Chicago Golf 1/2 Golf Clubs Set

Advantages: decent clubs, very cheap
Disadvantages: the lowest iron is a 5 iron

...I have recently taken up the sport of golf, but whenever I have played be it at the driving range of the local 9 hole course I have always borrowed a friends clubs. The more I have played the more I have enjoyed the game so recently decided to purchase my first set of golf clubs. I was always given the impression that clubs were expensive, but when trawling through numerous internet sports equipment sites soon realised this was a bit of a myth. I had pinpointed 3 sets of clubs that I was considering purchasing all of which were between £55 and £100 - very cheap I thought. I finally decided on the Chicago SGS golf clubs which cost me £57.99 from www.thesportshq.com. At this price I didn't expect too much, but was thoroughly impressed when they arrived within three working days of purchase. Upon arrival I inspected the clubs and was very... Read review

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Advantages: Good looking, nice feel to the swing, rugged construction
Disadvantages: No more excuses! Expensive to buy when new

...in exactly where on the club face the ball makes contact mean that shots are, in theory, longer and straighter. I think a very god golfer may notice more subtle differences, I can only say that my shots are a little longer and more controlled with most of the irons - though the pitching and sand wedges seem particularly good. There are two downsides to these clubs; 1) When purchased new they seem relatively expensive - a price worth paying if you are a superb golfer perhaps, but for someone who simply dabbles then the money could be better spent elsewhere. However, I have noticed a number of sets of these clubs that are significantly cheaper when second hand - golf clubs are extremely volatile in this way, they seem to drift out of fashion very quickly. 2) I find that having these clubs removes an excuse for playing badly - while... Read review

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...History <><><><> ~ ~ The Wilson Sporting Goods Company began back in 1913, as the result of a slaughterhouse in Chicago looking for new and innovative ways to use the by-products of their gruesome trade. They hit on the clever idea of using pig’s bladders in the manufacture of American footballs, and thus the Wilson company was born. Their first venture into the golf market was the manufacture of golf bags, using the hide of the animals they had slaughtered, when in 1916 they set up a company called the “Indestructor Caddie Bag Co.” ~ ~ In 1920 they signed up the famous American golfer of that era, Jock Hutchison, (naturally enough, of Scottish origins) as their very first endorsed athlete, and began the manufacture of golf clubs called, appropriately, the “JH” range. Two years later, in 1922... Read review

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