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Golf Irons

Golf irons are called irons because historically their clubhead has been made from iron. As with other types of golf clubs, there are three components that make up golf irons: the clubhead, the shaft and the grip.

Golf irons are the most versatile kind of golf club. The face of the clubhead, used to strike the ball, is scored with grooves designed to impart spin, enabling the skilled player to more easily control the ball.

A standard set of 14 golf clubs will contain many irons, which are differentiated by the angle of loft on the clubface. Irons are numbered, with the 1 iron having the lowest loft, smallest clubhead and longest shaft, through to the 9 iron, which has the greatest loft, largest heads and shortest shafts. These different characteristics allow different irons to be used from a variety of situations, from the tee to the fairway to hazards such as sand bunkers.

 

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