Rose has worked as a print and online journalist for more than 20 years. He has contributed to a variety of national and local publications, specializing in sports writing. Rose holds a B. Home » Golf Clubs Hybrids Vs. Fairway Woods By M. Most Popular. Components of Hybrid Golf Clubs. Hit Hybrid Clubs. Swing Hybrid Irons. Mark the golf balls from one of the sleeves with a special marking to denote your three-wood shots. Select three different holes for the test: a dogleg left, a dogleg right, and a straight hole.
Then, hit six tee shots on each of the holes; three shots with your driver and three with your fairway wood. Bring a notepad with you to write down the results, or just type them into your notes app on your phone. After hitting nine tee shots with each club on three different holes, you should have a solid idea of which one is the more reliable option for your game.
You may also notice that one of the clubs is performing significantly worse than the other. Under the guise of the professional, you can also consider trying out a shorter driver length for greater control.
In the mean time, check out the full podcast with a fantastic guest appearance from Gary McCord below! Driver versus 3-wood: What should you really hit off the tee?
By: Andrew Tursky June 26, You can find him on Twitter here - practicalgolf , where he is happy to chat about golf with anyone. Your decision is easy. I see good amateur golfers struggle with narrow fairways tree- lined fairways, using a driver end up OB, in woods, blocked out. Take the 3 — wood Your score card will thank — you! Everything you just said has been refuted time and time again by modern shot tracking data.
Anyone reading this, completely disregard dicks long winded anti-fact response. Your scorecard will thank you. The far right and far left ones. The remaining ones look pretty tight to me. It would probably be fairly close to my driver, maybe a little wider at least in this test.
I am curious what the lofts were for your driver and three wood when you did this test and if you decreased the loft on the driver would the dispersion increase. There is about a 4-degree difference between my driver and fairway wood. But my lofts are somewhat irrelevant — how you deliver the club, the center of gravity, and several other factors will determine the actual launch angle coming off the clubface a more important measurement.
I would guess the misses with the driver are considerably worse than the 3 wood. Which would suggest they would score better hitting the 3 wood, but would plateau at a point and have to figure out how to hit the driver.
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.
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