Golf Bag Lesson#1: Golf Club Definitions

Golf Lesson #1: Golf Club Definitions

Before getting to know how to protect and maintain the golf club,like choosing the golf bag,using head cover of golf ,let’s go insight into the definition of golf club.

A golf club is a club used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf. Each club is composed of a shaft with a grip and a club head.

Club Tyle

What are the tyles of golf club?

The golf club is mostly composed of wood ,iron,hybrid and putter.

Woods

Woods are long-distance clubs, meant to drive the ball a great distance down the fairway towards the hole,so woods are mainly used for long-distance fairway or tee shots.Woods generally fall into two classes, drivers and fairway woods.

They generally have a large head and a long shaft for maximum club speed.

Historically, woods were made from persimmon wood, although some manufacturers—notably Ping—developed laminated woods.

In 1979, TaylorMade Golf introduced the first wood made of steel.

Even more recently, manufacturers have started using materials such as carbon fiber, titanium, or scandium.

Although most “woods” in golf are constructed from various metals, the term “woods” persists to characterize their general shape and intended use on the golf course.

Iron

Irons are clubs with a solid, all-metal head featuring a flat angled face, and a shorter shaft and more upright lie angle than a wood, for ease of access.

As with woods, “irons” get their name because they were originally made from forged iron.

Hybrid

Hybrids are a cross between a wood and an iron, giving these clubs the wood’s long distance and higher launch, with the iron’s familiar swing.

Here are some differences of hybrid between the wood and the iron.

At first,The club head of a hybrid has a wood-inspired, slightly convex face, and is typically hollow like modern metal woods to allow for high impulse on impact and faster swing speeds.

Secondly, The head is usually smaller than true woods, however, not extending as far back from the face, and the lie and shaft length are similar to an iron giving similar swing mechanics.

Wedge

Wedges are a subclass of irons with greater loft than the numbered irons (generally starting at 47°–48° of loft, above the 9-irons of 44°–45°), and other features such as high-mass club heads and wide soles that allow for easier use in tricky lies.

Wedges are used for a variety of short-distance, high-altitude, high-accuracy “utility” shots, such as hitting the ball onto the green (“approach” shots), placing the ball accurately on the fairway for a better shot at the green (“lay-up” shots), or hitting the ball out of hazards or rough onto the green (chipping).

Putter

Putters are a special class of clubs with a loft not exceeding ten degrees, designed primarily to roll the ball along the grass, generally from a point on the putting green toward the hole.

When we get enough knowledge of golf club,we can go inside the golf store and choose the golf club and the golf bag that are suitable to us.Have a try!

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