You can’t perform your best if your equipment is not at its best. Here’s a checklist to keep your equipment from holding you back.

1 - If your grips are worn - re-grip. Re-gripping your clubs is an easy fix that will definitely give you a big bang for your buck.

2 - If your grips are still in good shape, keep them clean with soap and water and a little elbow grease.

3 - Next, look at your glove. It is worn or does it have holes in it? Get a new glove and keep an extra in your bag just in case. Hogan called the grip the engine house of the swing. You can easily see why I’ve focused on your golf grips and golf glove first.

4 - Are your golf shoes still in good shape? If not, consider replacing the spikes or the shoes as may be necessary.

5 - Keep your club-heads clean as well, including the grooves. It’s hard enough making solid contact without extraneous materials getting in between the ball and the club-head. Looking down at a clean club-head inspires confidence.

6 - Have new golf balls ready for each round. Golf balls can only take so much pounding. As happy as I was to play with the same ball for almost 100 holes, it probably didn’t help my score after it got a round or two old.

7 - Make sure you have what you need in your golf bag. There’s nothing like getting to the course and discovering you just have one glove that is still wet from playing in the rain the day before. Besides tees, balls, and towels, I carry band-aids, Neosporin, mosquito repellant, sun screen, aspirin, water, an extra glove or two, divot tools, wire brush, pencils, umbrella, rain suit, cold weather gear, a right handed glove, plastic bags to keep items dry, ball markers, sun glasses, hat, and sometimes even extra socks.

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