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