| Throughout the world there must be
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| | travel any further than a shot from a
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| millions of weekend golfers who play the
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| | five iron.See what I'm saying about being
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| game they love just once in their hectic
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| | frustrated! Next, the 6 and 7 irons - or
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| and sometimes very tiring week, hoping to
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| | mid irons are used if you are lucky
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| find out the secret of this magical but
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| | enough to hit a half reasonable shot with
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| really frustrating pastime. One topic
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| | a long iron, leaving the ball just a bit
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| inevitably crops up when we make our
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| | too far for an 8 or 9 iron (which are
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| weekly pilgrimage around the 18 shrines
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| | used for play closer to the green) you
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| we call a golf course.Golf clubs! Now
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| | can then hit the mid-iron in the hope
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| there's a subject I guarantee always
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| | that you will reach the green and give
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| comes up on a round of golf. If not on
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| | yourself a reasonable chance of sinking a
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| the course, then certainly in the
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| | putt.The sand wedge and pitching wedge
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| clubhouse afterwards, where we are
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| | are used around the green for
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| celebrating perhaps one good shot in a
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| | particularly close shots that don't quite
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| round or drowning our sorrows in a beer
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| | land on the green or finish up in the
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| glass for yet another waste of a good
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| | sand of a bunker. And finally, while on
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| morning.Let's examine the clubs further.
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| | the smoother surface of the green, you
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| Firstly, we usually have two or three
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| | get to use the putter. You have probably
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| woods in the 14 permitted clubs we are
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| | seen these implements in all shapes and
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| allowed to carry in the bag (what a
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| | sizes. Like broomsticks, extra pieces
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| strange number). A driver is the biggest
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| | stuck on the handle and all sorts of
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| of them all - both in head size and club
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| | different club heads.Let's see what the
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| length - and, in theory at least, if used
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| | generalisation is then: all iron clubs
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| correctly, can and should hit the ball
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| | vary in degree of angle. If you imagine
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| the longest distance. Why oh why can't I
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| | the one iron as being almost straight,
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| hit the ball like that nice Mr Woods just
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| | the 2, 3, 4, etc, all have increasing
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| once in my lifetime. Granted he is more
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| | angle on the club head to give you more
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| talented than I and he practises about 18
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| | lift when you hit the ball. Therefore,
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| hours a day, but it still would be nice
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| | the sand iron and the pitching wedge
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| just once to hear that crisp click of the
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| | would have the greatest angle, thus
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| ball leaving the club heading in the
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| | giving you the most lift from the
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| right direction.All higher numbered clubs
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| | ground.If I sound like a text book, I am
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| are supposed to do about the same thing,
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| | sorry. I have tried for almost 15 years
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| 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 irons are also supposed
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| | to find out the secret of which club to
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| to be hit huge distances yet no matter
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| | use for which shot but I still generally
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| how often I have had lessons, I can't
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| | finish up using a five-iron for pretty
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| seem to make a shot from a three iron
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| | well everything.
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