What are the differences in the materials used?
Golf club heads can be made from many materials. Zinc and Aluminum alloys are primarily used in beginners’ sets and putters. 431 stainless steel is a softer stainless steel and is very commonly used in high quality iron heads. 17-4 stainless steel is a harder steel found in professional quality irons and steel wood heads. Titanium is the most expensive material used in building golf clubs heads and combines lightweight and excellent strength. Titanium is used today in the highest end woods manufactured, usually drivers. 15-3-3-3 or SP 700 is the premier titanium to manufacture heads. Keep in mind that most titanium heads just have the higher-grade titanium just in the face area while using a 9-6AL-4V titanium for the body. Titanium is lighter than stainless steel given a specific volume. What does this mean?The biggest we can make a stainless steel driver is about 275 cc (volume). To go bigger than that, we have to use Titanium. Currently we can take a Titanium driver up to 600 ccs in
