All Day Golf - Golf Clubs Are Used To Hit A Golf Ball

Golf clubs are used in the sport of golf to hit a golf ball. Originally falling into three broad

categories namely.

Woods:

Originally with wooden heads and used to propel the ball for long

distances from a tee or fairway. They have varying degrees of loft (angle of club face relative to

ground).

Now used with titanium or composite heads.

Irons:

Originally with metal heads

also with varying degrees of loft.

Putter:

Used to propel the ball short distances along the

ground with optimum accuracy, usually on the putting green.

Various clubs are designed with the

face of the club head, also called the "clubface", having differing loft (the angle between a vertical

plane and the clubface when the club is at rest).

It is loft that makes a golf ball leave the

ground on an ascending trajectory, not an upward direction of swing: with the exception of the tee shot,

the club actually hits the ball in a horizontal or slightly downward motion.

The impact of the

clubface compresses the ball. Grooves on the clubface impart a counterclockwise (from a parallel view of

the swing) spin, known as backspin, on the ball, that when combined with the rebounding effect of the

ball, give it lift.

Typically, the greater the loft, the higher and shorter the resulting ball

trajectory. With a few exceptions, golf clubs are labeled by a number; lower numbers denote progressively

longer shaft lengths and lower clubface lofts.

While the variation of clubs can differ greatly

between golfers, a set can have no greater than 14 clubs and generally consists of three woods, two

wedges, a putter, and eight irons (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9 irons, plus a pitching wedge). Some players

opt to avoid some of the more difficult-to-hit longer irons in favor of higher-lofted "fairway" woods and

extra "utility" wedges. In part, this reflects a pattern of design of clubs in which club manufacturers

have reduced the lofts of the irons so that they can be used from longer distances. In effect, today's

3-iron has a loft that is equivalent to a 2-iron of years ago.

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