Here are some suggestions to help ladies improve their golf games.
The latest issue of Golf Digest came out the other day. In it is a comparison of golf balls and suggestions for which ones are best to use to combine performance in driving and in wedge play. Good information!
That issue, though, caused me to think – what about Golf Balls for Ladies? And I realized that I do not often put any specific information in my weekly blog posts that could be useful for female golfers. To start the ball rolling on changing that, here are two items that are worth knowing for female golfers:
1. A few days ago Keith Chatham (AGCP Master Club Fitter) sent out some information on golf balls that he has seen work well for females who have swing speeds in the range of 60 mph. Two balls he is very high on are the Wilson 50-50 ball and the Nike Lady Karma ball. He has data that the Wilson ball may carry in the air a little farther, but that the Karma ball will roll more. Guys……….a great buy for your female golfing companion (Mother's Day?).
2. Keith also suggests that, for ladies with swing speeds in the range of 75 to 85 mph, the Titleist NXT Tour S ball is a great choice.
3. A female golfer who will be doing an iron fitting with me in a few weeks tested some of the new OEM ladies clubs. I checked out the specs of some of these on line. For at least 2 of the new OEM ladies club lines, the lofts are about 3 degrees stronger than what I would call Standard. That means that a Ladies 6 iron in these clubs is really a Standard 5 iron. Ladies…….welcome to "Vanishing Loft Disease!" Particularly for ladies who have low swing speeds, my view is that these clubs are not a good option. For slow swing speeds loft is your best friend to get more distance. If you are looking for new clubs be sure you know you can hit what you buy!!
More coming for you in the future Ladies!
The Fit Is IT!!
Tony