| Until recently it was "one size fits all" for women | | | | hybrid clubs until the 7 iron, for example. One set offers |
| golfers. Since most major golf club companies had less | | | | woods and hybrids and no iron clubs until the pitching |
| than 10% of their sales in ladies golf clubs, they offered | | | | wedge. It is not surprising that a player like Nancy |
| women few if any choices in club length, shaft flex, | | | | Lopez knows that most women have no business |
| swing weight, etc. LPGA Hall of Famer Nancy Lopez | | | | trying to hit a 3, 4, 5 or even 6 iron. Most men shouldn't |
| has come to the rescue with an excellent product line | | | | be hitting 3 and 4 irons either, for that matter. |
| for women golfers. | | | | Available for both Left and Right Handed Players |
| Club Fitting for Women | | | | Driver Length |
| The company offers at least a basic level of on-line | | | | Nancy Lopez golf clubs are available for both left and |
| club fitting, which is far better than nothing. They have | | | | right handed players in most of the models. They also |
| several lines of clubs, and through some general | | | | offer titanium drivers for women with high enough |
| questions about how often a woman plays golf, and in | | | | swing speeds, and that is another plus. One note of |
| general how athletic she is, a particular line of clubs is | | | | caution is in order, however. As mentioned earlier, most |
| suggested. From there grip size is determined based | | | | people, both men and women, play with golf clubs that |
| on a woman's glove size. Based on how tall a lady is, | | | | are too long. People think they will get more distance |
| club lengths are suggested. More will be said about this | | | | with longer clubs, so golf club companies sell them |
| length issue shortly, as most women play clubs that | | | | what they want. What is gained in more distance, |
| are too long for them, as do most men. The last step | | | | however, is often lost in less accuracy and hitting the |
| is to choose a shaft flex based on swing speed. Once | | | | ball less consistently. Nancy Lopez golf clubs do have |
| again, most golfers, both men and women, tend to play | | | | a "Petite" option which is an inch shorter, so most lady |
| with shafts that are too stiff, so a lady might choose | | | | golfers might do well to opt for that. To illustrate this |
| to go with more flex than the formula suggests. Those | | | | point, consider the following. The average driver length |
| choices are available, fortunately, including shorter club | | | | on the men's PGA Tour is 44.5 inches. Yet the driver |
| lengths. So the options are there. A custom club fitting | | | | in a standard off-the-shelf set of clubs is typically 45 |
| would do a lot more, but the above system is so much | | | | inches for men and 44 inches for women. If the best |
| better than the old "one size fits all" mentality. | | | | players in the world are using an average of 44.5 |
| Extensive Choices of Clubs | | | | inches of driver length, what in the world are normal, |
| Nancy Lopez golf clubs come in a choice of sets. | | | | far less skilled amateurs doing using longer clubs? Tom |
| There are two main product lines, Lopez clubs and | | | | Wishon in his excellent book "The Search for the |
| Ashley clubs, the former being top of the line. Each | | | | Perfect Golf Club" goes into this issue in great detail. |
| category has several choices as well. The available | | | | Fortunately the smaller lengths are in fact offered to |
| sets are very intelligently put together, using a blend of | | | | ladies with Nancy Lopez golf clubs, so once again the |
| woods, hybrids and irons that make sense for most | | | | vast majority of women should be using those smaller |
| women who often have problems getting the ball high | | | | clubs. In order to know what length to choose, |
| enough into the air. Several sets have woods and | | | | however, one has to be aware of this issue. |