• Cleaning your golf clubs can be done with several different tools.golf club image by cico from Fotolia.com
  
  Golf is a game of precision skill, and while swinging your club as hard as you can for a drive might be satisfying, it's likely to earn you a lot of grit on your club. Cleaning your clubs afterward is a tedious chore, but it's good to keep all the dirt off them that you can.
  
  

Toothbrush

• One of the simplest tools you can use to clean grit off your golf clubs is an old toothbrush (although you can purchase a toothbrush just for this purpose). Fill a small bucket with hot, soapy water and soak your club in it. Then dip your toothbrush into the water. Hold your club near the head and scrub it nice and hard with the toothbrush until you've gotten all the dirt and grit out of the head and off the shaft.
  
  

Club Cleaner

• There are tools that are sold as "club cleaners," but these tools are very similar to toothbrushes. The difference is that club cleaners have stiffer brushes, and on the end there's a tapered metal tool meant for cleaning out the grooves on your club head. These tools are more expensive, but they are also meant to stand up to heavier cleaning. Just like with your toothbrush, you need to use a club cleaner with a bucket of hot, soapy water and plenty of elbow grease to get your clubs clean.
  
  

Abrasive Cleaner

• Since golf clubs are made of steel, you can also use abrasive chemical cleaners on them. These cleaners will help get rid of dirt, grit, grime, tee marks, and grass stains. Soak the club in hot water, put some of the abrasive cleaner on a sponge, and gently rub the head until all the grime comes off and leaves it sparkling. Wash the club and then move on to the next one. These cleaners are best for getting all sorts of marks and materials off clubs, but they can get expensive when soapy water will do the trick almost as well.