what is a "3+ wood?"

[prutkows]

i've seen it on a lot of golf shops online that have "3 wood" and "3+ wood" as search options.. whats the difference?

[walfice]

It is a 3 wood with a strong loft . I have a 3+ wood, it is 13*

[Shindig]

Strong 3-wood. Because a 2-wood is too often associated with female players?

I've also seen 5+ woods that have the loft of a 4-wood. So maybe people aren't used to woods having even numbers?


Oddly, when hybrids are 3+ or 4+ (e.g., Nickent's lines), it's typically between two numbers (4+ between 3 and 4, etc). Yet with woods, it seems to mean "subtract one number."

[RC]

Callaway may have started this convention, when they had their normal three wood at 15 degrees and the 3+ at 13 degrees. The Callaway design of early steelheads and warbirds made getting the ball up pretty easy, and a lot of the time a three wood off the tee flew quite high. So a 3+ wood became quite popular -- and it was still easy to get a high flighted shot.

[flap]

Strong 3 is 13 degree and strong 5 used to be 18.5 when made by titliest.I have not seen a strong 5 made by anyone else but I have no doubt they exist.

[amcquay]

  flap said:

Strong 3 is 13 degree and strong 5 used to be 18.5 when made by titliest.I have not seen a strong 5 made by anyone else but I have no doubt they exist.

Ping's G10 5 wood is 18.5*, but they don't call it strong.

[hawkeye]

  flap said:

Strong 3 is 13 degree and strong 5 used to be 18.5 when made by titliest.I have not seen a strong 5 made by anyone else but I have no doubt they exist.

Used to have a Taylormade Tour Launch Burner (2008) 5 wood with 17.5 degrees loft. Was basically a 4 wood. Which was too close to my 5 wood so changed it.

[cape cod beachfront golfer]

Going with the Strong Three... 13 degree?
You better have a sweet swing,
the lack of loft with full 3 wood shaft....
can turn it into a side spinning nightmare ! Can you spell S L I C E !
In fact I have found a Weak 3 (16.5) sometimes labeled 4 Wood
plays as long and much straighter than standard 3 wood.
Nearly bought the Tour Edge 4 wood....
but settled on TE 3 Wood Houdini Utility, 16 degree I think.
Great decision, for me anyways.

[bIGwIRE]

My 3+wood is great off the tee when the driver needs a time out.

[schigara]

I was recently looking for a 3 wood and settled on the Adams Speedline. The majority were 15*and had to search for a few days on Ebay until a 13* showed up. I grabbed it and I am in love with it. When I have trouble with the driver, I pull out the 3 wood and hit it very consistently to 235-245 which is just shy of the 260 I hit the driver.

On the tee box, I tee it up about a half inch off the ground and in the middle of my stance and it takes off on the same trajectory as my good driver shot.