4 club competition

[walfice]

I am playing in one of these at my local course tomorrow. I was thinking of taking my 18* hybrid, 6 or 7 iron, 54* wedge and putter.
Does this seem like a good choice? Which clubs would you take?

[wedge player]

  walfice said:

I am playing in one of these at my local course tomorrow. I was thinking of taking my 18* hybrid, 6 or 7 iron, 54* wedge and putter.

3 wood,6 iron,8 iron,sw to put blade ball with sw

[boxcar]

we use to do one of those on our thursday night fat man league, only ours was a 3 club tourney. I use to take 3 metal, 7 iron and putter. what you are taking sounds good.

[right handed phil mickelson]

Driver, 5-Hybrid, 58º SW, Putter.

I pretty much play with those anyway ;)

[Nick88]

Played a 4 club touney a week ago!

A hybrid of some sort then pitching wedge, sand wedge and putter!

[shades9323]

I would do Driver, 5 iron, PW, and putter.

[Three Putt]

  walfice said:

I am playing in one of these at my local course tomorrow. I was thinking of taking my 18* hybrid, 6 or 7 iron, 54* wedge and putter.

I would go with your setup but maybe tweek it a little

18 hybrid (awesome choice off most any tee, great out of the fairway) 7 Iron (If it's good enough for Roy McIlroy...it's good enough for you) PW Putter

[Zeph]

Depends on the course, but probably:

5-wood 18.5º
7-iron
56º
Putter

[opie]

18° Hybrid
7 iron
SW
Putter

And that sounds fun as heck

[trackster]

since i dont have a complete set of irons right now i would go with 3 wood , 6 iron, 9 iron and putter

[Marinemike]

I've played this, except we run the course and your score is a mix between how many shots you take and your run time. I took driver (choke up if you have to), 6 iron (maybe 5i), 56*, and putter. It was a good time.

[Jay-Bird]

I go driver, 6 iron, 56˚ and putter.

Short par 4s are driver, 56˚. Long par 4s are Driver, 6 iron. Par 5s are Driver, 6 iron, 56˚. Par 3s are the toughest, either a 6 or a hard de-lofted 56˚.

[billysandy]

driver, 6 iron, 56, putter i think would be the easiest - if i could hit my 3 wood reliably everytime, probably swap driver for that, though i don't use my 3 wood often so i don't know where exactly it would get to on each hole.

[TheNatural]

DRIVER--------8i----------60-----------putter.

[imtomtomim]

4 wood
7 or 8 iron depending on the course length, I can rip a 7 if I need to
sw or lw, depending on if the ground is soft or hard, or on the conditions of the rough

sounds like a good time

[David in FL]

Completely dependent on the course.

I'd sit down with a scorecard and figure out how to best play each hole with just four clubs, then select the four that best fit my needs. Putter will always be one......you hit it more than any other club and need it at least once on every hole.

The other 3 would prob be something like a 3 wood, 6 iron, gap wedge......but that's just a guess at this point.

Those things are fun. You'll have a great time having to hit various shots with different clubs too.

[ks8829]

1) any wood you can hit off the fairway, Driver, 3 wood, 5 wood or 7 wood.

2) mid iron 6 or 7 iron

3) wedge 52 - 56 degree

4) putter

a) double check the club and distances in your mind playing each hole of the course your going to play.

b) practice take distance off each club by choking up or opening the club face and aiming left or 3/4 swing, what ever works best for you.

c) practice putting off the green, sometime it helps to add loft to the putter when putting off the green to help the ball skip over the grass. practice chipping will all your clubs including the wood and see what gives you the best results.

have fun and you will appreciate your 14 clubs next time you go out, and your creativity will improve.

[Fourputt]

Like David said, it can change depending on the course, but this is the general range I'd take on most par 72 courses.

3W, 5H, 8I, 54° wedge. I can putt with either the 3W or the 5H. Practice a bit and you'll find that you really limit yourself by taking the putter. You will do better with 4 clubs that can be used in different ways... the putter is only good for one thing... putting.