Why Should A Senior Golfer Choose A 4 Wood Instead Of 3 Wood (Video) - by Dean Butler
Why Should A Senior Golfer Choose A 4 Wood Instead Of 3 Wood (Video) - by Dean Butler 4 Wood (16 Degree Loft) Fairway Woods by Thomas Golf

So the question is, should you choose a 4 wood over your 3 wood? Well I suppose the most obvious answer as a teaching pro is most probably yes. Why? Well the 4 wood has more loft on the golf club. So if you’ve got 2 woods there and you’ve got a 3 wood and a 4 wood and you think to yourself, how many times would I use that three wood in a round of golf? Just call it a dozen times just say for argument sake. Out of a dozen shots how many you’ve scored seven out of 10 or better? I bet there’s not that many. But maybe if you had that 4 wood in your hand, the extra two to three degrees of loft, maybe you would have scored a higher ratio. Because is all about isn’t it, it’s all about accuracy, consistency, percentage golf. It’s not good coming off and saying well I hit one 3 wood on the hole seven today, it was brilliant but the rest of the balls were in the pond and in the trees. So there’s a case here for pulling out a 4 wood against a 3 wood if that 4 wood is more for giving, its more accurate so how do we find out.

Very simple, if you take a 3 wood and a 4 wood and you just take out the face with the ghost tape and go out and say hit 10 balls with the 3 wood and 10 balls with the 4 wood, we’re not just looking to see how good the grouping of balls is, we’re looking for the actual strike. Was the strike better with a 3 wood against the 4 wood, was the direction far better? Where was the imprint on the club face, was it – did the 3 wood a bit more off the hill in which case was the 4 wood more off the hill but was the 4 wood straighter. Well of course the 4 wood would be straighter because there’s more loft, more loft it means less sitement so there’s more control there. So basically to answer the question a 4 wood in theory is more forgiving than a 3 wood because its more lofted. Just like a 3 wood is more forgiving than a driver. So next time go to the driving range, pull out a 3 wood and 4 wood, get yourself set up, I’ll be very, very surprised if you don’t find that the consistency and the percentage of goal shots with a 4 wood is much greater than the 3 wood. Of course if you hit your 3 woods very consistent, end of story, stick to your 3 wood but if not that 4 wood, those extra two or three degrees of loft can make a huge difference to your game. 2013-12-12

4 Wood (16 Degree Loft) Fairway Woods by Thomas Golf

So the question is, should you choose a 4 wood over your 3 wood? Well I suppose the most obvious answer as a teaching pro is most probably yes. Why? Well the 4 wood has more loft on the golf club. So if you’ve got 2 woods there and you’ve got a 3 wood and a 4 wood and you think to yourself, how many times would I use that three wood in a round of golf? Just call it a dozen times just say for argument sake. Out of a dozen shots how many you’ve scored seven out of 10 or better? I bet there’s not that many. But maybe if you had that 4 wood in your hand, the extra two to three degrees of loft, maybe you would have scored a higher ratio. Because is all about isn’t it, it’s all about accuracy, consistency, percentage golf. It’s not good coming off and saying well I hit one 3 wood on the hole seven today, it was brilliant but the rest of the balls were in the pond and in the trees. So there’s a case here for pulling out a 4 wood against a 3 wood if that 4 wood is more for giving, its more accurate so how do we find out.

Very simple, if you take a 3 wood and a 4 wood and you just take out the face with the ghost tape and go out and say hit 10 balls with the 3 wood and 10 balls with the 4 wood, we’re not just looking to see how good the grouping of balls is, we’re looking for the actual strike. Was the strike better with a 3 wood against the 4 wood, was the direction far better? Where was the imprint on the club face, was it – did the 3 wood a bit more off the hill in which case was the 4 wood more off the hill but was the 4 wood straighter. Well of course the 4 wood would be straighter because there’s more loft, more loft it means less sitement so there’s more control there. So basically to answer the question a 4 wood in theory is more forgiving than a 3 wood because its more lofted. Just like a 3 wood is more forgiving than a driver.

So next time go to the driving range, pull out a 3 wood and 4 wood, get yourself set up, I’ll be very, very surprised if you don’t find that the consistency and the percentage of goal shots with a 4 wood is much greater than the 3 wood. Of course if you hit your 3 woods very consistent, end of story, stick to your 3 wood but if not that 4 wood, those extra two or three degrees of loft can make a huge difference to your game.