In this section of the blog, I’m trying to go through some of the jargon you’ll face when buying new clubs. The last post explained that the three main parts of a club are the clubhead, shaft and grip.
The clubhead is the bit that’s received the most attention from innovators, designers and equipment manufacturers.
As the part of the club that actually touches the golf ball, its characteristics are critical to the flight and behavior of that ball after impact.
But before we get into the technical properties of the clubhead, we need to know the special terms used just to describe its different parts.
Let’s look at these first:
The front of the club (which - hopefully - hits the ball) is the clubface. The top is the crown, the bottom is the sole. The end furthest away from you as you strike the ball is the toe, the end nearest to you is the heel.
The back of the club is…the back (nice).
Retailers and manufacturers like to bandy around specialist clubhead jargon when they describe the latest golf gear. So future posts will look at specific clubhead characteristics and what they mean.
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