5 clubs every high- handicapper should consider...

PGA professional Joe Ferguson plays in a lot of pro-am events, so is well placed to offer advice to high-handicap players, especially when it comes to equipment. Here, he suggests five clubs that could potentially make the game easier for them

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Chipper

High-handicappers will often waste shots with lots of duffed and thinned chips. The first club I recommend for these players is a chipper. The wider, softly contoured sole is there to provide more margin for error in the strike, while the upright lie angle allows you to treat these shots more like a putt with loft, simplifying the technique and reducing the requirement for precision.

While you may be somewhat limited in the number of shots you can play with one (for example, they don't work well if you want to open the face and hit a higher shot), chippers can be absolutely fantastic for those basic greenside chips or pitches.

Zero-torque putter

The premise here is fairly simple. It's a design that helps the face to stay square relative to the path of your stroke, rather than naturally opening and closing, as traditional putters tend to encourage. These putters will benefit those who struggle to control the face, especially inside 10ft, which could be anyone from high-handicapper to tour pro.