Golf clubs are the tools we use to strike the golf ball. A golf club has three components — glava, osovina i zahvat. The pravila golfa 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.
Moderan set palica za golf obično se sastoji od tri drva (1-vozač, 3 i 5), najmanje 1 hibrida (3H), sedam glačala (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 i PW) i bacač. To vam daje ukupno dvanaest klubova. Pravila golfa dopuštaju vam da u torbi nosite četrnaest palica, pa mnogi golferi dodaju još jedan klin ili specijalizirani hibrid. Uostalom, što više alata imamo u našoj kutiji s alatima, to imate više opcija za lakši rad!
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 vozač (also called the 1 drvo) ima najniže potkrovlje od svih golf palica. Potkrovlje je kut lica kluba koji kontrolira putanju i utječe na udaljenost. Vozač ima potkrovlje između 7 i 12 stupnjeva. Iskusni golferi tradicionalno preferiraju vozače s nižim loftom (manje od 10 stupnjeva potkrovlja), koji zahtijevaju mnogo više vještine za udaranje od vozača s višim loftom.
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.
Većina PGA profesionalaca sada ima vozače s nagibom od 8,5 do 10 stupnjeva ili više. Ne-profesionalci bi vjerojatno trebali igrati vozače s podizanjem od 10 stupnjeva ili više. Dakle, naša preporuka je: slijedite savjete PGA profesionalaca i povećajte potkrovlje svog vozača.
Most golfers also carry 3 and 5 šuma 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 plovne šume, 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 pomoćne šume. 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 šuma provide more forgiveness, we also want longer distance in our shots. Arghh, the physics of golf!
What about 2 and 4 šume? Ove šume zapravo postoje i bile su popularne prije 20 ili više godina, ali su pale u nemilost jer su novije tehnologije poboljšale učinkovitost drva. Danas većina golfera preferira 7 i 9 drva u svojoj torbi (koja može imati samo četrnaest palica) nego drva od 2 ili 4. Zapravo, sada postoji trend uključivanja drva s većim brojem i eliminacije tradicionalnih glačala s niskim brojem u svoj set palica za golf. O tome će se detaljnije govoriti kada budemo govorili o glačalima.
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 ponderiranje perimetra and nisko težište (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 slatko mjesto — 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.