You need at least a complete set of golf clubs if you want to play golf and if you happen to lay your hands on a good set, it could help to considerably improve your golf playing abilities. Essentially, they can be drivers, or irons or putters. Drivers are special clubs that are generally used to hit your first golf shot off a tee and it generally helps to send the ball a fair distance. Thus, you need to ensure that the driver is of the proper length – neither too short nor too long.
Golf clubs that are called irons are the clubs that you use to hit the ball after it has been struck from the tee. However, if the distance to the hole is not very far, an iron can also be used to make the first strike off the tee as well.
A set of golfing irons would generally comprise eight clubs and most of them are either casted or forged and the type you use will depend on your personal preference.