Steve Atherton Manage Your Golf Bag For Success

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• Instructor: Steve Atherton
• Category: Lessons
• Topic: Game Management

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One of the best things you can do over the next 30 days to really improve your game is to actually take a look at your golf bag and make sure you've got the right clubs for the distance gaps that you need to fill. One of the things I'd suggest doing is going to see your local PGA professional or maybe a golf retailer who has really good equipment, like we have here at Eagle Springs, where we got the FlightScope launch monitor, which can help you dial in your spin rates, your launch angles, and make sure that you've got a nice consistent gap between each club. You know, one of the things I see a lot, for example, is golfers who carry a 3-wood when they shouldn't carry a 3-wood. So when the swing speed is slower, the 3-wood doesn't have enough loft to the face to create enough carry. And so when your swing speed's a little slower, having a 4-wood or a 5-wood is oftentimes a better option. Another thing we see is that many golfers maybe don't need to carry a full set of 14 clubs. Because the distance gaps are so close together, it makes it confusing and it actually makes it harder to pick the right club. So you might carry 12 clubs or 11 clubs, but that's gonna create a better spacing, and so you know you have 8 yards different per club, and that's gonna make it a lot easier to make a really, really confident club selection. You know, one of the things you should really take into consideration when you're fine-tuning your bag is the golf course that you play and what's needed around your course. Does it have a lot of forced carries, or can you roll…