Triangle Golf Shafts
The newest type of golf shaft to date that came out in 2006 is the Triangle Golf Shaft. Triangular in design the triangle golf shaft boasts the most aerodynamic design and yet the best ridgidity for maxium control. Some people refer to triangle golf shafts as "Trigraphite Shafts".
Grip
The end of the shaft opposite the head is covered either with a rubber, synthetic leather, or colloquially, a leather grip for the player to hold. The modern grip has also undergone a number of iterations and the vast variety of models makes it far easier for a discriminating golfer to find a model that is comfortable to him or her.
Clubhead
Each head has a face which contacts the ball during the stroke (but the head of a putter may have two faces).
Older persimmon and maple woods had heads that were primarily made of the aforementioned materials save for a possible metal sole and/or faceplate. These wooden headed clubs were dense and heavy and as a result remained miniscule in comparison to today's clubheads. Their smaller surface area also made consistent good contact more difficult.
Gary Adams, founder of Taylor Made Golf, is considered the father of the modern metal wood. Adams began to market his club in the late 1970's, but it was nearly a decade until metal woods established a firm foothold in the golf community. Many PGA Tour players still used persimmon woods into the 1990's.
Metal woods provided an advantage over persimmon in that they presented a stronger and lighter material which allowed manufacturers to make larger clubheads. Larger clubheads resulted in larger faces, which meant that it was easier to contact the ball, particularly in the desired area; sometimes referred to as the sweet spot. The larger the sweet spot, the better the chance of hitting a good shot.
Furthermore, the use of titanium as a metal in golf club construction has revolutionized the equipment industry. Since titanium is both lighter and stronger than steel and has amazing corrosion resistance, it is an ideal metal for golf club construction. Manufacturers could now make woods with greater volume, which increased the hitting area, and thinner faces, which reduced the weight. The first mass-produced titanium wood bought in large quantities, The Callaway Golf Great Big Bertha, was introduced in 1995. It was an, at the time, massive 253 cubic centimeters of volume. Subsequent drivers were even larger, which made the effective hitting area much larger. Thus the driver went from the most difficult club to hit well, to one of the easiest. The USGA has curbed the volumetric growth of drivers by instituting a size rule which states that no club can measure greater than 460 cubic centimeters.
Traditionally, most iron heads were made by forging, which involves the careful shaping of the club head through hammering and pressing of heated steel. Today, most modern golf club heads of all types, not just irons, are cast through a process known as investment casting. This process allows manufacturers to redistribute the weight into the perimeter of the club, known as perimeter weighting, which helps to increase the accuracy of mishit shots. Forged club are still prized for feel and "workability", the ability to curve a ball's flight intentionally. In the 1970's, Ping developed the cavity back iron, which improves forgiveness, the ability to have a good shot even with bad contact with the ball.
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