Equipment
What GolfWRXers are saying about the search for the holy grail of fairway woods
In our forums, our members have been taking a deep dive into fairway woods. WRXer ‘serveitup911’ is on the hunt for the perfect fairway wood setup but is having trouble in his search and says:
“I cannot stand clubs that look closed at address. I need some forgiveness, mostly toe side. I don’t like tiny heads. The 3 wood will be used mostly from the tee, and 5 wood will be used mostly from the fairway.”
And from ‘serveitup911’s opening post, our members have been sharing their thoughts in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- hoosier84: “You may want to give the TS2 a shot. I played it yesterday (3 wood) for the first time. I do have trouble hooking woods. It wasn’t as bad yesterday, but still going a bit too much left and then I pulled out the tool and switched it from the default to the B-1 flat setting. Maybe it was psychological, but it Immediately helped. I tend to balloon my woods and irons (swing flaw) and wasn’t doing so with the Smoke Black 6.0 shaft, which felt pretty smooth. Going to now get the 4 wood of this and do a bit of a battle of the bag. And experiment using the 4 wood shaft in the 3, so I can play the 3 wood at 42.5″. Shortening my driver length really helped me a couple years ago. Curious to see the differences between the 15* and 16.5* heads at the same 42.5″ length with the Smoke. This has been a spring for me to mess with fairways and 2/3 hybrids. I have been trying the Cobra F7 woods since the F7 3/4 and 4/5 hybrids earned a spot in my bag earlier this year. But they may sit a tad too upright for me. Right now you can get a pretty good deal for a used TS2 on 2nd Swing. Use the Titleist coupon code they have at the top of the page.”
- Argonne69: “If your 3 wood is going to be used exclusively for tee shots, then why not go with a deep face 3w or mini driver? I never hit my “3W” off the turf, so I went with a mini driver. I have an older TM Aeroburner, but a Callaway 3Deep would be an option, as well as the newer TM Original One. I had the same issue with my G400 5 wood, so I swapped it for a G400 7 wood and delofted it. That opened the face a bit, and still kept the distance slightly less than a standard 5w.”
- Yuck: “I always was very picky about fairway woods and do not like closed faces. Until a couple months ago I played a 15-degree TEE CB2 I have had well over 10 years. Recently I picked up a like new Epic flash sub zero 3 wood. Worked out very well. If it is too low spin for you the weights can be reversed. I liked it so much I ordered a 5 wood, which I have not bagged since my wood club days. You can pick up a like-new from the Callaway preowned website right now for about $120. Cheap experiment if it does not work out.”
- asumberdawg: “Look at Tour Edge Exotics. I’m still gaming a 2013 CB pro. They produce some of the best fairway woods on the market.”
- cw1209: “I would vote for the Cobra SZ Big Tour 13.5 and SZ Tour 17.5. I had the F9 14.5* fairway and found it to be spinny/hook prone as well. Most of that was due to the upright lie angle. SZ fairways are all more flat than the F9 series. The SZ shape is great, and the tour fairways don’t have the yellow strips on the crown either, which is a plus for me.”
Entire Thread: “The holy grail of fairway woods”
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Whats in the Bag
Steve Stricker WITB 2024 (April)
- Steve Stricker WITB accurate as of the Zurich Classic. More photos from the event here.
Driver: Titleist TSR3 (9 degrees, C4 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 7.2 X
3-wood: Titleist 915F (13.5 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro White 80 TX
Hybrid: Titleist 816 H1 (17 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X
Irons: Titleist T200 (3, 4), Titleist T100 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X 6.5
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM8 (46-10F @55), Titleist Vokey SM10 (54-10S @53), Titleist Vokey SM4 (60 @59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold X100 w/Sensicore
Putter: Odyssey White Hot No. 2
Ball: Titleist Pro V1x
Grips: Golf Pride Tour Velvet Grip Rite
Check out more in-hand photos of Steve Stricker’s clubs here.
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Whats in the Bag
Alex Fitzpatrick WITB 2024 (April)
- Alex Fitzpatrick what’s in the bag accurate as of the Zurich Classic.
Driver: Ping G430 LST (10.5 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black 6 X
3-wood: TaylorMade Qi10 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus TR Black 7 X
Hybrid: Ping G430 (19 degrees)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 10 TX
Irons: Ping iCrossover (2), Titleist T100 (4-PW)
Shafts: Fujikura Ventus Black HB 9 TX (2), Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X (4-9)
Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (50-12F, 56-12D, 60-08M)
Shafts: Nippon N.S. Pro Modus 3 Tour 120 X
Putter: Bettinardi SS16 Dass
Grips: Golf Pride MCC
Check out more in-hand photos of Alex Fitzpatrick’s clubs here.
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Equipment
What’s the perfect mini-driver/shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss
In our forums, our members have been discussing Mini-Drivers and accompanying shafts. WRXer ‘JamesFisher1990’ is about to purchase a BRNR Mini and is torn on what shaft weight to use, and our members have been sharing their thoughts and set ups in our forum.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- PARETO: “New BRNR at 13.5. Took it over to TXG (Club Champ but TXG will always rule) in Calgary for a fit. Took the head down to 12, stuck in a Graphite Design AD at 3 wood length and 60g. Presto- numbers that rivaled my G430Max but with waaaaay tighter dispersion. Win.”
- driveandputtmachine: “Still playing a MIni 300. The head was only 208, so I ordered a heavier weight and play it at 3 wood length. I am playing a Ventus Red 70. I play 70 grams in my fairways. I use it mainly to hit draws off the tee. When I combine me, a driver, and trying to hit a draw it does not work out well most of the time. So the MIni is for that. As an aside, I have not hit the newest BRNR, but the previous model wasn’t great off the deck. The 300 Mini is very good off the deck.”
- JAM01: “Ok, just put the BRNR in the bag along side a QI10 max and a QI10 3 wood. A load of top end redundancy. But, I have several holes at my two home courses where the flight and accuracy of the mini driver helps immensely. Mine is stock Proforce 65 at 13.5, I could see a heavier shaft, but to normal flex, as a nice alternative.”
Entire Thread: “What’s the perfect Mini-Driver/Shaft combo? – GolfWRXers discuss”
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Madeline Morgan
May 19, 2020 at 7:12 pm
My Holy Grail found has been a Sonartec NP-99 paired with an Oban Devotion shaft. For the last 10 years or so there’s always been either a 14 degree 3 wood or a 16 degree 4 wood version of this club in my bag, depending on which of my swings arrives at the course that day. There’s nothing particularly exotic about them and they don’t feature a lot of bells and whistles. But for a confident, creative striker of the golf ball they’ll deliver long, accurate, and workable shots with pretty much every swing. What else do you need, n’est-ce pas?