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Ode to my 5-wood

immts007

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  1. 1. <3 for the 5-wood/metal?

    • Truly, deeply, madly, deeply.
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    • I'm quite fond of my 5!
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    • I dunno, meh.
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    • 5? I don't got no steenkin 5-wood, mang.
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immts007 Great Member

immts007

Call it what you will, wood or metal, I am head over heels in love with this club. I find my self wanting to lay up off the tee on shorter par 4's so I can hit this baby. It swings so easy and the sound of contact is so crisp and the feel is a buttery thwack. I can hit it with a good deal of confidence anywhere from 160 to 185ish.

Anyone else in love with their fairway 5?

What's in my bag:
Cleveland Hibore XLS Monster Driver
TourEdge Exotics 2,3,4 hybrid irons
Tommy Armour 845cs Silverbacks 5-PW
Assorted wedges, Ping Scottsdale Anser

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Wisco-Kid Dedicated Member

Wisco-Kid

Absolutely! I love my 5 wood. I wouldnt lay up just to hit it, but I do look forward to the longer par 5's so I can thwack it and go for the green in two. I also tee off with it on par 4's where there is trouble and getting in the fairway is of the utmost importance.
"When I play with him, he talks to me on every green. He turns to me and says, 'You're away.' "
-Jimmy Demaret referring to Ben Hogan

In The Bag:
Driver: Cleveland HiBore XL (10.5 -conforming)3 Wood: MacGregor V-FOIL5 Wood: Mizuno MP-001Irons: Ben Hogan BH-5 (4-PW)Wedges:52 - Nike SV Tour56 - Cleve...
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r7 425 Dedicated Member

r7 425

I must say---Replace your 5-wood with a hybrid and you be even more happy. Trust me on this one.

"People think the size of the head is most important. Wrong. It's getting a quality shaft. test different shafts to see which goes the straightest. Also, more degrees of loft on the head is better than less. Eleven degrees is about right."

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immts007 Great Member

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I must say---Replace your 5-wood with a hybrid and you be even more happy. Trust me on this one.

heh. if you look at what's in my bag, you'll see that my 6-3 irons are all hybrids... so I have both!

What's in my bag:
Cleveland Hibore XLS Monster Driver
TourEdge Exotics 2,3,4 hybrid irons
Tommy Armour 845cs Silverbacks 5-PW
Assorted wedges, Ping Scottsdale Anser

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Wisco-Kid Dedicated Member

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Couldnt care less about hybrids and honestly a little sick of hearing about them. I hit my 5 wood great and my irons great. Why would I change something that is not broken. It's kinda like asking Tiger to switch putters...

Of course on the other hand my putting game is atrocious. I switch putters all the time....
"When I play with him, he talks to me on every green. He turns to me and says, 'You're away.' "
-Jimmy Demaret referring to Ben Hogan

In The Bag:
Driver: Cleveland HiBore XL (10.5 -conforming)3 Wood: MacGregor V-FOIL5 Wood: Mizuno MP-001Irons: Ben Hogan BH-5 (4-PW)Wedges:52 - Nike SV Tour56 - Cleve...
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photobob Member

photobob

Yeah, absolutely love my 5-wood (80's vintage steel-shafted persimmon wood). Hits off the tee, fairway, rough, doesn't matter, and it's gapped perfectly behind my 3-wood.

Don't think I'd ever give up any club I can hit well and gives me so much confidence, to try and learn how to hit a new type of club that I don't need.

Nothing against hybrids, really. If they work for you, that's great. We should all use what works for us as individuals.

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-Bob

If it ain't broke, you're just not trying.-- Red Green

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Shindig

I like mine just fine. I got it about two years ago when I got my irons, almost a year before I got a driver, 3W, hybrid, or wedges. It's awesome.

I'm debating, at some point, swapping it, my 3H and 4H out and replacing them with the Nickent 3+ and 4+ hybrids. Tempting, since my next set of irons has strong lofts, so I'd want to try 4 wedges since it'd really be 3 wedges plus a renamed nine iron.

-- Michael | My swing! 

"You think you're Jim Furyk. That's why your phone is never charged." - message from my mother

Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Another hybrid in here too.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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hawkeye Great Member

hawkeye

i quite like mine. It's a Ping Zing Maple Blonde wood (kinda like persimmon)

I haven't used it in competition yet (I have a Rescue which does a lot more - as R7 425 said) but it's great for the range to focus and hit more accurate shots. I use it as a training tool rather than for hitting shots on the course.

WEAPONS:
Taylormade R9 10.5 L Grafalloy Prolaunch Platinum stiff 65g
Taylormade R9 15 NU YS+6 stiff 65g
Taylormade R9 19 NU YS+6 stiff 65g
Taylormade Tour Preferred 4-PW KBS Tour X-Stiff Cleveland CG12 RTG+ DSG 51Cleveland CG12 RTG+ DSG 55Cleveland CG12 RTG+ DSG 59Yes! Tracy II putterTitleist...

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meenman Great Member

meenman

honestly my 5 wood gets used maybe once a round (to clear the bushes on my 18th hole) - i am seriously considering replacing it with a 2 hybrid

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Bowker Established Member

Bowker

I love my 5 wood. I wouldn't trade it for a hybrid.
In My Grom Stand Bag:

Driver: Big Bertha 460 Graphite 10°
Woods: Big Bertha 3&5 Graphite
Hybrid: r7 Rescue 19° Irons: 06 Big Bertha #4-SWPutter: 35 in. Rossie Mallet *Soon to be Bettinardi C03H 34"Ball: ProV1x
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powerfade Well Established Member

powerfade

I used to love my 5 wood until I yanked it in 2006 during a 2-club trade.

Outta the bag:
5 wood
3 iron

Into the bag:
3 Hybrid (19°)
Gap wedge

I got a lower trajectory with the 3H, which was better on windy days. I also split the distance between the 3i and 5w with the 3H. I put the 5W (or 3i) in the bag when I pull the driver, which isn't very often.

Driver: R7 SuperQuad TP 9.5° Fujikura Rombax 6X07
Hybrid: Rescue TP 19°

Orlimar3wood: Hip-Steel 15° (oldie but goodie)Irons: Ping i10 [4-GW] DG X-100Wedges: Ping Tour-W [54° & 58°] DG X-100Putter: i-Series Piper HBalls: B330-S or e5+

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jdarmo

I feel the same way about my 7 wood. I can really smoke it out of the rough! I do have a 3 hybrid, but I always go back to the 7

Joe

In the bag at this point

Adams RPM 9.5°
Adams Tightlies Strong 3 16°
Adams Tightlies Strong 7 24°Hogan CFT Hybrid 3Hogan CFT irons (5-P)Alien SWCameron Futura 2 35"Top Flight Gamer

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Lefty39 Well Established Member

Lefty39

I have 3 different 5 woods and I can't hit them nearly as well as the hybrid thats replaces them. The hybrid gives you much more playability, and I think they are easier to hit.
In the Bag:

Driver 10.5 r7 460 ti Reax regular shaft
3 Wood 15.5 LD F Speed Aldila NV stiff shaft
Hybrids 19 Tour Burner Rescue Reax stiff shaft. 21 degree torch series saber shaftIrons Sliver Scot 4-pw Rifle 5.0 shaftsSand Wedge 56 Degree Cg10 Black pearl finish 2 dotLob Wedge 60...
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