I am a beginning golfer (lady). Are vintage clubs (Titleist, Ben Hogan, MacGregor) as good as todays clubs?

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Vintage clubs are not even remotely as good as today's clubs. There have been huge technological leaps in the design of club heads that is tied directly to the use of computer based design and engineering. Clubs built before the mid-nineties are going to be much harder to hit than today's products, in addition to the fact that women's clubs today are truly designed for women, not just shortened men's clubs with smaller grips on them.





You will be at a major disadvantage if you try to pick up the game using an outdated set of clubs.





Hope this helps and happy golfing!|||All of those clubs you mentioned are very good clubs. Since you are a beginning golfer, what you want to look for is a club that is very forgiving, so when you miss-hit the ball, it doesn't sting your hands. The best club for this is called a cavity back club. This is a club that has a fat sole, some of the earlier clubs do not have this-they are what is a called a blade-you don't want this.





Hope this helps!|||hi, my sister started out playing golf just like you did 15 years ago in used the clubs just like you did she uses ben hogan she told me to tell you that the best club for beginners is the ben hogan the grip is surperb just the right weight for em she stands just at 5'4 so start at that club in check it out first i hope this info helped you out|||The simplest answer is no they are not as good as todays clubs. There have been tremendous advances in golf club technology.....that said, as a beginner....it will not make that much difference as you are still learning to swing correctly. once you have your swing down to something repeatable.....then you may wish to look at possibly purchasing the newer technology|||No way.





The lasy 5 years have been a technological uproar in the golf world.





But all those companies you mentioned do still make modern clubs.|||If you're trying to save a few dollars by buying older clubs than newer one's, it's worth the investment to purchase newer irons. The company's you've mentioned are top of the line manufacturers as vintage clubmakers and today's standards. Generally, it's harder to find a beginner club with those three company's, because the clubs they make are targeted towards better players. You'd be better off purchasing from a different company like Spalding (Top-Flite) or RAM, you'd save money and there's more selections for someone at your level. Vintage clubs don't have 'cavity-back' design for beginner's, todays clubs usually are cavity-back. Vintage irons are forged usually, which are harder to hit for beginner players.|||Normally no. Brand name recognition is unavoidable as they were the best of "their time" if you are talking about the solid back, bladed irons.


Do yourself a favor and take lessons from a pro then get his or her advice on golf clubs.Then take a visit to a good golf shop like a Golfsmith that has a hitting cage and demo women's clubs you can swing and hit balls with. They can steer you in the right direction to either their own line or name brand clubs to match your golf needs. Good luck!