Customer Reviews

Golf Magazine (1-year)

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I've spent the last couple of months plowing through every golf magazine I could get my hands on, including Golf, Golf Illustrated, Golf Tips, and Stroke Savers to name a few. Golf Magazine, which has been around since 1959 and comes out monthly, is by far the best in terms of quality, content and presentation. While they all feature tips and lessons, Golf's photos are the most helpful to me, for instance showing stance, grip and frame-by-frame swing photos in separate boxes. I also find their paper quality and photos to be better, and their non-instructional articles to be more interesting. Add to that the fact that the magazine is published monthly, rather than a few times a year, and I believe it's the best deal for the money, especially as inexpensive as it is.

As an added bonus, many resorts and equipment companies offer special deals exclusively to Golf Magazine readers, which you can take advantage of via a special section on those offers each month.

I read both Golf & Golf Digest for years [I should practice & play more and read less about golf...] :-) But, in recent years, Golf Digest has strayed far from what I want in a golf magazine - three examples: GD put in a fashion column [nobody I golf with has ever discussed golf clothing or styles!]; GD added a smarmy gossip column [trying to compete with the tabloids?]; GD no longer objectively reviews golf equipment [they now offer a "hot list" which amazingly enough coincides with their big advertisers]. Golf magazine has avoided these stupidities PLUS it has the spice of David Feherty's column - despite the fact that it was cut in half a couple years back. Golf is now clearly superior to Golf Digest.

This magazine has good articles about golf and on golf instruction. The pictures on golf instruction are always very clear and not hard to follow. I think there are too many ads at times which I sometimes get tired of reading...

I recommend the following books on golf instruction that I found to be highly beneficial.
The first one is "Zen Golf", which shows the mental side of the game and makes playing golf easier in this aspect.

The second book I recommend on the physical aspect of golf is "The Ultimate Golf Instruction Guide: Key Techniques for Becoming a Zero Handicap Golfer or Better." This book really has some amazing and unique stuff about the golf swing. I finally scored below 80 because of this book.

Golf Magazine is definitely my favorite magazine on golf. I also love their issue every year on new golf equipment. This issue I find the best. It shows you how golfers with different handicaps perform with different clubs. It even shows clubhead speeds and measured driving distance of each person who is testing the clubs. I find this very interesting.

I've found GOLF magazine to be the best of the golf magazines available. The reasons I particularly like it are its very useful and well diagrammed golf tips, some of which have improved my play quite a bit in the last couple of years. I also like their feature articles which highlight a particular pro and analyze their swings and then illustrate how you can apply them to your game. Generally a magazine less interested in selling you new clubs than in teaching you how to play golf, GOLF is a solid read. They do at times stray into "my how awesome all these new clubs, balls, gloves, etc. are" (honestly when was the last time you saw a NEGATIVE review in any trade magazine???), but their recommendations based on your style of game are useful. Overall it is an excellent publication for any golfer from casual to obsessed.

For a golfer, no matter whether good or bad, Golf magazine is definitely a must. Golf magazine is literally packed full of tips and tricks that will help with their golf game, whether the trouble is their putting, sand shots, chipping,, driving, putting, or even just your stance or swing. By reading golf magazine, a golfer could easily shave strokes off of his or her game.
So what about non-golfers? Not a problem. Golf magazine is also full of very interesting articles and profiles about active golfers, celebrities who golf. Golf magazine is also full of very interesting facts, rules and statistics, that are also interesting to people who may not be involved in the game of golf. Golf magazine is also not for people of any specific age. I would definitely say Golf magazine is a good read for anyone from middle school, all the way to the elderly.
Golf magazine is a great subscription to have for one who is thinking about or trying to pick up the game as well. It is full of tips for beginners, and great product reviews. By picking up a Golf magazine, someone could find out what clubs and balls would be right for them to make an investment in. By reading one simple issue, one might find out not only what equipment would be best for them to use, but also how to properly hold the clubs, tee the balls, swing correctly, and so on. This is very convenient, because they would not just go start playing incorrectly, and they wouldn't have to pay thousands of dollars for expansive lessons by a course professional.

Not a whole lot to say about the "golf magazine" other that its the best golf magazine out there!! Great tips, interesting player profiles, colorful and clear instruction photos. Info is always current!!

They had these 1 yr. subscriptions for $5 around Christmastime. What a steal! The husband loves it!

I really enjoy how they illustrate and break down their lessons into different playing abilities. Even though they break down the lessons into breaking 80, 90, 100, straight hitter looking for power or power hitter looking for accuracy, they are all very helpful. No matter what your playing ability, I think any golfer can take away a little bit of advice from the playing lessons. Unfortunately, Golf Magazine seems to be a little weak on their travel side lately though; not really focusing on that perhaps due to the downturn in travel in recent months. I wish they would focus on that a little more like some other magazines such as T&L golf or The Golfer.

Please people, just review the magazine. No one cares how long it took for you to receive it. Please review the content of the magazine only! My teen son loves it. He is on a high school golf teem and he feels it has been helpful.

I subscribe to Golf Magazine and Golf Digest. Both are good publications but provide a little different perspective from one another. Golf Magazine to me seems to be more of the common man's golf magazine, and probably my favorite of the two.