Golf: Types of Golf Clubs

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by: Hannah Nixon
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Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 Time: 12:12 PM
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Golf is an interesting game in which the players try to put the ball in a hole by hitting it & golf clubs are a tool of the golf player for hitting the ball. Golfer can use maximum of 14 clubs in a game. There are two types of golf club heads that are known as wood & iron according to the qualities & components with the additional use of widgets & putters. Different clubs are used for different purposes.

Woods: The name "wood" was used because previously the wood was used to make the club head but now steel or titanium metal are used. Its shape is spherical that contains the deep head from front to back. Titanium made is more costly than steel. But Golfer prefers titanium head because they get more advantage from titanium made head for its less weight. The size of the woods club head is measured by the driver. The longest size of the driver is called as 1-wood which is 45 ft. long. Similarly others are known as 2-wood, 3-wood & so on. The most people prefer to use 3- wood to 7-wood club heads. These are popularly called as fairway woods. The lofting of ball depends on the size of driver. The short lengthen driver makes a higher loft than the long one.

Iron: The main component of iron club head is iron. Iron heads are manufactured by forging a single sheet of the metal. It is very much thin & it contains a long narrow hollow space on the surface of club head. There are two types of iron club heads are available. One is muscle back style & the other is cavity style. In a cavity styled club head a certain amount of iron is removed from the back of the head for which the weights are repositioned at the parameter of the head, on the other hand in muscle back head there is no cavity in the back of head for which weight is evenly distributed across the back of the head. For these features the professionals prefer the muscle back whereas the amateurs like cavity style. The iron heads are also numbered as 1 iron, 2 irons & so on according to the size of the drivers. The length of drivers is from 35 inches to 40.5 inches. The lower numbered driver lofts the ball more than the higher one. Widgets are also used to pitch the ball more effectively in the putting green surface.

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