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Golf Clubs
The USGA or United States Golf Association determines the rules of golf, including the number of golf clubs that can be
used in a round of golf. The limit is fourteen golf clubs. Normally, the standard golfer would have one driver, one
putter, three wedges, seven irons and two fairway woods in their golf bag. The combination of golf clubs is as varied as
there are golfers and they're available at our golf shop.
The driver is most golfers' favorite golf club. The driver is the longest golf club with the biggest head. This allows
the golfer to hit the golf ball the greatest distance but not always with the most accuracy. Rules regulate the size of
the club head. The driver will be the most expensive single golf club in the golfers bag.
The fairway woods have club heads slightly more lofted than the driver and are used for long shots when the ball is
lying on the ground. The club heads used to be made of wood but now are mostly metal. You can realize major savings with
clone golf woods that run at quite a discount over name brand golf woods.
Golf irons are the essence of a set of golf clubs. Two thirds of the shots in a normal round of golf will utilize an
iron. Irons are used to hit the golf ball off the ground from distances of 125 yards to 225 yards. Each iron is assigned
a number based upon the loft angle of the club head. The 9-iron has the most loft, a shorter shaft and is used to hit
short, high shots. A 2-iron has very little loft, a longer shaft, and is used to hit low, long shots.
Wedges can be part of the iron set purchase. Normal wedges include a pitching wedge, the sand wedge
and different lofts of lob wedges. These wedges are used for shots that are within 100 yards or closer to the
green. The number of wedges used by the golfer is dependent upon their particular golf game and their strengths and weaknesses.
The golfer has the choice of 2 primary types of irons. For the more experienced golfer, forged irons are made
for precision and enable easier shaping of shots for draws and fades. Cavity-backed golf irons have a larger sweet spot
and are more forgiving on off-center shots, providing straighter shots.
The final, and perhaps most important, of the golf clubs is the putter, also known as the "money club" because it is the club
used to tap the ball into the hole. The purpose of the putter is to roll the ball, so there is no loft on the club head.
The size and shape of the putter head comes in many different varieties. The shaft length also can be very short or very
long and anywhere in between. Conventional putters, belly putters, mallet putters - the choices seem endless.
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