Clubs

Clubs are the most important pieces of equipment used in golf. There are about 20 clubs in golf, but you can only use 14 at a time. However most people can survive with even 6 clubs. There are two types of clubs: woods and irons. Woods are usually for long shots and irons are for shorter shots, however some irons hit further than some of the shorter woods. Lots of new types of clubs have been developed in the past years, like driving irons and lobwedges. Below is a table of all of the clubs, with their descriptions. I decided not to include the distances that can be hit with each of the clubs, because they vary according to the user, for example with a 1-Wood some people hit only 150 meters and other hit up to 400 meters. But basically the smaller the number of the club the further you can hit with it.

1-Wood	Used for long shots from the tee. Also known as the driver.
2-Wood	Very similar to a 1-wood, but it lifts the ball higher.
3-Wood	Used for long shots from the fairway.
4-Wood	Almost like 3-wood
5-Wood	Used in the faiway or the rough, an easy club for the beginners to learn.
6-Wood	Similar to 5-wood.
7-Wood	A club used for mid-distance fairway shots and roughs.
1-Iron	Very unpopular and hard club to use. Lifts the ball very little. Not included in the standard sets.
2-Iron	Similar to 1-iron.
3-Iron	Used for long shots from the fairway and the tee.
4-Iron	Used for par 3 holes and fairway shots.
5-Iron	Used generally from the fairway or the rough.
6-Iron	Similar to 5-iron.
7-Iron	Used from the fairway or the rough, the balls usually stop immediately after landing. A very easy club to use.
8-Iron	Similar to 7-iron, but is more suited for roughs and sand.
9-Iron	Good for short shots. It shoots the ball very high in the air, so it's well suited in getting the ball over trees and other hazards.
Pitching Wedge	Similar to 9-iron, but gives more accuracy.
Sand Wedge	It's especially designed for use in the sand bunkers, but it can also be used from the fairway or the rough.
Lob Wedge	A club for very short and high shots. It's well suited for roughs and fairways.
Driving Iron	A newly developed universal club that can be used for semi-long shots from almost anywhere.
Chipper	An unpopular and special club for chipping. Looks similar to a putter.
Putter	A putter is only used in the green. It gives the ball no loft, and is very accurate.