GreggerKBR
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That makes complete sense to me, assuming your wayward drive is playable rather than lost, or in such a position that requires a sideways hack out
But like you said, your 3w and Hybrid doesn't give you more accuracy.
So you are not sacrificing a little distance - you're giving up masses!
As I said "You can't gain distance without improving quality of your movement or the quality of the strike"
Distance is a result of a clubhead doing the right thing at the right speed. Get them about right and it's actually quite likely you'll not be far off a reasonable target area, unless playing brutal hole, in which case you probably should opt for more caution anyway.
I chose those words carefully... the issue here is the elephant in the room.
Sorry to be harsh, but you need to address your movement or body motion / swing faults so that you at least have some trust in Hybrids, woods and drivers. Until then, yes, perhaps you might do well to play very very conservatively.
x1 lost ball a round or one 3-putt will hurt but shouldn't be "game over" [unless you're off less than 4-6 handicap!].
but if it's regularly worse than that then...