Are you falling for some of the biggest golf equipment myths in the game? In this video, we reveal the Top 5 Golf Equipment Myths That Golfers Constantly Believe – But Need To Stop. From overpriced drivers to shaft flex confusion, launch monitor misconceptions, and whether new clubs fix your swing, we’re busting the myths that are wasting your money and holding back your game.

✅ Does new golf gear fix your swing?
✅ Are hybrids only for high handicappers?
✅ Should you buy based on swing speed for shaft flex?
✅ Are cheap launch monitors worth it?
✅ Is expensive golf gear better?

This video breaks down each myth with real examples, golf tips, and golf drills to help you make smarter equipment decisions, whether you’re on a budget or just overwhelmed by marketing hype. You’ll learn the truth about custom fitting, launch monitor usage, golf shaft fitting, and why newer or more expensive doesn’t always mean better.

We also challenge you to think about how you practice golf, how to use the driving range more efficiently, and what practice drills lead to improvement.

Question of the day: What’s the last piece of golf gear you bought, and did it help your game? Drop it in the comments!

If you want a full review of the best golf launch monitors for your budget and game, check the next video at the end of this one.

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are you falling for the biggest golf equipment myths that are not helping your golf game and emptying your wallet in this video I’m breaking down the top five golf equipment myths that golfers constantly believe but need to stop now whether you’re wondering what golf clubs to buy if expensive drivers are really any better or if hybrids are just for high handicappers we’re diving deep into golf equipment truths that you actually need to know hit the subscribe button while you’re down there again make sure you smash the like button really helps the video question for today in the comments down below what’s the last bit of golf equipment you actually bought let me know down there new clubs will not fix your swing nothing replaces really technique change often what new clubs do is they kind of act as a bit of a band-aid a little bit to helping you feel slightly different for a period of time but what we notice from people who wax lyrical about new clubs that they’ve fixed something remarkable oh this new wedge is sticking it close is that they’re often the people who have a new driver new set of irons new putter new wedges whatever every week because it’s it’s like a band-aid so what happens is we see a honeymoon period we see a period where golfers are explaining how much better everything is because of whatever new bit of equipment that they’ve got but what happens is that band-aid just rips off in time i need a new putter because we all regress back to where we are you now look I’m not saying the golf equipment can’t help it can well fit clubs to you and your patterns and how often you play can absolutely make some levels of advantage but they are not going to change your swing your swing generally is going to be up to you to improve looking for cheap fixes just because you get a new club is a golf equipment myth many fall for many amateurs think data is irrelevant for them not really needed they can’t use it i don’t agree launch monitors have changed i mean this is a launch monitor and I have full reviews of all launch monitors at different prices which I’ll link at the end of this video launch monitors nowadays can be as cheap as around £250 which will allow you to dial things in like wedge shots so I could stand in a net at my golf club warming up dial in some distances with my club certainly wedges would be so easy like you don’t even need to hit balls down a range with a launch mark like this 91 yards i’ve practiced warming up in the range i feel like I’ve dialed that number in either in the net or at the range i can come on the course now and quantify that with shots that go pin high little right but pin high that was 86 yards you can see it’s gone 84 yards and I am basically making myself more efficient so I’m ready to get on the course and start hitting distances how many of you go out on the course get a wedge on the first and drop it 20 yards short or 20 yards long oh I haven’t practiced all week i’ve got to find my distances you could do that with really cheap launch monitors now you get more expensive ones which we see in my videos you’ll see Bryson putting down a quad at every hole that’s extreme they’re a lot of money treat yourself that’s going to give you everything you need to know but launch monitors nowadays are for everybody who just want to get really dialed in with distances understand ball speeds maybe even find out some club pass with some slightly more expensive ones and start training with some real purpose now this one is such a misunderstood constantly still to today myth unfortunately the truth when it comes to shaft is it’s complex and so players specific nice little categories is basically something that the manufacturers did to try and sell you product it’s easier to sell product when the message is simple think of politics it’s much easier to have the simple debate it’s them people or what have you rather than why is it certain issues and that’s exactly the point with shafts getting shafts that you like the feel of that help you deliver the club in a certain way subject to how you pull on the club at certain times what speed you get out at certain times because you got to remember your grip speed is moving at different speeds throughout the whole swing so it’s picking up speed slows down picks up speed slows down but parameters that doesn’t happen the same as pros and different golfers you can put the same shaft in their hand give them the same they’ve got the same club head speed similar deliveries but they will feel very different in their hands the other thing that people get really bogged down is thinking shaft’s the answer it’s not it’s a tiny part a tiny part of what makes a club maybe perform better for you or not thinking that it’s literally just about speed to flex is a great selling tool like such a good selling tool because it simplifies a very complex question which for selling if people buy into that which people still are to this day got you sold easy sail this has become more of a question I definitely get more from newer golfers than experienced where some of these other points are definitely for every range of golfer that I see but hybrids nowadays are just so versatile and as always the important question with hybrids is does it suit the way you deliver the club or play the game they’ve got to suit your style of golf the versatility that these bring from playing from a nice fairway lie where we’ve got to get over some trees compared to a sat down lie where we can skirt it around the trees maybe even get over is just huge and it’s this versatility you should be buying into remember your golf clubs are not an egobased decision they need to be a functionalitybased decision two players of equal standard might not have the same equipment two players of very contrast in abilities absolutely could have similar equipment subject to what they want to see how often they cut out the rough what kind of launches you got to remember a hybrid’s got better chance of launching a little higher maybe better descent angle and stopping on greens on those long shots cool that’s good from that lie the quicker you get your ego out of your golf clubs the better player you’ll be this one is interesting because where the answer for this question is preposterous that expensive is better there’s also a good argument that more expensive in some cases actually might be better so I want you to help me and us watching decide the answer to this question so example one the golf ball definitely the higher priced more proike performance golf balls are more consistent and arguably better in many situations the discussion comes down to more will you find that benefit over time you would if we just take you out to a practice area and compare both balls you’re going to find it really hard to see a difference but over time you absolutely will short-sided shots the better balls are going to give you a better chance of stopping the golf ball on the green where the cheaper balls just will not again in the comments come on fire back if you don’t agree believe let me know in the comments if we take iron sets are more expensive better well no but with more expensive iron sets you tend to get more options so if custom fit is something you believe in and that can help your golf you often can’t get that from the cheaper iron sets you need to go to the more expensive manufacturers so are the clubs better well they’re better served to you but again you can play great golf with a box set a cheap set and totally enjoy it better wedges well again you’re getting more options lofts bounce grip changes shaft changes head shapes you’re getting variations that might suit into what you want to look at but again if you don’t care what you look at cheaper is going to do a job you might also get better materials that last longer better tolerances on faces that deliver more spin but again you’re paying more for all that it’s about how much you value that putters that you don’t always need same thing you’re getting more options different shaft lengths different grips different head shapes different weights can a cheap putter work absolutely i’ve used a cheap putter all my life as well as expensive ones all my life mixes of and my pattern’s up to me there’s a pattern forming isn’t there and guess what driver exactly the same you’re getting more options the more money you go up you’re getting latest technologies which everyone just follows and the difference that makes and this maybe boils down to the main question that people ask newer more expensive which is often newer doesn’t particularly mean better it can do but in the most it just doesn’t you’ll see golfers using older equipment cheaper equipment more expensive equipment on tour subject to their feels again you play the biggest role in this don’t be tricked by thinking the newest the most expensive is the greatest of all the driver testing I’ve done you have to go down below a certain tolerance of price before you do see it leveling out or even getting a little bit worse but worse for who for someone who doesn’t want to spend that much and wouldn’t play unless they bought the cheap driver that cheap driver is better for them because they’re now playing what do you think come on in the comments more expensive does it mean better hit those comments up i want to know what you think what myth have I missed in the comments down below what’s the latest piece of golf equipment you’ve bought in the comments down below while you’re down there make sure you’re hitting that like button it really helps the video remember if you want to find out what launch monitor is best for your game hit the video coming up on the right now to review all the launch monitors it’s an ultimate review thanks for watching hit that like button

23 Comments

  1. I love this video Mark, the difference in my game is swing improvement, a good swing can make any club look good, no club is going to fix a poor swing. I'm still fairly new to golf, so I haven't played with a lot of expensive clubs, but I've found the way certain clubs behave for my swing and tempo maximize the pros of my swing. I have a Mizuno 50° and I do well with it, but the Cleveland zipcore 52° is way more consistent with my golf game. I will say upgrading my beginner driver from a Tommy Armour to a Cobra LTDX changed my driving game though, so as a golfer evolves, maybe the equipment should too, to some extent anyway.

  2. Last club I bought? I needed an all purpose wedge for close up to the green. I ended up buying a Cleveland Smart Sole Sand Wedge. I use it for everything close into the green. Love it!

  3. I bought a brand new putter this year Longing for a Scotty… Yes, an old Spalding putter could just make my score as well, but I really love this putter and I think it will be an investment over time… won´t buy a putter ever again. I think a half set will make it – for me. My score doesn´t change using 14, seven or five clubs. 18 hcp.

  4. I bought a used 4 i-brid iron Callaway (2008) – to replace a 23 degree hybrid that I kept hooking into the trees. Great improvement as I am okay with irons, and this i-brid gives me enough help.

  5. Replaced my ball retriever cos the old one fell apart. Before that I bought an Odyssey X-act jigger as they call it here in Ireland.

  6. Happens to be a new driver (first time replaced in 5 years). Ping G440. Loving it thus far. Hopefully not a honeymoon!

  7. Really enjoyable content, Mark. Up to your high standards! Last club I purchased was a Ping Anser putter. It turned up yesterday as it happens and replaced a dozen year old… Ping Anser putter. Equipment wise I find I value aesthetics more these days. Not sure why. Maybe because I'm getting older? Not a fan of bloated irons with jacked lofts, loads of offset and bulbous soles. The mini driver I now play feels familiar because it has much the same driver shaft length I grew up playing with. I'm sure the extra loft helps too but in any case I'm hitting the fairway a lot more often, which is a good thing given all the heather at my course. Hybrids do the same job the mini driver does: find the fairway again -only further down the course. A chip, one or two puts and on to the next hole. A fairway wood (be it 5 or 7 on the day, depending on conditions) and a sand wedge with not too much bounce and I'm good. I also stick to the same ball over time and with the same personalised marking. Learned that lesson a ong time ago!

  8. I agree with you Mark! More expensive is not necessarily better although I recently was fitted for a new expensive driver and it is better. I'll keep my two year old irons for a couple more years (or more); thank you.

  9. I bought new wedges, 56 and 60, grooves were dead after several years, everything else ive had for years, my swing speed is getting slower and slower and new clubs will make very little difference to that

  10. My latest purchase was to upgrade my skycaddie, being able to get accurate distances or to be able to identify hidden hazards is essential. I heard high handicap players saying they aren't good enough yet for GPS technology. There are so many options available.

  11. Cleveland CBX 56/12 wedge. Currently toying with upgrading my driver. I’m using a Benross Delta x 10.5 and getting around 200-220 carry. But looking at picking up either a Taylormade Sim2 Max 10.5 (to match my irons) or a Callaway Rogue ST Max. Will I actually see anymore forgiveness and distance in either of these drivers, over the Benross ?.

  12. More expensive equipment is just like more expensive wine. There is a point where you don't see the difference.

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