| What is the most important Golf Club in your | | | | the bag is. Lets Play. Remember that par 5 third I |
| bag? What is the most important Golf Club in | | | | just told you about. It's Monday, the sun is shining, |
| "My" bag? Ask ten different people and get ten | | | | no wind, fairway is dry and short, time to "let the |
| different answers. The driver, wedge, putter, 9 | | | | BIG DOG eat". Your drive is 250 yards plus |
| iron, different strokes for different folks. | | | | another 30 roll...nice. Next a 5 iron brings you in |
| If you were to ask my opinion, it would be | | | | close, you chip on and 2 putt for par. What was |
| "whatever club you are reaching for in any given | | | | your most important golf club? They all seem to |
| circumstance". Suppose you believe, or have been | | | | be pretty important to me. Now it is 3 days later, |
| told, that the most important golf club in your bag | | | | Thursday, same course, same hole.... or is it? It |
| is your driver. That driver is no good to you 100 | | | | rained the night before, the fairway was not |
| yards out from the green, and is just about | | | | mowed, and it is cloudy with a 15 mph right to |
| useless on a par 3 executive course. What about | | | | left wind. What is your most important golf club? |
| that new putter? Is that any good to you in the | | | | You don't know. You play the same clubs and |
| tee box, and besides, what good is it to 2 putt on | | | | score a 9 or 10 instead of par. Why?? |
| a par 5 when it takes you 7 to get there. | | | | The answer is really quite simple. Go to any |
| The bottom line is. Every tee box is different, | | | | driving range and watch people hit balls, I would |
| every fairway is different, and every sand trap, | | | | bet that 95% of the people at the range use |
| fringe, rough, and green is different. You might | | | | their driver to hit most, if not all, of their shots. |
| play the same course week after week and the | | | | Then watch people when they get ready for a |
| par 5 third is different every time to step into the | | | | round of golf, they spend their time on the |
| tee box. It might be the tee location; it could be | | | | putting green while they wait to tee off. You |
| the pin placement. It could be other factors like | | | | might have noticed that there are about 12 other |
| wind, rain, sun, clouds, or fog. Everything changes | | | | golf clubs in your bag. |
| day-to-day, hour-to-hour. It is not always easy. | | | | Final analysis. Get a lesson, learn to swing properly, |
| What club should I use? What is the most | | | | and use and get to know every golf club in your |
| important club to me, right now? | | | | bag. They are all the most important golf club in |
| Who cares what the most important golf club in | | | | your bag. |