I see that guys like Rahm and Phil are suggesting they now play 72 holes. They appear to be conceding that their circus is viewed as less than a true competitive event. Rahm was a whiney bitch all weekend at Augusta. Regrets?
Yeah, in the lessons I have taken we have worked on swinging less steeply. I probably still swing too steep with woods.
Average yardages through my bag according to my Garmin watch (won't be 100% accurate due to sometimes the watch not picking up a shot, or me accidently clicking the wrong club):
60 - 100 yds
56 - 106 yds
52 - 125 yds
PW - 149 yds (this one seems off to me)
9i - 149 yds
8i - 157 yds
7i - 167 yds
6i - 178 yds
5i - 190 yds
4i - 202 yds
And longer than that is where I get into trouble:
2i - 208 yds (small sample size on this one, still mostly just practicing with it one the range as the slice % is too high for my liking)
4 wood - 202 yds (haven't used it much last season due to not liking it)
Driver - 241 yds
My driver has a huge variance as well. So for example on Sunday (the first round of the year) I hit it 5 times. 2 were big slices (186, and 179 well off to the right). 2 were my hands getting too closed and hitting a much too low draw/hook (239 and 225 on the left rough), and one came out low like the draw, but actually had a fade on it (210, just off the right side of the fairway. Looking back at some past rounds, the good drives (maybe 10% of shots) tend to be between 250 and 280.
So when it is outside of 200 yds is where I really get into a lot of trouble. I will often play irons off the tee, or on a par 5 lay up to gap wedge range to try and give myself a comfortable shot in.
And yet on they have no problem calling every wooden club a persimmon even though they’re not all made of persimmon.
As @iacas said, it’s just what the clubs are called.
Hybrids you're supposed to play much like your long irons. I don't really like them anymore because I have a tendency to hook them. I'm probably going to replace my 2h with a 5w soon.
Fairway woods are meant to be hit off the ground with a shallower angle. You don't want to take too steep of a swing that you're taking much of a divot. If you have difficulty with the length you can try to choke down on the grip a little.
I honestly don't think, based on what you're written so far, that a 3i is really the answer. Maybe learning how to hit the fairway woods better so you can play your 4w or even get a 5w might be the play. What are your yardages through the bag? Do you even need another club just because you can fit one in?
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