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Recently i've been having a few issues with my driver so have reverted to taking my rescue wood off the tee (TM Burner Rescue) and am hitting it well as i do off the ground. I've been thinking about getting a fairway 3 wood so i can use it more off the tee and when i have longs shots in from the fairway.

I've been looking at the Taylormade Burner fairway as everything else i have in my bag is TM- although i've recently used the PING G10 and have also heard good things about the Cleveland Launcher or the Hi-bore XLS. Have any of you guys used either the PING or the Cleveland and which would you recommend. I'm a high handycapper so need something forgiving and easy to hit - any ideas?
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Recently i've been having a few issues with my driver so have reverted to taking my rescue wood off the tee (TM Burner Rescue) and am hitting it well as i do off the ground. I've been thinking about getting a fairway 3 wood so i can use it more off the tee and when i have longs shots in from the fairway.

I liked the PING G10 and Cleveland Launcher when I tried them out. I liked the feel of the G10 a little more; it felt like it had more "pop" like a driver does. The Launcher felt more solid though. I have never tried the the HiBore XLS, but have heard good things about the original HiBore fairway wood. I would expect similar feel between the Launcher and HiBore. I would go with the PING. I just liked the feel better, but I would recommend hitting both in a launch monitor and at a range to see the specs and flight.

Which TM Burner are you looking at? The original 2007 model or the newer ones? IMO, the older ones are more suited for high handicappers. A few tour pros play the TM Burner TP, so it's a solid club. To me, it feels like the club has a lot of pop. I just didn't like the superlight shaft.

In my Ogio Ozone Bag:
TM Superquad 9.5* UST Proforce 77g Stiff
15* Sonartec SS-2.5 (Pershing stiff)
19* TM Burner (stock stiff)
4-U - PING i10 White dot, +1.25 inches, ZZ65 stiff shafts55*/11* Snake Eyes Form Forged (DGS300)60*/12* Snake Eyes Form Forged (DGS300)Ping i10 1/2 MoonTitleist ProV1

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I'm using the 2007 Burner Rescue so would probably stick around the same for the fairway- especially as there's some good deals- but i don't want to only consider TM as I've heard good things about the Cleveland and quite liked the PING when i hired a set on holiday.
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I would recommend the new S9 series from Cobra. I went with the Titleist myself but any of the new Cobra woods would be good for a high handicapper.

T.M. O'Connell

What's in My Bag
Driver - 909 D2 9.5 degree
3 Wood - 909 F2 15.5 degreeHybrid - 909 H 19 degreeIrons - AP2 w/ Rifle 6.5Wedges - BN 60.04 & 54.11Putter - Pro Platinum Plus

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I, like yourself use all Taylormade woods. I owned a Burner 3 wood but went back to my Taylormade V-Steele. Taylormade doesn't make the V-Steele anymore but you can pick them up on EBAY brand new for 60$. A lot of reviews out there say that the V-Steele is one of the best fairway woods ever made because of the way the sole is shaped. I've owned 3.

Tour Burner...Grafalloy Pro Launch Red
V-Steele 15 deg....Grafalloy Pro Launch Red
Rescue Burner 19 deg....Grafalloy Epic
VR Split-Backs 3-5/7-PW...DG X100
KZG RSS 52 deg.KZG RSS 56 deg.KZG RSS 60 deg. Unitized Retro ONE Black...ONE Tour

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r9? when it comes out? I need a 3 wood and that will defs be on my list to try.

Driver: Taylormade R11 set to 8*
3 Wood: R9 15* Motore Stiff
Hybrid: 19° 909 H Voodoo
Irons: 4-PW AP2 Project X 5.5
52*, 60* Vokey SM Chrome

Putter: Odyssey XG #7

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

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How are the Mizuno F-60s?

Golftown seems to be moving them out at a great price ($138CAD) and since I don't currently have a fairway wood and love my Mizuno Hybrid I was eying one of these.

In my bag:
Driver: HiBore XLS (9.5*, stiff, gold shaft)
Irons: FP II 4-GW
Wedges: mp R series 56/13 588DSG 60*
Putter: Unitized TiempoBag: ADIDAS Velocity

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Recently i've been having a few issues with my driver so have reverted to taking my rescue wood off the tee (TM Burner Rescue) and am hitting it well as i do off the ground. I've been thinking about getting a fairway 3 wood so i can use it more off the tee and when i have longs shots in from the fairway.

Roughly translated as "What fairway wood do you own?"

In the race of life, always back self-interest. At least you know it's trying.

 

 

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I guess people will tend to pick what they play with but it's useful to hear peoples views and which seem the most popular. Tour Edge seem to get a lot of praise on this site but if i'm honest i'd not really heard of them over here in the UK.

Thanks for the advise guess i'm off to hit a few and take it from there.

Still interested to hear any other views!!

Here's another question- do people find a 3 or 5 wood more useful?
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Here's another question- do people find a 3 or 5 wood more useful?

A lot of people seem to be splitting the difference and play a 4 wood. If I had to play a 3 or 5, I'd play the 5 as it is easier to hit.

G10 Draw 13.5* 44 " Driver
K15 7 Wood
G10 28* 5 Hybrid
G10 orange dot 6I -PW
Tour W 56* SW 1/2 Craz-e i series putter 4 Under Stand Bag

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I've been using my G10 4wood off the tee on a couple of our tight driving par 4's and 5's on my home course.


It really is a sweet club.....extremely solid through impact.....excellent ball flight for me.

The key is not to tee it up very high....simply duplicate a perfect lie and then swing smoothly.
909D Comp 9.5* (house MATRIX OZIK XCON-6)
Burner Superfast 3 & 5 woods (house MATRIX OZIK XCON-4.8)
G15 Hybrid 23* (AWT shaft)
G5 5 iron-PW-46*, UW-50*, SW-54 & LW-58 (AWT shaft)
Studio Select Newport 2 Mid SlantGrips: PING cords & Golf Pride New Decade Multi-Coumpound Bag: C-130...
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yeah; i agree. When i use my rescue off the tee i push the tee as far into the ground as possible and it flies every time.

I'm going to try and go out tomorrow and hit the PING G10, Cleveland (can't decide on the new launcher or the XLS), and the TM Burner (although i'd like to hit the Cobra but don't want to confuse things with testing too many).
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