5 wood vs. Hybrid

[FHopper]

One of the mantras I am hearing lately is "toss the 3w get a 4W", 'sup wi dat?

[sean_miller]

  FHopper said:

One of the mantras I am hearing lately is "toss the 3w get a 4W", 'sup wi dat?

Companies have truckloads of unpopular clubs they need to get rid of somehow. Besides with "stong" and "weak" 3 woods and 5 woods (I have 5-woods ranging from 18* to 21*) some people probably already play a 4 wood - it just has a 3 or 5 stamped on it.

If I wanted to carry only one fairway wood, and I didn't already have 3 woods and 5 woods that do a great job, I would definitely consider getting a 4 wood. But I do, so I won't.

[RC]

As discussed before, I played for years carrying a 3 wood and 7 wood, and while now I have and carry hybrids, they have not come close to the utility, accuracy, and length of my old woods. I loved the idea of flying a 7 wood 225 yards over trouble and stipping it on green on a dime -- can't hit that shot with my my hibrids.

[SCCHACK]

I carry a 5 wood PING G5 but never hit it. I use a choked 3wood and/or a muscled up 19 deg hybrid to fill the distance gap as this is not ideal I am in the market for a 17 or 16 deg hybrid. I think tis will smooth out this area of my game.

[MuscleBack Sauce]

yea i may start hitting choke 3 woods but we'll see. I definitely don't have a draw problem. my misses are always bleeding fades which might be helped by a slight upright bend. maybe I'll get a new shaft in the hybrid, get it bent, try it out and then sell it if i'm still displeased

[i-Guy]

  lcfd42 said:

I played with a PW/UW/SW/LW setup in my G10s and found that the only time I seemed to pull the Gap wedge out was when I needed a 110 yd shot (+/- 5) but for nothing else, so when I built the bag I'm currently playing I dropped the UW and went PW 46*/SW 52*/ LW 58* or say staggered the wedges 6* rather than 4* each. This has worked much better because I did add the 2h in the slot of the UW.(My HI will start coming down soon, I found a fix for my putting problem) This seems to be a much more playable combination since I only tend to use two clubs for most of my short work. I also seemed to have a large gap from 3i/3h slot to the 3W, and from time to time no real good way to cover the 220y. shots. Which for some reason is where I quite often seem to find myself needing to hit a shot. I notice that you are in Fla. and the irons may be the better choice for you for the breezy conditions there.

Well I decided to go the route you did with a PW (46), UW (52) and LW (58)...see my sig...however, now I am not sure if I want a 2hy...despite what i said in an earlier post I am thinking about going with a 2 iron versus a 5w or 2hy...sounds crazy but I really like swining irons (even long irons) much better then anything that resembles a wood. I have owned quite a few hybrids over the last two years and never really liked any of them (performance wise) and I think I just went that route because that is what is popular...well I need to do what works best for my swing and game...as an example a guy I was working on my swing with last year, one time showed up with an old Wilson Blade 1 iron in his bag...I asked if I could hit it and he said "You can try"...I proceeded to stripe everyone right in the middle of the club face...he gained a new perspective of my abilities to hit long irons and since then he has guided me toward having at least a three iron in my bag.

What dou you all think about hitting a 2 iron? Crazy?

[sean_miller]

  i-Guy said:

. . . old Wilson Blade 1 iron . . . I proceeded to stripe everyone right in the middle of the club face

Not crazy at all. There's no law that says you gotta "game" the 2i every time out. I'm as big a proponent of long irons as anyone here, but I often leave the 2-iron out of the bag.

Whether I use bring it depends on the course and the weather - my other options include a 19*h, a 19* 5w, a 21* 5w, and a mis-matched 2-iron (Apex channelback - feels like hitting a 4 iron with the distance of a 4 wood). Get a 2 or even a 1 - practice with it. Use it during a practice round. Even if you leave it out, you'll be more confident with your 3 through 6.