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When shopping for irons, you'll see the words "forged" and "cast". Forged irons have a reputation for soft feel and are favoured by many better players; cast irons are often associated with…
Driving irons, also called utility irons, are long irons with larger, often hollow heads designed to be more forgiving than traditional blades. They offer a lower, more penetrating flight than…
In a traditional set of irons, each club is a different length: long irons are longer and short irons shorter, typically by half an inch per club. One-length (or single-length) irons are all built to…
Most golfers accumulate old clubs over the years: a previous set of irons, a few retired drivers, a putter that lost its magic. Instead of letting them gather dust in the garage, you can turn them…
The rules allow you to carry up to 14 clubs, but they don't say which ones. Many golfers simply carry the set they bought, with a driver, a 3-wood, irons from 4 or 5 to pitching wedge, a sand wedge…
Golf ball boxes often mention compression, and many golfers have heard that slower swingers need low-compression balls. But what does compression actually mean, and how much does it matter? The short…
Two clubs can have the same loft, shaft and head and still perform very differently for you, because of lie angle and length. These two specifications affect how the club sits at address, how the…
Spin is one of the most important, and least understood, factors in golf. It makes the ball climb, holds it in the air, curves it left or right and stops it on the green. Too little spin and the ball…
Women's golf clubs are designed to suit the typical height, strength and swing speed of women golfers. They are usually shorter, lighter and more flexible than standard men's clubs, with more loft to…
The modern golf bag, with its titanium driver, adjustable hosels, hybrids and perimeter-weighted irons, would be unrecognisable to the golfers who first played the game. Over several centuries, clubs…
Golf clubs are expensive, and golfers are always looking for a bargain. That has created a market for cheaper alternatives, some perfectly legitimate and some anything but. "Clone" clubs, "component"…
Fairway woods are some of the most useful clubs in the bag. They give you distance from the fairway on long par 4s and par 5s, a reliable alternative to the driver off the tee, and a way to hit long…
