iron, and just see if it makes any difference.

Ok thank you. I know many places do free fitting when you buy clubs. I imagine getting it done now would cost as much as my clubs probably lol

As a newbie to golf, I didn't want to spend out a lot of money so bought an off the shelf set for £200 (Fazer CTR20). Having had a few lessons I now stand much closer and taller at address, and get much better and more consistent strikes because of it. At address though, the grooves on the face are pointing slightly down at the toe, and I can see a slight shadow on the heel meaning it must be raised slightly. Is this an issue and if so how much? Should they ideally be parallel to the ground or slightly up at the toe. Lastly, if this is wrong, could I have these clubs adjusted despite being cheapies? I have seen vids where the fitters literally put them in a device and bend.

Dropped them off at the Thames Hospice charity shop today :)

Cheers, it's looking more and more like a trip to the dump

I do...

I have a set of irons 3-9, S, W, and I believe the Brand is "Unique" as it says on the back. On the sole where it says the club number it also says "USA". I have no clue about clubs so before I get rid of them, just wondering if they are compete junk nobody would ever want, or they are worth selling? Or are they worth taking in to American Golf for their double value trade in offer, or would they look at me like a mad person? Thanks.

Many great tips and good advice and thoughts here :) Guy at Huntswood sounds good Lee, but my new guy only had one cheap "assessment" hour with him, and my first proper lesson next week. Will see how things go. It seemed to me he was adapting me to my faults, not building me up from scratch, which is good.

Lol I am sure it would be perfect, weather and all, but the States aren't short haul unfortunately.

Yeah and have done the front 9 at Huntswood a few times too. But if I played 18 there I hate to think what I'd finish on lol.

Sorry if this has been asked a lot, I tried a few searches which yielded nothing. I am still very much a beginner, as is my dad, but he brought up the topic of perhaps a short trip away next year. I know in skiing/snowboarding that various resorts are wholly suitable, or at least very welcoming, for beginners, so I was wondering if the same was true at all for foreign golfing destinations? Is there anywhere sunny worth travelling to as a beginner? By that I suppose I mean courses that's are forgiving but also where people will expect you to be a beginner, and not have low/mid handicap players getting impatient etc. Thanks.

Consistency and confidence are my goals, I believe the go together. I am still new and plan on some more lessons, my only goal right now is to be able to address the ball and feel confident that when I swing, I will hit the ball and send it up and forward. That's all I am looking for right now. Not fussed too much on distance or absolute accuracy... Just to able to hit the ball with each try on the course.

A good day... Used 7 and driver today with another bucket of 50 on the range. 7 went ok with some good and bad, nothing amazing. Driver however went awesome :) started bowing my left wrist on the downswing and bam, my slice is gone! Always had an unplayable slice, ball would go as far right as it did forward, but today the pretty much all went straight! A few bad contacts but no slices, looking forward to using the driver now lol.

After yesterdays success, I went out at Wexham on 9 hole par 32 and shot 55 :( and one hole, a par 4, took me 12!!!! I couldn't stop on the green, miss hits sending me one side to the other and my frustration grew causing me to rush.Some good hits, pulling left still with irons, but some good drives even with the driver.Only in 1 bunker today and I got out pretty well.So a bad result but with positives to take away.

Thank you all for chiming in :) great to be new here but get a response from so many already!So after my awful time at the range yesterday, with great trepidation I stepped up to the first tee at Lavender Park... and played my best round ever!!!!It's a 9 hole course so played twice. Each 9 is par 28, I scored 39 and 34, for a total of 73, which is +17.I'm sure to many that doesn't sound great but I am very happy with it. It included 5 pars and a birdie!!!I was in the bunkers 5 times, but did pretty well to get out of them too.Also re. the range, I do usually take and hit other clubs. I was only using the 7 iron alone last couple times due to only focusing on my posture at address really. But yes in future I will be back to swapping between clubs and not rapid firing off one club.I did notice today that I generally pulled my shots, which costed me bunker time. But they went straight!

WUTiger thank you for the tips. I like to think I don't machine gun them off as much as I used to, but certainly will give your tips ago and not just go straight in for the kill so to speak! RandallT cheers for that, I will definitely have a look and maybe copy over to the blogs here too :)

Lol sadly I'd assume the first, at least with regard to new instructor. He's a respected club head professional of many years, but I have only seen him 1 hour and that was the hour long assessment not a full on lesson, so I will see how it goes. The first one was fairly long, a coach of only a few years and I don't think as enthusiastic.

Over last 5 months or so I have had 3 lessons early on and another recently. I play on a course 1-2 times a week and hit the range 3-4 times a week most weeks, it varies of course. I just don't seem to be getting anywhere! I just hit the range with a basket of 50 and a 7 iron, trying to practive what I was taught from last lesson. It was bad. No real good strikes, many awful ones, 4 hit the right wall of my bay. Some days I feel like what is the point lol, perhaps some people just do not have the motor function required! I am due to play tomorrow and almost felt like calling can cancelling... I can't strike a ball on the range now so what chance to I have on the course?! Right rage, whinge and moan over. Of course I will soldier on. My golfing journey http://www.ragingbeard.com

Thank you! Played pretty much my worst round ever today. 9 holes on the "green" course at Wexham Park Golf Course. Par is 32, I managed 56. On hole 5, a 196 yard par 3, I shot in 10 after driving straight into the bunker off the green. I did expect trouble as I am trying to use what I was shown yesterday which is still new to me... but didn't expect quite that bad lol.

Today I had a golf lesson which has reinvigorated my interest in this great and frustrating game. I just found this forum so I am merely introducing myself. I have decided to record my progress up to now, and on in to the future, by way of a blog at www.ragingbeard.com I know nobody may ever read it but I enjoyed writing the first post and it will at least serve as a diary and record of my progress. I did have 3 lessons early in the year but found it hard to take away what I'd learned to use on my own. Today was entirely different as more explanation was given, and my out to in path somewhat cured! I now need to stop watching YouTube vids as all that served to do was confuse me with information overload! I look forward to picking peoples brains on this forum :)