Anyone use a 7 wood instead of a 3 iron?

[BlueRidgeTitleist]

You Betcha, I use a Mizuno F 50 7 wood. It,s not the best in the deep rough but the trick is not get it there in the first place. I have tried a few Hybirds and they work OK but I,m really happy with my woods.

[mcotter]

Did you have insurance that covered it? Then I wouldn't have complained, otherwise I would have made a call or sent a not to the local law enforcement office.

Insurance covered it, but the club couldnt be bought anymore. I had a custom Graffaloy shaft in it too. They said there was no way to prove I didnt sell it to them because they didnt track the source of bought inventory. Insurance paid me 3 times what i paid to re-buy it.

[c. lassiter]

I sometimes switch out my 3 iron for a 7 wood, and if I do I can also drop the 5 wood since I can hit the 7 wood almost as far if I need to.

It's my most versatile club - I can hit it high, or low, from the fairway or rough, hook or, almost, but not quite, fade it.

[ohiolefty]

I just switched from a 3 hybrid BACK to a 3 iron. I have a 2 hybrid to cover hybrid-centric shots (long shots out of rough) so carrying the 3 hybrid isn't really necessary. I found that the distance gap between 4 iron and 3 hybrid affected me more than the distance gap between 3 iron and 2 hybrid will.

I just like the 3 iron because it's more accurate and I would rather have a metal-shafted club for the distances I'll be hitting it to.

[Dave40]

I will switch my Bridgestone J33 7-wood for the 3 iron depending on the course and weather. The 7 wood, with its higher trajectory, sticks to the green much better than the 3 iron. But on a windy day the 7 wood is too risky.
The 7 wood is also better suited to courses where you are shooting to greens that are elevated several feet above the fairway.

[max power]

I think it depends on when they were made. I have 2 5woods circa early 90's and the are 20 and 21 degrees. They were both cheapo clubs (dunlop and First Flight) but they work really well for me.

Yeah, i refuse to acknowledge that a 5 wood is 16.5*-18*, as manufacturers have decided they are recently (where does that leave the 4 wood?). A 5 wood is 20* or 21*-maybe 19*, and I lose a negligible amount of distance (w/ vastly increased control) with a good hybrid, so my 5 wood is either a 19.5* or 20* hybrid. 7 woods are the complete equivalent of the old 5 woods-20* or 21*.