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sam004 Well Established Member

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An interesting article in Golf Week. Now the 3W is being tweaked.
Does anybody have any of the 3W's listed in the article ?




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te3point5 Well Established Member

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I have the TM superfast 3 wood, and it's pretty damn long, as long. It was ulmost inevitable in order to bridge the distance gap to the crazy long drivers that are out there.

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chilly Dedicated Member

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I've noticed that companies are starting to mention the COR ratings more often for fairway woods. I don't have any of those listed, but do hit a TEE CB1 that is pretty long. I hit the Mizuno MPs the other day and they're very long as well.

I don't know too many folks that worry about getting exact distance with a 3wd. Basically, we either hit them off the tee where we want the distance, or we're using them to gobble up yardage on a long par 5. Otherwise...if I'm going for a green and it's 245yds...I'm not really worried about hitting my 3wd "too well" and going over the green, if it happens I'd be ecstatic that I was able to put a good swing on it.

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TourSpoon Super Member

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Drivers are maxed out so this will be the next golf frontier...super 3 woods. It will benefit Ams especially if they set up with the 13 degrees (we used to call this a 2 wood) and the 43.5 shaft and use this off the tee.

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sean_miller Incredible Member

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An interesting article in Golf Week. Now the 3W is being tweaked.

No, but doubt I'd hit them any farther than my current 3w (probably not in my sig). I wouldn't want to actually.

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enis750 Great Member

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i have been using a Mizuno 13.5º F-50 this year and am loving it
its huge off the tee (still shorter than a driver) but super consistent
hitting off the deck, I need a really good swing to get it up - it rarely gets taken out to get there in two
hense why i also purchased a Mizuno MP Titanium 18º 5w

my 3w off the tee is a solid 235-245 club, hoping my 5w will be in the 215-225-ish range to get me there in two
hybrids r for the birds
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misty_mountainhop Great Member

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Not surprised; it's worked with driver marketing right? Not for me. I want my 3w straight/workable (as required), accurate and with consistent yardage. I don't want/need a 3w with a stupid long, lightweight shaft. I want to stand on that tight par-4 with trouble on both sides and be confident I can lace my 3w down the middle. Who cares if I could have hit it 10 yards further with the new SpeedTechnoGalaxyNova 3w.....if it's in the garbage?

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rebby Great Member

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Sigh... A set of irons used to be designed to hit the ball fairly straight to a given distance as well. Quite honestly, I don't want to hit my 3-wood any further than I already do.

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