Nike Golf Clubs vs. Ping i20 Clubs
Regardless of your skill level, golf clubs are only as good as the player that is swinging them. Choosing your clubs often has more to do with the economics of golf and your ability to purchase than it does with your game. Different manufacturers make different types of clubs for varying skill levels and degrees of ability. By adding more loft to one set of clubs, they may provide better control over the ball but with less distance, while less loft may provide more distance but less height on each swing.
When you choose to purchase over the counter golf clubs, it is often best to choose clubs that are designed for the average player as opposed to more specialized sets. You can expect to get a great set of clubs at a reasonable price if you are willing to give up the prestige of saying that you own a custom set of golf clubs. Nike and Ping are two makers of clubs that have both over the counter clubs as well as custom fitted clubs that can actually improve a player’s game. When you are first starting out the name of the club has much less to do with your ability to play than it may as your skill progresses, so you may save yourself some money in the early stages of your golfing life by looking at lower priced sets.
Tiger Woods and other big name golf professionals have done a lot for their respective brands and their clubs have become well known pieces of equipment on courses the world over. However, older more established companies like Ping continue to pump new and better golf clubs, like the new Ping i20 series, into the market and these clubs are great for rising players. Professional PGA instructors probably do more for promoting a particular brand of golf clubs or equipment more than any tour professional ever will.
Choosing to buy the Ping i20 or a set of custom fit Nike Golf Clubs is an individual decision. While clubs do make a difference in play today, the basic skills of the player will be the determining factor on how well the clubs actually perform. A poor swing will not be improved by a higher priced set of clubs and a cheap set of clubs will not hold back the golfer that has great mechanics. Clubs are the tools of the golfer like wrenches are the tools of a mechanic and a great golfer can use less than perfect tools and still play magnificent golf.
You can have any brand of golf clubs custom fitted for you today as long as you are willing to spend the money but you may wiser to spend money on better instruction than equipment. At the point that a professional tells you that your game needs a better set of clubs, then it would be wise to get a better set. Buying clubs should not be a matter of prestige but one of skill. When the time comes to buy new golf clubs look for the best set you can afford that fits your game.