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I've got a Taylormade rocketballz 3 wood with a stiff shaft off the shelf from AG about 15 months ago. It's like brand new and to cut a long story short its hardly been used as it scares the life out of me. I hit the ball miles (not always straight) and bought it as a go to club when the driver is being naughty but I hit 1 in 4 good tee shots with it. Now I play a draw naturally with all my tee shots but the bad shot with this is a huge snap hook or even a top!! I've read somewhere that they are 2 inches longer than all other 3 woods out there, so isn't that the reason as to why I'm having trouble with it. I am seriously considering selling it which would be a shame as its in mint condition but I just want a nice go to club that I can rely on!!! Help please......
 
I would very much doubt the club is two inches longer than a normal 3 wood!! What steps have you tried to correct the hook? Tried moving the ball a bit further back? It won't be the club that is causing it
 
Tried starting the ball out further right to allow for the hook/draw to come back to centre. I will try the position out though many thanks for that, I've got the tee ball about 2inches to the right of my left foot when I've been hooking!?
 
Agreed I think my first long game lesson is required to get me to single figures, stalling between 11 & 12 at the moment! I've had some excellent putting lessons from my club pro so I need to make the plunge me thinks!
 
I have a hooky 3 wood, naughty little chap, only guy that seems to be worse is his big brother hooky driver :)

dont blame the stick, look at the other end for the problem, best bet probably a lesson :)
 
I must admit that I find my RBZ 3 wood a bit of a handful, if I nail it, its further than my driver but I find it as hard to control so just stick to the driver for confidence reasons from the tee. My RBZ 3 wood is the standard one, which I believe has a draw bias. I have the RBZ 5 wood Tour which has a neutral bias, is shorter than the 3 wood, easier to hit, control and get airbourne. Again, it gets good distance and has become a go-to club on the fairway, ahead of my hybrid. The 3 wood is now out of the bag in lieu of an extra wedge. I always think of a 3 wood from the fairway as quite a risky shot even for some of the decent players I know, I don't see many of them carrying it off say 8 out of 10 - the difference is they choose when they take that risk.
 
The driver is solid at the moment nice gentle draw, I play at Stanmore north London which is a tight track and I sometimes driver can leave me to run out of fairway hence the need for a good solid 3 wood for position. Time to start spending the pennies on lessons instead of flash gear lol
 
Moorzee10 said:
Agreed I think my first long game lesson is required to get me to single figures, stalling between 11 & 12 at the moment! I've had some excellent putting lessons from my club pro so I need to make the plunge me thinks!
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I was having similar problems booked in for a lesson and it appears I have a closed club face at the top, currently working to correct it, giving much better flight and control when it works but still lots more practice for
It to repeat naturally.
 
I've got a 910D2 stiff Kali shaft on the standard A1 setting... Going miles at the moment with a nice slight controlled draw.. (For now lol)
 
Moorzee10 said:
I've got a 910D2 stiff Kali shaft on the standard A1 setting... Going miles at the moment with a nice slight controlled draw.. (For now lol)
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A1 setting, Dunno, is it setup to draw? When I started, I had a "high-handicapper" driver, TM Burner 13Deg loft - "to help launch", longer shaft for increased clubhead speed and an "anti-slice" draw bias. Whilst it did provide some good results, you couldn't always tell whether there was a swing problem. Now that I've moved to a neutral driver poor swings results in poor shots, but I have much more feeling and an idea of what the problem is so that I can work on fixing the swing which is the cause rather than the symptom. As mentioned by others a lesson is the way to go and can be enlightening and may prevent you chasing your tail.
 
That's why I have the setting on A1 so that when the bad shot comes round I know it's 100% pilot error haha. Lesson will be getting booked this weekend!
 
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