7 wood

[Davebud]

I have been reading about guys carrying 7 woods and was wondering why with the Hybrids out there this would make any sense. Any one got any ideas?

 

[Youngun5]

personal preference....


i personally can't stand the look of hybrids, i had a 7 wood, but since i saw rock was getting razzed on here for having one i dropped it and got my awesome 5 wood..... thats not the reason, i was creating huge distance gaps and the 5 wood fills them better, i'll take almost any non-cally, ping, cobra, macregor wood over any hybrid anyday

 

[Man from the Ministry]

Yes, it is a purely personal thing. I bought matched hybrids designed as a direct replacement for my 3 and 4 irons. Previously I had replaced the 3 iron with a 7 wood and struggled with the 4 iron. The hybrids matched my old 3 and 4 irons for distance but were easier to hit and also gave me a lot more options from various lies. They are also extremely straight clubs. In fact the number 4 hybrid was excellent out of shallow lipped fairway bunkers. The seven wood, being a lofted fairway wood gave me a little more distance than the 3 hybrid but was not, for me, as easy to use from the rough. Over time my club needs have changed and also have a 4 wood and 7 wood which, when the occasion arises will replace my 2 and 3 hybrids, whilst I will still retain the 4 hybrid as there is absolutely no reason for carrying a 4 iron (except for very windy days when I need to keep the ball low).

 

[dave.]

Gary Player uses one,but then again,he is a very fit 200 yr old

 

[Rockford35]

I carried a 7 wood, with pride mind you, for almost half the summer. I saw Vijay carrying one before he adopted the new Halo.

I personally am an advocate of the 7 wood. Especially if you get one that mirrors your 5 and 3 wood. It just exudes confidence looking down at it, knowing that fairway woods are a snap to hit well, especially in tight lies.

I also carried a hybrid, but opted in the end to just play my 3 iron. But, if you want a club that can generate distance when called apon, and can also stop on a dime if you want it to, get a 7 wood. Because of the rise of the hybrids fame, you can find them for dirt cheap. Sure, you might be ridiculed and asked to join the LPGA, but at the end of the day, when your ball sits 5 feet from the flag from 225, that's when you'll have your chance to smile.

Cheers,

R35

 

[dave.]

they just go too high for me

 

[Rockford35]

they just go too high for me

Well, that's sort of the point of the club. And what works for one doesn't turn another's crank.

But, if you're playing in conditions that warrant a 3 iron, like say anywhere in the UK D), you'd obviously have little or no need for a 7 wood.

If you have decent conditions most of the time, i'd like the option of hitting a high draw with a 7 wood over trying to carve a hard 3 iron around a corner.

But to each their own.

R35

 

[dave.]

Indeed

Yes,in Lancashire where I grew up you learned to hit the ball 6 inches high

 

[VtDivot]

I carried a 7 wood, with pride mind you, for almost half the summer. I saw Vijay carrying one before he adopted the new Halo.

Cheers,

R35

Vijay doesn't play the Halo - at least not according to Cleveland's tourstaff website. I think he's still playing the Steelhead 9W bent to 7W loft. He won the buick with that in his bag in July.

 

[Rockford35]

Vijay doesn't play the Halo - at least not according to Cleveland's tourstaff website. I think he's still playing the Steelhead 9W bent to 7W loft. He won the buick with that in his bag in July.

He carries the HALO now. He did carried your aforementioned club for a long time. It's actually what put me on to the 7 wood.

R35

 

[mont86]

Sorry if this sounds like stupid question, but in an earlier post by r35
he said a 7wood compares to 3 iron, what are the comparisions
for the 3, 5, 9 woods to the irons?

 

[Rockford35]

Sorry if this sounds like stupid question, but in an earlier post by r35
he said a 7wood compares to 3 iron, what are the comparisions
for the 3, 5, 9 woods to the irons?

I get where you're going, but I think you've mistaken what I said. I said that "I opted to play my 3 iron instead of a 7 wood". Granted, this looks like my 3 iron and my 7 wood overlapped, but they're really two different breeds.

The 7 wood is a high flying, easily controlled club to hit, except when it's windy. Then it's a nightmare.

A 3 iron is a lower flying club that is harder to hit from tough lies. But, you can knock it down in the wind.

It's a bit of a misnomer that certain woods replace certain irons. Me, I hit my 7 wood as far as 240 if I dialed it right up. But there's no way I can hit a 3 iron 240. Not a hope. Really, utility woods are designed to fill gaps between your woods and irons. Say you hit your 3 wood 235 and your 3 iron 215. A 5 wood fills that gap at 225. But, if you hit a 5 wood 230, you're not doing much to bridge that distance gap.

The same thing can really be said for the short clubs too. Utility wedges fill gaps between your lob wedge and your pitching wedge. But, if your lob is 60 yards max and your PW is 125, having a 54* wedge that you can boom 120 isn't helping much. Maybe a 56* fills that area better for those 70-90 yard "inbetweeners".

Hyrbids, on the other hand, are designed to replace irons directly. But, alot of guys that play them state that they can hit them alot farther that they can with the iron that they are designed to replace. This means that a) they aren't hitting their irons well or b) the club they just bought is basically a modified 7 or 9 wood. This all comes full circle for my argument for utility woods. They're great.

Hope this helps.

R35

 

[Don]

Davebud: I happen to carry a 23* 7 wood and use it every round. It has a taller face than a hybrid, so it's much nicer to hit off the tee on long par 3's, short par 4's, or long par 5's, that I know I can't reach in 2 hitting driver and were the fairways are narrow. I get around 200-205 carry with the 7 wood, but at 23*'s, it's closer to being a 9 wood. If you have a need/use, for an easy to hit club that gets you 200 yards of carry distance, you might have a need/use for a 7 wood. I hope that gives you a little info to work with.

 

[vincel]

As R35 stated "The 7 wood is high flying" this will give you a soft landing on the green with little roll, usualy even some backspin. So if you want to land it soft get some woods. I carry a 5, 7, and 9 wood mostly because I cant hit a long iron to save my life. They can be a real bear in high winds tho.
Just my 2 cents vincel

 

[mont86]

Vince and r35 that was the answer I was looking for.