Fairway wood fitting?

[Alohaed]

Hi all,

If I, or others, asked this in the past, I apologize. I was fitted for irons last year, and needed 1.25" longer in the shafts. When purchasing fairway woods, and drivers, should I also get longer, or it doesn't matter?

[Robato]

Hi AlohaEd, I was also fitted for 1" longer irons, I'm 6'2", and my fairway woods and driver are not extra long at all. I've read quite a lot about it, and I would say that regular length drivers these days (45") are the most that a tall 'pro' golfer might use and still have a nice, accurate average. The little amount of distance you might obtain by lengthening woods is not worth the sacrifice in accuracy you might be losing, so I recommend 45" or less for the driver, and standard length for the fairway woods.

[Alohaed]

Thx. And I assume the it wouldn't matter for hitting the fairway wood of the deck either? Hopefully.

[enis750]

Originally Posted by Alohaed

Thx. And I assume the it wouldn't matter for hitting the fairway wood of the deck either? Hopefully.

no

"standard" driver length is 45" as mentioned above and "standard" 3w length is 43"

wow, 1" over standard for 6'2" is a lot of extra club

i too am 6'2" and use "standard" length irons....and choke up about 1/2" on each one as well

i couldnt imagine adding an additional 1" to my irons

[Alohaed]

Cool. Thx all for your replies.  Until my game improves, eventually,  and it would make a difference getting fitted for driver/wood(loft, shaft, type, etc), I would save on  the fitting costs, etc, and just order something online then.  Preferrably on sale.

[596]

I'm 6-3 and use +1" and 4 1/2* upright (which also adds to length).   My 3 and 4 hybrids are +1".  My driver is standard but I just had a custom 17* fairway wood made.  Wow, this thing is awesome.  I love the added inch.  Its so much easier to hit then the standard 3 wood length.  I had to get used to the +1" shaft.  I was hitting everything off the heel for a few days.  I had to learn to stand away from the ball and then started hitting nice shots with it.

If you go with a longer shaft be sure to add a bit of stiffness to the shaft.  All my irons are regular flex but due to the length of the new fairway wood I had it built with a stiff shaft.  Its great!!  I had a Sonartec 3 wood 17* built with a Grafalloy Fairway Wood stiff shaft.  I hit it for the first time on the course a few days ago.  I used it 5 times and had great results each time.  I can't say that for my old fairway wood.

FYI - I was also fitted for a Ping K15 driver with a stiff shaft and +1 1/2" by Ping.  I didn't buy the club but was surprised by the fit and how easy to hit  and how long that thing was.

I see nothing wrong with longer shafts for taller players as long as you can control them.  If you over swing the results can be really bad, but if I keep my swing speed consistant then I've had no problems.  My swing speed is 94.