Volume: A numerical designation given to the size of a club head (normally a wood or hybrid) as measured by liquid displacement.

One of the more remarkable achievements in golf club design is the evolution in the size or volume of the metal driver heads in

the short time span they have been in existence. Most golfers that are new to golf may think that metal woods have been around a long time – and they would be partially correct. The first British patent on a metal wood was issued in 1891 (Currie Metalwood) and several early attempts to make heads out of metal, such as aluminum, had been tried but none really stuck. The very limited usage of metal for a wood was in driving range clubs for its durability.

Someday it may only be a small footnote in the history of golf, but it was in 1976, John Riley of