Best Beginner Golf Clubs For Ladies 2024

If you are just starting out in the game, understanding golf equipment and the technological jargon means that it is hard to fathom the best golf clubs to buy. This guide will help to give you a clearer idea of the women's starter clubs on offer and what you need to spend. As a beginner, it is really important to purchase clubs that provide every opportunity to improve and allow you to enjoy the experience

Golf is a difficult game, so you will find that clubs for beginners, or ladies with a slow to moderate swing speed, are usually designed with a lightweight graphite shaft, large heads, low and deep weighting for a high MOI and a face with a large sweet spot. Clubs are made this way to help make it as easy as possible for players to launch the ball with plenty of forgiveness, so even a poor strike gives the ball a chance of making it into the air.

A beginner set provides all the clubs you need to get going including a driver, fairway woods, a hybrid, irons and a putter. These sets are excellent value, especially if you don’t want to invest too heavily at the beginning of your golfing journey, whilst deciding if it really is the game for you. If your budget allows and you're already hooked on the game, you might want to consider purchasing individual clubs, or a set of woods or irons for greater performance benefits, or even be custom-fit to set you off on the right road from the start. 

At Golf Monthly our female staff members test a whole range of women's golf clubs, and while there are so many women's starter clubs and beginner sets to choose from, this guide, as well our others offering advice on the best drivers, fairway woods, irons and putters will help ladies to kickstart their game before taking it to the next level. 

Alison Root

Alison Root has over 25 years experience working in media, predominantly dedicated to women's golf. She is a respected voice across all areas of the game and has tested many women's golf clubs in the past.

The Quick List

Best Beginner Golf Clubs For Ladies

Package Sets

This 16-piece package set is an all-encompassing offering from a brand that have a rich history producing golf equipment. In this set, we got to try out a 12° driver, fairway wood, 4 and 5 hybrid, 6-9 iron, PW, SW and a putter, all held together in a neat stand bag. We found the clubs deliver excellent distance and forgiveness off the fairway, but also help tee shots to fly straight. Aesthetically, they look fantastic, with a glossy chrome finish across the irons that reminded us of the Callaway Big Bertha irons.

As for the putter, it is a blade style, and while some beginners may prefer to use a mallet putter, it boasts a very sleek aesthetic and handy alignment line on its top line, that will help with your accuracy. As this set costs little more than  drivers do alone, there is excellent value to be had here, in what is easily one of the best golf sets for beginners out there.

• Read our full Strata Women's Package Set Review

Callaway REVA 11-Piece Complete Set

The new REVA set is designed for women of all skill levels who want to increase their distance and enjoyment. This set includes a driver, 3-wood, 5 and 6 hybrids, 7-9 irons, a pitching and sand wedge, a putter, as well as a jazzy cart bag and matching headcovers. Our tester loved the driver performance, providing a high launch and ball flight, powerful feel, and the big circular target-style sweet spot on the face looks makes you feel as though it's impossible to miss.

The large, oversized cavity back irons are also designed to help on mishits - make no mistake, this is a women's set built for the beginner and high handicapper looking to improve scoring quickly. We felt the irons were effortlessly easy to hit and very forgiving indeed. We would've maybe preferred specialist wedges, but the clubs included in this set do the job well enough for a simple pitch or chip shot. 

What makes this one of the best women's golf sets is that the putter includes the Stroke Lab shaft, played by some of the best players in the world. This technology helps to improve tempo and consistency in your stroke, so it could save you a shot or two by helping eliminate three putts.

It's available in blue and black (right hand only) and in left-handed too, so all golfers are catered for. Certainly a set worth considering if you want to make the game seem easier. You can buy individual Reva clubs to, like the Callaway Big Bertha Reva Women's driver, as well as Callaway Reva golf balls.

• Read our full Callaway Reva Ladies Package Set Review

Cleveland Bloom Ladies Package Set

The Cleveland Bloom ladies package set is designed for female golfers who are just starting out in the game and with a driver, 5-wood, hybrid, SW-7-iron, and a putter, this set represents exceptional value. And not forgetting the cart golf bag and detachable pouch that highlights the standout black/pink color scheme.

With a 14-degree loft on the driver and a deep face on the 5-wood, our tester found these clubs easy to launch, and she was particularly impressed by the 5 hybrid that delivered consistent high-flying shots from a variety of lies. Forgiveness is key for beginners, and the cavity back irons provide this thanks to the big sweet spot, while the 56-degree wedge performs well out of sand.

Completing the set is the mallet-shaped putter, designed for players to strike consistent, smooth rolling putts, which the test proved.

• Read our full Cleveland Bloom Ladies Package Set Review

One of the advantages of the Wilson Magnolia set is that women have a choice of a stylish cart or carry bag to hold a driver, 3-wood, 4, 5, 6 hybrid, 7-SW irons and a putter. 

Without compromising the quality of these clubs, the set represents excellent value. The high-lofted driver with an oversized head provides women with all-important confidence on the tee. Similarly, the irons have oversize heads and clever weighting allows for maximum forgiveness on off-centre hits. 

Overall, our tester found the clubs throughout the bag easy to launch with accurate results, and especially appreciating the compactness of the heads of the hybrids and their versatility, which came into their own when playing from the rough. This set also includes a bespoke wedge, which is uncommon in package sets, although a great idea for short game shots. Completing the set is a mallet-shaped putter and with a prominent alignment line, this helps women to aim correctly at the hole.

• Read our full Wilson Magnolia Ladies Set Review

Drivers

TaylorMade’s Kalea Premier range is designed to suit women golfers with various playing styles, helping them to hit shots effortlessly maximum forgiveness. We believe this is one of the best golf drivers for women that TaylorMade has ever produced.

The Kalea Premier women’s driver comes with a standard 12.5 degree loft and our tester found it super lightweight, in fact it’s 10g lighter than its predecessor, the Kalea 3 driver. It features a 22-gram steel back weight to encourage high launch and TaylorMade’s ‘Twist Face’ technology that proved to straighten out mishits, so overall this driver is easy to swing and will definitely help women with a slower swing speed to gain distance.

The grip is nice and tacky and suitably sized for women with smaller hands, and we like the clubhead color too, which is a deep dark blue. It has a shimmery finish that is complemented by white edging lines that helped our tester to focus her eye on aiming the club correctly.

• Read our full TaylorMade Kalea Premier Women's Driver Review

The Ping G Le3 driver is part of the third generation of G Le clubs, and continues to be a popular range for women with a slow to moderate swing speeds. 

Compared with its predecessor, G Le2, advancements in technology means that clever weighting has allowed for a lower and slightly heel side centre of gravity for even greater forgiveness. With a new model comes a new colorway and in our opinion, navy with gold accents is the best yet. It comes with a standard 11.5 degree loft, but this can be adjusted +/- 1.5.

The large clubhead has angled ridges on the crown, which are not just for show, but are there to improve airflow to help deliver faster ball speeds, and they also frame the ball nicely, providing us with confidence at address. 

In testing, while this is a lightweight driver, we found it easy to stay in control of our drives throughout the swing. It was effortless to get the ball off the tee and quickly up in the air with pleasing results and noticeable forgiveness on slight mishits.

• Read our full Ping G Le3 Driver Review

The main aim of the Reva is to help women hit their tee shots further and find the fairway more often. To deliver longer drives and greater accuracy, Callaway has engineered a large clubhead with internal draw bias weighting.

By also incorporating Callaway’s Jailbreak technology, which helps to make the clubface more efficient, two internal bars stiffen the body of the Reva to allow the face to flex more, while the lightweight crown permits weight to be redistributed for higher MOI.

Thanks to the advanced design of the clubface, there’s a more expansive area to promote faster ball speeds, so women will still drive the ball a long way, even if they miss the centre of the face at impact. Given all of that, this was a no-brainer inclusion on this beginner guide list.

• Read our full Callaway Women's Big Bertha Reva Driver review

Cobra’s Air-X Women’s driver is designed to help counteract a typical slicer’s shot pattern. Slicing is a common fault for many players, especially beginners, so a pronounced off-set hosel gives women more time to return the clubface square to the ball.

Weight-wise, this driver with an ultra shiny black clubhead is light but well-balanced, and we found that it was effortless to generate a lot of speed while staying in complete control, just like we experienced with the Air-X irons. For that reason, it is particularly suitable for women that lack physical strength and struggle to generate clubhead speed for greater distance. 

The naturally closed face might take some getting used to, but our tester confirms that it’s one of the very best drivers for slicers. 

• Read our full Cobra Air-X Women’s Driver Review

Fairways

There are three fairways woods to choose from in the Kalea Premier range - 3, 5 and 7. Each has a weight-saving carbon crown and a flexible Speed Pocket behind the face, and these elements combined help to produce easy-to-hit shots that fly faster and with impressive distance, as our tester found out.

TaylorMade has boosted the clubhead size by 37% on the original Kalea, which adds to the confidence-boosting look of this fairway wood, which comes in a striking blue finish. The white edging on the club also frames the ball nicely at address. 

What impressed our tester most was the versatility of this club, the way she could use it equally well off the tee as the fairway, delivering powerful shots with a lovely shaped ball flight for a soft landing, similar to the control she expects when using an iron. She also found it very forgiving, hardly veering off line, even on mishit shots.

• Read our full TaylorMade Kalea Premier Women's Fairway Wood Review

Irons

Like all clubs in Ping’s G Le 3 family, suitable for women with a slow to moderate swing speed, the iron/hybrid combination is designed to give women consistent gapping throughout their bag, with the technology that helps them to generate faster clubhead speed and ultimately greater distance.

Compared with its predecessor, G Le2, for starters, the color scheme has changed to navy with a tad of gold and silver, which we found very attractive. They are also slightly lighter overall with weight nicely distributed to encourage an effortless swing.

In testing, it was the forgiveness of these irons that was most noticeable, you can really get away with off-centre strikes. They deliver plenty of good shots, flying high with generous distance. For women that struggle in sand, the updated design of the sand wedge makes for a real confidence booster.

• Read our full Ping G Le3 Irons Review 

Cleveland's Launcher XL Halo irons are said to help develop a better, consistent strike. Gliderails on the long irons deliver excellent turf interaction, while the mid-to-short irons feature V-Shaped Soles to cut through the turf more effectively for cleaner contact. Meanwhile, a new 8g weight placed inside the end of every grip delivers better balance, control, and a smoother swing without extra effort to help square up to the ball at impact.  

If precision is what is desired above all else, Cleveland is offering a new Accuracy Build, a custom configuration that is half an inch shorter without counterbalancing to focus on maximum control. Much like the Wilson Launch Pad, this iron is noticeably easy to swing fast and produce good distance and accuracy - something beginners crave. 

• Read our full Cleveland Launcher XL Halo Iron review

When you’re just starting out in the game, the Cobra Air-X women’s irons are a great option as the weight that’s been saved in the head and grip means they are lightweight and effortless to swing, yet still provide women with plenty of control. 

Aesthetically, these are attractive irons that come with a soft sheen to the finish with subtle splashes of pink on the back of the head for a more feminine touch.

The tester found the distance with these irons really impressive, flying significantly longer than her own irons. This is largely due to the strong lofts, for example a 7-iron launches more like a 6-iron. The offset design of these cavity-back irons through the set makes it easier to square the clubface and the size the head helps to deliver consistently straight shots. This type of design is akin to many of the fantastic options you’ll find on the best golf irons for beginners guide.

• Read our full Cobra Air-X Women’s Irons Review

Designed for game improvement golfers in an attractive blue and black color scheme, women cannot help but feel confident over the ball with a Big Bertha Reva iron in their hands. The noticeably wider sole is designed with a significant amount of tungsten weighting for a deep center of gravity. Combined with Callaway’s Flash Face Cup technology, which encourages and maintains ball speed, women can launch the ball easily with lower spin and hit longer and straighter shots with ultimate forgiveness. 

This iron also sounds as solid as it feels thanks to the use of urethane microspheres that absorb unwanted vibration. If you're after more clubs that deliver great distance, why not check out some of the other clubs in our guide to the best distance irons in golf.

• Read our full Callaway Big Bertha Reva Irons Review

Putters

The Odyssey White Hot Versa 12 S putter is our first women's beginner pick in the putter section. This is because it features the brand's patented Versa alignment which has been created following feedback from short game coach, Phil Kenyon, as well as a number of the world's top professionals. Along with the alignment, it also has a bold black and white contrast head, which we felt aimed the face at address and helped keep an eye on where it was pointing throughout the stroke.

It has a mid-sized footprint which fills the void between blade and mallet perfectly, although we would personally say it's closer to a mallet style. It's worth noting that the unusual shape won’t suit everyone’s taste, but the bigger head gave us a greater awareness of where putts were being struck. It is also confidence inspiring for the beginners who need it. 

Aesthetically then, the Versa 12 S delivers and, feel-wise, it also provides a premium feel, with the urethane material and White Hot insert delivering a pleasing sound and weighty feel that makes the face feel very stable.

• Read our full Odyssey White Hot Versa 12 S Putter Review

TaylorMade has refreshed its incredibly successful Spider X putter with a new colorway and a new finishing process. The Hydro Blast has a smoother and very premium-looking finish thanks to the high-pressure application of water to the aluminum body. And TaylorMade says a by-product of this process is added durability with the risk of blemishes and scratches being minimized due to the absence of paint. 

Meanwhile, TaylorMade have placed two tungsten weights on the rear edges of the putter to increase the MOI this club provides and to help reduce the amount the club twists through each putting stroke. The club's face also improves on its stability, with its Pure Roll insert providing a smooth feel and nice sound on impact with the golf ball. 

• Read our full TaylorMade Spider X Hydro Blast Putter Review

From the Wilson Staff Infinite putter line-up, the Buckingham, named, like the other models, after a neighborhood or landmark in the company’s home city of Chicago, is packed with technology to help golfers find consistency on the greens.

It has a large mallet-style head in a dark, anti-glare matte finish, although the women’s version is softer-looking as it incorporates a glacier blue and white colorway. For beginners, when standing over a putt, the head shape instils confidence, and whilst the parallel and perpendicular sight lines are not the most attractive, they are an asset to help simplify alignment.

The counterbalance weighting means that the balance point is moved closer to your hands. This technology, combined with the heavy head with a high MOI and an oversize grip design, allows you to feel completely in control through the strike. This putter also helps to create a smooth tempo and the sound is pleasant off the double-milled face.

• Read our full Wilson Staff Infinite Buckingham Putter Review

Featuring Odyssey’s revolutionary Stroke Lab technology that continues to dominate on tours around the world, this 2-ball putter, which is one of three models in this collection, is designed specifically for women, as it provides a shorter length and a smaller grip. It feels softer and although it's a mallet didn't feel cumbersome at all. It is best suited to a golfer with a fairly straight swing. But it also stabilizes slightly nervy strokes on shorter putts making it a real confidence booster on the greens. 

The multi-material shaft saves 40 grams of weight, which is redistributed to the head and grip end of the putter. This rebalances the putter for improved tempo and consistency in your stroke. A White Hot Microhinge Insert, which is commonly used on all of the best Odyssey putters, provides feel and promotes a pleasing forward roll; alignment is also made easy due to the high contrast silver and blue finish. 

• Read our full Odyssey Women's White Hot OG 2-Ball Putter Review

How we test golf clubs

When it comes to product testing, our reviews and buyers' guides are built upon a rigorous testing procedure as well as the knowledge and experience of the test team. 

Getting into specifics for women's clubs our testing is conducted by several writers, chief among which are Carly Frost, Katie Dawkins and Alison Root, three golfers with many years of testing and reviewing golf equipment. Specifically, we often attend product launches and speak to manufacturer's to understand the technology. We then hit the golf clubs indoors, usually at Foresight Sports and test the products with best golf balls on a launch monitor.

Outdoor testing is the next port of call and this usually takes place at West Hill Golf Club, a course in Surrey with top-notch practice facilities. Ultimately, we aim to be as insightful and honest as possible in our reviews so it is important to acknowledge that no manufacturer can buy a good review. This is because our team tells it how it is. We want to try and find the best golf clubs on the market and give you some insight on them, which requires being thorough and transparent. 

How to choose golf clubs

What are the things you need to consider when trying to buy women's golf clubs? We have taken a look at some of the factors below...

Shafts

Women generally have slower swing speeds, so are better suited to clubs fitted with a soft flex graphite shaft. This lightweight material enables an effortless swing with increased clubhead speed, and subsequently more distance. Those players with faster swing speeds may want steel-shafted clubs in the irons. 

Clubheads

Clubheads come in a variety of designs and colors, not only to suit a golfer’s ability, but also to offer pleasing and confidence-boosting aesthetics when players address the ball. As such it is worth taking note of what you like the look and feel of when hitting shots. 

Grip

Do not underestimate the importance of having the right size grip. If a grip is too small then you are likely to grip the club too tightly, causing tension to build in your arms and shoulders, which in turn prevents you from generating maximum clubhead speed. A grip that is too large has the opposite effect. With less hand action, this will encourage the clubhead to open at impact and exaggerate a slice. The easiest way to determine the size of your grip is to measure your hands.

Loft

Each golf club has a different loft angle. To put simply, a club with a lower loft like a driver, will send the ball on a gentle climb with greater distance, whereas the ball will travel far steeper off the clubface of a pitching wedge.

Driver lofts vary between 8-14 degrees and a loft should be selected based on your clubhead speed. Most women’s drivers are designed with a higher loft between 11-12 degrees or more, to suit slower swing  speeds (90mph and lower) for easy launch. Stronger players that can generate a faster clubhead speed (100mph and above) will suit a driver with a loft of 10 degrees or less. 

Custom Fitting

Above all else and whatever your ability, a custom fitting session is strongly recommended. It is a misconception that the service, which is offered by a number of manufacturers, is just for elite players and professionals. For beginners, custom fitting should be considered as part of the learning process to boost confidence and help maximize potential.

Budget

Obviously budget is a key factor to consider when buying golf clubs, let alone those for beginners. At every level, and in every type of golf club, there are different price points so it is a case of working out how much you are willing to spend. Indeed, one other way to ensure value, and to cross off all your clubs in one swoop, is the package set which have become very popular of late. This is why we created guides on the best golf club sets for beginners, and best golf club sets.

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