The Golf Recipes sequence is built around a simple question—

What matters most for this club?

An iron wants to land pin-high before it wants to be fancy. That begins with face and ground contact. Then face direction comes in to tighten dispersion. Dynamic loft, especially delofting to keep the ball under the wind, says hello. Shot-shaping, although the fanciest of all, comes last.

A driver mostly wants to avoid becoming folklore. So sweet-spot strike is a must, because Gear Effect is the tiny gremlin that turns almost-good strikes into cart-path adventures. Then come face direction, dynamic loft, speed, and shot-shaping.

A wedge lives in the land of bounces and speed. The first task is controlling that first bounce through ground contact and speed. Then trajectory enters the conversation to tell the ball when and how to stop—or whether it should keep rolling to snuggle up close to the hole.

A putter is basically a speed-control wand with trust issues. So speed control is a must. Green reading, the one you watch on TV, comes after because the line depends on how you want the ball to enter the hole—rattle the back or gently drop in front.

So whatever the club, the skill-building sequence remain the same—

Find > Send > Shape > Play

Each club only asks its own version of the question.