The Typical Set of Golf Clubs

golflover1


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09/06/2009 09:23

A golfer is allowed to carry up to fourteen clubs during a round. A typical set of clubs may consist of 3 woods (a driver and 2 fairway woods 3 and 5), irons 3 to 9, three wedges (generally a PW, a SW and one other wedge), and a putter. The most common wedges are traditionally a Pitching wedge (PW) and a Sand wedge (SW) to which golfers now usually add a Lob wedge (LW) or a gap wedge (AW). The PW is sometimes labelled and considered as a 10 iron. See also: http://www.golfwholesale18.com, where the different clubs are explained into more details.



Not all players carry the entire set of clubs. The latest trend is to replace the hard-to-hit 3 and 4 irons (and sometimes the 5 iron) by 7 and 9 woods orhybrid utility clubs which are easier to play. This was especially true for beginner golfers and ladies, but the trend is now progressing to players of all handicaps, men and women alike. In fact many new golf club sets now include the higher lofted 7 and 9 woods which are played on compara