Building your Golf Club

By: Richard Taub

MEEN 3344

Club Head

• Woods– Aluminum, Titanium

Alloys

– Stainless Steels, more weight

– Titanium, lighter material allows for quicker swing

• Irons– Zinc, cheaper

doesn’t last as long

– Stainless Steels, tungsten insert

Club Shaft

• Steel– More consistent because of less

give in shaft

• Graphite– More distance, works like a whip– Less precision, golf club bends allowing

for more error True Temper TX-90

Club Grips

• Rubber

• Leather

• Many types

• Give and take– Stronger grip– Longer lasting grip

Winn Grips Elastomer ETM

References

• Pinemeadow Golf, http://secure.pinemeadowgolf.com/clubs101_2.html

• Callaway Golf Club Picture, http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images?p=Big+Bertha+titanium&ei=UTF-8&fr=FP-pull-web-t&fl=0&x=wrt

• Winn Grips, www.golf-quest.com/ p_WinnGolfClubGrips.html