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  2. Wood (golf) - Wikipedia

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    An Adams Golf Insight BUL 5000 460 cm 3 9.5° (left), an early 1980s Pinnacle Persimmon driver (right).. A wood is a type of club used in the sport of golf.Woods have longer shafts and larger, rounder heads than other club types, and are used to hit the ball longer distances than other types.

  3. Shaft (golf) - Wikipedia

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    The shaft of a golf club is the long, tapered tube which connects the golfer's hands to the club head.While hundreds of different designs exist, the primary purpose of the golf shaft remains the same: to provide the player with a way to generate centrifugal force in order to effectively strike the ball.

  4. Obsolete golf clubs - Wikipedia

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    These early clubs had hickory shafts and wrapped leather grips. To secure the joins between the shaft and the head of the club, and between the grip and the shaft, whipping of black, waxed linen thread was used. Pre-1900 clubs (smooth-faced gutty era) used seven-ply thread. Clubs from the era 1900 to 1935 required four-ply thread.

  5. Golf club - Wikipedia

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    A golf club is a club used to hit a golf ball in a game of golf.Each club is composed of a shaft with a grip and a club head. Woods are mainly used for long-distance fairway or tee shots; irons, the most versatile class, are used for a variety of shots; hybrids that combine design elements of woods and irons are becoming increasingly popular; putters are used mainly on the green to roll the ...

  6. Brassie - Wikipedia

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    The brassie did not find the way into modern golf bags because of its limited use. Tour Brassie by Taylor Made In the 1980s TaylorMade-Adidas came up with a model range of metal woods and to push the market launch they gave their clubs historic names. So the Brassie came back named as the Taylor Made Tour Brassie (Wood No. 2).

  7. Stave bearing - Wikipedia

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    A stave bearing is a simple journal bearing where a shaft rotates in a bearing housing. Rather than the usual arrangement where the fixed part of the bearing surrounds most of the circumference of the shaft in one or two pieces, a stave bearing uses a large number of axial staves to support the shaft. A large housing is made with grooves ...