Your Golf Clubs Work

The problem we face is not truly understanding how golf clubs
actually work. The average golfer will take a visit to his/her
local golf store without doing any actual research. Why?
Wouldn't you rather know what happens when a club hits a golf
ball before purchasing? Another lingering question is does it
really make any difference at all how the actual club is
designed or are all these new club technologies released every
year a bunch of hype.

In this article we will take a look at how each golf club sends
the golf ball down the middle of the fairway (we can only hope)
and why each club is very unique.

Before you rush off to purchase your first set of irons or that
oversized driver you really must understand the different types
of clubs. Each club has a unique purpose on the golf course.

For example, when using your woods (the clubs with giant heads
on them, made of titanium or steel and usually not wood in
modern day times) it will get the ball traveling hundreds of
yards off the tee.

Your irons, which have the largest selection to choose from are
not designed for real great distance but they are designed for
high trajectory and accuracy. Then finally you have your putter.
This club is designed for very short distances (typically on the
golf green) and allows you lots of control and finesse.

Believe it or not the golf club has several parts that make that
round dimpled ball travel down the middle of the fairway.

Here I will quickly describe each part of the golf club. The
hosel is where the head actually connects to the shaft of the
club. The face of the golf club is where the club tries to make
contact with the ball. The sole of the club is what rests on the
ground when your lining up a shot.

You ever wonder what the slope of a golf club meant and why it
is important? The slope of a club is very important to a golfer
when selecting a club when their are obstructions in front of
him/her on the golf course.

The higher the slope of the club the higher the trajectory of
the ball (if your like me your drives always fall in front of a
tree or in the trees!). Here I will list the average slope of
each club:

putter: 0 degrees sandwedge: 56 degrees pitching wedge: 47
degrees 9 iron: 43 degrees 8 iron: 39 degrees 7 iron: 35 degrees
6 iron: 31 degrees 5 iron: 27 degrees 4 iron: 24 degrees 3 iron:
21 degrees 3 wood: 20 degrees 5 wood: 15 degrees Driver: 10
degrees

As you can see there are many parts and angles that make up a
golf club. One should consider getting his or her golf clubs
customized to their physical body build. This can be done by any
local golf club maker or teaching golf pro. The standard golf
clubs off the shelf may not be designed for a person who is 5
foot 2 or for someone at the other extreme of 6 feet and above.

In closing, the most important part of the golf club is the
actual golfer. My own personal experience and success story was
buying oversized forgiving golf clubs. This included the driver
and the irons. Choosing the right club is really up to you the
golfer! You still can hit a bad shot by making a poor club
selection and executing a poor swing. That is a good thing
though, that means you still have to practice and the golfer
does make up part of the overall success of a straight shot! So
do your homework and buy the right clubs and then get on the
driving range or golf course and put those new golf clubs to the
test.