| Now that you "have taken up" the social sport of golf | | | | Accuracy of the hit of the golf ball is less of an issue |
| you may well have a couple of questions. Golf and | | | | here. Woods obtained their name as they used to be |
| golf is a most terrific social sport. You get to while | | | | made of persimmon wood itself. While some of these |
| away hours, conferring with the golf greens as well as | | | | clubs are still made the old way, out of actual |
| your friends on the golf course. It's a wonderful, | | | | persimmon wood, most now are made out of metal - |
| relaxing pastime. As well many of business's "big | | | | generally steel or better yet titanium. Some golfing |
| deals" and business contacts can well be made golfing | | | | fanatics will tell you that the permission based woods |
| and on the golf course as well in the golf course | | | | gives these golfers "more control" on the golf course. |
| clubhouse. | | | | Again as a beginner golfer why complicate your life |
| Now that you have decided to enroll in the pastime of | | | | unnecessarily. Start with standard metal woods. In |
| golf what indeed are the basics of golf? | | | | addition maintenance and care of these clubs is easier. |
| To begin with w standard set of golf and golfing clubs | | | | Like woods the irons are mismatched. These groups |
| includes three "woods" golf clubs. These three woods | | | | of golf clubs are not made out of iron but mostly of |
| or "drivers" comprise the "driver", "three-wood" and | | | | steel, titanium and with higher end iron utilizing high tech |
| "five-wood". Next in line, in the description of standard | | | | graphite materials in their structures as well. Irons with |
| golf clubs are the "irons". The groups of the "irons" | | | | the smallest numbers, like the three-iron or the four-iron, |
| group of golf clubs generally are composed of the | | | | have the longest shafts and are designed to hit the |
| three-iron, five-iron, six-iron, seven-iron, eight-iron, | | | | golf ball lower and further, and like the woods, with less |
| nine-iron, pitching wedge and finally the all famous golf | | | | accuracy. Shafts get shorter as the numbers printed |
| club, with which to make your final shot into the golf | | | | on the sole get bigger and larger, until you get to the |
| cup on the golf green. | | | | "Sand Wedge". The sand wedge is the shortest club in |
| According the strict rules of golf you cannot carry | | | | the golf bag. The standard sand wedge has a 34 inch |
| more than fourteen clubs in your personal golf bag. | | | | shaft, which is eight inches shorter than a standard |
| This is a very strict and enforced rule of the game | | | | driver shaft. The shortest clubs, like the nine irons, |
| and sport of golf. You cannot carry more than the | | | | pitching wedge, and sand wedge are designed for |
| maximum allotted number of fourteen golf clubs in your | | | | accuracy, not distance. An optimum shot with a |
| golf bag - even if you never ever use those extra | | | | pitching wedge flies high in the air and lands softly, |
| clubs. It can be said that often more experienced and | | | | without much roll. That way you can aim right at the |
| advanced golf players mix and match here and there | | | | hole. Indeed golf professionals often call their wedges |
| with extra , non of the mill , non standard golf clubs , for | | | | "money clubs" since these pro golfers cannot win the |
| example a one-iron or a seven wood. However in | | | | high end golf tournaments unless they can hit the ball |
| these cases the sum total maximum of the golf clubs | | | | so close to the hole that they are in with only a very |
| in their bag adds up to 14 golf clubs. As a newcomer | | | | few putts. |
| or beginner golf player it is always best to start your | | | | Lastly you will find that because these shafts are so |
| golf career with the standard , simple array of golf | | | | much shorter and are designed to get your golf ball |
| clubs that are used by most golfers. Why make life, | | | | into the air, you will find that you will generally have |
| and your golf career, complex for yourself, | | | | your most success as a new and budding golf |
| unnecessarily. | | | | aficionado with your nine-iron and pitching wedge. |
| The woods have the longest shafts of any golf club in | | | | These are very good clubs to practice when you are |
| your bag. The golf wood clubs are designed to simply | | | | first starting out. You will soon discover what a great |
| hit the golf ball either from a small wooden peg, called | | | | golf shot is supposed to feel and look like. Keep |
| the tee, which elevates the ball slightly. You can only | | | | practicing with these two clubs because when you |
| use a "tee" in the tee-box at the start of a golf hole. | | | | finally make it onto the golf course, these will be the |
| Next you can hit the golf on a flat surface of the golf | | | | clubs that will save you many a golf shot and lower |
| course, like the fairway. The "wood" golf clubs are | | | | your golf score. |
| made and designed to hit the ball a long, long way. | | | | |