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What is a "golf equipment buying guide"?
Why should you write a golf equipment buying guide?
Suggested buying guide topics
General guidelines for composition & submission
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What Is a "Golf Equipment Buying Guide"?
A golf equipment buying guide is a written resource designed to help golfers better understand golf equipment, the terminology of golf equipment, and what to be taking into consideration when they are intent on purchasing golf equipment
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Why Should You Write a Golf Equipment Buying Guide?
- Earn one MSR credit for submitting an approved Golf Equipment Buying Guide
- All approved buying guides will be listed on the PGA.com Value Guide (www.pga.com/valueguide), Play Golf America (www.playgolfamerica.com), & PGA Links (www.pgalinks.com) and attribution will be given to the PGA Member who composed the buying guide. This is a great opportunity to share your golf equipment expertise with millions of golfers as well as your fellow PGA Professionals!
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Suggested Golf Equipment Buying Guide Topics:
(PGA Professionals are encouraged to submit new topics for golf equipment buying guides)
- How to select a Driver
- How to select a Fairway Wood
- How to select a Hybrid
- How to select a Iron Set
- How to select a Wedge (SW, AW, GW, PW…)
- How to select a Putter
- How to select clubs for kids
- What type of shaft is suitable for my game? (driver/irons)
- Comparing steel and graphite shafts
- What are Hybrids and how could they help my game?
- What is an attack/gap wedge and do I need one?
- How does a belly/long putter help my game?
- What are "game improvement" irons?
- What are the differences between forged and cast irons?
- How does custom fitting benefit me?
- How to get custom fit for a driver
- How to get custom fit for a set of irons/wedge
- How to get custom fit for a putter
- Why are there square-headed drivers?
- Why do some drivers have screws in the head?
- What is a "composite" headed driver?
- Do I need an "exotic"/"custom" shaft on my driver?
- What does "perimeter weighting" mean?
- Why should I replace my grips?
- What happens if the grooves of my clubs wear down?
- What type of golf balls should I play with?
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General Guidelines for the Composition & Submission of a Golf Equipment Buying Guide:
- Guides can be composed in standard sentence/paragraph structure or, depending on the content and the author's wishes, be written in more of an outline/bulleted format. Guides should be no less than 500 words in length.
- Authors of guides are strongly encouraged to stay on-topic and be as descriptive and detailed as possible in their explanations. E.g. if you are writing about the buying process for a particular club type, explain the components & design of that club type, explain the variations of that club type, and explain what different types of golfers should look for when selecting that club type. Compose the guide as is you were speaking to the average beginning golfer.
- While the majority of the content should be text; graphs, charts, pictures, etc. are certainly encouraged to make the content more interesting and meaningful to the reader.
- Guides should be created in MS Word, Outlook/email, or in an HTML format (if the author has the ability to do so) and submitted via email to Adam Bradshaw (Program Director) at abradshaw@pgatradein.com.
- Guides will be reviewed for content, proper spelling & grammar, and if deemed acceptable, they will be published to the PGA.com Value Guide along with the PGA Professional's name. Buying guides will also be published to PGALinks.com and PlayGolfAmerica.com along with the PGA Professional’s name.
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