Understand Your Golf Clubs
Basically, a set of clubs consists of ‘woods’ and irons and a putter.
WOODS
Woods ( a generic term for the shape of the club as these are often made of other materials) are the more bulbous headed clubs with greater clubhead density, designed for propelling the ball longer distances. Originally, these numbered from 1 (Driver) to 4-wood, but these days it seems that woods can have any degree of loft and can number down to the higher iron numbers.
IRONS
A normal set of irons consists of numbers 3 to 9, together with a pitching wedge and sand wedge for use around the greens and from bunkers. The lower the number on the club, normally the longer the shaft to give a bigger swing arc, and the less the degree of loft on the face. These are designed to hit the ball lower over longer distances. The higher the number, the shorter the shaft and greater degree of loft. These are intended to hit the ball higher and over shorter distances.
There are a number of additional clubs, such as a 1 or driving iron, and a lob wedge with a very high degree of loft, which is intended to get the ball very high, thereby reducing the amount of run on the ball once it lands.
THE PUTTER
Has a flat face, and is designed to cause the ball to roll along the ground in places such as the putting green.
Basically, the golfer is free to choose his/her optimal selection of clubs, the only provisos being the maximum number (14) which may be taken out on a given (competitive) round, and the fact that the design of the club must conform to the rules as laid down by the authorities and amended from time to time as part of the rules of golf.
Pick up any golf magazine, and you will be presented with a bewildering array of clubs and balls even clothing all of which are guaranteed to put additional distance on your drives or spin on your pitch shots. The reality is that for the vast majority of golfers they will probably make very little, if any, difference.
WHAT DO YOU NEED TO START?
When you start out in the game, a good basic set or half-set is as good as anything. Ok, if you are abnormally short or tall, you may experience some difficulty with standard sizing and may have to have something specially made. Other than that, there is no real requirement for heading to your local leading brand specialist and having a set made up of special lengths, shaft types, grip thickness and all of the other variables that can go into club design.
Martin Thomas
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What if golfers had to use only the same golf clubs and golf balls?
First off
1)I understand the businesses that will go bankrupt if the golfers were only restricted to certain golf clubs and golfballs (like everybody can only use a "regular" golf ball, nothing fancy and "aerodynamic" [sorry if I misspelled it] and that also goes to the same as the golf clubs, only one driver, chipper, putter, etc.). Many different business were started to provide different types of golf clubs and golf balls.
2) I also understand that this will take away alot of the "consumers" or regular people that play. Many people who enjoy the sport would be discouraged and not bother to play, making many golf ranges lose business because of the lack of consumers.
but I’m really curious if this sort of "experiment" would show a big amount of evidence that the golf clubs/golf balls play a HUGE part of the golfers games. I feel that people who go into golfing professionally should be able to play golf without fancy equipment.
Please do not insult this to get 2 points.
ah…I didn’t know that the PGA people have guidelines about equipment…(My grandfather and uncle golf but I don’t know too much about PGA guidelines and stuff.) I’ve been reading their golfing magazines to get better insight also. Thanks for answering!!
i think it is really funny how some people are doing horrible so they go out and buy a new set of clubs thinking that it will make them better when it almost never does.
There are some golfers that believe in using simple clubs and balls instead of fancy equipment with all of this confusing technology. But most of the time the new stuff really does feel better and hit better.
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Actually they are using the same clubs and balls, they have to fit the parameters of the USGA or they would not be allowed. It would be like making baseball players use the same bat or a tennis players having to use the same rackets. You can see it can get ridiculous. The balls are set up for different age groups sexes and swing speeds, so you would put to many people at a disadvantage.
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since all clubs have to pass same USGA test I don’t think it would be that big of deal
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Golf clubs and balls help make the playing field even. Balls for low swing speeds, high swing speeds; depending on spin characteristics. Shaft flexes, torques and kickpoints. Club loft, lie and length. Grip diameter. If everyone used the same clubs then the people most suited to them would be most advantaged. Its common sense.
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