Parts of a Golf Club – 14 to Label on 4 Drawings

All 14 parts on the diagram

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Start here: 8 main parts 8

Grip The rubber or cord sleeve you hold, over the shaft’s top end.
Shaft The long tube joining the grip to the head; steel or graphite.
Clubhead The end of the club that strikes the ball.
Face The hitting surface of the head.
Hosel The part of the head that the shaft fits into.
Toe The end of the head farthest from the hosel.
Heel The end of the head nearest the hosel.
Sole The bottom of the head, where it rests on the ground.

The whole club 1

Butt cap The cap on the grip's top end.

The head up close 5

Grooves Score lines across the face that put backspin on the ball.
Topline The top edge of an iron, heel to toe, seen at address.
Leading edge The front edge of the face. The first part to reach the ball.
Ferrule A trim ring on top of the hosel, round the shaft.
Crown A driver or wood head's top, seen at address.

How this list was compiled: Read 2026-09-24. (1) Wikipedia, Golf club, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golf_club : each club is a shaft, a grip and a club head; the hosel, the ferrule directly on top of the hosel, the face and its grooves that give the ball backspin, wide soles, the crown, and loft as the angle between the face and the vertical. (2) A club-making supplier's glossary, https://www.golfworks.com/glossary/ : butt cap, crown, ferrule on top of the hosel, heel area nearer the hosel, leading edge, sole, toe farthest from the shaft or hosel, top line, grooves. (3) A club maker's terminology lesson, https://www.pinemeadowgolf.com/golf-clubs-101/8-glossary : butt cap on the grip's top end, crown, ferrule, hosel, leading edge as the front edge of the clubface, sole, topline, grooves, heel and toe of the clubhead. (4) A club review site's glossary, https://www.golf-club-revue.com/golf-club-glossary : crown, ferrule, hosel, face, toe farthest from the hosel or heel, topline, sole, grooves, leading edge, shaft, loft angle. Licence: own work

The drawing: Drawn for this site by script, 2026-09-24. Licence: own work

How it works

Every golf club is a shaft with a grip at one end and a clubhead at the other. The shaft fits into the head's hosel, and the face is the part that meets the ball.

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Parts of a golf driver

A driver's head is far bigger than an iron's. From above you see its crown, often made of a light material such as carbon graphite, with the face along the front and the hosel at the heel.

From the toe end

Seen from the toe, the face leans back. That tilt is the loft, the main thing that sends the ball upward. The leading edge meets the ball first, and the sole runs back from it along the ground.

Questions and answers

What are the parts of a golf club?

The grip, the shaft and the clubhead. The shaft enters the head at the hosel, often under a thin ring called the ferrule. The head has a face with grooves, a toe, a heel, a sole and a leading edge.

What is the hosel on a golf club?

The neck of the clubhead that the shaft fits into. The ferrule sits on top of it on many woods and irons, making a smooth line from the thin shaft to the wider hosel.

What is the toe and heel of a golf club?

The toe is the end of the head farthest from the shaft; the heel is the end nearest the hosel. Heel-toe weighting puts weight at both ends to steady the head on off-center hits.