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  1. 1. What do you hit from 200 yards?

    • Driver
      6
    • 3 Wood
      34
    • 5 Wood
      47
    • Hybrid
      149
    • 3 Iron
      68
    • 4 Iron
      137
    • 5 Iron
      72
    • 6 Iron
      18
    • Other(specify)
      17


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4 iron, 3 if it's into the wind

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Depends on a lot of things, but in most situations I would take my hybrid. I'm smacking my irons around pretty well right now, so I might go with a 3 or 4 iron as well, just depending on the shape of the shot, the lie, and the conditions.

Driver: Big Ben C-S3
3w: Tight Lies
Irons: T-Zoid True
Wedges: Vokey 56* and 60* spin-milled
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I'd probably use my 4 hybrid and swing easy- I normally hit it 215-220

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that'" -Nietzsche

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If I can roll up ... my 3-hybrid usually carries ~190 with roll to 200. Else, a 90% 5-wood will drop around 200.

In my Boxer bag:

Driver: R7 Draw 10.5*
Fairway: Speed LD F 15.5*
3-4 Hybrid: A3OS Boxer5-PW, SW: R7 DrawGW: SV Tour 50.10LW: MS 60.08Putter: Sabertooth White Hot XGBall: Smart-Core Straight Distance


Posted
3 iron.

I'd much rather overhit then underhit 90% of the time.
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It all depends on the day, the lie, the confidence, etc.

Brandon Sweet
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I play on the Hop Brook Server

Inventory:Driver- Burner 9.5 degree3 Wood- BurnerHybrid 3 Iron- R7 Rescue DrawIrons (4-PW)- RAC MBWedges- Vokey Design 56 and 60 degreePutter- Teardrop Roll-Face


Posted
4 iron ill hit, even if wind is against i don't have great confidence in my 3 iron :( only for punch shots i feel comfortable with it

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Driver: R7 TP 460cc 10.5* Reax 65 stiff shaft
3 Wood: Tour Impact 15*
Irons: Tour Impact 3-PWWedges: Vokey Oil Can Spin Milled 54.10, Golfco Baron 58* SWPutter: Tracy II 35"Balls: Prov 1Age:16


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I like going with my 3 hybrid. It is so easy to hit.

In the Bag:

Driver: Superquad 10.5 w/ grafalloy Prolaunch Blue
Hybrid: Rescue Dual 22*(4)
Irons: 200 series 3-pwWedge: Rac Satin 52*Wedge: X-18 SW (56*)Wedge: CG10 Black Pearl 60*Putter: Rossa Daytona 1In the other bag:Blackout w/e2Jt Flex-7Reloader-BPMI Pure Energy 68/5000


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I usualy hit my 4 iron from in or around 200, anything higher than 225 though I hit my 3 wood.

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Driver: Hibore (10.5deg, Reg)
3 wood:Burner(22 deg, Reg)
4I-GW:FP Irons(Stiff)
Wedge:Satin Black( 60 deg, Stiff)Putter: 2 Ball BladeBall:HX Hot or ProV1xLowest score to date: 77 @ Pembroke Country Club


Posted
A nice solid 4 iron.....

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3 Wood: ORLIMAR VT830 15* Stiff

Irons: RPM Undercut OS 4-GW Sand Wedge: CG 10 54*Lob Wedge: 588 60*Putter: White Steel 2-Ball CS Ball: NXTBag: IDEA Stand Bag


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Ive been using my new 21 degree hybrid from 200 yards the last couple weeks and i love the action i get from it. Lands nice and soft, but i can hit a low knockdown type shot and get it to roll 200+ if i need to. The irons i use are strong lofted so the problem i used to have was my 4i would come in too hot and skip over my target.
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Titleist 909 D2 9.5 Degree Driver| Titleist 906f4 13.5 degree 3-Wood | Titleist 909 17 & 21 degree hybrid | Titleist AP2 irons
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Posted
4 iron hybrid or a low 5 iron.

aeroburner tp 10.5 stiff
superfast tp 2.0 3 wood stiff
Halo 25 and taylormade tp 19 degree hybrids
miura cb 202 and wedge
tp 52* wedge, tp 56* taylormade spider mallet putter


Posted
First of all, where are the 1 and 2 irons... (not that I would hit either but anyway)

Its a weighted question... this might help... in normal conditions these are my distances.
Driver 290
3-wood 265
5-wood 245
2-iron 240
3-iron 228
4-iron 215
5-iron 202
6-iron 190
7-iron 177
8-iron 163
9-iron 150
PW 137
52w 123
SW 110
LW 95

From Fairway:
In normal conditons five-iron... (flat no wind) If its hot even with no wind I may hit as little as 8-iron. Into stiff breeze I've hit 2-iron Slight breeze 4-iron... if its cold I may hit as much as 3-iron...

From Rough:
Crappy lie: Lay-up
Flyer lie: 7 or 8 iron
Decent Lie: 5-iron
Lie where Rough effects it: 4-iron

From Fairway Bunkers:
Choke down on 4 or 5-iron depending on the lie and the wind

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Well, im not much of a distance player. I usually crack a 4 iron about 180 yds. So my hybrid will have to make up the gap.

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R7 Quad 11.5*
200Steel 5wood 15*
Baffler Hybrid 18* R7 Draw Irons 3-AW Tour Action 56* / 60* Dual Force 990 Pro V1/x


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I have a fatshaft in my wilson irons,so a good lie and it's fairly aggressive with the 5 iron.

"Repetition is the chariot of genius"

Driver: BENROSS VX PROTO 10.5
Woods: BENROSS QUAD SPEED FAIRWAY 15"
Hybrids:BENROSS 3G 17" BENROSSV5 Escape 20"
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Putter: BENROSS PURE RED
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Posted
i hit an 8 iron

just to get within 50 yards of the green and then i hit my 60 wedge

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