Club Heads: Material Differences   Click here for print version
   

unplated carbon steel wedges is softer feel and supposable greater spin. Iirons, wedges and putters produced from carbon steel will be more expensive than stainless steel.

Zinc
Heads produced from zinc are the least expensive of all the materials. Used mostly for irons, wedges and putters in both starter sets and junior sets, zinc heads are less durable than their stainless steel counterparts. Zinc heads can be identified by their non-magnetic properties and their larger-than-normal hosel diameters.

Wood
Wooden woods are rarely found as a club head material option anymore as it has lost favor amongst golfers to titanium drivers and stainless fairway woods.

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