The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is one of the oldest golf clubs in the world. Located in the town of St Andrews in Fife in Scotland, and is known as "Home of Golf". [1] Until recently, it was also regarded as one of the sport's governing authorities, but in 2004 this became part played by the newly created The R & A. The organization was created in 1754 as the Society of St. Andrews Golfers, a local golf club playing in the field of St Andrews, and gradually grew in importance. In 1834, King William IV became its patron and the club became known under its current name. In 1897 the Society established the basic rules of golf as they are known today and in the next 30 years the organization took control of other tournaments in other fields. The R & A is the highest authority of golf in the world except the United States and Mexico where this responsibility lies with the United States Golf Association (USGA). This body, created in 2004, works with organizations of professional golfers and amateurs from more than 110 countries. Also intended to introduce the game of golf in new countries is not known. The R & A cooperates with the USGA in the review of the rules of golf, in addition to developing technical specifications for golfing equipment. The Amateur Championship was one of the four major championships before the professional game became, and remains one of the most prestigious amateur tournaments in the world. Walker Cup, the biennial tournament's amateur team that pits players from the UK & Ireland and the United States (organized jointly with the United States Golf Association). Jacques Leglise Trophy team event for young amateur players that pits players from the UK & Ireland and the rest of Europe. In addition, the R & A also participates in the organization of two World Championships for amateur team (the Eisenhower Trophy for men and the Espirito Santo Trophy for women) because they belong to the International Golf Federation. The Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews is now a golf club. It has over 2,400 members worldwide. While the clubhouse is located just behind the tee of hole 1 at the Old Course of the links of St. Andrews, members of the R & A enjoy the privilege of playing in the field although this is not in the club because it is owned by St Andrews Links, a charitable organization that owns and directs all the links in the field of St Andrews. ? USGA U.S. Golf Open, 2005 St. Andrews is the home of golf and Pinehurst is the guardian of its traditions in the U.S. (in English). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ShareAlike 3.0, additional terms may apply. See Terms of Use for more information.
In the sport of golf, iron is a category of golf club used to success of a golf ball. The situations in which iron is used, are changing far, but are most often used when an approach, hit the shot at setting the green, a shot from the fairway on a long hole, and for "odd" shots such as hitting from the rough, out from under the trees or out from all over the tops of trees or hazards. Iron are generally used for shorter shots than wood. The rate of iron has the widest range of use of the clubs in any bag, and an iron is generally the most versatile club in terms of the variety of different shots that can be created with the same club. Iron ranging from 1 (commonly known as a "driving iron") to 9, and wood, has a lower number of less loft and a longer shaft. Iron with a higher loft than 9 are called wedges. The most common iron set consists of all the iron numbered 3-9 plus a Pitchingkeil and / or Sandkeil, although many variations exist as with other clubs. Iron are generally classified by their wave length (the same as their distance). The 1-4 iron normally considered "long iron", as the 5-7 iron "medium iron and 8 iron through the various wedges" short iron ". This classification is from person to person, depending on skill level and preferences differ from themselves. Longer irons are generally used for the low, straight distance shots on long holes and the rough, while shorter irons for approach and Spanschüsse and setting sometimes be used for. Back-room iron mass removed from the back of the club and move it lower and to the perimeter of the iron. This lowers the center of gravity and increases the moment of inertia (resistance to turning due to the mass distribution) of the club head, is the iron that will be forgiven on eccentric and highly success comes from the ball. This is where not the same, the "sweet spot" larger, which is technically the focus, the force at the contact is greatest. There are only a few changes between a centric and an eccentric success success, while increasing hang time, which generally increased distance. The price paid is great compromise reduced "feel" of the club, because the resist clubhead to twist on an eccentric success, the player receives less feedback through the shaft of the club's position and angle at the contact faces. The typical lofts for numbered iron range 16-48 degrees. Modern iron tend to have lower lofts than their older counterparts. This trend is located on the desire of the average golfer to increase their distance with each iron in part. The design of the modern space-back iron, which calls for average golfers are also targeted, compared with less loft the muscle-back iron, which are available for players with higher skill levels designed. The emphasis in a number of modern space-back iron design is so low that it could be the flight path, which was produced by such an iron, so high to reduce terms really the distance of the shot you if the attic at the old standard for each iron remained.The high roof soil changes (64 ° and over) are sometimes called "ultra praise," the flop "or" final "called wedges used for specialized, extremely high-angle shots of how the" lip "of a bunker. These are generally made by specialty companies and some argue that their purpose is unnecessary, as a wedge of 60 ° or even praise for a Sandkeil Extradachboden in situations "can be opened, which require such a high Einkopplungswinkel. This wide array of options given to begin the traditional pair of pitching wedges and sand to be less general, changes how players can choose the distance wedges fine-tune the distribution of the attics of their wedges. A player can have a "rapprochement" wedge with a low blow but greater loft than a Pitchingkeil choose 50 ° and a "double" wedge with a similar stroke but less than an attic say Sandkeil (such as 54 °), then a wedge of Praise select can go 60-64 ° and both the traditional wedges. ..

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