I’m Steve Lee and I’d first of all like to thank you for taking a look at this report.

I’ve been in the golf business for many years and during that time I’ve come into contact with golfers of all abilities from beginner to Tour pro.

I once even managed to extract a little information from the great man himself, Tiger Woods; information that to most would be quite trivial, I imagine, but for me it was crucial to furthering my knowledge about the game and its greatest exponents; knowledge that I subsequently used to help many other players from beginner to pro and that I can now pass on to you to help your golf game. I’ll tell you more about what I asked him and his reply later in the report.

In the meantime I’ll give you a little more information about me and why I believe reading this can help your golf.

I first became professionally involved in the game after having a lesson with a young teaching pro whose golf swing advice taught me that there was more to playing good golf than a good golf swing or even the right mental approach. In fact, the lesson had such an impact on me that I changed career as a result! A summary of that lesson is included later in this report and it will, I hope, be an eye-opener.

I specialise in golf club technology and have fitted hundreds of players with custom golf clubs. Such was (and still is) my enthusiasm, that I became just like the compulsive autograph hunters that hang out at tournaments to get the signatures of the best players in the world; but it wasn’t autographs I was after; I wanted to know about the clubs these guys were using. Which shafts? How were the clubs set up? Why was there more bounce on their sand wedge at this tournament than the last one?

I am privileged to have learnt my trade from a guy who was one of the top ‘club men’ on Tour, originally looking after the Hogan staff players before deciding to decline an invitation to join Callaway and ‘retire’ instead to Northern England where he set up his own driving range and custom golf clubs business.

This report is about far more than just club-fitting, however, although I strongly believe that good golf swing advice should include what is arguably the most important component of playing the best golf we are capable of playing is the correct – but not necessarily the most expensive- golf equipment.

Before I get into the ‘guts’ of what I want to say, though, I’ll give you a short overview of some of the things we’ll be looking at. There’s a raft of information out there about such things as improving your golf swing, advice on hitting the ball further and so on but, as far as possible, I don’t want to regurgitate what you can readily read elsewhere. Much of what I’ll be covering, therefore, will involve small details or little-thought-about ideas which are usually simple, will help you play better, but are often if not always overlooked.  

The report is broken down into the following Sections which are brief and to the point:

Golf Equipment

Golf Lessons

Putting

Other

 I     In the ‘Golf Equipment’ Section, for example, I’ll be discussing such issues as what to be aware of with your existing clubs, what you should consider if you’re thinking about buying a new set, and so on.

      In the ‘Golf Lessons’ Section, I’ll be discussing issues such as what to look for in a teaching pro, good and bad golf swing advice, what to avoid and a novel way of finding how to grip the club that’s best for you.

The ‘Putting’ Section will discuss something almost invariably ignored but of vital importance if you want to be a better putter.

And finally, the ‘Other’ Section will take a look at ‘odd’ matters such as recent technology, a little bit of the mental ‘stuff’, the importance of the rules in improving your scores, and what it wasTiger Woods said to me about his clubs that I subsequently used to help many other players from beginner to pro.

·       Some of what is contained in this report has been published recently so I apologise in advance if there are parts you may have already come across before. I hope you’ll understand that I’m not so immodest as to think everyone that reads this will have read what has been previously published!

      Having said that, if there are parts you’ve seen before, there would certainly be no harm in reading them a second time but, in any event, much is new.

OK, let’s go to the next page and take a look at Golf Equipment.