For any golfer, whether a professional or an amateur, the Golf club holds utmost importance. When it comes to the quality of the game, much depends on the Golf clubs equipment. Therefore, it is important that you choose your Golf club set carefully after considering all the relevant factors. While choosing the club, it is the Golf club length that needs to be perfect.
It is the Golf Club Length that has a major role to play in the swing while hitting the ball and hence it is instrumental in creating the impact on the Golf ball. There is a common misconception that longer Golf clubs give better swing and helps to drive the ball to greater distance. Though this fact is true according to the laws of physics, it is not right in case of Golf. Simply because it is very difficult to swing the club with longer Golf club shaft an average golfer can not control the ball with longer clubs. Therefore, even the professional players also prefer standard Golf club sizes as they value precision of the shot over the distance. It is those golfers who participate in the longest drive competition use the clubs that are unusually long.
Though it is often said that there are some standard club lengths, in reality there is no set measure as far as the golf club length is concerned. It is not possible simply because of the fact that unlike most other sports there is no international body that works as a watchdog for the game of Golf. The Golf club manufacturers of course make Golf clubs that are almost of the same standard and length. The Golf clubs made by different companies hardly differ in terms of length. For example most of the drivers for the men are of 45 or 45.5 inches long and the drivers for the women players have the length of 44 or 44.5 inches. The woods do vary in terms of length and generally the 3-Woods are 43 inches to 44 inches long depending on the manufacturer. Normally woods that are meant for ladies are about one inch shorter than the corresponding men’s wood.
The increment of length from the higher numbered woods to the lower number woods also varies from one manufacturer to the other. Some companies increase the size by one quarter of the inch, for some the increment is half inch and some also increase the size by 1 inch. When it comes to the Irons, the lowest numbered iron is about 39 or 39.5 inches long and as the number of the iron increases the length decreases for about one inch.
Apart from these standard Golf clubs that are sold at retail Golf stores, you can also opt for customized Golf clubs. For these products the Golf club sizing is done on the basis of the height of the golfer. To determine the Golf club length, the distance between the wrist of the golfer and the floor is measured. In this way the optimum golf club length is determined that gives the golfer extreme ease while swinging and perfect control over the shot.
