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    2 Most Common Causes Of Penalty Strokes

    Aside from knocking your ball into a hazard or out-of-bounds area, the two ways most commonly found to pile up the penalty strokes are from lost balls and unplayable lies.

    When you hit the ball in a wooded area on the side of the fairway, and the location is not considered to be out-of-bounds, you can dig around and try your best to find the ball. In doing so, one of the following three things is bound to happen:

    1. You may find the ball and then attempt to hit it onto the fairway.

    2. The ball might be located in an unplayable lie, which means that there is no chance to make a shot. You're only two options are to pick up the ball and move over by two club lengths or hit the ball again from where you originally took your last shot. Either way, you pick up a one-stroke penalty.

    3. The ball may not be easy enough to find, and can be declared lost. This means that you have to go back to the area where you hit your last shot, shoot over, and take a penalty stroke.

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    Why Are Golf Clubs Called Woods & Irons?

    By Foursome | September 4, 2008

    When playing golf, there are specific rules that state you cannot have more than 14 golf clubs in your bag at any time during the game. More seasoned veterans of this sport have a very good idea of what equipment they want to carry, and when.

    For anyone just starting out in golf, the standard set of clubs typically includes the following: 3 Woods (3wood, 5wood, and a driver), 9 Irons (3iron, 4iron, 5iron, 6iron, 7iron, 8iron, 9iron, sand wedge, and a pitching wedge), and 1 putter.

    Let’s Take A Deeper Look Into The Woods

    You’ll notice that the woods happen to have the longest shaft of any other golf club in your bag.  The head is specifically designed to hit the golf ball from either a tee (an elevated plug that is placed in the ground) or a very flat surface. The fairway is a perfect example of such a surface.

    Woods are designed to hit the ball at extremely long distances.  Pinpoint accuracy is not the goal here. Instead, distance is the prime objective. Woods come in numbers from 1 to 11.  The lesser number will provide the least amount of loft, which in turn adds more distance to the ball.
    Why are they called “woods”?

    This term describes these clubs because they used to be made from persimmon trees. Although some companies today still use wood from these trees for their club building material, most modern golf clubs use titanium or steal.

    If you are a beginner at the game of golf, then your best option is to choose a modern golf club that is made of metal. The reason is because the clubhead on a steel club is bigger and will offer more room for you to make contact with the ball.

    A Word About Irons

    The irons typically come into play after you have teed off with your wood. Irons are designed to help you get the ball onto the green. Similar to the description of the woods, irons are not really made of iron.  In fact, most of the material is steel. Some companies actually use titanium, an excellent metal, but is very expensive.

    Irons are designed to give you more accuracy with your shots, without sacrificing distance. As the number of the iron gets bigger, the shafts get shorter.  Next you have your standard wedge, pitching wedge, and sand wedge, which are all designed for accuracy.

    If you are a beginner then you will have the best success by using the 9iron and the pitching wedge.  These are the two best clubs to utilize when just starting out in golf.  With experience, you can move on to other clubs, and if you ever reach professional status, you may even use the 1iron and 2iron (a sign of a GREAT player).

    Topics: General, Golf Clubs & Equipment |

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