Category: Golf

For much of the 20th century, owning a complete set of golf clubs meant carrying a 4-iron. It was not considered a specialty club. It was not reser

For much of modern golf history, the 5-iron occupied one of the most important positions in the bag. It was long enough to attack distant greens, c

The golf chipper occupies an unusual place in the game’s equipment hierarchy. It looks partly like a putter and partly like an iron. It is swung wit

The putter is the quietest club in the golf bag. It does not produce the speed of a driver, the towering flight of a long iron, or the dramatic spi

For most of golf’s history, the safest route to the hole was along the ground. Players chipped with narrow-bladed irons, ran the ball through ope

For much of golf’s early history, landing in a bunker was not merely an inconvenience. It could be a genuine disaster. Players had no specialized

The gap wedge does not possess the mythology of the sand wedge, the versatility of the pitching wedge, or the theatrical appeal of the lob wedge. It w

The approach wedge may be one of the youngest clubs in the golf bag, but its arrival tells a much larger story about the evolution of golf equipment.

The pitching wedge occupies an unusual place in the golf bag. It is classified as a wedge, shaped increasingly like an iron and frequently sold as

The 9-iron occupies a distinctive place in the golf bag. It is usually the final numbered iron in a modern set, yet it frequently performs like a w