5 Reasons Why Beginners Should Use Steel Shafted Clubs

Picking out your first clubs can be difficult for a beginner, and with so many beginners sets available you really are spoilt for choice. But once you have made your choice, even then you are presented with the choice between steel and graphite shafts. Which is better for you, and does it really make a difference?

I still consider myself to be a relative newcomer to the game of golf, having come to the game only eight years ago at the tender age of 37, when I became general manager of Dale Hill Hotel and Golf Club.

Many beginners immediately pick up a driver for their tee shots. But, in so many cases less experienced golfers would be better off with a fairway wood until their technique has had time to develop. We round up some of the best fairway woods for beginners. Read on for our Top Ten Beginners Fairway Woods.

The driver is one of the hardest clubs in your bag to hit and any golfer, particularly a beginner, should be putting a great deal of thought into what to buy. Here Leaderboard looks at its Top Ten Beginners Drivers. 

Often beginners avoid drivers altogether, preferring to use an iron or hybrid. Considering the time manufacturers now put into developing clubs suitable for beginners, this is unnecessary. The top ten beginners drivers are below.

Andrew Wild explains the rules regarding touching the line of your putt, which is something every golfer needs to be very careful about.

A pitch mark is a small dent in the green, made as the ball impacts the grass. Andrew Wild shows you how to repair these - and why it's important to do so.

To mark a golf ball properly we usually use a marker, but it can be a coin or anything similar. Andrew Wild explains the process.

It's always important to make sure that you can identify your golf ball on the course. Andrew Wild explains why.

Andrew Wild, the general manager at Sandford Springs Golf Club, explains what to do if you're not sure whether the ball is about to go in or not.

Andrew Wild, general manager at Sandford Springs Golf Club, explains how to tend the flag and when it's appropriate to do so.