For stopping the ball, as needed on approach shots to the green, the irons were employed, and then for the coup-de-grace, getting the ball into the cup, the putter was used. These three types of clubs, drivers, irons and putters, exemplify the three departments of play in the game of golf, and to play the game a player would have to have these three basic clubs: a driver for the distance shots, an iron for the approach shots and a putter to complete the job.
But golfers are not satisfied with one driver, one iron and one putter; they get a set of three or four or even five drivers. Likewise they equip themselves with six or eight or even ten irons, and on top of this they may even have two or more putters. In fact, as the game of golf became popular in America and attractive purses were being put up for professional golfers, it was discovered that players were going to tournaments with as many as 22 or 23 clubs in their golf bags. Some of these were extra drivers and extra putters, but the United States Golf Association felt that this large number of clubs was not needed and such an array of equipment would tend to discourage those who might be interested in taking up the game. A rule was passed that a player could not have more than 14 clubs in his golf bag, and that is the rule today. A standard set of clubs now consists of four drivers, numbered 1, 2, 3, 4; eight irons numbered 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9; a heavily weighted club called a sand wedge and a putter.
The only difference between the four woods is the degree of loft on the face of the club, which tends to elevate or drive the ball on a higher angle of flight or trajectory.
The same thing is true of the irons, and sketch 2F illustrates the respective angle of trajectory which each iron produces.
So the drivers in a set of woods, and the irons in a set of irons are each but a cog or a niche in that set-each designed to produce a certain angle of flight or trajectory, all of which emphasizes this important fact: that the clubs will not produce the respective effect for which they were designed unless they are all swung and applied to the ball in the same way.
In short, a golfer does not purchase a set of golf clubs to make the game more difficult, he does it to make the game easier, and it is easy if he will use the same swing on all clubs. continue golf clubs and the three departments of play...
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