Golf Clubs Today In ages past, the tools of the golf trade were
made of wood and stone. The first golfers used sticks of hickory
and oak to hit rounded stones picked up along the seashores of
Scotland. Later, metals were added to make the head of the club
last longer, while golf ball construction progressed to leather
pouches stuffed with feathers. Eventually the golf ball was made
from a rubber-like substance called gutta percha. As technology
and scientific knowledge increased, golfers were able to enjoy
better golf clubs, using steel and aluminium. In the past couple
of decades, the best "sticks" have been made with titanium,
beryllium, graphite and other "space age" combinations. An
overview of the club-making process would cover 400 or 500
years, from archery craftsmen pressed into service as the first
makers of golf clubs to the billion-dollar global industry of
clubs today. Golfers have gained distance and control from the
exact science that is club manufacturing in the 21st century.
Today, few golfers