Welcome to our New and Used Golf Equipment website. We wanted to start you off with a golf swing animation that is worth watching for a few moments. It shows good professional swing technique, and you do not have to buy a golf swing training video to appreciate this good technique. Further down this page, we have also provided some of our favorite golf photographs. Make sure that you scroll all the way to the bottom to see the last picture. While your golf bag may be heavy and you may have more golf clubs in your golf club set than anyone else at your country club, you still do not have every piece of golf equipment that you need, if you plan to play at The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews in Scotland!
An animation of a full golf swing displaying a professional golf swing technique. Animation provided by Persian Poet Gal on Wikimedia Commons.
When it comes to natural beauty, it is hard to beat the world famous Pebble Beach golf course in California. Here is a view of the 7th hole of this beautiful golf course. If you do not live near Pebble Beach or you cannot afford the fees, you can console yourself. Perhaps your country club or municipal golf course does not have this view, but your golf course might be warmer and the winds might be much more calm. Some days ocean winds across the Monterey peninsula can be very strong, very cold, and bite to your core. (In reality, however, we should not take this too far. On other days the winds are barely noticeable, the sun is warm, and there is no better place in the world to spend a day golfing.)
The 7th hole at Pebble Beach Golf Links, Monterey County, California. Photo by Metallion on Wikimedia Commons.
A golf photo gallery has to have one of the grandmasters from prior generations. Here Jack Nicklaus approaches his ball in 2006 at Augusta National Golf Club. Nicklaus did not compete in this tournament, and he let his grandson sink the put, while Tom Watson, Andy North, and the gallery watched.
Jack Nicklaus walks up to his ball on the 9th hole of the par-3 course at Augusta National Golf Club during the 2006 par-3 contest. Nicklaus was playing along with Andy North and Tom Watson as a non-competitor in the contest. Nicklaus had his grandson take (and sink) the the putt. Photo by pocketwily on Wikimedia Commons.
Tiger Woods and former President George H. W. Bush stand in front of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard during a ceremony preceding the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am Tournament, which was part of the AT&T National PGA Tour event on July 4, 2007, at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. Do you wonder who won? Would Tiger Woods let even a former US President win? Doubt it.
Tiger Woods and former President George H. W. Bush stand in front of the Joint Armed Forces Color Guard during a ceremony preceding the inaugural Earl Woods Memorial Pro-Am Tournament, part of the AT&T National PGA Tour event, July 4, 2007, at the Congressional Country Club in Bethesda, Maryland. Photo by U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Molly A. Burgess on Wikimedia Commons
Finally, from the country that gave us the endlessly frustrating sport of golf, we give you the bunker of pain. If you have the misfortune of landing in this bunker, we suggest a good shot or more of aged Scotch, before you try to hit out of this bunker. Now, you might ask why drinking would help, well frankly, it will not. Whether you have had one or two Scotches will not make a bit of difference, because you are very unlikely to play your way out of this bunker -- drunk or sober.
By the way, we mentioned at the beginning of this golf picture gallery that you do not have all the equipment you need no matter how many clubs you already have in your golf bag. The missing piece of golf equipment you need is a ladder, if you want to get your golf ball back without getting filthy in this bunker at The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of Saint Andrews in Scotland.
This photograph of a bunker is from The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest and most prestigious golf clubs in the world, with the oldest being the Honourable Company of Edinburgh Golfers at Muirfield. It is based in St Andrews, Fife, Scotland, regarded as the worldwide "Home of Golf". Photo by Alan Stewart on Wikimedia Commons.
We hope you enjoy this New and Used Golf Equipment website. Just remember that some golf balls are just gone. Sometimes, it is not worth going into a hole or into a snake infested water trap to get them back. Some people make a living recovering used golf balls from ridiculous places. If you let your lost golf balls go, you will be doing your small part to keep these people employed. If you do not understand the used golf ball business, just look for the golf ball recovery episode on Mike Rowe's "Dirty Jobs" show on the Discovery Channel.
