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Teamanglerx Well Established Member

Teamanglerx

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I am looking at maybe adding a fairwood to my set and am looking for a VERY forgiving wood. I have looked at Nike and Adams woods as well as Gigagolf. Can anyone make a good recommendation?

In my bag:

Driver: Covert Performance
Super Hybrid : :nike: 2H - 17* Covert Performance

Irons: :nike:Covert 4I - PW

Wedges: :nike:X3X Wedges (52*, 56*, 60*)

Putter: Method Core 1i

Ball: :nike:One RZN

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JaredSS Well Established Member

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I personally love my burnerfast 3 wood, but the Callaway Diablo series is good as well as the FTiz

In my Nike Sport Cart Bag:
Driver: Burner SUPERFAST TP 10.5*
3 Wood Burner SUPERFAST
5 Wood SQ Dymo
Irons(4-GW) SZ Vokey Oil Can 56* 64* TP WedgePutter Oz Mallet 6Ball: ProV1x


Shindig Incredible Member

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I am looking at maybe adding a fairwood to my set and am looking for a VERY forgiving wood. I have looked at Nike and Adams woods as well as Gigagolf. Can anyone make a good recommendation?

I'm a big fan of my SQ2, if you can find one. The SQ Machspeed are great, too.

If you have a tendency to hit the ball left to right, and want a fairway wood that can correct for it, there are plenty of those -- I believe many of the Cobra woods do this, for example.

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Driver:  Titleist 915D2.  4-wood:  Titleist 917F2.  Titleist TS2 19 degree hybrid.  Tour Edge Exotics C723 21 degree hybrid.  Irons 5-U, Ping G400.  Wedges negotiable (currently 54 degree Cleveland, 58 degree Titleist) Edel putter. 

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nuck81 Great Member

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I think forgiving fairway woods are called hybrids nowadays.

But seriously any of the square headed woods will be really forgiving

JML22 Great Member

JML22

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Hybrids dont replace fairway woods

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Ping I3 + blade 3-pw
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Stretch Super Member

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Hybrids dont replace fairway woods

Um, unless they do? If someone's bagging a driver, 1H and 2H, what has been substituted?

Stretch.

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nuck81 Great Member

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Um, unless they do? If someone's bagging a driver, 1H and 2H, what has been substituted?

He's right in a sense. Most hybrids are meant to replace the lower irons, but they can replace woods as well.

I'm currently looking for a nice 4 wood myself, and then I think I'd have a fairly complete bag, going 12* driver, 17# 4wd, 21* Hybrid....

Stretch Super Member

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I'm currently looking for a nice 4 wood myself, and then I think I'd have a fairly complete bag, going 12* driver, 17# 4wd, 21* Hybrid....

Since that's pretty much what I have, I would agree with you.

Stretch.

"In the process of trial and error, our failed attempts are meant to destroy arrogance and provoke humility." -- Master Jin Kwon

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nikeman6 Well Established Member

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I'm a big fan of my SQ2, if you can find one. The SQ Machspeed are great, too.

I have to agree with Shindig here.

I have a SQ Dymo2 3 wood that I am very happy with. It is forgiving for offcenter hits, yet sends the ball flying with good contact. I can also get quite a bit of shape into my shots too with it. good luck!

Driver: Nike SQ Dymo 10.5*
Woods: Nike SQ Dymo2 3 Wood, Nike SQ 3 Hybrid
Irons: Nike Slingshot 4D 4-AW
Wedges: Nike VR Forged 54/12,58/06
Putter: Nike Method 001

Ball: Nike 20XI-x


Nike Markiie Well Established Member

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I have to agree with Shindig here.

Im happy with mine as well.

2010 Victory Red Staff Bag or Nike 2011 Performance Stand bag
Driver: Titleist 910 D3 with Diamana Whiteboard 83X (44")
3 Wood: SQ2 15° w/ Diamana Blueboard 83X (43")
5 Wood: SQ2 19° w/ Diamana Redboard 83X (42")
Irons + Wedges Nike Victory Red Pros 3-PW 52 56


etlreams Dedicated Member

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Most forgiving fairway wood I've owned is my current 2007 Big Bertha 3 wood. Fantastic off the tee. Great off the fairway. Not so great out of the rough, then again, what fairway is.

It is very straight and forgiving.

What I Play:

Driver: R9 460
4 Wood: G15

Hy: Callaway FT 3Hy

Irons: AP1 4-PW

Wedges: Vokey 52* & 60*, Mizuno MP-T 10 58*

Putter: Newport Studio Select 2.7

Ball: Nike One Vapor


WUTiger Incredible Member

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You might give the red Diablo woods from 2009 a try. They've been upstaged by the Edge models, and are on clearance.

Haven't played them myself, but they sell well at local shop, and everyday golfers who use them seem to like them.

Also, if you go to one fairway wood, consider a 4W. Many people find them easier to hit than a 3W.

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Hybrid:  :callaway: Big Bertha B16 OS 4H at 22°  ||  Irons:  :callaway: Mavrik MAX 5i-PW
Wedges:  :callaway: MD3: 48°, 54°... MD4: 58° ||  Putter:  image.png.0d90925b4c768ce7c125b16f98313e0d.png Inertial NM SL-583F, 34"  
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Comeback Established Member

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I love my Taylormade Burner 3W. It is hard to hit a bad shot with it.

Irons X-22 Tour irons 3-PW
Driver Superfast TP
Fairway Wood Burner 3W
wedge 50 degree
wedge GS-15 56 DegreeWedge 62 degreePutter ZebraBall TP LDP Red B330 tour


sean_miller Incredible Member

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Hybrids dont replace fairway woods

Not exactly, no. A good 3-wood is longer that any hybrid, unless a person can't hit a 3-wood properly.

I like my Wilson Staff Fybrid so much it's bumped my litle Titleist 5-wood out of the bag, but if I want an extra few yards (like I could do with the 5-wood) I'm SOL with the Fybrid. It's easier to shape shots with though. I've tried to love my 17 degree 2-hybrid, but I'd rather hit a 2-iron than that POS any day.

Mizuno MP600 driver, Cleveland '09 Launcher 3-wood, Callaway FTiz 18 degree hybrid, Cleveland TA1 3-9, Scratch SS8620 47, 53, 58, Cleveland Classic 2 mid-mallet, Bridgestone B330S, Sun Mountain four5.


nuck81 Great Member

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Not exactly, no. A good 3-wood is longer that any hybrid, unless a person can't hit a 3-wood properly.

Yeah I pretty much despised the 18* hybrid I had and dumped it. Love my 21* though.

Been looking for a good 4 Wood at a reasonable price, they are harder to come by than I thought. I've yet to scower the depths of EBay though, it still scares me...

nuck81 Great Member

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Found one on Amazon.

Nike SQ DYMO 2 17* with Amazon overnight shipping for only $3.99

Great deal!!

mdbuschsr Well Established Member

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I picked up a 2009 Cleveland Launcher 17* a few weeks ago. So far I really like the club. Plays equally well off the tee or the fairway. I haven't tried it out of the rough yet.

In the bag
Driver: Tour Burner 10.5*
Fairway: Launcher 2009 17*
Irons: X-18r 4-SW
Gap Wedge: CG15 52*Wedge: X Tour 60*Putter: Crimson 550Ball: E5


adamg Member

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I'm a fan of the '08 TM Burner also. Very forgiving and the ball launches high - even off the turf.

Although you may want to consider a 17 deg. hybrid as well. I was demoing them the other day. According to the launch monitor, I was only about 5 yards short of my 3W with it. So I ended up buying a 19 degree to split the gap between my 3W and 3I. We'll see if that distance holds on the course.

Another option to consider is a 4W, then a hybrid, and then go into your irons.

What's in my Titleist Lightweight Cart Bag that sits on my Clic Gear 3.0 Push Cart:
Driver TaylorMade Tour Burner 10.5° Fujikura SuperFast Stiff
3W TaylorMade Burner 15° TM REAX Stiff
Hybrid Cobra Baffler Rail H 19° Fujikura Motore Stiff
Irons TaylorMade  R7 3-PWWedges Cleveland CG14 52°.10 and...


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