| When choosing a golf club, it is tempting to only | | | | always give away someone who should go for a |
| focus on the things like length and weight. | | | | stiffer rod. If your longer shots tend to always fly |
| However, in order to choose the golf clubs that | | | | left of the intended target, this means that your |
| are best for your golfing abilities, you will need to | | | | golf club is most likely too flexible. The same goes |
| carefully consider the flex of the shafts of the | | | | if your swing is stronger than the average swing. |
| golf clubs you are looking at. Flex is an important | | | | If you swing the golf club extremely fast, |
| factor in any golf club, but most beginners have a | | | | chances are you would be better off playing your |
| hard time wrapping their minds around the reason | | | | game with a stiff club. Just take the opposites of |
| why. Here I will try to impress upon you the | | | | these things for the more flexible clubs – if |
| importance of the flex of a golf club. If you can | | | | your shots tend to veer to the right of if you |
| understand why it works the way it does, you | | | | have a slower swing, this is what you want to go |
| can start to buy golf clubs that work better for | | | | with. |
| the goals you are trying to accomplish. | | | | One way to determine what category you fit in is |
| When you swing your golf club, there is a very | | | | to go out to the driving range and hit the ball as |
| imperceptible flex in the shaft. You won't be able | | | | far as you can. If your maximum drive is less |
| to notice it because you will be swinging at the | | | | than 200 yards, stick with an L flex rating. If it |
| time, but it is there. When you buy your golf club, | | | | between 200 and 230, go with an S. Between |
| it will have a flex rating assigned to it that will tell | | | | 230 and 250, R. 250 or more, S. XS is usually only |
| you everything that you need to know about the | | | | used by professional golf players, and doesn't |
| club. These ratings are extra stiff (X), stiff (S), | | | | often come in handy for consumers. However, |
| regular (R), seniors (A), and ladies (L). You may | | | | the rating system overall is a very good system |
| think that it is not very serious to choose the | | | | and a great way for you to make sure that you |
| wrong fled rating. When you strike the ball with a | | | | are getting the golf club that you need. If you |
| club that has a flex rating that you are not | | | | need more advice as to which rating you should |
| accustomed to, your shot is most likely to be | | | | choose, talk to some of the more experienced |
| angled in the wrong direction. This will cause | | | | golfers around your favorite golf course and see |
| nothing but frustration for you during your game. | | | | if they can offer you any words of wisdom. The |
| To prevent this game-crippling turn of events, | | | | more personal advice you can get regarding the |
| you should definitely be careful when choosing the | | | | flex rating of your future golf clubs, the more |
| flex in your shaft. There are certain traits that will | | | | likely you are to be happy with the choice. |