I have issues hitting my 3 wood off the turf but hit sooo solid off a tee. Totally inconsistent off turf, ball flight is low but off the tee it's great. Just started back playing( one year) after 12 years. Was a single digit HC before, now 10 or 12. Any diagnosis of this ailment greatly appreciated.
3 wood woes
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watson08
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My instructor said the quickest way to ruin a swing is to hit a bunch of 3-woods off a tight lie like we have at our practice facility. What type of lie are you practicing from? I'm maybe an 8 or 9 and he wouldn't let me hit my 3-wood off a tight lie. I ended up getting a 4-wood and purged my 3-wood and my 5-wood. I got an Exotics CB3 4-wood with factory Motore shaft and its tragectory and distance resembles my old 3-wood. The added loft lead to more consistent fairway wood play and I got to add a wedge.
Brian Manzella
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Hijinx,
I'll bet $100 that you are swinging TOO DAR TO THE RIGHT.
Ever see "Never Hook Again"?
I'll bet $100 that you are swinging TOO DAR TO THE RIGHT.
Ever see "Never Hook Again"?
I can relate to what Kevin is suggesting. Your path could be too inside out. If your face is square at separation, your will hit a coat-hanger left. You can work on having the face open to the path and aim way left for a on target push, or a push-fade, or you can adjust your swing directiong appropriately left and make sure that the face is square to the target but open to the new swing direction. The benefit of this is a pretty straight ball as well as a clubface that has more loft to present to the ball.
Speaking of open to the swing direction faces. Does anybody else want to hurl at the sight of what looks like a severly open face at address? Especially with the woods. I cannot get used to the open face look. Too many years with a square look (of course in reality closed to the true path
) With the woods it feels as though the club head is out of balance. Sorry to interject.
Speaking of open to the swing direction faces. Does anybody else want to hurl at the sight of what looks like a severly open face at address? Especially with the woods. I cannot get used to the open face look. Too many years with a square look (of course in reality closed to the true path
) With the woods it feels as though the club head is out of balance. Sorry to interject.
Virtuoso
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Well, kind of hard to diagnose without seeing the swing, but in general, the 3-wood off the ground is the shot that offers the least amount of leeway in terms of angle of attack. With a short iron, you can go anywhere from -2 to -10 degrees and do pretty well; with a driver you can go anywhere from -1 to +7 an do pretty well. But with a 3-wood off turf, you can only go about -3 to 0 and make it work. If you come at it steeper, there isn't much dynamic loft left unless you do something alien with the handle. If you go positive on the AOA...well, the ball is on the ground, so that won't work. Overall, there is just a smaller window of opportunity with that type of shot. I've never, ever heard a student say a low-lofted fairway wood off the ground is their favorite shot, and i think it comes down to the geometry of the situation.
That said, since you hit it well off the tee, there is a good chance you are fairly psoitive with AOA, which, based on a 2 for 1 sale, means you might also have too much of an inside path--which was mentioned by Brian. A way to check this is to understand why it goes low off the ground. If you smother the face to offset path or your low shots are thin, this is the right diagnosis. If your low shots are struck solid and start down the target line without hook, then the opposite is true: you are too steep.
That said, since you hit it well off the tee, there is a good chance you are fairly psoitive with AOA, which, based on a 2 for 1 sale, means you might also have too much of an inside path--which was mentioned by Brian. A way to check this is to understand why it goes low off the ground. If you smother the face to offset path or your low shots are thin, this is the right diagnosis. If your low shots are struck solid and start down the target line without hook, then the opposite is true: you are too steep.
mjstrong
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http://www.brianmanzella.com/forum/...web-video-never-hook-again-2-0-w-reviews.html
I'll throw another $100 backing Brian's diagnosis. Buy the video, watch it, try it, and let him know...
EDIT: I think hitting 3 woods (or drivers) off a tight lie is great practice for a hooker/underplaner.
I'll throw another $100 backing Brian's diagnosis. Buy the video, watch it, try it, and let him know...
EDIT: I think hitting 3 woods (or drivers) off a tight lie is great practice for a hooker/underplaner.
birly-shirly
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I'm glad to hear the first part of that. Fairway woods seem to be touted as the "easy to hit" clubs. Maybe yard for yard they're easier to hit than the equivalent iron - but I think a full 3 wood from the fairway is still about the hardest shot I have to face up to, if you take really penal hazards and carries out of the equation.
My guess would be that there are WAY more strong 3 woods in circulation than there are golfers capable of hitting them, unless of course they're being used as lofted drivers...but then who would own up to that?
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