Club Technologies

What Should I Know About Golf Club Heads?
Materials
Golf club heads are manufactured from an array of different materials. Generally putters and junior sets are manufactured from Zinc and Aluminum alloys. In most cases, irons are manufactured from two grades of stainless steel: 431 stainless steel and 17-4 stainless steel. 431 is a softer stainless steel than 17-4 and is commonly used in high quality iron heads. 17-4 stainless steel is a harder steel found in professional quality irons and wood heads. Club heads are increasingly growing in size and strength due to the introduction of Titanium which is lighter and stronger than the previous metals used. Titanium is the most expensive material used in building golf clubs heads. High end, high performance drivers are manufactured from Titanium. This includes Lind's range of drivers.

Shapes
Golf heads are made in a variety of shapes. Key design principles are weight distribution, size and styling. Manufacturers are beginning to experiment with square club head driver designs which differ somewhat from traditional round driver heads.

Movable Weights
A recent innovation in golf is the installation of movable weights in club heads that allow for golfers to alter the distribution of weight within the head to produce specific trajectories. This technology assists golfers in altering ball flight.

What Should I Know About Golf Club Shafts?
The shaft is a very important factor in the performance of a golf club. In many cases the quality of the shaft is more important than the club head itself as the performance of the golf club is dictated mostly by the shaft rather than the club head. The technology and quality of graphite shafts over the past few years has improved significantly, and so has their affordability. Lind delivers a range of quality shaft options that can be fitted to any of our club heads. The performance of the Lind branded standard shafts is comparable to many of the big brands, just like our club heads are.

Should I Use Graphite or Steel Shafts?
Strongly consider using graphite shafts in your woods if:

• You are a woman
• You are a senior
• You have joint problems
• You want to play a longer driver
• You have a fairly quick swing speed
• You are an average player who wants to play better
• You have trouble hitting steel shafted woods

Strongly consider using graphite shafts in your irons if:

• You are a woman
• You are a senior
• You have joint problems
• You feel more comfortable playing with graphite shafts in your irons
• You have a slower swing and want to add distance
• You have trouble hitting steel shafted irons

Our reasoning for the above is that graphite shafts reduce the weight of your club and this is helpful for all players, but especially women and seniors. Graphite shafts also reduce the shock at impact - this is also good for those of us with joint problems. Graphite shafts allow for longer clubs - this is good for distance (but maybe not quite so good for control). Graphite shafts have greater construction alternatives so that they can be designed to affect the flight of the ball to a greater degree than steel shafts.

What Should I Know About Golf Club Grips?
Grips may not cost much in comparison to all your other golf club components yet they are one of the most important parts of the club. It is absolutely vital that you change your grips often. They tend to oxidize, harden and 'lose their grip' – the best grips are usually the ones that lose their grips the fastest.

What Should I Know About Golf Club Technologies?
Most Game Improvement Technologies are centered around both forgiveness (the ability of the golf club to compensate for swing error - and the golf ball to go straighter) and distance. The object of the game is to hit straighter and farther, so golf clubs designed to do that are called GAME IMPROVEMENT golf clubs. And most of us are thankful that they were invented! The primary characteristics of game improvement clubs are perimeter weighting, large sweet spot and low center of gravity design.

Perimeter Weighting
Perimeter weighting means that the weight of the golf club head is positioned around the perimeter of the golf club instead of at the center. By perimeter weighting our golf clubs, we maximise forgiveness. We do have designs with greater and lesser emphasis on perimeter weighting - but all of our golf clubs are perimeter weighted to help your game.

Large Sweet Spot
The sweet spot is the optimum place to make contact with the ball. The larger the sweet spot, the greater the chance that off-centre shots will still go straight. All our drivers and irons are designed with oversized hitting areas, increasing the sweet spot size.

Low Centre of Gravity
Low Centre of Gravity means shifting weight to the bottom of the club to increase the ability to hit the ball up into the air. Most of us know what it's like to tee off without the ball spending any time in the air at all! If this is a common occurrence for you then a low centre of gravity matters a lot.

At Lind Golf we want to improve your game, and help you lower your score. That's why we use these game improvement technologies in our range. So try us, you won't be disappointed!

Adjustable weight technologies
Adjustable weight technologies allow you to move weight towards the front (toe) or rear (heel) of the golf club. By doing this, you are increasing the bias of your club to either produce a draw or a fade.

Alignment Aids
Alignment aids are designed to help you align your club head with the ball on approach. Putters use various alignment methods to help create a visual line from the putter to the ball through to the target. All LindGolf drivers and fairway woods have a Lind L on the crown to assist with alignment and aim.