Golf clubs are the tools we use to strike the golf ball. A golf club has three components — hlava, hřídel a rukojeť. The pravidla golfu 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.
Moderní sada golfových holí se obvykle skládá ze tří dřev (1-driver, 3 a 5), alespoň 1 hybridního (3H), sedmi želez (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 a PW) a putter. To vám dává celkem dvanáct klubů. Pravidla golfu vám umožňují nosit v bagu čtrnáct holí, takže mnoho golfistů přidává další wedge nebo speciální hybrid. Koneckonců, čím více nástrojů máme v našem panelu nástrojů, tím více možností máte, jak si práci usnadnit!
Les
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 Řidič (also called the 1 dřevo) má nejnižší loft ze všech golfových holí. Loft je úhel čela hole, který řídí trajektorii a ovlivňuje vzdálenost. Řidič má loft mezi 7 a 12 stupni. Zkušení golfisté tradičně upřednostňují nižší loftové drivery (méně než 10 stupňů loftu), které vyžadují mnohem více dovednosti k zásahu než vyšší loftované drivery.
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.
Většina profesionálů PGA má nyní ovladače se sklonem 8,5 až 10 stupňů nebo více. Jiní-profíci by si pravděpodobně měli hrát na řidiče se zdvihy o 10 stupňů nebo více. Naše doporučení tedy zní: řiďte se radami profesionálů PGA a zvyšte loft svého ovladače.
Most golfers also carry 3 and 5 lesů 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 lesy, 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 užitkové lesy. 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 lesů provide more forgiveness, we also want longer distance in our shots. Arghh, the physics of golf!
What about 2 and 4 lesy? Tyto dřeviny skutečně existují a byly populární před 20 nebo více lety, ale upadly v nemilost, protože novější technologie zlepšily vlastnosti dřeva. Dnes většina golfistů preferuje 7 a 9 dřev v bagu (který může mít pouze čtrnáct holí) než 2 nebo 4 dřevo. Ve skutečnosti je nyní trend zařazovat do vaší sady golfových holí dřeva s vyšším číslem a eliminovat tradiční železa s nízkým číslem. To bude probráno podrobněji, když budeme mluvit o žehličkách.
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 obvodové vážení and nízko položené těžiště (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 sladká tečka — 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.