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Golf Clubs - Woods
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Woods are long clubs for long shots, with a shaft length about 40-46 inches or 100-115 cm, although some woods such as Black Rock's Killer Bee have been made with shaft lengths of up to 50 inches. Woods are used for the longest shots, ranging from 200 to 300 yards (180-275 m). The typical loft for wood faces ranges from 9 to 26 degrees. The 1 wood is usually referred to as a driver. They have large heads that are somewhat spherical in shape with a slightly bulging clubface and a flattened bottom that slides over the ground without digging in during the stroke. Originally the "wood" heads were made of persimmon or maple wood, but modern club heads are usually made of hollow steel or titanium. The first steel metal woods were filled with foam in order to ensure structural stability. The shaft enters the head at the top corner nearest the player through a hollow tube known as a hosel in such a way that the face of the wood is roughly at a right angle to one side of the shaft. Some companies, such as Callaway Golf, famously eschewed the hosel in order to place more useable weight in the head. This process resulted in far less of the shaft being affixed to a surrounding structure. This had the effect of weakening the bond between the shaft and clubhead while also exposing more of the shaft to direct contact with the ball on particularly poor swings and was often a culprit in shaft breakage in the more fragile graphite shafts. |
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