why is titanium the best for golf clubs?

Question

im doing a science fair project and i need to know for it

Answer 1

It is the best for metal woods because of the trampoline effect. They use steel in all the other clubs except for titanium for drivers and in a few fairway metals. Steel is very strong but it has no spring-like effect. Titanium is lighter and and is a trampoline. If you hit a titanium club very lightly, it will go absolutely nowhere. If you hit steel lightly, it will go farther, just like a trampoline vs. solid ground.


Titanium has taken the world of golf by storm. Manufacturers of some of the world’s top golf clubheads have chosen to use titanium as their chief ingredient in assembling space age, state-of-the-art components. But why is this?

There are many materials as strong if not stronger than titanium. So why is titanium the material of choice? Titanium is not only one of the “hardest” metals known to man but unlike these other hard materials, titanium is extremely lightweight. Because of these weight characteristics, manufacturing advances have enabled clubhead designers to build drivers of ever increasing size while not being inhibited by added clubhead weight.

Three different types of titanium are used in the manufacturing of today’s clubheads: 9-6AL-4V, 15-3-3-3 and SP700. There are 3 characteristics that are used to gauge the quality of each type of titanium. Tensile strength represents the material’s resistance to breaking or cracking. The higher the value the more resistant the clubhead is to cracking. Elongation is the percentage each type of titanium will flex or spring upon impact. The higher the percentage, the more spring each metal will experience. HRC Hardness is fairly self-explanatory, exhibiting values that correspond to the metals hardness. The higher this figure, the less likely the metal will dent or become deformed upon use.

When evaluating the types of titanium and the figures used to do so, clearly noted is the separation between 9-6AL-4V and 15-3-3-3 / SP700. A golfer should avoid the purchase and use of 9-6AL-4V as the minimal cost savings (typically $20 to $40) do not warrant the inferior playing characteristics. As one can surmise, a clubhead made with 9-6AL-4V is much more likely to crack or dent through continued use. In addition, the elongation percentage is not nearly as high as the others mentioned therefore, a golfer would not experience the potential gains in distance/yardage that he/she would if using either of the other titanium’s.

Titanium’s 15-3-3-3 and SP700 offer tradeoffs when considering which may be better to seek when making your next purchase. 15-3-3-3 has the highest tensile strength of the 2 but a smaller elongation percentage. Meanwhile, SP700 still possesses considerable tensile strength but does add a few percentage points in the category of elongation. How does this translate? SP700, through its’ higher elongation figure, can impart more spring upon impact and thus deliver more energy to the golf ball thereby increasing distance.

So what are the trade off’s? Simply put—dollars for distance. Though this figure varies widely, the SP700 titanium is typically a bit more expensive than the 15-3-3-3, usually on the order of $20 - $40. This amount is oftentimes minimized by using SP700 strictly in the face of the driver head. Also, the higher one’s clubhead speed, the more realized benefit that could be realized from the increased spring effect of SP700. Golfers with a lower swing speed may not notice substantial yardage gains when comparing the two and therefore may not wish to pay this premium. Truly though, it is hard to go wrong with using either titanium as both offer such incredible playing characteristics, such vast improvements over stainless steel


Hope this helps.

Answer 2

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Answer 3

A driver can weigh only so much ( don't know the exact weight)
titanium is very light and it can be made into a larger face than
steel or wood, but only to a certain size.
from what I've read on steel , wood, titanium and the new armor piercing material, they are all hard and really have little difference
on the impact of the ball. it is the weight to size ratio.

Answer 4

Very hard and strong, while being very light.

The strength can help when contacting the ball. The harder it is the faster the ball will bounce off it.
Take a golf ball, and drop it on a piece of wood. It won't bounce very high. Now drop it on concrete. It will bounce much higher.
Same applies for metals. Titanium is harder than steel., which is another common material in golf clubs.

The fact that its light help you swing the club faster, thus hitting farther.

Answer 5

titanium is light and strong. you'll be able to swing it the fastest which will produce the most force when the ball is struck.

Answer 6

titanium is extremely light. also it is hard to bend and break. my wedding ring is made of titanium.

Answer 7

strong metallic composition and light weight. makes them go real far!!!

Answer 8

strong and light also dont rust very easy