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Irons in a golf bag. An iron is a type of club used in the sport of golf to propel the ball towards the hole.Irons typically have shorter shafts and smaller clubheads than woods, the head is made of solid iron or steel, and the head's primary feature is a large, flat, angled face, usually scored with grooves.
Wooden clubs generally had a metal base-plate and were made heavier with a lead insert into the back of the head; often the face of the club had an insert of bone or ivory to reduce the wear from impact on the wood. They were: Play club: driver; Brassie: so called because the base-plate was of brass; equivalent to a 3-wood [a]
A golf club is a club used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf.Each club is composed of a shaft with a grip and a club head. Woods are mainly used for long-distance fairway or tee shots; irons, the most versatile class, are used for a variety of shots; hybrids that combine design elements of woods and irons are becoming increasingly popular; putters are used mainly on the green to roll the ...
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The shaft of a golf club is the long, tapered tube which connects the golfer's hands to the club head.While hundreds of different designs exist, the primary purpose of the golf shaft remains the same: to provide the player with a way to generate centrifugal force in order to effectively strike the ball.
The class of wedges grew out of the need for a better club for playing soft lies and short shots. Prior to the 1930s, the best club for short "approach" shots was the "niblick", roughly equivalent to today's 9-iron or pitching wedge in loft; however the design of this club, with a flat, angled face and virtually no "sole", made it difficult to use in sand and other soft lies as it was prone to ...
Irons may refer to: Irons (surname), a list of people and fictional characters; The Irons, a nickname for West Ham United FC; The Irons, a nickname for English heavy metal band Iron Maiden; Leg irons, a kind of physical restraint used on the feet or ankles "the irons", colloquial name of a Halligan bar combined with a fire axe