YOGYAKARTA - For beginners, understanding the various types of golf equipment is the first step that is recommended to try. Want to know some types of golf clubs?

By applying this matter, so that players can control what sticks must be used to carry out punches ( strokes) in a golf game situation.

Each golf club also has different uses and functions from each other, whether for short or long distance hulls.

Driver

Drivers are the type of stick used to score an initial shot or a tease shot in a golf game.

When the tease shot is held, the player must hope that the ball that is beaten can be as close as it can be located in the hole (hole) or instead produce a hole in one.

The fair distance that can be generated from a blow using a driver's stick is 230 yards (approximately 210 m) for men's golfers and 200 yards (near 182 m) for women's golfers.

Woods

Wood is part of the golf club used to concentrate the ball into a very long distance leading to the hole.

Men's golfers will usually reach 3-wood of approximately 210 yards (approximately 192 m) and women's 3-wood reaches 180 yards (equivalent to 164 m).

Hybrids

It is the type of club that mixes woods and iron design elements that can be used in fairway bunkers, rows, and fairways.

The distance that hybrid sticks can create is reasonable for men around 180 yards (164 m) and the women is close to 150 yards (137 m)

Irons

Irons is a stick type with a solid head consisting of a metal with a flat tilted face. This type of sticker is grouped by distance with the characteristic number 1- 9.

The long irons type is marked by numbers 1- 4, mid irons(5- 7), and short irons(8- 9). The giving of numbers is adjusted to the angle of the sphere the created.

Wedge

It is an iron type with a larger hull power and is used in various short-range punches.

There are some types of wedges, namely pitching wedges (approximately 45- 50 degrees), approach wedges (50- 55 degrees), sand wedges (55-57 degrees), lob wedges (64-68 degrees).

Putter

Putter is a club with a hull of no more than 10 degrees which is commonly used to roll out the ball on green (green).

This club is generally used to help transport the ball or scroll it from green to hole.

When using a putter, players must be able to measure the strength used to hold punches so that they are not too strong or weak so that the ball can enter the hole.

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