3 clubs and a putter comp

[nyckuk]

Got a 3 clubs and a putter comp in a few weeks time .
Its going to be through the green and you can use a golf mat if you have one .
Thinking
3 wood rather than driver ( as it can be used from the tee and off the deck/mat )
7 iron
50 or 56 wedge ( cant decide on that one, bit worried about bunkers with the 50 )

 

[jim8flog]

I often get asked what to use
My reply " why are you asking me? I have never come close to winning one"

 

[Mel Smooth]

We have one coming up - but it's a scramble - so there is the option to pick clubs that suit each team members strengths - couple of players could include a driver to cover the drives off the longer holes, player with a strong short game could focus their clubs selection around making those shots count etc.

 

[Andy]

Waste of time, stay in the bar and have plenty swally.

 

[Billysboots]

I always think about each individual hole, and what distance I will have into the green if I hit a half decent 2-iron, that being my long club of choice in the 4 club challenge.

If the majority of second shots are 6 or 7-iron range I’ll just take the longer club so I can choke down that on shorter approach shots. And my 54 degree will give me the best chance from bunkers or around the greens.

 

[Voyager EMH]

20° hybrid, 30° and 45° irons.

 

[Orikoru]

My club did one of these this week but it was on a Thursday morning so I couldn't play in it, which was a shame as I've never done it.

Yes, I'd maybe take 3 wood as my course isn't the longest and it means I can hit it for second shots as well. Then it's a mid-iron and a wedge really. 7 iron most likely, and as for the wedge you'd maybe go 50°? I would say PW or AW but I'd definitely have to avoid bunkers in that case. Even 50 is probably pushing it.

 

[bobmac]

Waste of time, stay in the bar and have plenty swally.

I like them.
Once you've got a ball in play, you can give the driver a rip or go for the cheeky pin.
9 holes is enough though

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Not done one of these for years, current club doesn't run them. I'd go 3 wood, 7 iron, 50 wedge.

My first club used to run a 3 club challenge, including putter. That really did get the brain cells running. Quite a few would drop putter and putt with a wedge. I was never that brave . It was a shorter course so that made it more manageable.

Playing 3 club thread bingo, how long before someone points out that people often have similar scores in this as with a full bag?

 

[rulie]

What about the gapping?

 

[HampshireHog]

Putter being mandatory always seems a bit of a cop out much more interesting when it’s just 4 clubs.

 

[jim8flog]

Putter being mandatory always seems a bit of a cop out much more interesting when it’s just 4 clubs.

It is even more interesting when it is 3 club and one must be a putter.
Although given a choice I would sooner have one more iron than a putter, but I practice putting with a wedge a lot.

 

[HampshireHog]

It is even more interesting when it is 3 club and one must be a putter.
Although given a choice I would sooner have one more iron than a putter, but I practice putting with a wedge a lot.

I would also drop the putter but I’d go 5w for putting

 

[KenL]

This format always annoys me, especially at a club where it is really difficult to get a time.

 

[tobybarker]

It's surprising how good people scores are when we play these! I guess its because you think, Well I can't make the green so just punt it down the middle with me 8 iron ....

 

[PaulMdj]

We’ve got our Seniors Christmas comp on tuesday, 4 Clubs + Putter! Spoilt for choice.

 

[Orikoru]

It's surprising how good people scores are when we play these! I guess its because you think, Well I can't make the green so just punt it down the middle with me 8 iron ....

I definitely think I'd make less pars but also less doubles/triples. Mostly bogeys I'd imagine.

 

[Pathetic Shark]

My old club used to have just three clubs. People who tried to putt with a 3-wood got found out. I won it a few times always going 7-wood, wedge and putter. Great format but on results, I would think that.

 

[rudebhoy]

We’ve got our Seniors Christmas comp on tuesday, 4 Clubs + Putter! Spoilt for choice.

We’ve got exactly the same on Tuesday

 

[DeanoMK]

Was meant to do 3 + putter today with some mates for a laugh but I had to pull out, my choice was going to be 4h, 8 iron, pw and putter.

My club do 3 club comp for captain's drive in, but must include a putter and that's when I do 4h and PW. I won it two years ago and placed 2nd and 4th the other two times. I made 3 birdies on the occasion I won it and that was over 12 holes as well