There are many online golf stores that sell golf equipment on the Internet. Experienced golfers very often know precisely what golf clubs and equipment they are looking for and can happily trawl through the hundreds of sites looking for the cheapest prices.
However, someone less experienced, perhaps a beginner looking for their first pair of shoes, waterproofs or a starter set, might well be confused by the amount of different products available. Following are reasons for buying golf equipment from an online golf store run by PGA members that has its base at a golf range and golf course.
How to Find Online Shops that Sell Quality Cheap Golf Equipment
Many online discount golf shops are run from large warehouses which are not associated with a range or golf course. This means that customers do not get a chance to get together and discuss what’s on offer, or the equipment they have bought.
If the head falls off an iron or the shaft snaps, the golf store may well replace the club but no-one, apart from the customer, is going to know. However, imagine if a sub standard starter set was sold by a PGA member to a pupil at a range. Not only would it be embarrassing but inevitably the story would go round that the starter sets sold by the pro’s shop, and recommended to pupils, fall apart.
Buy Starter Sets Online from Golf Course Shops
Starter sets need to be well made and sturdy particularly if sold by an online golf shop where lessons are given and customers walk through the door every day. John Kennedy (Berkshire PGA Captain and top UK Pro) who runs the online golf store attached to Wexham Park Golf Club, one of the busiest golf clubs in the UK says, ‘We give a tremendous amount of lessons at Wexham Park and our reputation means everything. Our starter sets are the best a golfer can buy; apart from being inexpensive they can take a real pounding. The last thing we want is a pupil coming back with a bent or broken club. Our pupils need to trust us and the equipment we sell’.
If a golfer is interested in buying a starter set for themselves, or as a present, find an online golf shop that has a base at a golf range, where lessons from PGA pro’s are given to beginners.
Buying Shoes and Waterproofs Online
The same advice goes for golf shoes and waterproofs. If a shoe or set of waterproofs is sold with a waterproof guarantee, the last thing a pro wants to see on a rainy day are customers trudging off the course soaking wet with saturated soggy feet.
A golfer can buy waterproofs and golf shoes with confidence from an online golf shop attached to a golf course, as no shop wants the disastrous advertisement for its stock as wet, bedraggled customers.
Buying Drivers, Clubs and Balls Online
Although more experienced golfers often know what equipment will suit their golf game an advantage from buying equipment from an golf shop run by pros is that a potential customer can ask questions. Getting the right flex of shaft for an iron, the correct compression for a golf ball or the perfect amount of loft on a driver can be confusing even for the best golfers.
Most golf online golf shops associated with a busy range and golf course invariably have pros that are only too willing to offer advice. To buy the right golf equipment that suits a golf game a golfer should investigate an online golf shop that has customers regularly turn up to play the course or hit balls on the range. The golf equipment sold at those shops needs to be particularly good.
John Hoskison - John is a class 'A' member of the British PGA and author of the acclaimed book 'Inside - One Man's Experience of Prison'.
