How often per round do you pull the chief

[thesheriff]

One of the most frequent pieces of advice given to golfers is to leave the driver in the bag and take 3-wood/iron off the tee.

I'm curious to hear how many of us heed this advice or whether the lure of that extra distance at the risk of a wayward shot too much to resist. Or is the driver indeed one of the more reliable clubs in your bag that you've as much chance of hitting a fairway with as any.

For me it's the latter, I pull out the chief on 12 holes during a regular knock around the home track and it's known as being fairly tight. The only times I don't are for the 4 par 3s, or on the couple of short par 4s where driver is too much.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Off our normal white competition tees I'll use it 8 times on average, off the blues another 3 times probably.
The only reason I don't use it on all the other par 4's is that it'd go too far and put me in trouble, ie by cutting across doglegs or into ditches etc

 

[Jates12]

I use driver 4 times around my home course. 3 wood on all the other par fours. We have a very tight tree lined course and if youre off line youre pretty much dead. Most holes are a 3 wood and a flick wedge in fairness if you keep it in play.

 

[Garush34]

5 maybe 7 times around depending on how i'm playing/wind etc. I used to pull it for all par 4's and 5's but realized its not needed. Fairway is better than the rough. Sure I still go in the rough taking something else off the tee, but it is not as deep and generally not as wide.

Just got myself a 3 wood again but that goes consistently 225 yards and straight so that will be my go to club when needed.

 

[ParParTripleBogey]

Last year would have had driver out on 12/13 holes whereas this year, that's probably nearer 9/10. Trying to be a bit more conservative and play for position this year. There are some holes where gaining an extra 30 yards isnt that beneficial but a miss is pretty penal.

 

[Dan2501]

Probably 4 times. 1st, 8th, 11th and 14th. Other par 4's and 5 I'll hit 4-wood.

 

[big_matt]

Normally every hole apart from par 3's. Got much more confidence with it than with a fairway wood or hybrid so using it doesn't reduce my chances of finding the fairway - its normally the opposite.

 

[Dasit]

18 holes, 5 par 3, 8 par 4, 5 par 3, I use it on everything but the par 3, so 13 times. My driving is the best part of my game.

 

[Capella]

13 to 16 times, including on the longest par 3 (which plays about 175 yards off the ladies' tees). There are two short par 3s where I can reach the green with a hybrid or iron. And there are three of the par 4 holes where water comes into play with the driver on a good hit, so I sometimes go for the hybrid or a 3-wood there. But actually, whenever I try to hit something other than driver for "safety" or "accuracy", it fails miserably. There is just no other club which gives me that much confidence on the tee. Ball sticking up in the air like a lollipop, huge clubhead, what can possibly go wrong?

 

[Coffey]

7 or 8 times. Could be slightly higher or lower depending on wind direction and if im driving well.

We have 5 par 3's. There is also 2 par 4's which only require an iron to get to the corner so it is very rare I use it here. Our first is also only 270 yards long but has OOB on the right, so would normally lay up here and just flick it on with a wedge.

I don't shy away from using the driver, it is actually my best club, just some holes on our course don't suit the driver as you can run out of fairway or it narrows in the landing area

 

[hovis]

as often as i can. my most reliable club in the bag

 

[FairwayDodger]

8/14 of the par 4 or 5 holes at my course I always hit driver, 5 I always hit something more conservative and one I usually hit 5 iron to lay up short of a burn but sometimes hit driver over it depending on conditions and confidence.

 

[Orikoru]

I've taken my 3 wood out of the bag altogether now as I never use it. I use the driver at 12 of the holes at my home course. That's the par 5 and all the par 4s but one (the 18th) which has a ditch around 200 yards so I lay up with the 5 iron.

I really like my driver, it's fairly reliable, and I don't even have a nice fairway wood (it's next on the purchase list) so it's no brainer for me really.

 

[patricks148]

i suppose it depends on the wind at mine. into the wind on the front maybe on 1st, 3rd, 5th and 7th. rarely hit it on the 2nd or 8 and 9.

back 9 down wind i might not is it at all apart from 15

and apart from the 4 par threes of course

 

[Slab]

14 at least with maybe longer par 3's also
I'm happy if FIR is 12 or more inc first cut
(Wish i could hit it past 200 though)

 

[Deleted member 21258]

Out of 18 Holes, 4 are par 3, so max is 14. Two par 4s are 90 degree doglegs were you only need to hit 170-200 to at the corner.

I normally hit it on the remaining 12 holes, so basically on every hole I can. Only time I hit it off 11 tees is when I am protecting a good score, then on 18 then I would hit 7 iron off the tee as it is such a short hole(280-300 yards).

 

[Simbo]

Generally every 4/5 hole, I don't carry a 3 wood as I don't hit it well and there's not much in it distance wise between that and my rescue. Don't really hit the rescue any straighter than the big dog, so better 50 yards further down and in the first cut hitting at the green with 7 and up than on the fairway hitting at the green with 5-7.

 

[Deleted member 18121]

12 times per round for me

 

[xcore]

Anything under 400 yards il use my 3w

 

[Sidsidgwick]

Previously used it on 13 holes but now switched to a Callaway driving iron on the tighter holes now with not too much of a loss in distance, so maybe 9/10 holes now on my home track.