3-Wood off a tee

[glbrum]

I can usually get it 240-260 off the tee playing with a TM Burner 15* stiff shaft. I usually get a nice draw on it, too! I would use it all the time, mainly because I'm a lot more confident with it than a driver, but hitting 3 off the tee to long par 4's makes the 2nd shot a real hassle sometimes.

[inthehole]

  BostonSully said:

I hit it about a tree-fitty.

LOL - loved that SP episode !!

[Camo]

You should see the fish I almost caught this weekend .......lol

Me thinks the rough is deep in the thread. :)

I have recently been hitting my 15* burner 3 wood more then my r9 driver for all the reasons mentioned. I just have better control and hit it well more consistently , I can count on placing the ball near my intended target out to 200 yards with the 3 wood.

My misses with the 3 wood are also less sever and tend to be in the rough where my misses with the driver are usually OB , in the trees or the wrong fairway.

[sean_miller]

  Camo said:

You should see the fish I almost caught this weekend .......lol

Stick with it. You'll get the hang of hitting a 3-wood someday.

[Camo]

  sean_miller said:

Stick with it. You'll get the hang of hitting a 3-wood someday.

I play with a laser rangefinder and the truth is a bitch. Lol

I am sure if i were estimating my distances my numbers would be far more impressive...lmao On the range I can typically hit the 200 yard sign 3 out of 5 shots and 1 out of 10 will miss enough to be in the rough. I really don't work on trying to increase my swing speed or distances, I prefer to play within my physical abilities and focus on accuracy and shaping my shots. Playing out on the course I try and use the range finder to pick targets I know I can hit. For me 200 yards with the 3w is fairly sure bet. When I try for 230 or more with it, it is not that I can't get the distance, I just can't consistancly put it where I want. I think of my 3 wood like a sniper rifle, not a shot gun. When i just want the ball somewhere far down range I hit my driver.

[sean_miller]

  Camo said:

I play with a laser rangefinder and the truth is a bitch. Lol

Now who's fulla shit, eh?

[Camo]

  sean_miller said:

Now who's fulla shit, eh?

Ok, target area might be a more accurate description. The actuall "sign" is a 2'x4 foot sandwich board with the yardages, the target area the sign indicates the distance for is maybe 50x50. If I hit the sign I would expect some pissed off golfers since it is at the side end of the range and I am sure they wouldn't appreciate the ball sifting by their heads. Anyhow. The point is accuracy. I hit my 3 wood just fine thank you.

[soloredd]

210-220 with roll. It works for me.

[gilbo]

15*, i hit it around 210-220ish

[Valleygolfer]

13° stock stiff shaft 240-250, a best of 283. All of those were off the deck. I would say the tee'd distance is 255 ish if I can keep myself from trying to clobber it. Sadly if my current driver catches air it doesn't fly much further than the 3 wood. Hopefully I win the one on ebay later this week to fix this problem..

[JerseyThursday]

  TN94z said:

Originally Posted by TN94z

As far as hitting your 3w on par 4's, if you can't get it inside 150 then you need to hit your driver. I was told this a long time ago and have stuck by it every since. Just because it is a par 4, don't pull your driver. If the par 4 is over 400 and you hit your 3w 220, then having 180 into a par 4 is probably not going to net very good results. Chances are, if can't hit your 3w over 220, then you don't have a club that you can hit reliably 180

I agree with this.
If you can only generate enough power to hit a fairway wood off the tee to leave yourself 170+ for your approach shot, your chances for a birdie are virtually nil. In fact I would guess you have a 50% chance of hitting the green in regulation, so a par is going to take some scrambling. Tough to shoot well when you are positioning yourself in a way that bogey is the most likely result.

[Blades4me]

  enduro said:

Originally Posted by enduro

I'm just wondering how far you all hit your 3-wood off a tee and what degree it is? Also, how often do you use it to tee and what situations?

I've been using mine a lot lately because I tend to be fairly accurate with it and I am crushing it. I've been getting around 260-270, depending on roll. If I push it (my miss) and get a little fade or slice on it, it goes down quite a bit to about 210-220. I use a 15* Cleveland Launcher with a stiff shaft.

I use my 3w when fairway bunkers are reachable with my driver, or on tight holes where accuracy is more important than distance and when I'm not hitting my driver well. My 3w is 12.5* and good for 240-250 off of the tee and 220-245 off of the deck depending if I chock down or not.