Top Ten Players To Watch In 2012

With the new golf season already underway it’s not long before the majors will start to appear on screens again. That’s right. With the US Masters just two months away Leaderboard take a look at our top contenders for 2012.

5 Reasons Winter Golf Is Better Than Summer Golf

Few people prefer the cold and wet to clear summer skies and a round working on your tan as much as your golf. But, winter golf really can be better than summer golf. Here are our top five Reasons why:

Top Ten Hole in Ones 2011

A hole in one is the golfer's Holy Grail. Many of us will go through our entire lives having never satisfied that ambition. For the pros it comes somewhat more frequently but it is no less astonishing. We take a look at the top ten hole in ones of 2011.

Top Ten Kids Christmas Gifts

Choosing the perfect gift for the women in your life can be hard. If she’s an avid golfer though, you’re already half way there for gift ideas.

Here, the Leaderboard team pick out are our top ten Christmas gifts for the lady golfer:

There is a multitude of gifts available for the golfer in your life. So many in fact that it is hard to narrow them down.

Nevertheless, the team at Leaderboard has taken a look at them all on your behalf. Here is our list of Top Ten Gifts for Men:

Top Ten Golfers 2011

2011 has been a vintage year for golf, with drama at every turn. With the golfing year drawing to a close, we look at the ten players who have stood out from the rest this year.

Top Ten Shots At St Andrews

St Andrews Links is often cited as the home of golf, with it being one of the oldest courses in the world. Located in the town of the same name in Fife, Scotland, the famous links course has often been used as the venue for the Open Championship, which is hosted in a number of rotating locations.

I’m guilty as anyone of being a fair weather golfer, avoiding the golf course during the wet winter months. The welcome return to the game in Spring always brings a new set of problems and inevitably bad habits and poor scoring.

Although I may not to play as much as I would like, I am determined to stay sharp and return to the course where I left off. There are a number of ways to hold your handicap over the winter months, and they all involve play, practice and preparation.

Here are the top ten ways to keep your handicap over winter when the weather keeps you off the course:

No matter how old you are before playing for the first time, it’s never too late to get into golf. Of course, you don’t want to spend lots on a professional set of clubs if you don’t know how you will take to the game. Fortunately there is a wide variety of sets for beginners, so you don’t need to resort to borrowing to improve your swing.

You are likely to need a larger clubface that offers high forgiveness, helping you to achieve straight shots. With that in mind, here are our Top Ten beginner’s iron sets, ideal for easing yourself into the game.

Since the inception of the game the putter has been the constant and most important club in the bag. Whether slashing scores, winning money or creating endless frustration, the putter has continued to evolve. Yet even modern putters maintain many of the classic designs beloved by past champions.

Choosing a putter is the most personal decision in golf and the debate is rife about which is best. So we have brought the Leaderboard team together for a little argument to decide what are the Top Ten Putters of All Time.

Choosing a set of irons that suits you is the most important choice any golfer has to make. Considering you are going to spend the majority of your time on the course with an iron in your hand it is important to weigh up the vast array of options and find a set that will keep you out of trouble and in play.

Despite the overwhelming choice available, irons are also the most diverse clubs which can be targeted at different player types and abilities. Below is our selection of the top ten iron sets on the market today, mainly aimed at the average standard club golfer.

Rescue clubs are specifically designed for shots where you want the distance of a fairway wood with the capability to stop the ball like you can with an iron. See our Top Ten Rescue Clubs here.

The Leaderboard team has tried and tested what’s available on the market to and come up with our top ten, to help you get out of those sticky situations.

Every year sees new technologies in the world of golf and this year has been no different. Whether it's drivers, putters, golf shoes, or training aids, the golf industry has been hard at work with their advances in designs and materials. Here is our list of the top ten golf products out this year.

While many say the most important club in your bag is the putter, there is no doubt that the way you drive sets the foundation for how your round will pan out and your overall game will develop. Here we take a look at our Top Ten Intermediate to Low Handicap Drivers.

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.

Every golfer needs a versatile range of irons in their golf bag to improve their round. But which steel-shaft club is going to help you the most? Here’s a run down of the top ten as chosen by Leaderboard which might help you decide.