Equipment

Ditching the 3-wood for a 4-wood – GolfWRXers discuss

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2 years ago

Feb 28, 2022

In our forums, our members have been discussing fairway woods. WRXer ‘Chadly643’ is considering switching out his 3-wood for a 4-wood and kicks off the thread saying:

“I wanted to hear some stories of folks that have ditched the 3-wood and what they’ve replaced it with. I have an XR Pro 3 wood that’s always been really good to me and held its spot in my bag for a long time now. I just don’t find myself using it all that much though. Off the tee, it’s not too far behind my driver, so I usually just pull driver.

In the fairway, I’m usually either too far to reach with the 3-wood or close enough to reach with hybrid or less. So it’s this weird spot in my bag that I’m considering changing. What are some paths that others have gone down?”

And our members have been sharing their thoughts and experiences 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.

LeftyMatt24: “Yeah I agree fully. 4-wood flies a little higher and lands softer. Fits a better window than a 3-wood which is basically tee only.”
WhiteShark: “Needed to drop one club from my bag. Couldn’t decide whether to leave out the 3-wood or the 5-wood. Decided to drop both of them out and replace them with a TE 4 wood (16 1/2 degrees). One of my few good golf decisions.”
bryanwmilburn: “I go driver, 4-wood (Sub 70 Pro Tour) then 2-iron. It’s the best decision I’ve made in a while at the top end of my bag. Much better off the turf and still awesome off the tee. Plus controllable distance.”
HappyGilmoresBots: “When I bought my woods a few years back, the guy set me up with a driver, 4-wood, and 4-hybrid instead of driver/3/5. He said the combo of driver/4w/4h was generally better or more useful for high handicappers like myself.”

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Equipment

Collin Morikawa’s pre-Open equipment adjustments

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2 hours ago

Jul 18, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Editor’s note: This is an excerpt from a piece our Andrew Tursky originally wrote for PGATour.com’s Equipment Report. Head over there for the full article.

Three years later, Morikawa has once again changed his irons to deal with the unique Scottish turf.

Morikawa has been using TaylorMade P730 blade short irons (7-PW), P7MC mid irons (5-6) and a TaylorMade “Proto” 4-iron with a cavity-back construction this year.

However, he switched into a new set of TaylorMade P7CB irons (5-PW) before finishing T4 at last week’s Genesis Scottish Open, to go along with his familiar “Proto” 4-iron. TaylorMade’s P7CB irons are the finalized versions of the “Proto” 4-iron that Morikawa has been using, except they remain unreleased to retail.

According to TaylorMade, Morikawa switched into a full set of the new P7CB irons to aid with turf interaction, just like he did prior to his 2021 Open victory.

Morikawa is honing in on his winning formula overseas.

Morikawa also has switched from his usual TaylorMade Qi10 5-wood to a lower-launching TaylorMade P790 3-iron equipped with a Project X HZRDUS 105 Hybrid shaft. The loft of the club has been bent down to 19 degrees.

TaylorMade says that Morikawa switched into the new driving iron In order to “have an option to hit something lower that will roll out in the fairways.”

Head over to PGATour.com for the full article.

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Whats in the Bag

C.T. Pan WITB 2024 (July)

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4 hours ago

Jul 18, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

C.T. Pan what’s in the bag accurate as of the John Deere Classic. More photos from the event here.

Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees, A1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 6 X

3-wood: Titleist GT3 (16.5 degrees, B1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Fujikura Ventus Red 7 X

5-wood: Titleist TSR2 (21 degrees, C1 SureFit setting)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei CK Pro Red 80 TX

More photos of C.T. Pan’s WITB in the forums.

Irons: Titleist U505 (1), Titleist T200 (4), Titleist T150 (5-9)
Shafts: Project X HZRDUS Smoke Red RDX 80 6.5 (1), KBS PGI 90 (4-9)

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F, 52-08F, 64), Vokey WedgeWorks (59)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Purple S400

More photos of C.T. Pan’s WITB in the forums.

Putter: Scotty Cameron Tourtype SSS TG-6.5

Grips: Golf Pride MCC

Ball: Titleist Pro V1x

More photos of C.T. Pan’s WITB in the forums.

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Whats in the Bag

Justin Thomas WITB 2024 (July)

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5 hours ago

Jul 18, 2024

GolfWRX Staff

Justin Thomas’ what’s in the bag accurate as of the Scottish Open. We will make any updates if JT has many any changes for The Open Championship when we have those details.

Driver: Titleist GT2 (9 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Diamana ZF 60 TX

3-wood: Titleist TS3 (15 degrees)
Shaft: Mitsubishi Tensei AV Raw Blue 85 TX

5-wood: Titleist 915 Fd (18 degrees @19.5)
Shaft: Fujikura Motore Speeder VC 9.2 X

See more in-hand photos of Justin Thomas’ WITB in the forums.

Irons: Titleist T200 (4), Titleist T100 (5), Titleist 621.JT (5-9)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100

Wedges: Titleist Vokey Design SM10 (46-10F @47.5, 52-12F, 56-14F @57), Titleist Vokey Design WedgeWorks Proto (60-06K @60.5)
Shafts: True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue X100 (46), True Temper Dynamic Gold Tour Issue S400 (52-60)