I hit my driver better than a 3 wood..

[kekoa]

Is anyone else in the same boat as me? It makes no real sense. I have the Titleist D2 driver and a TP Burner 3 wood. I thought the 3 wood is the go to club for nice straight shots. Yesterday, I hit my driver way more consistent. I'm guess its due to the drivers larger head and MOI??

[GaijinGolfer]

If you have a high-lofted driver (11* or 12*), I could see how you might hit it better just because the head is so much bigger.

[kafka01]

No it doesnt really make sense unless you never practice with your 3wood and always with your driver. But maybe its the 3wood that gives you problems. I have a TP Burner 2w and a Burner 3w - and latter is just so much easier to hit.

[GAgoosebuster]

thats exact opposite for me! i wish i had that problem!

[Dent]

I have the same problem, I want to try and play safe, but I hit my driver straighter than my 3w, and then when I hit my driver, I feel I'm not really playing that safe. I guess I could use an iron, but I'm not too great with them off the tee either.. So I really have no choice.

[immts007]

It's always been that way for me as well.

I think it's a hold-over from the not to distant past when the profile of a 3 wood wasn't all that different from the driver. In my experience, It's just not true any more that a 3 wood is easier to hit, yet people still say it.

[kekoa]

It's always been that way for me as well.

my thoughts exactly. i think its also the fact that I don't practice much with the 3 wood. I guess i need to start doing that. I bet i could start shaving strokes off those tight par 4's.

btw, my driver is 9.5 and 3 wood is 14.5

[Open-Faced Club Sandwedge]

I bought a new Cobra L4V driver (f-speed, 9*) a couple weeks ago, and suddenly achieved something like control over my drives, which I've never really had at all, and that meant I was hitting my driver with far greater consistency than my 3 or 5 wood. Trying to go back and practice with my 3 and 5 after upgrading to the 460cc driver was very frustrating because I was having trouble finding the sweet spot or even the face of the club, and was beginning to wonder if those clubs even had a sweet spot.

So I went Dick's and bought a new 3W and 5W, and chose them based mostly on size of face. I ended up with Max-Fli based on that criterion. Now I hit them much better than I was hitting my old ones, but still not as well as I hit my driver. I'll be practicing to see if I can learn to hit them straighter and more consistently.

-Andrew

[wrx_junki]

I definitely hit my driver more consistently than my 3-wood. I bought it recently but have been just going to the 3 hybrid instead since its so inconsistent.

[fusioncal]

There's this article from Golf Digest a few months back discussing the benefit of using driver against 3-wood. One thing I can remember of is that driver has bigger MOI which translates to more forgiveness.

[jaggy13]

I was in the same boat until recently. I used to take a choked down driver on a short par 4 to avoid long irons and other woods. Now I have been striking the 3 wood very well just thinking about an 80% swing with a full release. I now have more confidence in my 3 wood than driver.