Context: Many other types of sports and recreation equipment, such as skis, ice hockey sticks, lacrosse sticks and archery bows, were commonly made of wood in the past, but have since been replaced with more modern materials such as aluminium, fiberglass, carbon fiber, titanium, and composite materials. One noteworthy example of this trend is the golf club commonly known as the wood, the head of which was traditionally made of persimmon wood in the early days of the game of golf, but is now generally made of synthetic materials.

Question: What pieces of equipment for shooting arrows used to be wooden?
Answer: archery bows

Question: Which pieces of ice hockey equipment were once made out of wood?
Answer: sticks

Question: When the golf club called the "wood" was actually made out of it, what type of wood was used?
Answer: persimmon

Question: What is the golf club known as the "wood" usually made out of today?
Answer: synthetic materials

Question: What other modern material has joined composites, carbon fiber, titanium, and aluminum to replace wood in the manufacture of sporting equipment?
Answer: fiberglass