I need help with golf clubs!?
Calloway is indeed a top name brand. However, I would definatly not say they are the best. The most popular brand based on number of clubs on the Pro Tour is Taylormade. Taylormade, Calloway, Titleist, Ping and Mizuno are all great brands. I know there are other good brands as well (Adams and Nike) but the above brands have been on top the longest and been exclusively making golf clubs for many years whereas Nike is fairly new to golf equipment (in the past decade).
It will be relatively difficult to buy him clubs unless you know what type of player he is. Does he play often? Is he good…shoots in the 70′s (really good), 80′s (pretty good), 90′s (decent) or 100′s (needs practice)? If you are unsure of how he plays, and you still want it to be a surprise, go with a club that is good for all categories. The top two sets (in my opinion) that are great clubs and will be good for a player of most handicaps are the Taylormade R7′s and the Calloway X-22′s (or X-20′s). Both of these sets are considered by Golfdigest.com and Golf.com to be "Game Improvement" Irons which means they are more forgiving on off-centered hits (which most of us, even pro’s tend to make once in a while) and help provide more trajectory to get the ball higher in the air which is another place many people have difficulty with. I personally searched and researched many times over and after hitting them all in the simulators, I bought a set of the Taylormade R7′s. They are great clubs that perform as well as they look.
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