| Is the 4 wood the new way to go?
In my heyday I carried a 4 wood, but it seems to have got lost these days to a minority. I guess hybrids and additional wedges have made it slightly redundant. But I've been thinking.
All golfas will carry a Big Dog, putter and SW. And these days they will carry either 3-PW or Hybrids 3 + 4 and then 5-PW. So on average, the main elements of a bag may look like:
1W, 3-PW, SW,+ putter - so that's 11 clubs, leaving room for 3 more given that the governing bodies have limited the selection to 14.
(stay with me on this one, OK?)
These days most playas will carry 2 additional wedges to the PW and SW, ie GW (53) and LW (60). So add those in and you have 13 clubs, leaving room for one more.
3 wood? Bit of a gap between 3 wood and 3 iron.
Hybrid? Struggling for distance off the deck.
3 wood and hybrid - take out the 3 iron - probably the best option
Only 3 wedges - PW, 54 and 58 - that seems to be a growing trend, leaving room for an additional long iron / wood.
But how about a 4 wood instead of a 3 wood, which bridges the gap bewteen distance and versility, still leaving room for the 4 wedge option. May lose 10 - 15 yards off a 3 wood, but can still take it down to 180-190 and work it both ways.
Thoughts? |