There is no sound in golf quite as satisfying as the solid thwack of the ball fully compressed against the clubface. Unfortunately, you won’t hear that sound if you make contact off the toe of the club. Even worse, you'll also lose power and accuracy.

Golf club heads are attached to the golf shaft with epoxy glue. Epoxy is a thermosetting polymer that is a high strength adhesive. Two parts, the resin and the hardener, are mixed together to create a chemical reaction that cures the epoxy to hardness.

The average female golfer's swing speed is 65 mph, wrote Tom Wishon in "Ten Things You Thought You Knew About Golf Clubs." Because a woman has less upper body power than a man, her swing speeds tend to be lower.

The DCI line was the flagship series of irons from Titleist from 1990 to 2003. DCI is short for Direct Central Impact. The design of golf clubs is high tech.

Golf is truly a spectator sport, with hundreds of thousands of patrons flooding golf courses annually to watch events on the PGA, Senior PGA and LPGA Tours. Golf is also a game of etiquette and honor, with many time-honored traditions governing play and conduct.

Golfers have witnessed plenty of innovative changes in equipment over the past 20 years. Golf balls, for example, are much more durable while maintaining the spin and distance properties that golfers covet. Today there is very little difference between hard and soft golf balls.

The proper use and tension of the hands and wrists during the golf swing confounds many a player. Though your instincts may tell you that maintaining a tight grip on the club with firm wrists is necessary to generate a powerful swing, the opposite is true.

One of the most important considerations when shopping for a golf driver revolves around loft. The loft of the club directly impacts the distance and trajectory of your shot as well as the direction of your ball off the tee. Drivers with 9.5 and 10.5 degrees of loft are among the most common on the market today.

To some, the distinguishing characteristic of women’s golf clubs is pink highlights on the clubheads. In reality, the standard women’s golf club is designed for the typical woman player -- someone who’s smaller and less powerful than a man. But not all women are standard.

The AP1 and AP2 are part of a long line of acclaimed Titleist irons. Both sets received a gold rating in the 2013 "Golf Digest" Hot List for irons.

One of the problems that many golfers have is the tendency to hit the ground before hitting the ball. Tee shots are usually not a problem because the ball is elevated, but hitting from the fairway is often a completely different story.

Most golf equipment companies make three styles of putters -- standard, belly putter and the long putter. The putter’s length is important; it affects the distance and directional control of the ball, according to Ralph Maltby, golf equipment expert.