Antique Golf Clubs

Those of us who share a passion for collecting Antique Golf Clubs, whether beginner or experienced collector, tend to have a preference for either wood or irons.

And then of course there are people that like to collect all varieties. Every category of Antique Golf Clubs has it's own set of criteria which aids in determining the ultimate value of the club. Most serious collectors will invest most of their energies in a specific category of club. This helps to minimize the amount of researchwhich one must perform, and allows one to become much more of a subject matter expert in their particular niche.

Read on about the history of this great sport and hobby or..........

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The first written record of golf dates to 1457 when King James II of Scotland issued a law banning the game as it was interfering with his soldiers archery practice. Some rare examplesof ancient woods and irons remain but it is difficult with any certainty to date them accurately. The earliest set known is believed to date to the early 1600's, and maybe the late 1500's.

You can see that a game and equipment with such a rich history offers the collector an amazing level of challenge and satisfaction.

So you can see that there are quite a few things to know about Antique Golf Clubs. One guide that I think every serious collector must have, is the Antique Golf Collectibles Price and Reference Guide. It is excellent on giving you not just great guidance on what is out there, but also the most trusted way of determing the value of a specific piece. I think it is an absolute must have for any serious collector of Antique Golf Clubs.

The purpose of this post is primarily to offer a word of caution, so when you are searching for your next acquisition - just PLEASE check it out thoroughly, as not all old clubs are antique golf clubs, and any reputable dealer would certainly know this.

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It seems, when it comes to golf, that the more things change, the more they stay the same. I like to call it "shafts golf", and it applies to that elite group of players whose results can actually be affected by the golf-club shafts shaft with which they play.

Back in the days of Hickory Golf, when wooden golf clubs were the only option, a player's game was guided by the characteristics of those golf-club shafts. For instance, the torque of a wooden shaft would be much greater than that of today's graphite golf shafts and steel shafts. This equipment dynamic guided the Hickory Golf player into a smoother swing, aimed at eliminating jerkiness or too much quickness in the swing. The swing plane which produces the highest success with a wooden shaft(Hickory) is much flatter than the swing plane used to maximize the effects of modern golf club shafts. So, those players who concentrated on "shafts golf" during the Hickory Golf era learned very quickly to swing slow and swing low.

The concept of "shafts golf" carries through to today and will into the future as shaft design evolves and the player evolves with it. Whereby that wooden shafted golfer had to eliminate his jerky swing in order to compensate for the shaft, the modern player can simply increase the flex until it maximizes the outcomes of his swing. Your natural distance or how far you hit the ball, is also often used to help determine the appropriate golf shaft for a particular player. The rule of thumb is that as your natural "distance" increases, so does the stiffness of your ideal shaft. The wooden golf club shaft had, and still does, a distance limiting aspect which required players to play shorter than modern players, concentrating very much on effective course management.

We find ourselves today with a couple of premier golf shaft manufacturers who continue to introduce new golf club shafts with technologies that offer more distance and more accuracy, even for the casual player. We have experience with one specifically who have a PGA Major to their credit, yet have kept their prices very affordable to the weekend golfer.

You can read more about the specific brand we recommend, at our website, located under the "Shaft Central" tab

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