Driver vs wood

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Only 75 emoji are allowed. Display as a link instead. Clear editor. Upload or insert images from URL. Fairway Wood Shafts Driver vs. Fairway Wood Shafts. Share More sharing options Followers 2. Reply to this topic Start new topic.

Recommended Posts. JohnSmalls 6, Posted January 11, Posted January 11, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options JohnSmalls 6, Posted January 14, Posted January 14, QuietStorm 10 Posted January 14, McaseyM 1, Posted January 15, Posted January 15, I'm sure there's obviously some fairway specific shafts, but I if you wanted the same shaft as your driver, that's how you make it for the FW Sent from my iPhone using MyGolfSpy.

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Go to topic listing. As mentioned, drivers tend to have x more MOI than a 3-wood. So that factors into the equation. Average dispersion 17 yards, max dispersion 60 yards, yard average distance. Average dispersion 15 yards, max dispersion 50 yards, average distance.

A longer club with lower loft, all other things being equal, should not have a tighter dispersion. I think your numbers prove his point. Yes, you have 12 percent more fairways but given your dispersion numbers my assumption is your misses are not that much greater so your driver is 30 yards closer, in similar lies.

I think the 30 yds is worth more than 12 percent more fairways? Have you compared scoring average on driver holes vs 3w holes? Travis, great question on the comparison. A 10 yard difference in total dispersion is huge. The article is great, spot-on otherwise.

His percent deviation with his 3W is much worse than with his driver. He also claims this is consistent with with what he sees out on the course. Your goal off the tee should be to hit the ball as far as you can without regularly putting yourself in a situation that increases the number of strokes needed to hole out.

Jon supports this idea as well. Woody Lashen had alluded to this in believing that the dynamic loft being very similar between driver and 3-wood despite the loft being lower on a driver. Even with your stats, you have to take into account the loss of distance even though you are hitting some more fairways with your 3-wood. Another point I would make is that higher-skilled golfers will access the center of the clubface more often when hitting a fairway wood. Either way, there is no simple answer and the real point of the article was to get people thinking differently, and more analytically.

There are instances where it absolutely might make more sense for a player to use their fairway wood off the tee. I have found that many of my club mates use their woods off the tees only to find they try to ht it too hard and the shot ends up badly.

Similarly many of them try to play a strategically smart shot on the fairway only to miss -hit it so they end up worse than if they had tried the less conservative shot. Is it still worth playing driver? I hit my 3 wood to and hit 8 fairways out of I also use a 7 wood instead of 3 iron and 9 wood instead of 4 iron. I prefer using the 7 and 9 wood to hybrids. The Head of the 3wood is smaller, which makes me more alert of hitting the sweet spot. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment.

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Driver every time. A theory would be, increased loft from a 3 wood will help most golfers reach their distance potential. When asked which club is straighter their driver or 3 wood, many golfers would think the latter would find the fairway more often — but this is not the case.

On average, a 3 wood hits 1. But considering the distance difference between driver and 3 wood see above there is not much advantage to hitting a 3 wood from the tee, unless there is a hazard in range with your driver.

This tells us that a typical amateur golfer should be pulling out Driver more frequently than 3 wood when standing on the tee. Shot Scope captures data from all around the world.