Anybody here NOT use any woods? Other than driver...

[kingface12]

Just curious if I am a loner here. Seems like the latest thing is to not use a 3w and use a 4w instead. I decided to kind of go a different route and take my 3w and 5w out of the bag and replace them with hybrids. I can hit the 3w well but I would rather be 10 yards back and almost always in the fairway with my 3h. I also like to carry 4 wedges (PW, 52, 56, 60) so I needed to make room. My odd setup is:

Driver
3h 19*
4h 22*
4i-pw
52, 56, 60

In case you're wondering....I like carrying a 4h and 4i because to me they are both very different animals. 4i keeps it low and out of the wind and the 4h gets me in the air quickly, I can stop it better and hit it 10yrds further.

So does anyone else only carry a driver and no other woods.....or am I just a freak??

[Kieran123]

I only have my driver, then 3 4 and 5 hybrids. No other woods. I can hit my 3H just as far if not further than my 3 wood, 220-230 yards. I have a cheap Powerbilt 4H that goes even further for some reason.

[Fourputt]

At the moment, I only carry a 4H and 5H with my driver. I do, however, hit the driver off the deck fairly consistently, but a bit shorter than I do off a tee, so it subs as my 3W.

[robbo323]

I've toyed with the idea of all hybrids and no woods but I just seem to hit my 3 wood so much better than any other 3 wood that I've ever held in my hands. I am currently in between a 19* Titleist 585H and a 20* Cobra Baffler DWS for my hybrid. The Titleist goes about 205-215 and the cobra is about 220-230 club but with the heavier shaft I enjoy my 585H but I think I need a little lighter shaft in it to add some distance.

[sean_miller]

Just curious if I am a loner here . . .

Dude, you have two hybrids in the bag.

It seems nobody so far is going Driver, irons, and putter. When your setup is something like D, 2i-PW, SW, LW, P, you're playing without extra woods. Hybrids are essentially short shafted fairway woods.

[zeg]

I have a 5W in the bag which I occasionally use off the tee and sometimes from the fairway (or sitting up in the rough), but I've added some distance to my irons recently, so I find myself using it less. Yesterday I was contemplating that there are fewer and fewer spots where I need it, since as long as I'm hitting my 4I cleanly, it's more accurate (I tend to pull it, but it's more of a straight pull whereas my miss with the 5W is a slice that's less predictable). The two holes on my home course where I used it were a pair of long par 4s, but between added distance on my driver and 4I, I can now just about reach them with that combination. So I think other than a couple tee shots, I'm unlikely to use it except on a longer course than mine. Even the tee shots, I think the 4I would make more sense for me since I'm only slightly less likely to find trees with the 5W than driver, so I'd happily give up the 10-15 yards that the 4I loses compared to 5W to have position, especially on a 300-350 yard par 4. After all, I'd rather have a 100-150 yard approach from the fairway than 50-100 from behind a tree...

[kingface12]

Dude, you have two hybrids in the bag.

I know what you mean....Dude. But there really is no comparing the swing or the loss of distance between a 3 and 4 hybrid and a 3 and 4 or 5 wood....which is why I asked. I have never seen anybody go with my setup...which is another reason why I was curious.

I'd be curious to hear more set-ups everyone....always good to get different perspectives and why they chose to go that route.

[DavidFehertysBike]

I use my hybrids off of the tee regularly. At least once a round. They're the easiest clubs to hit in my bag (reletive to distance) so why not use them as often as possible?

[sean_miller]

I know what you mean....Dude. But there really is no comparing the swing or the loss of distance between a 3 and 4 hybrid and a 3 and 4 or 5 wood....which is why I asked. I have never seen anybody go with my setup...which is another reason why I was curious.

With an older favourite there's no need to carry fairway woods - there are no yardage gaps. I have a backup set like that.

If I didn't have a yardage gap between a 3h and my driver in my daily gamer set, I'd be in the market for a new driver. PS. Your sig still includes a 3-wood (no 5-wood) so this is a theoretical bag makeup, or you're already there?

[kingface12]

With an older favourite there's no need to carry fairway woods - there are no yardage gaps. I have a backup set like that.

Funny you said that....after I made that post I said to myself....'Gee, I ned to change my sig....I have a new putter and my bag changed'. I dropped the 3 wood a month ago. I found that I just didn't really use it....maybe once a round, if that....and I wanted to add a 56*, which I did.

I hear you about the yardage gap. There is a big gap between the driver and 3h (50 yrds) but like I said.....the 3h is my best club and I'd rather be 15 yrds back but safe almost all of the time than 15-20 yrds further without as much accuracy. It hasn't killed me yet but it will be interesting to hear if people had the same setup as me...and what issues they saw.

[right handed phil mickelson]

9.5º Driver.
2 Hybrid (17º)
5 Hybrid (26º)
4 Iron-PW
50º, 54º, 58º Wedges
4º Putter.


I don't remember the loft on my foot-wedge. I'll check it tonight though.

[MikeLowry5]

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[DarkPrince]

I play Driver, 3H 4H in my bag although the lofts make them equivalent to a 2i and 3i in my set. I'm toying with the idea of finding a 3 wood though, I just can't hit these friggin hybrids anymore, they are all just snap hooks or a big push. But I did this setup because I hated my woods in my last set where they were just shrunken versions of the driver... I just couldn't get the ball off the ground without it being a snap hook or a bladed push-fade.

[Chicago Seminole]

I hit my 3 iron 230 when I need to, and I have trouble hitting woods. So I do not carry fairway woods, and Hybrids are for old people

[Cussin hacker]

I have a 4+ wood in the bag, but can't hit it off the FWY. Putting my 2 hybrid back in next time out.

[Felenah]

I do own a 3W but I try not to use it. I have a Ping eye2 +no+ 2 iron for those long shots, which needs to be regripped by the way.

[max power]

Currently using a 16* Cobra Baffler DWS Hybrid. Does that count as a fairway wood?

[sean_miller]

Currently using a 16* Cobra Baffler DWS Hybrid. Does that count as a fairway wood?

I'm not sure, but your 20* Heavenwood sure does.