Woods of Golf
The golf wood is formed by the rod and the head.
The rod of the wood is a tube of 12 mm. and it can be fact of graphite metal or fiber.
The head of the golf wood is the part that strikes to the ball.
The head has a face that is the part that touches the ball during the blow.
In the golf wood to putter the head can have two faces.
The angle of the face determines the trajectory of the ball.
The total of woods that a player can use in a route is 14.
Golf a typical wood stock market is formed of irons 3 to 9, three wedges, wood 1, 3 and 5 and putter.
History of golf woods
The first woods of golf appeared in century XV in Scotland.
Formerly the woods were done of wood, had the heavy head and the handle was covered with skin of cow, ewe or pig.
In order to make these woods wood of different types from trees like the pear tree were used, the apple tree and the cherry tree.
Towards year 1700 they appear the woods of metal golf.
The golf woods were developed and they were modified adding different metal bases to be able to strike the balls to greater or smaller distance and to improve the trajectory of the ball.
The modern woods are made with material techniques and very advanced.
Types of golf woods
Woods Golf Wood
These woods of golf are used when the player is to more than 160 meters of green.
They have the greatest head, very little angle and the rod longer than any other wood of golf.
There are different woods from this type, are numbered from 1 to 7. The more under the number, the more low it is its elevation.
To wood 1 it is called to him to driver.
The golf wood manufacturers use steel or titanium to make the head of this type of wood.
The woods done with titanium weigh less and the heads usually are greater.
The woods of stainless steel golf are seen smaller and weigh more.
Woods Golf Iron
They are used for shorter blows.
The woods have the solid head with a flat face and an angle between 16 and 60 degrees.
Sometimes this one type of wood has the heads done with forged steel and with chromium.
There are different types from woods, the short ones, the means and the lengths.
These woods of golf are chosen depending on the distance that we want to reach in each blow.
These woods of golf are numbered from 1 to 9.
The short ones are the 8, the 9, pitching wedge, sand wedge and lob wedge. They are heavier woods and shorter than they are used for short shots when trying to place the ball in green.
The palosmedios and lengths are formed by the 7, 6, 5, 4, 3 and 2.
3 and 2 are used with less frequency.
Nowadays they are distinguished with numbers but formerly one took control of names.
The Putter
This wood of golf conserves its traditional name.
It is used to push the ball with a blow when one is in front of the hole in green, sometimes also is used to leave bunker or to make a shot of approach.
This type of wood has loft very low and usually is short woods.
This it is the wood of more personal golf and there are them with different forms from head.
They are the traditional ones which they are those of shovel, also are those of perimetral weight and mallet, also denominated mallet.
Woods of Golf for left-handed people, women and children
Also there are woods for these types of players.
The woods are designed for skilful players and also for left-handed players, reason why it is necessary to make sure that the wood of golf with the correct direction is bought.
The women prefer woods less heavy than those than use the men.
These light woods of golf usually are with shafts of graphite and come in standard size or shorter for the players who are lower.
The children who are learning to play golf would have to use golf woods junior.
In order to know the length of a wood so that it a boy can use, it is necessary to measure to this one just over the waist until the ground.
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