Driver v 3 Wood. what distance?

[CrapHacker]

Re: Driver v 3 Wood. what distance?

Interesting. I'm thinking of going Driver, 3, 4 & 5 wood at the moment and losing my 3 iron completely.

My 5 wood is 20°, the 4 wood will be 17 and the 3 will be 15. I feel a 17° club will make my 3-iron obsolete.

My first impression is

Noooooooooooooooooo.

Without thinking it through, I'd be suggesting a nice 3w definately. ( How about a Ping I15, maybe )

But alongside the distance you hit your 5w, I'd be thinking a hybrid between the 5w and 4i will balance your bag better.

 

[Pro_V_wan_kenobi]

As of 1st of January 2008, the USGA and the Royal and Ancient set a limit to the trampoline effect of clubs below 13 degrees loft to 0.830. "COR" is an acronym for "coefficient of restitution." Coefficient Of Restitution is a measurement of the energy loss or retention when two objects collide. COR measurement is a number between zero and One. Zero, is rubbish for golf clubs because all the energy is lost in the collision and the ball goes nowhere. One is the dogs b******s as it represents a perfect transfer of energy or elastic collision in which all energy is transferred from the clubface to the ball.
Remember, the USGA only restricts CoR to driving clubs under 13 degrees of loft so a 3 wood does not fall into the limit so we are not comparing like for like. If you are hitting a driver 30 yards past a 3 wood you are doing very well. I regularly hit my 3 wood around 270 yards and would never go back to a driver and its inconstancies.
Stick with a three wood.

"When you win, say nothing, When you lose, say less".

 

[Adrena1in]

Re: Driver v 3 Wood. what distance?

I've never understood the whole, "Not hitting the driver that well, so hitting the 3W instead", because I have more trouble with my 3W than my Driver, and always have. Don't know why, probably a mental problem.

However, at the range, my best 3W shots carry just as far as my best Driver shots.