A General Introduction to Adjustable Golf Irons

The innovative mind of man never fails to amaze anyone as new inventions come up practically all day. Humans have conquered vast fields and worlds with the many gadgets they have produced such as the telephone, television, automobiles and so on. Inventions have been made as solutions to practically every human need, and these inventions continue to develop through time. One great example of such products of the human mind are adjustable golf irons, which are now gaining popularity in the spectacular world of golf.

Adjustable Golf Irons Through The Years

The concept of adjustable golf irons is not really new. Numerous designs of adjustable golf irons have been made since the late 1800s with at least 120 of them patented since the year 1895. It amazing to know how each design is quite ingenious knowing the technology available in the past, but it took only until fairly recently for developers to come up with an adjustable golf iron that can be used in the course as well as normal golf irons.

Adjustable Golf Irons at Present

So much development has been done throughout several decades in terms of adjustable golf irons. At present, there are two very popular adjustable golf irons that are being used both by professional golf players and even novice ones. One is the DIVNICK adjustable golf iron, which is popularly known as the “Whole in One”. This adjustable golf club, which was first used in 1988, was developed because its inventor Steve Divnick thought that it is unnecessary to haul heavy sets of several golf clubs and more practical to just use one club that has variable angles and lengths. By 1991, Divnick was able to get a patent for his design and sell it to the general market.

Another very popular adjustable golf iron is The Universal, a brainchild of Donald Moore, the inventor of the very first air powered Tire Changer and the Superstick golf club. The Universal’s predecessor, the Superstick was the very first club to have variable loft angles and a telescopic shaft for adjustable length. Further developments on the Superstick led to the production of the Walkers club and eventually The Universal.

The Universal is quite unique among all other adjustable golf irons. It allows loft changes of 3.3 degrees, which is within a degree of the average iron or wedge loft angle. The Universal also has a more accurate lie angle for each adjustment due to its shank which is offset by .500, with the angle set to the sole. This provides great precision while still complying fairly to game requirements.

While in the past, it was generally rare to see a golfer use adjustable golf irons, more of these all-in-one tools are being used worldwide. A lot of golfers have seen the great advantages afforded by adjustable clubs. First of all it saves a lot of space and even diminishes the need to use golf carts to go around golf courses. Using the same club throughout a game also increases the consistency of golf swings because the player would no longer have to keep on adjusting to every golf club being used.

Adjustable golf irons also enables players to have a round of golf almost instantaneously. The club would not really take much space so it is easier to bring it around all the time even when traveling abroad. Some golfers also report that using adjustable golf irons help them return to the basics of the game where skill and strategy is much more exercised. This is why a lot of golfers value adjustable irons as much as rare golf clubs.

Man is indeed a very creative being to be able not only to even things but also to keep on developing them to provide more assistance to people’s daily functions. Adjustable golf irons are among the great products of this innovation and it is thus not surprising to see why these indispensable tools are growing in popularity these days and the days to come.