No 3's in your bag unless you're good?

[ohiolefty]

Who cares what it's stamped....

You should carry a fairway wood. Period. For about a dozen different reasons. Some guys might carry a 'strong 3' or 2 wood with 13.5 degrees, some guys might carry a conventional 15 degree 3 wood, others might have a 16 or 17 degree fairway wood as their lowest-lofted club other than their driver.

I think Golf (In)Digest(ion) said something about this in their (Dumbass) Hot List article (piece of sh*t) this year (unfortunately). Maybe that's the origin of this sage wisdom you speak of.

[melchior]

I love my 15* 3 wood; great for long approach shots; or when thick rough is miraculously holding my ball up a bit and I don't trust hitting an iron there. My set started with a 3 iron as well; didn't use it for a long time; but this year I've been hitting it pretty decently as my 205 club.

[Bullitt5339]

I suck at golf, and I carried a 3 wood forever, until I bought a 4 wood, and liked it more. I've never been able to hit a 3 iron, and carry a 7 wood to cover those distances. I carry a 4 hybrid also. I don't care if my bag says "good golfer", it's all about what I hit well and can score with, and I don't carry clubs I can't hit just so that people think I have a better player's bag. That's retarded. Carry what you can hit.

[bwdial]

Who cares what it's stamped....

Gotta help sell those hybrids and high lofted fairway woods to keep that advertising revenue flowing in.

[drPheta]

Figured as much. Thought I was crazy to have a 3 wood in my bag.

[jamo]

There is no reason for a high handicapper not to carry a 3 wood.

[iacas]

There is no reason for a high handicapper not to carry a 3 wood.

I'd agree. Good off the tee if nothing else.

[vct33]

I carried both a 2 and 3 iron until I bought hybrids in July. I'd much rather hit a 2 iron on a long par 3 than a 5 wood.

[Fourputt]

I was told that only good golfers carry anything with a 3 in their bag. I.E. 3 wood, 3 iron? What's that about?

Don't know who told you that, but it's silly. You should carry what works for you, regardless of skill level. I've carried a 3W most of my golfing life... even when it was hard to hit from the fairway, it still made certain tee shots easier.

I quit carrying a 3I when it quit being useful to me. Easy decision. And at one time I carried and used a 2I. Now my longest iron is a 5I. I carry 2 hybrids to fill the gap between that and my 3W. Don't believe everything you're told... in this game you need to figure things out for yourself.

[NI4NI]

Well this horse sure is beat. Sounds like you should carry whatever makes you play better. No rag / mag should convince you otherwise.

[deronsizemore]

Just got a new set of irons and left the 3 iron out of my bag. I now have a 19 hybrid, had my 4 iron strengthened one degree to 23, and then throughout the rest of the bag there is 4 degrees of separation between clubs. No need for a 3 iron in my eyes for my own personal game.

[tristanhilton85]

I don't like that advice too much... If for no other reason, carry a 3w as a back up to the driver. Also, while i don't use a 3 iron (or 4 iron for that matter) I do carry (and use fairly regularly) my 3 and 4 hybrid. I know there are some that don't like the hybrids, but personally I love them.

[3 wiggle]

I use a 18 degree hybrid instead of a three wood. 3 wood went 240 sometimes...hybrid goes 235 every time from every lie. I still carry and use a 3 iron a good deal. I also sometimes use a 2 iron on shorter courses with tight par 4s.

[Gerald]

i think a lot of great players, pro's included, have replaced theri 3 iron with a 3 hybrid or 4 hybrid, but again, its personal preference for most.

At the USPGA tour 65% of the player still carry and use a 3 iron..... but there are lots of hybrids and 5 woods instead of 2 irons.

Many of the single hc amateurs use 3 irons aswell, at least all the single hc and most of the 10-15 hc players at our course, still use the 3 iron.

[Jay-Bird]

No 3s in my bag at all. No 3 wood, no 3 iron. Plenty of 3s on the scorecard today though!

[chef35ca]

I was told that only good golfers carry anything with a 3 in their bag. I.E. 3 wood, 3 iron? What's that about?

The only people that say that are the ones that cannot hit something with '3' on it.

I carry a 3wd & no driver. I hit it in the 265 neighborhood off the tee a few times last round out. I'm not a good golfer. I have my moments, but as shown last round my short game has gone very south. Apparently when you stop practicing that happens. Wierd. I don't carry a 3i though. There's no sense in deluding myself. Plus i don't own one. I have a 1 iron that makes it out every so often. I like to give it to my buddies at the range before we go out. It really gets in their heads.

[rdwoody]

I love both my 3 wood and 3 iron. I used a 3 wood off the tee exclusively in high school. I no longer do that, and I've hit a bit of a rough patch in my relationship with mine lately, but I can fix that up, no problem. I LOVE my 3 iron. I used to have a set with a 3 hybrid and, oddly enough, couldn't hit the thing consistently to save my life, but I'm very consistent with my iron.

[Grndslmhttr3]

I have a 3i rescue, one of my easier clubs to hit.