How are golf clubs classified? What are the functions of various golf clubs? How can I get started with golf faster? Of course, start with a suitable set of golf clubs.

Golf clubs are the most important equipment on the course
Differences in angles and functions of golf clubs
Often affect the performance of golf shots

first,

A golf club is divided into three parts,

Grip, shaft, and head used to hit the ball.

What are the types of golf clubs?
Nowadays, the technology of golf clubs is constantly improving, and people's balls can also be played farther and more stable than in the past, but it also means that the price of golf clubs has become more expensive than ever.

In fact, different clubs vary in size, length, shape, weight and purpose. So in a normal set of golf bags, how many kinds of clubs are required to be composed? Let's take a look with the editor

Golf clubs are divided into four categories: woods, irons, wedges and putters.

In the bag carried by every golfer in the field,

A maximum of 14 clubs can be carried.

Generally include:

3 woods (driver, 3 wood, 5 wood)

9 irons (3456789P)

2 bunker poles

1 putter.

You can also according to your needs

Choose to increase or decrease clubs with different functions.

Each club has its own characteristics,

They are used in different occasions.

Wooden

The wood is the longest club in a golf bag.

Mainly used to hit long-range balls.

Since the earliest golf clubs were made of persimmon wood,

With the renewal,

Wooden clubs are no longer used now,

Instead, it is made of alloy, special material metal,

But now we still call it "woods".

The wood can be used for teeing or on the fairway.

Wood poles are divided into three types,

Tee wood, fairway wood, mixed wood.

Kick-off wood: the farthest hitting distance, generally used for kick-off.

Fairway wood: used to serve but mainly used for fairway hits.

Driver
The so-called driver is the cue that is the first to serve on the T stage each time. While using the driver, it needs to be combined with the tee to hit the ball smoothly. Among all clubs, the driver and fairway woods are the largest and the longest. Of course, when used properly, the distance hit is also the farthest.

Fairway woods
Wood rods were generally made of wood in the past, so they are called wood rods, but nowadays, as the technology of making clubs continues to improve, so many wood club heads are made of metal, so it is also called metal. Wooden poles.

The appearance of a fairway wood is basically similar to that of a driver. The main difference lies in the size of the head and the angle of inclination of the face.

Ironwood, also known as universal club, is a club between wood and iron. It is a mixed-material club. It can be used as a substitute for one, two, three, four, and five irons. A golf enthusiast who feels hardcore but is nostalgic for the fault tolerance and playability of wood.

If you are a beginner

I suggest you use fairway woods or mixed woods

It's easier to get started!

Iron

The iron is the core component of the whole set of clubs.

The shape and size of iron heads are completely different from driver and fairway woods. The irons are arranged in ascending order (1 to 9) according to different face inclination. The greater the slope of the iron, the closer the shot. The head of the iron is made of metal, and the shaft has a metal shaft and a carbon shaft.

Irons are mainly used to hit the ball on the fairway onto the green, close to the hole. Due to its short iron shaft, it is often used by beginners when practicing.

The characteristic of the iron is that it is easy to maintain the directionality of the shot,

The main theme of golf is "to hit the ball with a stick to get close to the target",

Therefore, the directionality can be ensured to the maximum,

Even though the distance is not enough, the hit ball can be as close to the target as possible.

Irons have different numbers, and as the number of clubs increases,

The weight of the club gradually increases,

As the length becomes shorter, the loft angle increases accordingly.

Small clubs with small loft angles,

The ball hit has a low trajectory and a long distance.

The greater the number of clubs, the greater the angle of inclination,

The ball is easy to hit high and the ball flies close.

Commonly used irons include 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 irons and wedge rods.

Used for mid-range shots ranging from 70 yards to 200 yards.

Long irons: The hitting distance is longer, about 250~140 yards, the specific situation varies from person to person.

Middle iron: The hitting distance is about 170~100 yards, and the specific situation varies from person to person.

Short irons: PW, AW, SW are the ones used within 120 yards.

PW is called a split because the ball flies higher after playing and it is easy to reverse the ball so as to control the ball as close as possible to the hole.

The function of AW is similar to that of PW, but the hitting distance is shorter than that of PW because of the larger inclination.

W is used to hit the green in the sand pit, so it is called the sand pit rod.

Because the loft angle of the wedge is large,

They are often used to hit short shots into the green.

At the same time, you can also use the bounce angle of the wedge,

Hit the ball that fell into the bunker.

Of all the clubs, the wedge has the largest inclination angle. Whether it is on the fairway, or in the rough grass area, or in the bunkers, you need to use a wedge to hit the green at close range. Due to the large tilt angle of the club face, the ball can move higher when hitting with the wedge, and its unique angle can make the ball spin more in place.

Wedges include:

Pitching Wedge

Gap Wedge

Sand Wedge

Lob Wedge

Putter
When the ball is hit on the green, the rules of golf are restricted to putting the ball into the hole, and the number of putts determines the outcome of the game.

A putter is used to hit a ball that rolls a short distance.

Different from other clubs

When using a putt, you don’t need to swing a big swing

Just need to swing the cue

Putting is often used on the green to push the ball into the hole

As we all know, the purpose of golf is to send small balls into smaller holes. Putting is almost always in charge of this key task.

There are many types of putters, and the sizes and shapes of different putters are ever-changing. The most important thing is to choose a putter that suits you and is comfortable to use.

Putting is the only club that does not specify the head in the rules of the game. Under normal circumstances, the length of the putter shaft is between 83.82~86.36 cm (33~34 inches), but the length of the putter and long putter like the grip on the navel can reach 106.68~121.92 cm (42~48). inch).

The shape of the putter head generally includes: T-shaped putter, L-shaped putter, D-shaped putter, chip putter, double ball putter.

After we have a preliminary understanding of golf clubs, we can choose to go to a special sports shop to buy golf clubs that suit us!

I personally recommend that beginners do not buy a complete set of clubs when they first learn golf. After we gradually understand how to hit the golf ball, we can choose the club that suits them.