PRO SHOP
Bag & Ball Bonanza
Sat 13th & Sun 14th March
All leading brands at bargain prices!!!!!
Our team of Professional staff can assist you whether it’s a new driver to add 20 yards on your drive or a new glove and some advice on your grip.
Mark Watkins and his team are on hand to help you find the equipment that will suit you.
Custom fit appointments can be made to ensure you get exactly what you need for your game.
Exclusive Offers
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2 dozen Srixon Distance Balls - Only £15 |
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2 All Weather Srixon Gloves - Only £9.95 |
All offers listed above are only valid if you print and complete this voucher and bring it in to our shop.
For shop enquiries ring 0191 236 4480.
I got a new G15 driver custom fit for me by Kevin at Parklands. I would like to thank him for his patience and knowledge in helping me. I’m now hitting my drives 20 yards further and enjoying my golf more than ever!
P Hilley (14 handicap)I’m amazed at how a custom fit set of irons could make such a difference. My irons are going further and with hitting them higher they don’t run through the greens anymore!
S Dixon (12 handicap)I didn’t realise how much more backspin you can create with being custom fit. The computer measured the spin rate of the ball with my old short irons. We then found clubs that got the spin rate up and I’m now stopping the ball with ease on greens. They even spin back sometimes!
C Turnbull (18 handicap)
Parklands Precision Fitting Centre
The North East’s Number 1 Custom Fitting Centre.
At Parklands Precision Fitting Centre.
The importance of using the best equipment for your golf game cannot be over emphasised. Consistency, distance, trajectory, control and accuracy are all affected by the use of unsuitable equipment.
Recently, golf club technology has dramatically changed. Club heads are now bigger and more user friendly than ever before, you to hit the ball consistently further and straighter.
Using modern day equipment is essential, but it must be suitable for you. Standard clubs are available off the shelf, but there is no industry standard. Therefore to maximise your playing potential, you must use clubs that offer the playing characteristics you desire.
Your clubs must have the correct:
- DESIGN
- LOFT
- SHAFT FLEX
- LENGTH
- LIE ANGLE
- GRIP THICKNESS
Golf Club Design
Golf clubs vary in appearance and playing characteristics. The type of club best suited to a player depends on skill level, ball striking ability and desired playing features. Beginners or improving players will suffer from a variety of swing faults affecting accuracy and distance. Through club design, common swing flaws e.g.: slices, can now be accounted for helping the ball fly straighter and further!
Custom Fitting - How important is it that your clubs suit you?
Selecting the correct club head design to best compliment your game is essential. Once this is achieved, custom fitting the club(s) to ensure they suit you is essential.
Shafts
The correct shaft is vital, as this enables the ball to travel further with more control, optimising launch angle and controlling ball spin rate.
Launch Angle
Launch Angle is the angle the ball leaves the clubface in relation to the ground at impact. It is identified during the first half of the ball’s flight. To maximise distance this must be optimised.
Spin Rate
Spin rate is the amount of backspin and sidespin imparted on the ball at impact, which affects distance and accuracy. It is visually identified during the second half of the ball’s flight. A low trajectory occurs, when there is not enough backspin on the ball. This causes the ball to fall quickly, loosing distance. When the ball flies too high, it has too much backspin, reducing distance, as the ball starts too low, then quickly climbs upwards and drops.
The ideal type of shaft (steel or graphite) and flex for a player varies according to their swing speed, ball flight and swing characteristics.
This chart illustrates the importance of choosing the best shaft and flex:
| Too Flexible a Shaft | Too Stiff a Shaft | Correct Shaft |
| Increase in trajectory | Lower trajectory | Correct trajectory |
| Increase or decrease in distance | Potential loss of distance | Distance potential maximised |
| Decrease in accuracy. The club head gets ahead of the players hands, the shaft releases too early, with the club head closed at impact and the ball flies left. | Decrease in accuracy. Club head often impacts the ball in an open position flying to the right. | Club head square at impact, improving accuracy. |
| Impact head speed is reducing from maximum value resulting in lost distance. | Club head does not reach max speed at impact resulting in lost distance. | Maximum club head speed at impact. |
At Parklands we use technology which measures clubhead speed, ball speed and distance. This together with seeing the ball fly ensures the individual they are getting the maximum distance and accuracy from the golf club.
The computer readings can tell you your going further, your eyes can confirm this. Let us help reduce your handicap by ensuring you get the most out of your golf clubs.
Book your free custom fit appointment with one of our 5 PGA Professionals and make sure your clubs are fit for 2010.
Here at Parklands we have stocks of equipment from the industries leading brands. Callaway, Ping, Taylormade, and more. We offer a free custom fit service for all golf clubs we sell. It is crucial that the clubs you buy are fitted perfectly for you. Parklands precision fitting centre will ensure you get the clubs made specifically for you.
Callaway
We have the full range of Big Bertha and X22 irons together with the Fusion and Diablo woods. A large choice of Odyssey putters are also in stock. An extensive range of both carry bags and trolley bags are also available.
Ping
As one of the areas major Ping stockists we hold the new G15 and i15 irons and woods as well as the ladies rhapsody woods and irons. With a vast selection of both carry and trolley bags as well as many popular models of Ping i series putters, if Ping is your favoured brand we have all the equipment at hand. We also stock a full range of Ping clothing and waterproofs.
Taylormade
The full range of the R9 woods are in stock. The new R9 irons in standard and TP version are also available. A full range of carry and trolley bags as well as the Taylormade Rossa range of putters are available.
