How to build a beginner golf club set

3. Which make and models should you buy?

This is where you need to be careful. Most brands such as Callaway, TaylorMade, Ping, Cobra, Mizuno, Wilson, Lynx and Benross will have clubs that are specifically designed for higher handicap players.

They will also have clubs which are designed for ‘better players’ which will be less forgiving on off centre hits, will spin less and will have smaller heads.

There will also be lots of adjustability drivers which are for fine-tuning ball flight and spin.

But if we are buying clubs online or ‘off the shelf’ without a proper custom-fitting, we need to keep things simple.

So I would recommend a non-adjustable driver that is simple and easy to use.

Go for something that will inspire confidence over the ball and will offer assistance to help you get it up in the air easily.

With irons go for larger cavity-back models. These are designed to let the face flex a bit more to give more ball speed and distance.

They are also designed with low centre of gravity, or low CG – which basically means more of the weight and mass is at the bottom of the club – and this helps get the ball in the air.

Again, cavity back wedges or wedges which are part of an iron set will be more suited for the beginner golfer as opposed to ‘blades’.

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