Funnily enough after a 10 year break from golf, I had my first lesson yesterday. Having grown up playing golf I got frustrated that my handicap barely shifted whilst my mates were shaving one or two off their handicaps each year. I was no longer enjoying it, so I binned it, promising myself that I'd walk away long enough to forget any bad habits and start again with a clean slate.
Job done I reckon, had a great session last night, feels like I'm a beginner, albeit one that doesn't sclaff (that's the technical term ain't it?) the ball or look uncomfortable when swinging the club for the first time.
I've been checking out clubs as I gave/threw my old ones away in disgust a decade ago. Chances are if I still had them they'd probably be like me turning up to play tennis with a wooden racquet such is the advance of technology. Graphite shafts were only just making an entrance when I walked away, now I see you can get coloured shafts with flames or tribal art licking up the sides. Groovy.
Anyway, the instructor recommended I go with steel shafts, regular flex and forged heads for irons. Anyone want to recommend a brand or have a better suggestion?