| rstand how to buy golf club components, you first | | | | club component. The operant word is assembly |
| need to know how these parts work and what | | | | type. It's like playing Lego set. So let's say you |
| they are in the first place. So let's begin in this | | | | want to fit your choice of shaft to the rest of |
| way. If you know the parts already, treat this | | | | the club components, you'll be running into a |
| portion as a short review of Golf 101. | | | | vendor that sells a golf component kit. Now |
| The Grip | | | | you've got to be careful about whom you trust in |
| The grip of the golf club is important because it is | | | | this business. It's easy to ruin your investment. It |
| the extension of the golfer's hands. According to | | | | can get scratched or worse, broken. It's not a |
| the rules of golf, the grip has to be round, without | | | | simple glue or Epoxy situation. |
| obvious pockmarks which detract significantly | | | | Some unscrupulous golf component vendors use |
| from the roundness. | | | | a sacrificial laminate process, involving grinding the |
| The Shaft | | | | outside of the shaft. By cutting the fibers on the |
| The shaft of the golf club connects the grip to | | | | surface, energy and feel are lost. Solution: Look |
| the head and, like the grip, must also conform to | | | | for a high grade modulus shaft fiber which results |
| accepted roundness rules. Most modern golf club | | | | in very little loss of energy from your hands to |
| shafts are made of either steel or a carbon-fiber | | | | the clubface. |
| and resin composite. Now it's about time to | | | | Jonathan Berry has been publishing articles for |
| explain the concept and the theory behind a golf | | | | over twenty years. |