| The rules of golf set up and enforced by the U.S.G.A. | | | | first cut, and are designed to get you a fair amount of |
| say, we are allowed to carry up to 14 Golf Clubs in the | | | | distance. They can also be hit off the tee but you will |
| bag to play a round of Golf. You can carry as few | | | | not elevate the ball as you would with the driver. The |
| golf clubs as you like but no more than 14. I do not | | | | #3 and #5 Fairway woods are by far the most |
| know how they came up with the 14 club rule, but here | | | | popular, but you can get them all the way up to a #15 |
| is what I think. The standard set is a Golf Driver, | | | | with a 37 degree loft. The higher lofted clubs are |
| 2-Fairway Woods, a complete set of Golf Irons | | | | favored by some in lieu of a hard to hit long iron, but |
| (3-9,PW,SW) and a Putter. This is 13 clubs so you | | | | like I mentioned before these are being taken over by |
| have 1 "option" club you can add to make 14, most | | | | Hybrid Irons. |
| golfers will opt for another Wedge. Do I need 14 clubs | | | | Golf Irons |
| to play a round of golf? Probably not, but, every | | | | The standard golf iron set is 9 clubs, the #3-#9 a |
| course is different and every day is different. With that | | | | Pitching Wedge and a Sand Wedge. These are the |
| said, you might play course A on Saturday when the | | | | clubs that are most switched. Long Irons for Hybrid |
| weather is perfect, then on Sunday you play the same | | | | Irons and short Irons for more wedges. As you learn |
| course and the weather is cloudy and windy, guess | | | | and become more proficient at the game of golf you |
| what, different clubs for the same holes on different | | | | will make the changes for yourself. |
| days. So, you do not need to carry 14 Golf Clubs but | | | | Golf Irons are designed to be hit off the ground and |
| better safe than Sorry. | | | | from all the unforgiving lies we find ourselves in. If you |
| There are many reasons that we carry multiple clubs | | | | need to dig yourself out of 6 inches of grass, then it is |
| for a round of golf, you can probably think of 100 or | | | | a golf iron that you reach for. The hardest to hit irons |
| more but they all boil down to 2. Every Golf Course is | | | | are the #3 and #4, these two irons are the ones that |
| different, and the weather is never the same. That is it, | | | | most golfers switch out for a hybrid iron. |
| plain and simple. | | | | Once you learn to hit these clubs properly, they will |
| Sometimes we need distance, sometimes we need a | | | | become your best friends on the golf course. You will |
| higher or lower trajectory, and sometimes (when we | | | | get out of sand traps easier, up and over trees, stop |
| get real good) we need to work the ball. When you | | | | the ball on the green. If you take your iron play to the |
| play golf often there will be days when you play a | | | | next level, you will find yourself doing all kinds of aerial |
| round and only use 4 of your clubs for the whole | | | | trickery with the golf ball. |
| round, while other days you might use 12. | | | | The Hybrid Iron |
| O.K. Lets Get to the Clubs | | | | Is it a Fairway Wood? Is it a Golf Iron? You be the |
| The Golf Driver | | | | judge. Whatever it is, it has given new hope to many |
| Most Golfers will only carry one in their bag, but a few | | | | golfers all over the world who have troubles with |
| years ago Phil Mickelson started to carry two, one | | | | those hard to hit long irons. Some believe that a |
| regular driver and one offset driver to promote a | | | | beginner should not even consider getting the #3 and |
| draw. | | | | #4 irons in their set. Instead, replace them with the #3 |
| The golf driver is also referred to as the #1 Wood or | | | | and #4 Hybrid Iron. |
| The Big Dog. Sometimes it is referred to as the Tee | | | | A Hybrid Iron looks like a cross between a Fairway |
| Club because, unlike other clubs in your bag, this club is | | | | Wood and a Golf Iron. Hence, the name "Hybrid Iron". |
| designed to hit the ball raised up off the ground with a | | | | Golf Putter |
| tee. When you pull the Golf Driver out of your bag you | | | | Watch a golf event on Sunday, and what do you see, |
| have one thing in mind. Distance. | | | | commercial after commercial about golf drivers. Why, |
| This club is designed to have the lowest loft of all your | | | | because they make a ton of money on the latest and |
| golf clubs, have the longest length, and drive the ball | | | | greatest golf club of the year. Do you realize that |
| the farthest distance. The lofts on a Golf Driver range | | | | around 40% of all your shots on the golf course will be |
| from 7.5 degrees to 15 degrees. The lowest loft | | | | with the putter. Do you also realize that you will only |
| drivers are usually used by long drive competitors. The | | | | use your Golf Driver for 4 or 5 shots. So tell me why |
| pro's will use 8 or 9 degree loft. Average male golfers | | | | you will spend so much money on drivers but not on |
| will normally choose 10 degree loft. Senior Golfers and | | | | your putter. Tell me why you will spend hours at the |
| Women Golfers to to go for the higher lofted drivers | | | | driving range and hardly any time on the putting Green. |
| to help get the ball up in the air. | | | | Try the different putters. Make the Golf Putter your go |
| Fairway Woods | | | | to club. Remember "Drive for Show and Putt for |
| Usually 2-4 fairway woods are carried by the average | | | | Dough". |
| golfer. Since the advent of the Hybrid Iron more and | | | | These are your golf clubs in a nutshell. So, take them |
| more golfers are switching out their Fairway Woods in | | | | out of the shell put them into you bag and hit the |
| favor of them. | | | | course. |
| Fairway Woods are designed to hit off the fairway or | | | | |