Golf clubs are the tools we use to strike the golf ball. A golf club has three components — höfuðið, skaftið og gripið. The reglum golfsins constrain golf club designs, but the goal of clubmakers is to create golf clubs, within those constraints that maximize the physics behind a golfer's swing while allowing for some range of swing error to provide an accurate, long, and forgiving shot. The better your swing, the less forgiving club you require whereas the more your swing needs work, the better off you are with a more forgiving club design.
Nútíma sett af golfkylfum samanstendur venjulega af þremur viðum (1-drifinn, 3 og 5), að minnsta kosti 1 blendingur (3H) sjö járnum (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 og PW), og pútter. Þetta gefur þér samtals tólf kylfur. Golfreglurnar leyfa þér að hafa fjórtán kylfur í töskunni, svo margir kylfingar bæta við öðrum fleygi eða sérblendingi. Þegar öllu er á botninn hvolft, því fleiri verkfæri sem við höfum í verkfærakistunni okkar, því fleiri valkostir hefurðu til að gera starf þitt auðveldara!
Woods
Woods are used to hit long shots. If a golf hole is 450 yards from tee to green, most golfers use a wood to hit off the tee. A wood is a hollow-bodied large headed golf club. It's customary to use your woods when you are 175 yards or more away from the green.
The bílstjóri (also called the 1 viður) er með lægsta risið af golfkylfum. Loft er horn kylfunnar sem stjórnar feril og hefur áhrif á fjarlægð. Bílstjóri er með loft á bilinu 7 til 12 gráður. Reyndir kylfingar hafa jafnan verið hlynntir ökumönnum með lægri lofthæð (minna en 10 gráður á lofti), sem krefjast mun meiri leikni til að slá en ökumenn með hærra loft.
A dramatic development has occurred over the past several years — professional golfers are throwing out their low lofted drivers and opting for large-headed, higher-lofted 10 and 11 degree drivers. Their argument is that the longest drives are achieved by combining a high launch angle with lower spin. This change is a huge reversal from prior years. During the mid to late 1990's, the average loft on the PGA Tour was around 7 degrees. However, those were difficult shots for the pros to make and the low loft resulted in lots of spin on the ball. The experts in ball flight analysis showed that the longest golf drives are achieved with a high launch angle combined with low spin. The new solid core golf balls provide that low spin which was not available in the golf balls of yesterday. A higher lofted club gives the golfer the higher launch angle.
Flestir PGA atvinnumenn bera nú ökumenn með lofthæð 8,5 til 10 gráður eða meira. Ekki-atvinnumenn ættu líklega að leika ökumenn með 10 gráður eða hærri lyftur. Svo, tilmæli okkar eru: fylgdu ráðleggingum PGA-manna og stækkaðu lofthæð ökumanns þíns.
Most golfers also carry 3 and 5 skógar in their bag. A 3 wood has a loft between 15 and 18 degrees, and a 5 wood has a loft between 20 and 22 degrees. The higher the golf club number, the higher the loft. Also, the higher the golf club number, the shorter the club shaft length. The 3 wood and 5 wood are commonly referred to as Fairway Woods, because they are most often used during the second shot of play, when you are supposed to be in the fairway of the golf hole (as opposed to in the woods!). All higher lofted woods (7, 9, 11, and so on) are commonly referred to as nytjaviður. A 3 wood is generally ½" shorter than a driver and so on with each successive club. However, we build all our woods higher than a 5 wood the same length as the 5 wood. This is because shortening a club decreases the arc of the swing. The smaller the arc, the less speed the golf club will have when it strikes the ball — ergo the less distance the ball will travel. We believe that a 5 wood is short enough and while the 7 and 9 skógur provide more forgiveness, we also want longer distance in our shots. Arghh, the physics of golf!
What about 2 and 4 skógar? Þessir viðar eru í raun til og voru vinsælir fyrir 20 eða fleiri árum síðan, en þeir hafa fallið úr náð þar sem nýrri tækni hefur bætt afköst skóganna. Í dag kjósa flestir kylfingar 7 og 9 tré í pokanum sínum (sem geta aðeins verið með fjórtán kylfur) en 2 eða 4 tré. Reyndar er nú tilhneiging til að hafa viðar með hærra númerum og útrýma hefðbundnu lágnúmeruðu járnunum í settinu þínu af golfkylfum. Það verður rætt nánar þegar við tölum um járn.
Why aren't woods made of wood? They used to be, but since the 1980's woods have been made of metal. Metal has many advantages over wood. For the beginning golfer, the most important features are jaðarvigtun and lágt þyngdarpunktur (LCG) which can only be achieved through precisely molded metal. Both of these design technologies result in golf clubs that are much more forgiving than wooden woods. Perimeter weighting helps create a larger sætur blettur — a larger area on the face of the club that will result in a good hit. Low center of gravity creates mass at the right place — increasing the height that the ball will launch off the club and reducing the likelihood of miss-hits into the ground.