Crosshair Golf Blog
March 31, 2011
10 tips for a successful trip to the Driving Range
How many times do you go to the driving range to work on your golf game and end up not gaining anything from the experience.
Sometimes you just take out your driver and see how far you can drive with no rhyme or reason other than “How far can I hit this thing”
Here are 10 tips to make your driving range experience a bit more productive.
- Find a driving range where you can hit off the ground using your own tees. Lets face it, when you play a round of golf you do not hit off a huge round piece of pipe attached to some artificial turf on a plywood platform.
- If the Driving range has 2 levels, do not go to the top level. Your accuracy and distance will be off.
- Use the putting green. Remember you drive for show and putt for dough. The putter is the only golf club used on every hole. Practice, Practice, Practice.
- Use all your golf clubs. Don’t just take the Golf Driver, you have 13 other clubs and you need to know them. You should know how far you hit each club, off a tee and off the ground. This is valuable information
- Do not hit golf balls in rapid fire. How many times do you see people go through a large bucket of balls in 15 minutes. If you ever watch the pro’s warming up they Hit, Watch and then Adjust.
- Go alone. If you are serious about a practice session you should not be with your buddies. You do not need unwanted and unnecessary information.
- Wear your golf shoes. practice as you would play.
- Learn the distance of each club. People do not realize how important this is. no abouts, about it. know to the yard how far you hit each club. Ask a pro how far they hit their 5 wood and they will tell you exactly. 183 yards, not 180 or 185
- Pick a target. Most driving ranges have multiple flags, markers, traps and whatnot scattered throughout the range. Use these to your advantage. Distance markers are obvious, but ask what the distance to the golf flags are and fine tune your mid and short game.
- Have fun, there is a lot to learn and practice so try and make it fun for yourself.
- Bonus tip. Take a lesson. Most driving ranges have pro’s or semi pro’s available for lessons. You will not believe how far you can take your game with a few lessons.
Learn the game of golf step by step and enjoy it for a lifetime.
August 19, 2010
Custom Golf Club Sets – Why Settle for Generic when you can Customize?
Ever go to the big box stores, or even a medium box golf outlet store, perhaps a golf discount store? What do all of these stores have in common? They do not allow you to customize your clubs.
Most stores have pre-made sets and are usually standard length, regular flex, 3 woods, 8-irons, a putter, and a bag. Happy days are here again. I only use 2 woods, a Golf Driver and a 3 iron. What should I do, throw the #5 wood away?
We are all not standard and regular, we are different and our golf club sets should be different too. Think about the clubs you have and what you would like. I customized my set to suit my needs, not the needs of some big box store.
My Custom Golf set contains a Golf Driver, #3 Wood, #1 Hybrid Iron, 3 thru 9 Iron set, Pitching Wedge, a 45 degree wedge and a putter. My irons and wedges have steel shafts, my woods have graphite shafts and my hybrid iron has a graphite shaft. My driver has a stiff flex shaft while the rest of my clubs have regular flex. I added 1″ to my putter length and got a large soft grip for it.
If all this sounds like the nightmare customer at the late-night Burger King drive thru, you are wrong.
At www.crosshairgolf.com all clubs are custom tailored to, you. And all it takes is a few clicks with your mouse and everything is as you want it. And, if it is not, then just send an email, we can do most any customization you need.
Crosshair Golf, it’ll git in your bag.
July 23, 2010
Power Play Caiman Golf Driver
The Power Play Caiman Golf Driver
The Amazonian Black Caiman is a large Reptile that resides in the Amazon. It looks like a Black Alligator. The very unique head design is inspired by this threatening beast, and just like the Caiman of the Amazon, the Power Play Caiman Driver eats birdies. In fact, the favorite prey of the Caiman is birdies. The Caiman has also been known to devour a par 4 in one bite. When you enter the tee box with this wild beast, please ask your golf buddies to keep a safe distance.
But seriously, Power Play’s golf designers went through alot of variations, using CAD software, before they were able to get the CG location to a location to optimize your results. “The elongated breadth, coupled with internal weighting produces an extremely stable, high moment of inertia design for exceptional raw distance and control off of the tee”. Finally they wanted looks to match the performance of this golf club. A lustrous black PVD coating was added for durability and beauty. Unleash the beast, it is HUNGRY.
This Golf Club conforms to USGA rules.
July 21, 2010
Clone Golf Clubs. Do They Play as well as Brand Name Clubs?
This is a good question. The simple answer is, Yes. But it goes beyond that. Clone golf clubs of today are much different from the clones of yesteryear.
When Clone Golf Clubs first came on the market, companies tried to “Copy” the brand name golf clubs. Companies that produced clone golf clubs spent their money trying to confuse the public into believing they were buying the Brand name club. As time went on Clone Golf Clubs began to take on a life of their own.
As clones began to gain in popularity, companies that manufactured these clubs either sank or swam. The swimmers were the ones that realized that clone golf clubs were here to stay and they need to stand on their own merits. Most clones today do just that, they stand on their own merits. Today, club-makers that produce Clones take inspiration from band name clubs, they do not copy them.
Nowadays, top golf club designers work for Clone Golf manufacturers. Most of the clone golf clubs designed today perform as well as any expensive brand name club on the market. Some of these clubs Outperform these same clubs.
Do Clone Golf Clubs play as well as brand name golf clubs? You bet they do.
July 2, 2010
Clone Golf Clubs, What are they
Clone Golf Clubs emerged on the Golf Club scene back in the 1980′s. When they first appeared they tended to be blatant copies of the more popular brand name clubs. More than a few of these copy-cat companies ended up in litigation due to copyright violations. These lawsuits, while detrimental to this emerging industry, had some positive effects. The more reputable manufacturers of “Clone Golf Clubs” rose to the top and the unscrupulous ones went by the wayside. Today you will find that the term Clone Golf Clubs is a term that has stuck with our industry, but our golf clubs are far from clones. Our clubs stand on their own merits. We use the same technologies and talented designers as the brand name manufacturers. We do not seek to copy we seek inspiration.
Today, Clone Golf Clubs is just a moniker that our industry has adopted. Our products are not clones of anything, they stand on their own merits. When you look at Clone Golf Clubs what you are looking at are Golf Clubs that meet the same stringent standards as a Brand Named Club.
A fine line separates a brand name golf club and a Clone Golf Club. The difference has nothing to do with craftsmanship, design, quality, or any of the other features that make you go “WOW” when you see that new Golf Driver. The only differences are cost and why the costs are so high for brand name clubs.
Brand name golf clubs have huge advertising budgets along with huge endorsement contracts with golf pro’s. How much do you think Tiger Woods gets paid from Nike or Phil Mickelson and his Callaway deal. I would venture a guess that these deals alone are worth Millions of dollars. Take a look in any golf magazine and you will see ads with Pro after Pro hawking their “Favorite” Golf Clubs.
Clone Golf Club companies do not have to worry about those costs and can therefore, pass those savings onto you the consumer.
One final thought. Just do the math. A Brand Name Golf Driver costs upwards of $500.00 and a Clone Golf Driver costs around $89.00 at about $35.00 for a round of golf you save 12 rounds of golf. Clone Golf Clubs, Heavy on Style, Heavy on Quality, Light on the wallet.
June 28, 2010
How Many Drivers Do You Have In Your Closet
This post is for all you multiple golf driver owners. How many of you purchase a new driver, or know someone who purchases a new driver, every year? Does it make your game any better?
I am personally acquainted with someone who, every year, needs to have a new driver. Just to make his game better. His game never gets better, he refuses to take a lesson, and he blames it all on his clubs with the driver being the ringleader.
If you are one of these people…STOP. You are not helping your game and your friends do not look forward to playing with you. You need to stop buying Drivers. What you need to do is improve your game in 3 easy steps.
1. Get properly fit. 2. Take a lesson or 2 with your new clubs. 3. Relax and gain your confidence on the course.
If you have confidence in your golf clubs you will probably only get new clubs when you need them not when you “think” you need them. As a purveyor of custom fit golf clubs I would love for everyone reading this to buy a new driver every year, need it or not. But, as a person who loves the game of golf, and loves to talk about the game of golf, I would rather have you buying a new driver or set of golf clubs every three years because you have worn your old set out.
If you are going to purchase your new clubs online, most golf club companies have some sort of “Get Fit” guide to follow. We have a module in which you input a few measurements and you will be able to get the clubs that fit you. I would suggest you get professionally fit for your clubs if you are a scratch golfer. You can do this at any pro shop, usually for no charge. You can then use these measurements to order from us or any online golf shop. If you have not established your swing yet, I would not suggest newer golfers get a full professional fitting. If you get fit for clubs and then take lessons and your swing changes your clubs might not fit you anymore.
Our custom club fitting module is a great way to get fit for a custom set of golf clubs
One set of properly sized, quality golf clubs should give you quite a few years of top notch performance and fun on the golf course. Clean your closet and sell all the clubs you do not use, Find a set of golf clubs that you feel comfortable with, have them custom fit to your specifications. Then, go take a few lessons, practice and enjoy years of fun on the golf course.
June 4, 2010
Try the Putting Green for a change
How many times do we show up early for a round of golf, grab a bucket of balls, and head out to the driving range and hit all the balls with our golf driver? Too many times if you ask me.
I think it is time we start hitting the putting green and improving our scores instead of always taking out the driver and trying to improve our sexiness. Let me ask you this. What is so sexy about a 300+ yard drive followed up by a 4-putt?
A par 72 golf course has probably four par 5′s and some of those are probably dog legs that require a lay up. You might have some long par 4′s that you can get away with the driver, even though you should probably lay up.
All golf courses, regardless of length and number of holes, have one thing in common. To finish every hole, you must putt. That’s right, you have to take the putter out and use it at least once, probably twice, and all too often three times on every single hole you play.
So, don’t buy that bucket of balls and try to be the long drive winner. Instead, grab a handful of the balls you use every day, hit the putting green, and win the round, time and time again.
June 3, 2010
The Golf Frustration Blues
I am in the middle of the fairway, 150 yards out, no wind, no shadows. I take my 8-Iron and go through my routine. I address the ball, keep my head down and wham……Worm Burner. You guessed it, I topped the ball.
Simple 94 yard par 3. You can do this every day. Except some masochistic course designer thought the fairway between you and the hole is a great place to put a pond, maybe he likes fishing. But I digress, my ball is in the water. I do not know why, this is a shot I make all the time when there is no pond in my way.
They say that golf is a “Mind” game, or golf is a “Mental” game. Well, I am here to tell you “They” are wrong. Golf is a head game. It gets in your head and torments you. It beats you down. It makes you do crazy things like pay $500.00 for the newest, latest, greatest, driver. A driver that will send the ball farther and straighter than any club before. That is, until you get it in your hands and slice the ball onto interstate 90 that runs along the par 5 5th.
So, why do we do it? Why do we keep going to the course, weekend after weekend? I will tell you why. Sometimes that Golf Bug that has gotten in our heads is asleep. We step up to the first tee and take out our Driver and hit it straight and true. Then, hole after hole we make sweet shots and finish, maybe not with a pro tour score, but we break 100 or even 90.
We beat the demon in our heads.
May 5, 2010
Meet the Clubs #5 The Golf Wedge
So far you have met The Golf Driver, Fairway Woods, Golf Iron Sets, and Hybrid Irons. Now it is time to meet the Golf Wedge.
What is a Wedge? Well, it is pretty much an extension of your Golf Iron Set. Some golfers think of the wedge as its own category. But, no matter how you look at it. it is a higher lofted Golf Iron.
Because wedges are higher lofted clubs they are used for your short game or to get out of trouble. No matter what the reason you choose to use a wedge, do not expect a whole lot of distance. Although, if you watch the Pro’s play, they will hit a wedge 100 plus yards, the average golfer should not expect the same results.
As with all the other Golf Clubs in your bag you need to learn how to use them and then experiment until you find what wedges fit your comfort zone. I, for example, am very comfortable with my iron play. In my set I have opted to not carry a sand wedge and have replaced it with a 60 degree wedge. Find what works for you.
The person who is probably the best wedge player ever is Phil Mickelson. I have seen Phil from about 5 yards off the green, take one of his higher lofted wedges, hit the ball with a full swing, and the ball goes straight up travels about 10 yards and drops on the green. As well as ability, you will need confidence when using your wedges.
What Golf Wedge should I get? Well, I would suggest starting out with a 56 or 60 degree to start, learn to use it, practice with it and go from there. You might find that wedge play is not for you or you might find that you love it.
If you are interested in a new custom discount Golf Wedge give us a look and see if something interests you.
April 23, 2010
Is it a Thriver or a Thriller
The new Acrer XDS Thriver Driver is a thrill for all that pick it up and let it beat on that little white ball.
Is it a Golf Driver ? NO. Is it a #3 Fairway Wood? NO. It is a Thriver.
Did you ever notice that when a Pro is trying to preserve a lead, or just keep it on the fairway when they are having a bad day with their driver. They will usually grab their #3 Fairway Wood, opting for accuracy in lieu of some distance off the tee.
So, do you have trouble hitting fairways off the tee, or do you want that little extra edge at your local golf club tournament, maybe you just want to teach your friends a lesson. Whatever the reason the New Acer XDS Insider Thriver will be an asset for your golf bag.
Some of the best innovations in Driver Design and the best aspects of the #3 Fairway Wood were combined to give you the best of both worlds off the tee.
The designers of this club said. “The head shape and contour on the crown was specifically designed to encourage one to swing the driver on an inside-out swing path. Plus the XDS Insider’s internal weighting creates a draw enhancing ball flight on center impact. The masking on the crown using our exclusive Square Optical Alignment System, cleverly disguises the closed face angle to provide a “square” appearance so one can just trust their natural swing.”
When you let the big dog eat but it does not like what you are feeding it, your shot is long but wrong and you end up in the rough, or even worse, the woods. The # 3 Fairway Wood in your bag will put it on the fairway, but it just does not have the distance. The Acer XDS Insider Thriver is the Golf Club that needs to get in your bag!
If you are interested in the New Acer XDS Thriver visit our product site for all your discount golf club and clone golf club needs. www.crosshairgolf.com
