Ode to my 5-wood

[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?

[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.

[r7 425]

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

[immts007]

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!

[Wisco-Kid]

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....

[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.

[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.

[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.

[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

[Bowker]

I love my 5 wood. I wouldn't trade it for a hybrid.

[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.

[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

[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.