Really loving my 4wood off the tee.....

[Dub]

Joined my home course last October.

Since then virtually all the par 4s and 5s have seen me lead off the tee with driver.

I've recently begun using my 4 wood on a select few 4s and one 5. It has made a nice difference. I've yet to find trouble since doing so.....avoiding the well placed fairway bunkers. Distance loss isn't so objectionable, either. I can swing hard and simply get a higher peak and soft drop.

I suspec this club is gonna be spectacular when the rough begins to grow in a few weeks. The course is just 3-4 weeks from a "green" explosion. I hope to keep it in the short grass more this year.

[Rounders]

I have found myself using my 3 wood from the tee box way more in the past years. I have more confidence with the club to hit the short stuff with it. I'll take 215-235 in the fairway all day.

[Petden]

The 4 wood is really nice, I hit a friends a couple times off a tee, and it's money, very accurate, and fairly long, great combo.

[cstorms]

I have a 4 wood and I love it off the tee as well. Also love that loud PIIING!...not to mention hitting it off the fairway is nice.

[Mr3Putt]

At Moon golf club near Pittsburgh airport, I don't pull my driver out until the 4th hole. It's the first par 3.

When I'm hitting my 3 wood properly, it's within 10-20 yards of most other players driver, and usually in the short grass. You think I would learn by now that on many holes, the driver should stay in the bag. Not the case.

[ks8829]

Joined my home course last October.

I think that is great that you hit your 4 wood off the tee, but you have to hit the driver eventually, have you tried choking up on the driver? have you been fitted for your driver maybe its too long and not the ideal length for your golf swing. My friend can hit his driver 250 - 270 off the tee and also choke up and hit it 210 into the wind on a par 3.

[Jay-Bird]

I use my 4 wood off of one box at my home course. I love the g10 4wood and am looking to add the 7wood for days that I'm not feeling the three/four iron.

[Dub]

I think that is great that you hit your 4 wood off the tee, but you have to hit the driver eventually, have you tried choking up on the driver? have you been fitted for your driver maybe its too long and not the ideal length for your golf swing. My friend can hit his driver 250 - 270 off the tee and also choke up and hit it 210 into the wind on a par 3.

Oh yeah....I'm stroking the driver to my utmost satisfaction.

We have a couple of dogleg holes that I have to throttle back on the driver or try to work it around the corners. Some days I'm not feeling like doing either. Those are the times lately when I've been reaching for the trusty 4wood and stroking to the prefered spots. I used driver everywhere prior to last month....now I'm actually starting to consider what the course will play like once the rough grows in. I'm trying to place my ball in the best spots now.....and get accustomed to this now...while theres no downside to being the rough.

[Hidalgo]

I think that is great that you hit your 4 wood off the tee, but you have to hit the driver eventually, have you tried choking up on the driver? have you been fitted for your driver maybe its too long and not the ideal length for your golf swing. My friend can hit his driver 250 - 270 off the tee and also choke up and hit it 210 into the wind on a par 3.

A couple of things......

Why would you suggest that a 17 hdcp player use a driver in that manner? It's the hardest club in the bag to hit, and IMO isn't something to start manufacturing shots with at his/her skill level. Every club in the bag is another "tool". As an example...would you use your circular saw to make a clean straight cut, or use your skil saw "just because" it will do the job if you modify your method? I say use the 4 wood ANYTIME that it's comfortable for you to hit. Watch most any tour event and you'll see as many 3W off the tee as you do drivers. If choking down on a driver was a smart and reliable thing to do, you'd see the better players doing it.

[GaijinGolfer]

A couple of things......

I cant really argue with you on that one, but at the same time you cant just not ever hit driver.

You cant just say, "Ok, Im always going to hit 4-wood off the tee now" because you greatly handicap yourself. BTW, I love my 4-wood too!

[Hidalgo]

I cant really argue with you on that one, but at the same time you cant just not ever hit driver.

I wasn't suggesting to "never hit driver" at all. I was saying that if the conditions and landing area call for it, a 4W would be a far better choice than trying to hit a bunt with a driver.

And...I love my 4W also. I took a 5W out of the bag to make room for it.

[tim31x]

i'm just the opposite of this thread haha. i have more confidence in taking some off my driver finding the fairway, than i do with a full 3wood. i'm not too keen on my 3wood overall right now, but i plan to change it and hopefully gain more confidence with another. alot of people opt for the 3wood on narrow holes, i just swing away and i'm much more confident in the driver.