3 wood driver same distance

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.

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Comments Nice article. But my experience says The odds are against you on the course,. Driver every time. The widest part of the hole is the most important part of the club choice on the tee. User bias in performing this test, possibly? I have different results. Hcp 2. Arccos Data. You gotta go for it. And I only hit 3wood The Head of the 3wood is smaller, which makes me more alert of hitting the sweet spot. If golfers are hitting more greens in regulation, they must also start hitting it closer… The image below takes a look at approaches average proximity by club.

The overall average in this example is 63ft. Taking a closer look at the difference between hitting Driver versus 3 wood off the tee which we discovered would mean on average 2 clubs less for the approach shot , you can see that the difference between a 6 iron and an 8 iron is nearly 20ft.

Pulling all of these statistics together, it is clear to see that the closer a golfer is to the green, the closer they hit their next shot. To settle the Driver or 3 wood debate: the consequences of the yard distance sacrifice are simply not worth it.

The statistics have proven that there is no real benefit to hitting a 3 wood instead of a Driver off the tee. The overall conclusion on the Driver or 3 wood debate is that you should hit Driver wherever it is reasonable to do so. Do this and you will reap the rewards without changing or having to improve your game drastically. Shot Scope design and manufacture golf GPS watches , shot tracking systems and laser rangefinders. The V3 can be used on the course as an advanced GPS watch or simply use in watch mode for your daily life off the course.

The V3 automatically tracks each shot hit on the course, without interfering with your game. Check out our list of the best golf clubs for senior golfers. The below table shows your approximate carry yardages by driver swing speed. He has been absolutely crushing the golf ball lately and has just won his first major with a 6-shot win at the US Open over Matthew Wolff.

And the good news is they both can be fixed very easily so you can enjoy hitting the driver instead of approaching that tee shot with genuine lack of confidence. Players who hit their 3- or 5-wood as far or longer than their driver are typically using too little loft with the driver for their clubhead speed. With your irons, when you lower the loft angle of the clubhead, you typically hit the ball farther.