Ive been looking at some new clubs the last few weeks and am currently swaying between the Nike CCI’s and the Titleist 755’s. I have been coming across the terms ‘Forged’ and ‘Cast’ and until I actually looked into it I didn’t know the difference and what that difference would mean to the actual golf club.

I eventually found a review on about.com, which basically summarises as follows;

Cast irons are made from molten metal and put into a cast to form the eventual club head shape

Forged irons are compressed from a single piece of metal without the melting process.

The difference then… well apparently nothing but that doesn’t seem to explain to me why forged irons seem so much more expensive than the cast irons!?

Read the full report at Golf.About.Com

The guys over at Airport Parking & Hotels Ltd have been doing some very interesting research into the excessive costs some of the UK airlines are charging us for the privilege of taking our golf clubs abroad.

This is something which I incur every year but have never really been bothered to actually shop around for the best deals.

Looking over their findings there is a real mixed bag of results, most interesting of those coming back are that prices are ranging from nil up to £50 whereas some airlines see fit to allow golf clubs to be carried as part of your standard allowance and some stipulate a maximum number of clubs, balls and shoes.

A summary of their findings broken down to each airline and their policies can be found here.