Golf clubs look identical to people who do not know how to play the game. Each club is made from a long shaft with a club head and grip. Subtle differences in the club head affect the distance and angle that the ball will move. With practice, a golf player will intuitively select the right club for each shot.
Most sets of golf clubs contain fourteen clubs, three or four of which are called woods, one putter, one to three wedges and as many as eight irons. In addition to being in four categories, clubs are marked with numbers that designate how far the ball can generally be hit. The number is a measurement of the the loft, or how sharply upward that the ball is projected away from the ground. A lower number indicates that the ball will travel father than a club with a higher number.
The majority of the varieties of golf clubs will propel golf balls into the air as well as forward. A putter, the club used most often in golf, is an exception to this rule. It moves the ball along the ground with a rolling motion. The primary differences between putters is the length of the shaft, generally slightly less than three feet long. However, the club heads can be shaped like flat bottomed mallets or flat blades.
A club known as a wood will send a golf ball farther than any other. With practice, a player should be able to send the ball over 200 feet. Once made from the wood that they were named for, modern woods are usually made from metal alloys such as steel. Other woods are made from hollow carbon fiber and titanium. The shape of the head is round with a planar surface along the bottom, giving it the ability to easily move parallel to the ground. The loft is also very low compared to other clubs. These two features give woods the unmatched power to hit balls the farthest. A 1-wood has the lowest loft and is able to propel more than any other woods, giving it the name of “driver”. When golfing on a tee or in the fairway, a wood with a higher number is appropriate.
The clubs known as irons originally had club heads have from iron, but modern golf clubs use steel because of its additional strength. Irons have a medium loft. They are appropriate for shooting the ball under two hundred feet. 1-iron and 2-iron are harder for inexperienced players to use, so are not generally included in a standard selection of golf clubs. These varieties usually contain clubs numbered from 3-iron to 9-iron with greater loft and shorter distance as the numbers increase.
Wedge clubs are primarily used for propelling the ball upwards rather than forward. Their loft is higher than the other clubs, making them ideal for removing the ball from obstacles such as tall grass or sand. Even a wedge with a low loft will only move the ball a maximum of a hundred or so feet forward. A standard golf set includes the pitching wedge, a club that has a 46 to 51 degree loft. Lob wedges have a slightly higher loft and gap wedges have the highest loft at as much as 64 degrees.
Centuries ago, there was no standardization to golf clubs, but the United States Golf Association (USGA) and the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews (R&A) now have strictly regulated requirements for golf clubs. As styles and newer materials are introduced, rules may be adapted in order to keep competition fair. Guidelines for which clubs are allowed change as newer materials become available for golf club construction. In order to ensure that your clubs will be considered acceptable, never forget to check the most latest guidelines before purchasing golf clubs.
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This post was written by editor on February 19, 2012
