Who is the designer of a golf club?
In such companies, there is no one club designer. These companies’ golf clubs are rather a process of “design by committee.”
What are the different types of golf clubs?
The most common type of wood golf clubs is usually a 1-wood, a 3-wood, and a 5-wood. Similar to the woods, the degree of loft for the iron clubs will increase with the number on the iron club. You can get irons golf clubs numbered one through nine, but few golfers will carry every category of irons with them.
Do you need to be a good golfer to design golf clubs?
While it is not impossible for a golfer of less skill to become a competent club designer, being a very good player will serve the designer well, specifically in the area of the designer being able to personally test hit and ascertain performance and feel differences between different golf club designs.
How do I become a professional golf club engineer?
Chiefly acquiring the practical application of engineering and physics to golf club performance will have to come from years of working for a golf club company in a junior position within the company’s design or product development department.