Electrogolf? - How Technology is Changing the Game of Golf

Golf simulators? Laser guided putters? Titanium-graphite clubs and four piece balls? Tell this to the average golfer 50 years ago and they will be shocked how technology has advanced even in the game of golf.

Golf may look like a simple game of sticks, hole and ball but in today's technology driven world playing and learning the game has become much more easier because of the application of technology in golf.

The advantages of adopting the use of technology in the game of golf can be seen on how the players has performed throughout the years. The average driving distance of PGA players has increased by 27 yards for the last ten years while compressions of today's golf balls are often in the range of 70 to 80.

You will be confused at the myriad of choices that are available in today's modern golf shops. There are different kinds of clubs that are made of different kinds of metals that pass itself off as the most modern or the most sophisticated piece of club you could ever find. When you get to read the informational materials about this club, you could not even understand half of what is written there with all the technical jargon involved. Choosing a ball is also no easy thing. There are several classes of ball out there that purports to be the best. Technology may be designed to make life easy but not so when choosing what type of golf equipment one should buy.

In the beginning, clubs were mostly made of wood, that's why we get the term " woods" for clubs. Later on club heads were made of woods and steel hence we have the term "woods" and "irons." As time went by several materials were used to make golf club heads such as aluminum, fiberglass and steel shafts. Recently other materials has been used, today's most popular being titanium which is harder than steel but lighter than paper. Titanium is so light that other types of metals must be combined with it in order to give the golf club head the proper weight it requires. The advantage of using titanium is that club heads can be fashioned much more larger since the metal is so light weight giving the golfer a larger spot wherewith to hit the ball with. The material of choice for the shaft is graphite because of it's lightness and strength. This translates to a faster swing for golfers enabling them to transfer more energy into the ball.

Golf balls have pretty much evolved for the past years. The first balls were feather stuffed. They were replaced by dried gum balls later on rubber balls two piece rubber balls and now three piece rubber balls and even four piece balls. Three piece or four piece balls gives it's makers the opportunity to use different types of core materials. These balls are designed to adjust to the speed of your swing. Making golf balls now has become so sophisticated that manufacturers have to use a wind tunnel just to determine the right number of dimples that a golf ball is suppose to have.

Golf practice technology has also leaped ahead. Now a days we have the most sophisticated swing training and putting training equipments available. We have visualizer clubs, Metronome training aids, practice aids, glove trainers and golf simulators.

No what will they think of next ?