golf club covers

[juldea]

Dear friends who are familiar with golfing,

How many clubs out of a standard set of golf clubs are traditionally worn with a cover? Three? The, uh, drivers?

{EDIT}

I desire to make (yay knitting) covers for my dad's clubs. I don't know what he has. I would like to know how many covers to make, and how many stripes (to designate the 'number' of the club) to put on each.

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[tpau]

all the ones made of wood?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

...

I was asking people who were familiar with golf. ;)

[tpau]

i know. and whilei don't play, that is why one covers clubs, as the wooden ones don't bang at each other.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Yes, but you can't tell me exactly how many of them there are, and how they're designated from each other.

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

If I recall correctly, a full set of golf clubs has four woods (drivers). (And 9 irons, or maybe not, since the low numbers are covered by the drivers. Also, a putter, and sometimes a wedge.) Since these have a large hunk of wood, they sometimes have covers to help isolate them from environmental factors.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I desire to make (yay knitting) covers for my dad's clubs. I don't know what he has. I would like to know how many covers to make, and how many stripes (to designate the 'number' of the driver) to put on each.

[oakleaf-mirror.livejournal.com]

The best way would be to have someone peek into his bag and take a look, and report back to you. Failing that, a set of four, numbered 1 to 4, should cover all likely possibilities. Others report below that #2 is often missing, so you might save that one for last. :)

When I golfed, I carried a #1 and #3 wood, and #3, #5, #7 and #9 irons, and a putter. But I had a fairly light bag (I walked the course, and carried my clubs).

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Hrm... The only person in the position to peek into his bag is his wife, and I'm making her a set too. ;)

Thanks for the info though!

...is his wife,...

[readcloud222.livejournal.com]

...instead of my mom...should have tipped me off---make her set plaid or something then.

Re: ...is his wife,...

[juldea.livejournal.com]

They're getting different colors of stripes. :)

[adalius.livejournal.com]

It depends on how you mean. If you mean in a standard bag which is allowed to hold 14 clubs, typically 3 have covers (most people only take a 1, 3, 4 wood and these have covers), if you're looking for covers for a complete set, then you'd probably get 4 to handle all 4 woods.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

I desire to make (yay knitting) covers for my dad's clubs. I don't know what he has. I would like to make the proper number of colors, and have the number of stripes on them designate which wood they are for. So I should make four covers, with one, two, three, and four stripes?

[adalius.livejournal.com]

well there is a 5 wood but most people dont even buy that, so i'd say if you make 1-4 you should be safe. Is there anyone with access to his clubs you can get in contact with to confirm what he has?

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Just his wife, but I'm doing the same for her...

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

They're for the woods. Every set I've bought my Dad or sister has been a set of 3. Usually labelled 1, 3 and "foo".

[juldea.livejournal.com]

(copied from above)

I desire to make (yay knitting) covers for my dad's clubs. I don't know what he has. I would like to know how many covers to make, and how many stripes (to designate the 'number' of the driver) to put on each.

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

I think that they would be a super and thoughtful gift! Yay for people that know useful crafts. (I think my Dad might appreciate the thought in a set of LEGO golf club covers, but they're hardly practical.)

I stand by my statement that standard gift sets have 3. Hey, look, Googling for "golf club cover set" gives this lovely kangaroo fur set as the first link. Some golfers may want a few more covered (or maybe have an extra for their ball retriever for the novelty value or because, say, they were made by one's daughter.

[mr-teem.livejournal.com]

Ah, and my co-worker, who does golf, reminds me that, yeah, a standard set is 3, his are labelled 1, 3, and "X". But he knows some golfers that have another cover for their special hi-tech putter but that's because he paid a lot of money for it.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Ooh, thanks.

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Hrm.

Well, I can at least do the main three and then let him/them know I'm willing to make others if they like. :)

With one stripe, three stripes, and ... a pattern. :)

three is the onliest number...

[readcloud222.livejournal.com]

...1, 3, and a pattern should do for a start, then if he wants more...make more! same for Mom in a nice pastel. :-]

Re: three is the onliest number...

[juldea.livejournal.com]

Dad's wife is not Mom.
But you didn't know that! ;)