10/18/10

Top Golfing Accessories To Make Your Life Easier

Constant innovation in the golf industry has made for many interesting inventions and advancements. Golfers have seen many benefits, including higher quality golf clubs and golf courses among many other things. In the past, golf has been seen as a slow and tiresome sport, requiring lots of work and trekking on the part of the golfer. Well, there have been many different golf accessories released in recent years that will make everything about golfing easier. Some of them have been widely publicized, while some have slipped between the cracks. Either way, read on to find out about accessories that can make your life easier.

How about the many brands of glasses that allow you to better see the golf ball that you have just hit? They filter out most of the light that is emitted by non-golf ball objects, leaving the golf ball outlined perfectly against the grass. If you lose your ball a lot or have trouble keeping track of balls once you hit them, these glasses can be a great investment for you so that you can continue using the same ball rather than start with a new one. They are available in some golf club stores, but most of all they are available in a number of online stores.

There are many handy devices that are meant to help you practice various parts of your stroke. Perhaps the most popular ones are the ones dealing with the putt, which is one of the toughest and most important parts of the entire golfing process. The many golf accessories related to putting are too numerous to name, but some of the most popular include an indoor putting green that provides you with balls and advice on your putt, a putter that holds numerous golf balls inside of its shaft to dispense when needed, and many other things.

You would think that tees are about as complex as they are every going to get, but this is not the case. New types of material have made it possible for tees to have new upper portions that act as brush-like surfaces. When the golfer strikes the ball, the club will brush right past the top of the tee without smashing it or ripping it out of the ground. It’s almost like having the ball suspended in midair to hit with the club. If you want these, you will probably have to look online and buy a few dozen of them, since they are not carried at many club stores yet.

Computer scorekeepers will definitely make your life easier by keeping track of everyone’s scores and doing all of the calculations for you. They come in the form of small miniature computers, no bigger than the size of a GameBoy. The number of supported players varies from device to device, but you shouldn’t have much of a problem finding one that supports the number of people that you need. There are even wristwatches with handicapping programs built into them. How is that for convenient?

Even the recycling of golf balls is more convenient now, with golf ball cleaners that you can purchase. All you have to do is pick up a bunch of old golf balls throughout the day, then drop them into the microwave sized cleaner. In just a few minutes, the balls will be as good as new. By recycling balls in this way, you can save a huge amount of money. The cleaners are usually also capable of cleaning off the heads of golf clubs, which is a great convenience for those who are tired of cleaning the grass stains off of their clubs.

As you can see, all of these inventions have made golf much easier, and can speed up processes that would have been mundane previously. As technology continues to progress, hopefully we continue to see more golf accessories that are equally groundbreaking.

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10/17/10

Finding Cheaper Golf Accessories

Golf is rarely a cheap sport. Buying membership to a course will put quite a large dent in your pocket, and will probably even have to be renewed some time in the future. The golf clubs themselves can cost a small fortune. However, nobody ever said that the accessories had to be expensive. It is possible to get all of the golf accessories that you could ever need for very cheap, or even for free if you get lucky. Read on to find out about where to look for the cheapest golf accessories, and how you can make sure that you never overpay again for something that you can buy for cheaper elsewhere.

Auctions, especially estate auctions, are great places to go for golf equipment. You will be able to get a detailed description of the item before bidding begins, and possibly see it with your own eyes and test it out for a bit. Once the auction starts you will be faced with some competition almost certainly if the item is desirable (other people know to look at auctions too! This information is not exclusive). Be prepared to pay what it is worth, whether this is below the suggested retail price or not. If you win the item and you ended up paying less than you would have at the store, then be proud of yourself – auctions can be challenging places for many people.

Real world auctions aren’t the only ones that offer cheap items. EBay, the world’s most popular auction site, has a number of golf accessories that would be hard to find otherwise. If you are an experienced eBay bidder then you already know how the whole system works. You punch in your highest bid, and simply wait to see if anybody else is going to bid higher. If someone outbids you then you may find out that your highest bid wasn’t actually your highest bid, and you’ll increase it just to try for a second chance at the item. This is how the bidding wars start. It can be tempting to keep bidding higher and higher, until the final cost after shipping would be higher than retail. Never let this happen. If it gets close, just quit and go buy the item in the store.

Yard sales are another good place to look for people’s old golf equipment that they no longer want. Yard sales often offer the cheapest prices you could ask for, and most of the time the person setting the prices has no idea about the worth of the item (which can work for you or against you). If you watch the newspapers for yard sale times, you will start to notice patterns in the time as well as the geographical location. Just establish a route that you can follow every week to look for yard sales and possibly find what golf accessories.

Golf accessories are hard to find for cheap, but they are anything but impossible to find. You can simply establish a routine that you will follow every week or so. Check all of the online stores, all of the yard sales, and any other venues that you may have in mind. This way, when someone decides to sell their golf accessories you will be the first one to be there to buy them.

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10/15/10

Equipping Yourself With The Top Golf Accessories

Golf is a sport that comes with an almost insane amount of accessories. Everything from the golf clubs to the golf cart is covered, and you will have countless options for personalizing everything. The accessories range from completely useless to very clever and valuable. So you will have to decide whether you want to spend your money on a gimmicky little item or whether you want something that will really come in handy out on the golf course. Here I will name some of the things that no golfers should go without. If you are feeling the urge to buy golf accessories, you should start with these before moving on to anything else.

The right apparel can make a golf game much easier on you both physically and mentally. Golf shoes are meant to be very comfortable when walking across large stretches of grass. These are much better to wear while golfing than just your regular dress shoes (unless you enjoy having blisters for the next few weeks). Sunglasses are another very important part of any golfer’s outfit. They will allow you to see the course better, as well as protect your eyes from the harmful rays put out by the sun. Other apparel is useful, but not quite as necessary. For example, golf shirts, pants, and hats are widely available but they aren’t too much different than what you might normally wear.

Another good accessory to have is something to help you carry all of your smaller items along with your golf clubs. Usually this will be integrated directly into a golf club bag, but otherwise you will definitely need something to take its place. These smaller items include extra golf balls and tees mostly, along with any other things that you find yourself frequently using during a golf game. There are many functional ways that you can carry these things, but usually a simple pouch will do. You can shove it into your golf club bag, or just leave it under the seat in the golf cart until you need it.

Finally, you will most likely want to accessorize your golf clubs to some extent. You will certainly want to give them a good home inside of a deluxe golf club bag, but you may want to make modifications on the actual clubs themselves. You can replace the grips at the tops of the clubs with something that is more suited towards your style, or simply to something that give you a better grip on the club as it was meant to do. You can avoid having it slip out of your hands, since this is quite an embarrassing turn of events if it happens to you.

All of these accessories can be easily bought at your local golf club store, but you may not have much of a selection when visiting these stores. It is a good idea to look on the internet for what you want, and see what the internet has to offer. There are many web sites selling golf accessories, and throughout them you are sure to find accessories that meet the very specific details that you have in mind. Just keep your search going until you find something that you are satisfied with, and you will be glad that you persevered in the matter.

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10/13/10

Golf Accessories In The Form Of Eyewear

If you’re going to be hitting the golf course and enjoying yourself out in nature, you will probably be loaded up with quite a few pieces of golf equipment and accessories. Having useful golf accessories will always be a very helpful part of the sport, as long as you don’t overlook any of the necessary components. Out there in the sun for so long, many people find themselves wishing they had brought their sunglasses along. If you bring good sunglasses along, you will be glad that you included this invaluable golf accessory. There are many benefits to having sunglasses with you at all time, from game benefits to health benefits. Read on to find out about some of the reasons why pro golfers never leave home without sunglasses. You might change your ways and keep your glasses with you at all time from now on.

“The sun was in my eyes” might sound like nothing more than a lame excuse for a poor shot, but sometimes it rings quite true. The direct glare of the sun can completely ruin your shot, and sunglasses are able to cure this problem fairly effectively. A strong pair of glasses will render the sun ineffective on your eyes, and won’t allow it to attack your weak point for massive damage. On brighter days, the sun doesn’t even need to be shining directly into your eyes. The sheer brightness can cause you to squint and completely misjudge a shot before you make it. The sunglasses will make all of this better, and improve your accuracy overall.

The good thing about sunglasses is that despite being incredibly useful, they also have a certain amount of fashion appeal. Many think of sunglasses as a very fashionable accessory to any outfit, and they have been popularized by so many movies and characters that they have quite a large fan base. If you want to use your glasses to these ends as well, you may have to look for a special brand. Almost all glasses are useful in blocking the sun from hitting your eyes, but far fewer are useful in looking hip. If you ask an employee at the store of your choice, you will be able to get advice as to which sunglasses makers are the most hip in today’s culture.

Picking out the glasses is fairly easy. Just go to your local clothing or sporting goods store, or any other store that sells glasses like the ones you want. When picking out the specific glasses, you will want to look at the rating of what level of protection they offer to you. Since you are trying to protect your eyes from the sun as well as shade them from it, you will want a fairly high nanometer rating. The higher the nanometer rating in a pair of glasses, the more protection you will receive from UVB and UVA rays. You also want to pick glasses that are made of a high quality that will not fall apart or break easily. The material of the glasses is very important. While you want something strong, you also want something light that will make you forget you are wearing them. You may have to spend a surprising amount of money for your sunglasses, but you will find that it is worth it when you realize what a different it makes in your golf game.

There you have it. Now you should have all of the information that you need to go out and buy a pair of sunglasses that will really make things better for you. Getting the right pair will improve so much in your personal health and in your game that it is almost (but not quite) scary. So get out there today and start finding out what all the fuss is about sunglasses, and how you can get involved in the rising wave.

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10/10/10

Top Golf Accessories To Keep Your Clubs Safe

Even the neatest and most interesting golf accessories on the market will be utterly useless to you if you don’t have the clubs needed to play the game. Clubs are also more expensive than any other golf accessories, especially if you have a high-end brand. Therefore you should do everything you can to make sure that your golf clubs will be safe. You can buy several different golf accessories that will do well in keeping your golf clubs safe. However, you must consider what possible harm could befall your clubs, and how exactly you can prevent it from happening. Here I will go over some of the most common forms that danger can take, and how you can be safe.

Naturally the first thing you should buy is a nice golf club bag to carry with you through the course. You shouldn’t just buy the first one you see, though. The walls of your golf club bag should be reinforced with metal or some other equally strong material. If harm should befall the bag (for example, if it fell out of the golf cart and got run over by the wheels), you want it to take the brunt of the force rather than the golf clubs. Having your golf clubs crushed by something while they are inside of the bag is a horrible way to get started golfing, so be sure to have them protected.

Some companies sell golf bags that are much more secure than you would think. Instead of just being a strong bag, they are very solid and impenetrable. There might be a hinged door at the top that will allow you to connect a combination lock or something similar to keep potential thieves from getting the clubs out of the bag. Add another lock to fasten the bag to your golf cart, and you have a very secure set of golf clubs. This could be an expensive solution, but it is definitely less expensive than having your nice golf clubs stolen by a bunch of punks looking to make a quick buck.

You should also make sure that your club bag is somehow marked with your name, in the event that you should lose it and it falls into the hands of an honest person who will return it to you. Include contact information such as a phone number so that the good Samaritan can get in touch with you and set up a way to return the clubs. It is unlikely that this scenario will ever happen (after all, how are you going to just misplace your expensive clubs?), but it is good to be prepared. At the very least it will give you some peace of mind when taking your expensive clubs out.

Golf clubs are a huge investment, and therefore it is a good idea to get the accessories that you need to be fully confident in the fact that your clubs are safe from danger or thievery. Check out some of the things that have been mentioned here, and perhaps you will find something that you’d really like to have. If not, you may find other products that are similar but different in execution. Just spend some time looking around and you will eventually be able to find something that will work.

10/8/10

The Many Novelty Accessories Available To Golfers

Golf is a sport in which the players can almost constantly find something new to spend their money on. The clubs alone can cost insane amounts in order to get the nicest graphite ones. If you are going to spend all of your money on the nicest graphite clubs that you can find, you may miss on some really interesting and eccentric accessories. There is always something new and clever that a golfer can buy, and you will sometimes see people driving their golf carts around loaded with tons of novelty golf accessories. If you want to get involved in this wild and crazy world, read on to find out about some of the most useless (and hilarious) golf accessories that you can find.

Have you ever hit a hole in one? This sort of event is something that does not soon leave a golfer’s mind, and the Hole-N-One plaque is not going to speed it up. This plaque is sold online and in some golf stores, and comes with the plaque itself and the kit to quickly fasten a golf ball to it. The goal is to proudly display the ball that you used to hit the hole in one for everyone to see. Instead of putting the ball to good use and playing more games of golf with it, you can immortalize it on your wall. Many would say that this is frivolous and unneeded, but if you feel as though you need to save the ball then at least you know there is an accessory out there for you.

One clever internet site offers something called the Tee-Card. It is a small product the size of a business card, and it pops out to form a golf tee that can be used as many times as you want. This is a golf accessory that could actually come in handy in the unlikely event that you lose your golf bag and have nothing but your wallet (which quite conveniently holds a Tee-Card). It is unclear whether this product works on grass or not, but it seems hard to imagine how a product like that could function in grass. It’s hard to imagine who this accessory could be intended for, but it sure seems like a novel idea.

Another interesting novelty accessory is the “WOW” putter, which is equipped with so many gadgets it would make James Bond jealous. Supposedly the gadgets are supposed to aid the golfer in making a better putt, but you may have trouble imagining how they could all come in handy. The head of the putter includes a tape measure, a compass, a level, a rabbit foot, and a horn. Surprisingly, the putter is fairly usable despite all of the attachments. If you think that you could actually use a tape measure or a compass or a level during your putting, then this could be the perfect putter that has eluded you for so long.

For more extravagant and seemingly unnecessary golf accessories, you can buy all sorts of personalized golf clubs and accessories. One company offers a putter plated in 24k gold, personalized with whatever message the buyer chooses. This is a great way to show off to all of your golfing friends, and let them see what a nice putter you have. Unfortunately, the price can run fairly high for the gold plated versions. If you really want your golf accessories to be plated in gold you will be paying a fair price for it. You will have to decide for yourself whether it is worth it or not.

As you can see, there are countless pointless accessories for the game of golf. You can show off all of your accomplishments in an extravagant way, or you can bring all sorts of gadgets with you onto the golf course. No matter what you do, you’re sure to get a few laughs with your golf accessories.

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10/4/10

The Golf Bag: The Most Underrated Accessory

Golf clubs usually cost quite a chunk of change, especially if you are buying some of the more high-end ones. If you spend a lot of money on a set of golf clubs, you will also want to buy one of the nicest carrying cases that you can. It is a great way to protect your investment in the long run as well as experience benefits immediately with your game. Read on to find out about the ways that great golf club bags can help any golfer. If you weren’t completely sold on the idea prior to this, you may find that a change of mind is in order. Just don’t rush too fast to the store to buy a golf bag!

Golfers always love to try out different courses, and traveling is the best way to do that. Golf vacations can be had in almost any part of the world, and if you are planning on going one ever then you will probably want to bring your clubs along with you. When you bring a laptop on a trip, you are always careful to keep it safe from being crushed, sat on, stolen, or any of a number of other unpleasant things. If you buy a sturdy golf case that can hold its own against other luggage, your golf clubs will have a much higher chance of making it to your destination intact.

A proper golf club carrying bag can also improve your game at home by keeping all of your clubs organized. As you trek around the golf course setting your personal records, you will likely need to switch clubs many times throughout the course of the game. Get all of your golf courses into one bag that will not only protect them from any hazards that might arise, but will also keep them in a neat and organized fashion. You will quickly get used to the way they are laid out, and be able to switch one club out for another in a matter of seconds. The golf club bag will also protect your clubs in the unlikely event of some sort of crash.

Golf club bags are very helpful if you carry a lot of other gear around with you during your golfing expeditions. Most of them come with other pockets and sections besides the main one where the golf clubs go. You can use these for water bottles, extra golf balls, cues, first aid kits, or any other things that you wish to bring along with you to ensure for a happier and smoother game. If you have something specific in mind that you would like to bring along, check out the bag beforehand to make sure that the item will fit. Look for golf bags that will fit your items, not items that will fit your golf bag.

As you can see, having a golf bag is much preferable to simply tossing all of your golf clubs somewhere where they could suffer all sorts of horrible fates. Therefore if you do not already have a golf club bag, you should go out as soon as possible and begin searching for one. They are very cheap compared to the actual golf clubs that they will be housing, so there’s no reason not to get one.

Where To Find Golf Accessories

Golf is a sport that features a huge amount of accessories. From organizational tools to fun little novelty toys, a golfer can spend hundreds of dollars on the various items. Finding a specific golf accessory, however, may be a little more difficult. If you have something specific in mind that you would like to look for, then there are several different places where you should look before giving up your search. You are almost guaranteed to find what you are looking for in at least one of these places. Also, by checking out several different sources you may be able to find some nice variety and choose something more handy than what you had envisioned.

The first place you should check is your local golf store. This is the most obvious choice, and will allow you the easiest location of golf accessories. Brick and mortar stores seem to almost be losing in the face of online shopping, and if you avoid them you may miss out on something great. If you don’t know where the best golf store is in your area, you should enquire at the golf course that you frequent the most. They are likely to have needed some sort of accessories as well at some point, and will know exactly where to go in order to get them. Once you find out where the best store is, don’t hesitate to head in and look at white kind of inventory they have.

The next greatest source of golfing accessories is the internet. There are thousands of websites that will sell you golf accessories, but it can often be a pain to track down reliable web sites. The internet’s inventory may be infinitely larger than that if your local golf store, but you will have to face some inconveniences that you wouldn’t have to otherwise. These include finding a good store that you can rely on not to scam you, finding the product that you want based only on pictures and text, and paying shipping for your item then waiting for it to arrive. However, once you grow accustomed to internet shopping you will probably find that in general the prices are cheaper.

If you are on the internet and can’t find any good e-commerce sites to buy from, you can look in other alternative shopping areas that may allow you to find what you really need. These include ebay, the ultimate place to buy the most obscure things. You can also look on classifieds sites such as craiglist, which allow you to not only search listings but also create your own in order to track people down who may be able to give you what you need. Both of these sites are very extensive and have millions and millions of users. Out of such a huge base, you are almost guaranteed to find what you need.

The final and perhaps the greatest source of golf accessories is all around you. It is your fellow golfers. Whether you simply ask to buy the item right off of them or attend a yard sale of an avid golfer, you are more than likely to encounter dozens of items that will come in quite handy during your future golfing escapades. Usually the more seasoned golfers will have gone through quite a few accessories, so if you can catch the older ones before they go to the garbage then you will be able to enjoy it all over again. Just remember though that you shouldn’t be picky if this is your method of finding golf accessories. Take whatever you can find, especially since you are saving money.

Golf accessories are all over the place. For regular accessories, you will have no problem quickly finding someone to buy from. But once you get into the more obscure or rarer items, you may have to expand your search area to include some of the less well known venues. As long as the item improves your game, it will be worth it.

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