Golf Clubs - Basics

Few Facts about Golf Clubs

Golf clubs are most important accessory used in the game of Golf. The purpose of golf clubs is to hit the golf ball across a course of 18 holes. There are three parts of a golf club. It consists of a club head and a long pointed handle or grip called a lance. Golf Clubs come in three specific patterns like a wood, iron and putters. The wood is used for the long distance shots. Putters are best for a grassy ground where the sole aim is to roll the golf ball into the cup like hole. The best golf clubs are the irons which are absolutely fit for all kind of shots.

The most commonly identified difference among various golf clubs like the Callaway golf clubs or Ping Golf Clubs is the variation of the acute angle that the club face makes with the perpendicular plane. This particular angle is termed as loft. The loft is responsible for the angle the golf ball takes after impact from the golf club. The golf ball gets compressed due to the impact and it swings in a lateral plane. The lift of the golf ball is caused by the dual effect of the club head and the angle.

Most of the woods and irons are tagged with a label which indicates the length of the grip and the related angle of trajectory which is quite important for a golfer. Generally 14 golf clubs are required to play a set of golf game. The entire golf club set consists of one driver, one set of irons, a pair of woods, a putter along with sand wedge and pitching wedge one each. Obviously the golfer is given a chance to choose and add one golf club according to his choice. Other golf clubs one should have in a golf club set are some more varieties of putters, intermediate wedges and clubs.

Hybrid golf clubs are the mixture of wood and iron. These golf clubs are generally used as the substitutes of the traditional clubs. The best part is that the facilities of both types of clubs are combined in them. Hybrid golf clubs can give excellent long distance shots with that perfect swing of the irons. Now-a-days the golf club manufacturers are replacing all the woods and irons of the sets by the hybrid golf clubs for their growing popularity. Both Callaway golf clubs and Ping golf clubs are available in hybrids.

The putters belong to another special type of golf clubs. They have that particular angle called loft which is never more than ten degrees. Putting golf clubs are specially designed to roll the golf ball smoothly inside the cup in a green ground with trimmed grass.

Now that you have all the information about golf clubs, it is quite easy for you to find a new golf club set for yourself because they are simply indispensable even for a budding golfer. There are quite a few nice brands like Callaway golf clubs and Ping golf clubs available in the market. They both offer excellent golf clubs with some additional features.