However, clever marketing tactics convince this golfer to try as many of their training aids as possible, often resulting in frustration, wasted money, time, effort and still no improvement in handicap!

So what is the best golf training equipment to buy? Well, you won’t know until you analyze why your handicap is not coming down. It’s pointless to even consider what golf training equipment you need until then.

A clever way to identify your problems is to have a video taken of all aspects of your game – from driving, playing through to the green, putting, bunker shots, short game around the green, putting, etc. Then take your video to a golf professional to have a look at. He or she should easily be able to identify what you need to focus on and make suggestions with regard to what training equipment would be helpful for you.

And if you don't want to go the video route, then head along to Tim Herren's website here and find out how Tim, who at 16 years old USED to be good at golf, now finds the best golf training aids.

Don’t under-estimate how important golf fitness is. Golf fitness equipment is designed to help a golfer build strength in certain muscles so as to improve your golf game and lower your scores. Again, ask your golf professional for his or her opinion on suitable equipment and aids to use for this.

You may want to have a look at Mike Pedersen's Golf Exercises and Fitness Training Programs here.

Here are some suggestions for training equipment and aids that can help you improve your game ….

  a Weighted Club, which helps in strengthening and conditioning all the relevant muscles used in your golf swing is a good investment.

   the Inside Approach, which can be used on the driving range, is great golf training equipment extremely useful for “slicers” and helps to fix this problem fairly quickly.

   Exercise Tubing, which is very affordable and very effective. The strength of this device is in its ability to break down your golf swing into as many different phases as you would like to focus on for the sake of improvements. It offers specific resistance training for each phase.

  Stability Balls, particularly for any golfer with a bad back! There are countless different stretch exercises that you can do with them. What makes this golf training aid even more attractive is that you can do your exercises in the office or at home or when you travel because they are deflatable.

  simple Hand Weights or Dumbbells can also be very useful golf training aids to have around.

  Swing Trainers are a great way to improve your swing.

  the Driving Range is the place to go when you want to get some serious practice in. But don’t groove those bad habits!

The perfect golf training aid is one that does what it promises to do and is easy enough to use that it won’t be abandoned weeks after its purchase due to frustration levels.

You can find a whole variety of practice aids 3balls.com here ... from David Leadbetter swing setters ... to ... chipping and practice nets ... to  ... putting cups ... and much more.

Always remember, if you're doing something that’s not working…stop!!! ….and get professional help to bring your golf handicap down!