• Golf clubs are made of components such as club heads, shafts and grips.golf club image by cico from Fotolia.com
  
  Golf has become a very popular sport due in part to the interest of such high-profile golfers as Tiger Woods. As a result of this popularity, interest in golf clubs and their construction has increased. There are a handful of companies that specialize in selling golf club components to club builders who, in turn, build golf clubs to sell to their customers.
  
  

Golf Club Heads

• There are five major types of golf club heads: Woods (drivers and fairway woods), irons, hybrids, wedges and putters. Each club head type has its own purpose when playing.
  
  Woods are drivers and fairway woods. The driver is, by volume, the largest club head in a set of golf clubs. Driver heads are primarily made from titanium and are usually the most expense club heads in a set. Fairway woods are typically made of steel or titanium and are used for longer shots from the fairway or short rough.
  
  The irons, aside from the putter, are the most used clubs in a set. Irons are forged from a solid piece of metal or cast by pouring melted steel into a mold and allowing it cool and harden.
  
  Hybrid club heads are a mixture ofwoods and irons. According to Golf Club Revue, hybrid golf clubs feature a design that enables the club to get the ball airborne quicker. However, the club has a smaller profile, similar to an iron.
  
  Wedges are used to hit shots from inside 100 yards, as well as from green side sand bunkers. Wedges, at first glance, look similar to irons, but the sand wedge has a leading edge and a trailing sole that allows the club to slide through the sand and under the ball.
  
  Putters are the most used club in a set. There are different styles of putters, ranging from blade style putters to mallet style putters.
  
  

Golf Club Shafts

• The golf shaft is the "engine" of the golf club.playing golf image by Joann Cooper from Fotolia.com
  
  Golf club shafts are graphite or steel. Most woods and hybrids are paired with a graphite shaft to make the club as light as possible. Most irons are paired with a steel shaft. Shafts are the catalyst that provides the power for the club head to hit the ball. Golf club shafts come in different tensile strengths or flexes that can be paired with the club head speed generated by the golfer's swing. The varying flexes, along with the point in the shaft where the shaft bends during the golf swing, called the kick point, gives a club builder many options to custom fit a club to a specific golfer.
  
  

Golf Club Grips

• Proper grip size can help eliminate poor golf shots.Golf image by Vanessa van Rensburg from Fotolia.com
  
  According to Golf Spyder, the golf grip is "one of the most overlooked parts of a golf club." A good club builder understands the importance of the proper golf grip. You can purchase golf grips in different sizes, materials and colors depending upon the size of your hands and your gender. The wrong grip size can cause the golf club to twist in the hands during the golf swing, resulting in a poor shot.
  
  

Miscellaneous Components

• The golf club builder also needs such component as club head epoxy, golf grip tape and golf grip solvent to assemble golf clubs. Club head epoxy is a glue-like substance that is applied to the tip of the golf shaft to keep the club head attached to the shaft. Grip tape is a double-sided tape that is wrapped around the grip end of the golf shaft and holds the golf grip in place. Golf grip solvent is a liquid that activates the tackiness of the grip tape to keep the grips secure and prevent them from slipping during the golf swing.