Golf club question about clubs for a gift

[Anonymous]

So, my Husband is impossible to buy for, but in passing he said he'd like to go to a driving range and hit a few balls. That gave me an idea that I should get him a golf club for Christmas. Now....I know nothing about golf or clubs, and google searchs just lead me to stores. Can anyone recommend a good club for him? Or anything else that might be useful? Thank you!

[Anonymous]

golf lessons.

[Anonymous]

Or a gift card to a driving range, where he can use rental clubs until he decides if it is worth buying a few clubs. I have heard that TopGolf in Alexandria is a really fun place to go hit golf balls -- it's more "high tech" than a driving range, if your husband is into that kind of thing. If he really takes to golf he will wanted to get fitted for clubs, so I wouldn't just go buy him one.

[Anonymous]

Let him pick them out, buy an old crappy club somewhere, wrap it up and then tell him what the meaning of it is. BTW a lot of guys use the golf range, going to play golf excuse to go out and see other people

[Anonymous]

Checkout:

golfoutletsusa.com for good clubs at great prices. I think they presently have a decent comlpete set of clubs w/ a golf bag for about $110. No sales tax and free shipping when you spend over $75.

I've bought a lot clubs there and I've been very satisfied.

Good luck . . . it's a great game and you don't have to be good to enjoy it. It's just nice to spend a few hours outdoors not having to worry about anything more than will I make that next putt? As long as there is no frost snow or ice on the courses, you can even play in the winter around here.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Let him pick them out, buy an old crappy club somewhere, wrap it up and then tell him what the meaning of it is. BTW a lot of guys use the golf range, going to play golf excuse to go out and see other people

OP Here. Thanks everyone for the input! I think I'm going to call a driving range and see if I can set up some sort of lesson first, to see if he even likes it. I asked around and everyone says to get sized for clubs, so I'm keeping that in mind as well.

Thanks for the "BTW..." but I'm pretttty sure that's not what is going on, haha! I'm sure it does happen, though. A couple of guys that we are both friends with go out and play on Sunday morning, and I think he wanted to be part of that too. He also said he wanted to have something to play when our kids get older, so they could go do that together. And his Dad plays now too. I think it's a good idea, gives him something to do! But honestly when I brought it up again he said he'd rather sleep late on Sunday morning...hahaha! Guess it's off to the electronics aisle for me!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Checkout:

golfoutletsusa.com for good clubs at great prices. I think they presently have a decent comlpete set of clubs w/ a golf bag for about $110. No sales tax and free shipping when you spend over $75.

I've bought a lot clubs there and I've been very satisfied.

Good luck . . . it's a great game and you don't have to be good to enjoy it. It's just nice to spend a few hours outdoors not having to worry about anything more than will I make that next putt? As long as there is no frost snow or ice on the courses, you can even play in the winter around here.

Oh, thanks for posting this! I was wondering if I got him some lessons or something if he would be able to use them soon, I didn't know if people went out and played golf in the wintertime!

[Anonymous]

Custom fit clubs are the best, but they can be more expensive.

Also, the clubs that are considered "knock-offs" are pretty darn good today. The name brand clubs and their knock-off competitors are all for the most part made in China anyway. Frankly, I think they are all made in the same factories. I think the ones that go out the front door are labeled Nike, Calaway, or Taylor Made, and the ones that go out the back door are painted a different color, given an off-brand name and are sold for a quarter of the price.

Custom made clubs aren't going to make too much of a difference for a new golfer. You have to learn how to hit the ball first and kind of know what you are doing before the subtle differences in the shafts or even the slight angle differences in your irons will effect your game much. Many of us could eliminate half of the irons in our golf bags and it wouldn't change our scores.

A man under fifty or sixty should do fine with men's regular torque shafts and unless he is more than six feet tall regular length shafts should also be fine.

Like I mentioned earlier, I really like golfoutletsusa.com, but I did notice recently that Costco was selling a full set of Taylor Made clubs for about $550 which I thought was a pretty good value.

Have fun . . . it's a great game!!!