New DP World Tour data reveals startling conclusion about club selection for average golfer
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Golfers understand the importance of club selection, but we do tend to focus our attention on the vitals surrounding each individual shot.
Do you use driver or fairway wood from the tee?
Long iron to a distant green or six iron lay up and easy pitch onto the putting surface?
A full wedge or a knockdown 8-iron?
These are the questions we expect to be asked on every round (if not necessarily answered by our shot).
But new data from the DP World Tour in the aftermath of the Middle East Swing reveals just how crucial it is to take real care of what options are in your bag in the first place, to maximise your options with all those distinct scenarios.
Whilst it is true that professionals quite obviously need to fine-tune their equipment set-ups ahead of playing different courses, it is a dynamic the average golfer really ought to consider as well.
What was obvious in the desert was that the pros were consistent with their wedges, utilising between 3.85 and 3.87 across the four events – to all intent and purposes the same in each week, in other words.
The real change came between driver and mid-irons.
The rough was at its thickest in the first event – the Dubai Desert Classic – and this meant the field favoured fairway woods (1.62 per bag) and hybrids (0.30) over utility irons (0.19) and 3-irons (10% of the field).
The first two numbers were the highest of the four week stretch and the latter two were the lowest.
In contrast, the Bahrain Championship featured the windiest conditions of the month and the field opted for 1.33 fairways woods, 0.23 hybrids, 0.38 utility irons and 22% put a 3-iron in play.
The first two numbers were the lowest of the week, the latter pair the highest.
That makes for quite a clear distinction between the two tournaments.
The change in requirements were revealed in one golfer in particular.
England's Laurie Canter impressed with third place in the opening event, the Dubai Desert Classic, and in his next start, at the Bahrain Championship, he followed the trend by swapping his PING G430 hybrid for a PING I Crossover 3 utility iron.
It was a very specific decision because he swapped back for the Qatar Masters.
But it was a telling move because Canter won in Bahrain.
It's a lesson worth recalling.
Don't just rely on 14 clubs. Have more than that. Have options. And use them.
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