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I went from a deep face 3 wood to a shallow face one in an effort to hit it from the fairway. I am still having trouble catching it clean. My hits are either fat or thin. I am not sure of where to line the ball up, and that plus the fact that I worry about making clean contact without the ball on a tee makes this the hardest shot for me. Any tips at all would be appreciated. Thanks.


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Go play a shorter course, and keep the driver in the bag. If you hit the 3W about 20 times during the round - off the tee and off the fairway - you will start to get the feel of the club.

I did this during a spring scramble because my driver needed a repair, and I was hitting it quite well by the back 9.

A golf lesson was going on 15 feet from me Monday, and the pro told the golfer to try for more of a sweep on the longer clubs. Pro told him that mix of fat-thin was caused by him chopping down on the ball rather than sweeping through it. Haven't seen you swing, so I don't know for sure. Or, possibly it's ball position.

If this 3W is a long-time problem, you might take a golf lesson. Or, if you have worked with a pro in the past, he might give you a quick tweak lesson on 3W for free.

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Mr3Wiggle Great Member

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Originally Posted by drewfus813

I went from a deep face 3 wood to a shallow face one in an effort to hit it from the fairway. I am still having trouble catching it clean. My hits are either fat or thin. I am not sure of where to line the ball up, and that plus the fact that I worry about making clean contact without the ball on a tee makes this the hardest shot for me. Any tips at all would be appreciated. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by drewfus813

I went from a deep face 3 wood to a shallow face one in an effort to hit it from the fairway. I am still having trouble catching it clean. My hits are either fat or thin. I am not sure of where to line the ball up, and that plus the fact that I worry about making clean contact without the ball on a tee makes this the hardest shot for me. Any tips at all would be appreciated. Thanks.


i had the same problem and still working through it, i could kill the ball out of the rough but not so much off the fairway. My solution to the problem was moving the ball up in my stance maybe a foot or two behind my front leg so i would like the post above said i would sweep the ball and forced my self to keep my head down so i would not top it. Since i moved the ball up i noticed good improvement on the range, since that is all i have done since i made the change. I would recommend going to the range and giving it a try. Hope this helped


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