The web — uniting golfers

Furthermore, buying or selecting a new golf set is no longer a hassle. Other than obtaining price quotations for various new sets in the market, you can compare the cost with four or five different companies like Golfsmith and Golf Discount who have stores on line. A professional doesn’t need to be consulted until you’ve decided on what you like and what suits your budget. If you favour a certain make or design, then it’s best to avoid all the extra information and directly home in on the manufacturer. Famous golf companies such as cobragolf.com, wilsonsports.com, pinggolf.com, arnoldpalmergolf.com, clevelandgolf.com, taylormadegolf.com, mizunousa.com, maxfli.com and titleist.com are just a few of the numerous manufacturers on line.

Even Aldila, manufacturers of graphite shafts and Golf Pride and True Temper used by almost every golfer for their grips and shafts have their own web sites or pages.

Selling products is not all the web has to offer. Old clubs or woods can be discarded or exchanged for shiny new beauties. One can also interact with other golf enthusiasts at golfclubexchange.com and partake in club and curio auctions. However, for a simpler method of exchange, visit golfclubtrader.com where apart from new equipment, there are numerous bargains on second hand clubs.

If you think that’s a mindful, you haven’t seen anything yet. Those who cannot spare time to visit the club in order to book a tee time can now do so on the net, though this facility is yet to catch on in India.

Similarly, if you’ve no time to fix an appointment with the head pro, but get the urge to tie up with him after each weekend spent searching for the golf ball, you can log on to Butch Harmon’s golf school at butchharmongolfschools.com or to leadbetter.com and book a programme for yourself. For quicker results, there’s always the pgaonline.com’s instruction video or golfacademy.com with its collection of instructions. And for the most important, mental aspect of the game — golfpsych.com can give you enough to ponder or maybe even improve your game.

From the LPGA to Junior golf foundations, the family golf association to the golf range association and golf architects website, it’s all there waiting for a hit. Join `Club Tiger’ or get the facts on Greg Norman, Laura Davies, Jack Nicklaus, Arnold Palmer or Ernie Els from their websites. Jeev Milkha Singh joins the league and can be reached at jeevmilkha.com, though this may not be the quickest way to get through to him.

Needless to say, the web is a reliable source of vast information. It encourages people to pursue hobbies or interests and is also an ideal way to interact. Maybe some day in the future we’ll be able to chat with Norman or Tiger. For the moment, we’re already hooked since it’s accessible, cheap and above all, safe.