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Your Personal Primer Course On Golf Clubs By Kevin T. Fairbanks The modern golfer has an arsenal of clubs in their bag. The typical set would contain a driver, fairway woods, irons, and a putter. Each golfer has their own unique style and would have different combinations of these clubs. Also included would be a replacement club for the longer irons and fairway woods known as the club hybrid.
There is an entity known as the USGA or the United States Association. This group determines the rules of golf, including the number of clubs that can be used in a round of golf. This limit is fourteen clubs. Normally, the standard golfer would have one driver, one putter, three wedges, seven irons, and two fairway woods in their bag. The combination of clubs is as varied as there are golfers. Hybrid clubs have begun replacing some of the longer irons and fairway woods in the bag.
The most expensive club would be the club driver. It also has the longest shaft and the biggest head. The driver properties allow the golfer to hit the ball the farthest of any of the clubs. This distance is usually at the sacrifice of accuracy. Club head size is limited to around 460cc. Prices will range from $200 to upward of $400 or more. Less expensive club drivers can be found for usually under $100.
Typical fairway woods normally consist of a 3, 5 and 7 wood. The club heads used to be made of wood, but modern fairway woods are now made of metal. They have more loft than the driver and are normally used from the fairway or for more accurate tee shots. Retail prices for a set of fairway metal woods would range from $150 to $300. Discount woods, or sometimes referred to as clone clubs, would run significantly less.
Hybrid clubs are a kind of cross between a fairway wood and a longer club iron. The shaft is usually a bit shorter, but the club hybrid head is similar to a fairway wood. They can be used from the rough or off the fairway and are very versatile clubs. Some are even used to putt from just off the green. Retail prices for hybrid clubs can be similar to a driver.
The busiest group of clubs is the club irons. Most of the shots will use an iron in a typical round of golf. club irons are used to hit the ball from a normal range of 125 yards to 225 yards out from the putting surface. The club iron sets have clubs numbered from 2 through 9. The higher the club number, the higher the loft, the shorter the shaft and the shorter the distance of the shot.
A 9 iron would result in a high, arcing shot close to the putting green, around 125 yards or so. A 2 iron would result in a low, long shot of around 225 yards.
Golf club wedges are usually considered part of the purchase included in a set of club irons. The pitching wedge, the sand wedge and the lob wedge are common types of club wedges. The lob wedge can com in several different lofts, normally around 58 degrees to 60 or more degrees. These wedges are used from close range to the green for accuracy and control.
Also worth noting, there are two primary types of irons available. Forged irons are precision clubs that can give experienced golfers a greater ability to shape their shots. Cavity-back irons are considered to be more forgiving, with a larger sweet spot and primarily for golfers who want to focus on hitting straight shots. A set of 10 irons can range in price from as little as $250, to as much as $1,500. Clone irons can provide similar quality to name brand club irons. They are also known as knockoff irons.
The final and perhaps most important club, is the putter. The putter is 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.
There are many varieties of putters in all shapes and sizes. Some of the putter shafts are so short that the golfer grips it near his knees, and some are so long that they are gripped at the golfer's chest. Many golfers spend their entire lives changing putters to find the one that feels right for them. Simple putters can cost as little as $20 but some of the more exotic putters can cost as much as $300.
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