WHAT LOFT 3 WOOD SHOULD YOU BUY
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- Опубліковано 24 вер 2018
- Making sure you choose the best golf clubs for your golf game is as important as any golf tips or golf lesson you can have. Mark and the team at TPI test 3 wood loft and club head speed ideas to help you ask the best question in your next fitting session. Play your best golf with Mark's FREE golf videos, golf tips, golf instructions and much more. Hit the subscribe button to not miss the daily uploads.
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These Titleist videos have been brilliant. Hope there is more to come.
Very well done Mark! Informative while showing options/results. When I got my fitting, I had the best overall results with a 16.5* 4 wood. More consistency and better distance than a 13.5* 3 wood. Cheers!
These videos are so interesting. Always feel like I’m learning new things 👍🏻
I had a fitting a couple of weeks ago and got epic flash 3 and 5 woods. I am reasonably new to the game and they are both set at +2 which helped me with better contact more consistently but also gives me the option to lower the loft when i feel i need to.
Great video with a lot of relevant info to give people an insight as to why a fitting is so important.
Keep up your great work Mark. Cheers. 🏌️♂️⛳
just ordered a 16.5 ts3 after fitting at titleist!! need help with launch so fingers crossed!! love these videos!!
Cobra Fly Z 3-4 fairway wood, stiff stock shaft, set at the 15.5 loft. I have tried it on every one of the settings and with this club set as now, it is unbelievably trustworthy, I can fade it or get a slight draw. The fairway wood is the toughest one for me to find, once found I keep it until it stops doing what it should, then the search is on again for another. I had one for 8 or 9 years once, I just could not let it go, but tried some new tech and finally moved on. Very good video post Mark, thanks.
Once again thankyou Mark for these vids. A big help.
I swing me 15 degree 3 wood 105 but I deloft it. I tried the 16.5 M2 and got more carry and 10 yards more distance on a gc2. I'm switching for next season. Great informative video Mark.
Thanks for this Mark. I'm a high handicapper, I play a 10.5* driver carry 230, and 17* 2 hybrid carry 190. Shopping for in between, so really appreciate the insight on 3W lofts. Amazing swing control and consistency!!
Hi Mark, I switched from a 15 degree XR16 to a XR Steelhead 4 wood (16 degree) and I found I have been more consistent on my yardages and misses with no loss in distance. Great from the tee or the deck!
As always, some good info! Thanks, Mark.
Great series of vlogs with the Titleist guys Mark. Thanks for sharing
Great video and highly relevant for me as I go for a 3 wood fitting next week. Thankyou Sir!!
good video as always Mark. I am a average player, my new TS2 FW Wood is a 5 Wood 18 degree, Club Head Speed 85,5 mph, Attack Ang. -2,8, Carry about 199 yards average on Track at the fitting. I love my new TS2 FW and my new TS2 Driver 👍👌
Great vid. I have always played Titleist three woods at 13.5 and had massive drop offs of slightly poor strikes and never felt happy. Went to a Titleist fitting day and added loft to 16 degree and found extra 29 yards better ball flight and much better accuracy. A bit of a revelation 👼 same with driver 9.5 to a 11 degree and same effect more yards and improved consistency.
Great video Mark. I swing my 3 wood just short of 90mph, but because of my swing I never seem to utilise the longer shaft. I have fiddled with loft and lie extra over the years, but I actually carry my 3wood and 3hybrid both around that 175-180m, so I’ve actually just put in a 2 hybrid and it’s the best decision that I ever made. I now get an extra few metres of carry, but most importantly I get more roll, which I really value seen as I play on a more links style course.
Great video! I play a 15*, 18* woods, and 21* hybrid and sometimes my 18* aeroburner can really get out there with the 15*, but doesn't roll as much.
Fantastic content Mark .. please more of this 😉🏌️⛳️🍻
Superb video Mark, personally I have junked my fairway woods in favour of 3 hybrids, 16 deg, 19 deg and 23 deg - the 16 deg hybrid is on average only 5 yards short of my old 3 wood, but hits target way more, much easier for me to control, probably down to shaft length entirely, but it works!!
Mark I have just got fitted to titleist 3 wood and Hybrid spent a long time fitting them both not for distance but for gapping reasons as my 4 iron is 190 and I was always in between clubs with my older woods this was really informative
These guys look to be enjoying doing these things with you just makes me realise that I need to go get tested for these things
I’d love to have these guys fit me. Just great ideas and making me think about my game so much.
I went to a 16.5 TM2 fairway and now I love that club it has become a weapon for me on par 5s best thing I ever did.
I had always used the standard lofts and had a hard time hitting it off the deck even though I had pretty good club speed but the higher loft has made it so much easier to hit.
Cobra LTDX max set at 17 degrees
Great video Mark, Informative & educational. Now have I ordered the wrong loft TS2? Time will tell - hopefully Friday.
Really interesting and entertaining vid Mark. Keep up the good work.
I note the 3 a@@@@@@@s have watched again!
What I wouldn’t give to spend an hour with those Titleist boys , they are brilliant , great video mark , pure excellence guys
Love Titleist for doing these.
Nice work from the MC Quad
Great vid. I’ve been carrying 15 and 18 degree fairways for years. Got fit a few weeks by my Titleist fitter and have switched to a single fairway; 16.5 degree in TS3. Spent a few hours getting used to it on the range and just came home from my first round with my new TS3 driver and fairway. Love them! 16.5 is so versatile for me. I’ve further simplified the game and feel like I can just about get everything out of the 16.5 as I could out of the other two.
Max VanNatter I agree with the 16.5 wood. Best of both worlds and you can go either way if you want to have a 3 or 5 wood by doing the magic with the Sure Fit. I got the TS2 version - not enough meet for the TS3 in the woods (came 10yrd short in comparison to the TS2).
Great video, I have always had roughly average swing speed. I have a 14 degree 3w which I basically only use off the tee (it is also a great club for a 100+ yard bum and run down a fairway and keeping it under the trees - this may indicate where too many of my drives go!) but I also carry a 17 degree 5w which is my 225 yard club off the tee and slightly less off the fairway. I always feel confident hitting that because of the extra loft
awesome video. Different content ans really helps people understand why choosing a club matters.
I use a 13.5* TS2 with Project X T1100 Evenflow 6.5 TITLEIST for the win!!!
Loving these Titleist videos mark 👍 Keep then coming
Got a 917F2 15 deg lofted up to 16.5, helps me get the ball in the air especially off the deck and gives me a bit more confidence looking at more loft down there.
Very interesting video Mark. Got to say I picked my 3wood (15deg) to fill a gap between Driver (8.75) and, then 3 iron, but now my 19deg Hybrid (230). I'm not using it into greens, Its simply a par 5 and shorter par 4 where I need to carry something, club. I'd like it to be my go-to 'safe' hit from the tee.
Illuminating Mark and learnt a lot about my 3 wood loft from this video. I agree with another comment that Titleist gain a lot from your working with them about how the less able players who buy their clubs play with them. Off now to change the loft on my club and try it on Friday to see what happens!
You really are a human launch monitor. love it mark keep up the good work cracking video brah
Wow .. talk about knowing your own game mark! Calling exact spin rates. Good video.Thanks.
That was very interesting. 15 degree 3 wood but mainly use it off the tee I do have a power hybrid at 19 degrees for par 5’s off the deck.
I've been hitting a 15%. I can get a good flight off the tee- I sometimes use turn to it when my Driver is having a day off- but I struggle off the deck to get it in the air unless I plaster it. I just had my first crack at a G5 5 wood down the range and I think over time, it will replace the 15%. The difference in flight was immediately noticeable, and judging by the flags I was aiming at, I wasn't losing any carry distance. Make sure you let the Titleist folks know how well these vids are being received. Cheers Mark.
Very informative. Thanks. I am just looking at a new 3W. May be the TS3. BTW. Any review on the flex of shaft and how it perform with different swing speed and launch?
Cobra F7 13.5 D, LOVE IT !! Will be REALLY hard to get it out of the bag !!
Moved mine from 16 to 13.5 to be more of a par killer and tee shot on short par 4’s. Love it even more now.
Interesting video because I've been thinking about going from 15* to 16.5*, and I'm planning to try it out at a fitting next week.
Love these Titleist videos 👍🏌️
Great video, please add Rescues. I believe it's the same way. Player's with or with out distance can learn when replacing the long iron..
Class vid mark, loft is down to 13 for me now, need a running fairway ball to try sneak on to par 5s in 2 👍⛳️👊
Really interesting. So few of us have this kind of data at our fingertips.
I used to have a 3 and 5 wood (classic white dot Ping G25s) but I never used my 3 wood because courses in Japan are generally shorter and carry-and-stop is the game here (warm weather seasons are moist and fairway are rarely flat and rolling). So I gave my 3 wood to a friend that is starting out. My 5 wood does the job from 210-220 and that's all I need.
Brilliant insight 👍🏻👍🏻
Playing with a m2 in 16.5 loft. I like being able to hit the high soft ones or a low punch with it as well.
Very educational video, nice one
i am going in for custom fitting next week for 3 wood and have been debating this recently - i have a 15* and tend not to use it off the deck as dont get launch (consistently) and tried 17* at range one day off deck and was getting good launch so going to ask them about different lofts and look at ''4 wood/5 wood'' loft - great video very interesting
Haha Mark is like their pitching Drone ! ;) Amazing stuff !
Interesting video mate thanks. I’m currently having lessons and with a more consistent swing I’m gaining a bit of club speed and moved into stiff on the driver (10 def) and hitting it nice off a higher tee. Spin is still high so it sure if playing about with loft (maybe a 9) to see if I can maximise launch (lower my spin maybe) for whatever my swing speed settles down at when I embed the swing thoughts and keep things consistent. Maybe need a new lower spin driver (currently G25). Please educate me if I misunderstand some concepts on spin here, thanks 👍
Yeah - that is the issue: how do use or plan to use the club? Interesting with the approach idea.
I use a 17 degree 4 wood. Supposed to be off the tea only and I want it to go maximum 210 meters. It is for doglegs, longer par 3, possible bunkers or hazards in my driving range (about 230-240 m) or narrower fairways.
Love it!
Ooooh, titleist are good 😍
I really enjoy these sessions with these guys. I have seen your work with other fitters be very good as well, however. Probably because they know they can't bullshit you. All that aside, I had gone to a RBZ Tour HL a few years ago and loved the change. Set to 16.5, especially off the tee. I just got an 2017 F7 and have that set the same and love it. The F7 gets up from the fairway better for me. If it didn't, Dan would be telling ME to get up.
deloft my three wood to the same specs you do. However I have set mine up as a lower flying club so i can knock it into the wind. I carry it 265 on good strikes and so I find it is hard to use into any par 5s so it serves as mainly a tee missile. Love the vids
Hit it on the head Mark. 85mph for me and I play 15.5 degrees. It is a runner shot trying to scoot up fairways as close as I can for a 60 degree wedge shot for up and down. 👍⛳ Great vid brah
I've been on the hunt for a higher lofted 3 wood for a couple of weeks and literally just ran through this same test last night and picked up a new 3w that launches much higher. Coincidentally my SS on the monitor was 85 mph!! I get good distance out of my X2Hot 3W but I can't get much air under it, especially off the deck. Even off a tee it normally turns into a Tiger like stinger. I tried a couple of different options and ran across an Adams Blue 3W and hit a bunch of balls with it on the monitor. Same distance as my X2 hot but I was getting it 10 yards higher than my 3W. I will test on the range tomorrow but I'm hoping that on some courses, I can drop my current 2 fairway woods in favour of the new 3W only and add another wedge to the bag.
I currently use a 15 degree 3w, although I used to never use it as was awful with it. Had a lesson recently and it's become an absolute weapon now. Thinking of upgrading though, tried a TS2 recently and was ripping it, but leaking it right, need to have a play with settings to see what works for me!
sounds very pleasing!!
I'll find out tomorrow at my TS fitting!
Great video. And great look into the way you get fitted bruh
Nice vid. I’ve got the faithful 910f 15* 240 carry, & works any shot I wanna hit. Have tested several others and get nothing more. Less really. If you find a f wood you love.. best not change. Just my thoughts. Play well everyone!
Excellent video. I’ve been just debating this exact point myself; 17 degree 5W vs 14.5 degree 3W. 5W much easier to hit and a better flight of the deck than the 3W and only a little shorter of the tee. No brainer for a hacker like me with a 90 mph swing speed.
Very interesting subject 3 wood loft.
this vlog is interesting for me too. I have a 75 swing speed chose a 15 degree 3 wood as i play on a course that is exposed to the wind. This loft gives me more penetration into the wind a ball roll. I have also just delofted my driver for the same reason. still considered myself a flaffer !!
Great videos. Between the earlier Ping and now the Titliest videos you must amaze the manufacturers by calling out data at will. Another point is it's nice even with all your knowledge that they can still for you with even a better club.
17° for me, I probably swing fast enough to get a 15° club up in the air (I'm young and fit) but I like knowing I've got the extra loft there helping me on those all too frequent mishits!
Wise move having the extra loft.
THANK YOU !!!! My current swing speed for driver is just north of 90, which puts my woods in the high 80s, so this is PERFECT for me. Interestingly enough, I sort of defaulted into the best of both worlds, as your findings confirm. I have a 4h and used to have a 3h, but ditched it for a 5w. My 5w is 19* and 3w is 16*....so it's essentially like having two 3w setup differently. I'm going to toy with dropping the 3w to 15* and the 5w to 18* just to see how that works out now that I can really in my head think of the 5w as just another 3w with a different configuration!
PS: Can you do this with Driver loft...please!??!?! I don't seem to struggle with height, but the whole concept of loft changing impact location is VERY intriguing!
I have a Callaway great big berth 3 wood set at 16 degrees and at d. I was considering a rouge which is a fixed loft and lie, now I've watched this what a mistake it would be to buy off the shelf with no adjustment it would be a complete waste of money thanks so much for the best content in golf ever.
I use a M2 15 degree which with the light carbon crown is easy to hit off the deck and great for a knuckleball runner . I use a power hybrid as a 5 wood replacement.
Trackman my Crossfield! Very impressive hitting! And informative
My 3w is 14.5 carrying 225-230y and was thinking of getting TS2 18d with hybrid length shaft to sit between 23d hybrid, but also act as 3w from deck to give my height - any thoughts Mark?
I carry a 13* 3 wood(RBZ) because it gives me the best chance to reach some of the par 5's in two. My course is somewhat hilly tho so when I have a downhill shot I go with my 16* fourwood. Both clubs are easy to hit and I have never had a problem getting the ball in the air. Another reason I like the 13* is on those short tight par 4's. After the 4 wood I move into the Rogue x hybrids. I'm a senior golfer fwiw. ;)
I have a 17 loft 3 wood. I would guess I have more of a safety 80-90 mph swing but when I warm up I can get it carrying 210. It’s all about the pat pat before I get serious lol. Great video bruh 👍🏻
Another top notch vid!!!!!! Mahalo
The best 3 wood for me is a 4 wood. I carry two sets of clubs, one for windy conditions and one for calm or wet conditions. So a Titleist 980F 17 degree when it's wet and a Cobra 4+ (16.5) when it's windy. Both are easier for me to hit a consistent strike with good carry over the 13 degree 3 wood I used to carry which depended a lot on roll to get the distance I needed.
Impressive skills, tuning in your clubhead speed like that
It's interesting. I currently have 15degree 3 and 18degree 5. Don't use the 3 very much as I prefer to hit 5 off the fairway, but am happy with my driver off the tee most of the time. I am considering swapping the 3&5 for a 16.5 degree 3 which is a bit half way and then add a 3 utility.
very interesting- to give my point of view for the lower handicap followers and to link to your driver choice- I would like to suggest having a very reliable low trajectory 3 wood form the tee as your go to shot- and get a driver that hits the ball as far as you can. I dont think you should be worrying about greening 3 woods- if you do play a long course you will probably carry a 5 wood anyway
I’m geeking out over all the numbers. I wish I had access to a launch monitor
Really interesting. I use a 15 regular TM RBZ 2 exclusively off the Tee but i'm looking to move to a lower loft, maybe M3 or G400 stretch. My club speed is 85 like your test and so indication is to stick with 15 but if i use off the Tee only maybe the extra roll even though less carry is worth it with 13 degrees. What do you think?
I use Adams Tight Lies 16 degree but it does sometimes balloon up when the wind blows as I play on a links course, I am thinking of getting something around 14 degrees as I can run things on to greens
The access to the guys from Titleist has led to some great content.
I kinda worked out on my own that my old 15 degree 3 wood wasn't going high enough to stop on greens and conflicting with my driver distance. More another driver than for attacking greens. So I went with a 16.5 degree m4 3 wood and what a difference it's made. More height, easier to launch. More carry but less role out.
Brilliant !!
Great video. Some really interesting food for golf thought.
Personally I struggle to hit a 3 wood so stick with my go to club 5 hybrid (G400 26Degree ) for me it offers me a confidence boost but it was purchased to get me back on the road to hitting a wood type club so hopefully it continues and I will be getting a 3 Wood back soon...
I use a 4 wood 16 degree.just gives me confidence on launch.im around 220 carry.subject to strike😊
Yes, please :)
I play 9,5 M3 Taylor Made - sorry for that - fitted for me and a 19 degree Callaway 5 wood.
I do not reach PAR 5 in 2 and have no intention to do that.
I have a 10.5* rogue driver, but I'm going to toy with the settings on it in the next couple of days. I can bring it down to a 9.5, or up to a 12.5. My swing speed is generally close to 90, but I've been hitting this lower on the face for some reason.
love how you are telling them the data before its on the screen!
My 917f2 16 3 wood is currently set at about 15.5. Ive never been fitted for a fairway I’ve just set it to how I felt it delivered the most accuracy
Marc, will increasing the loft of my Ping G400 from 14.5 deg. to 15 or 15.5 deg. produce more fade or slicing of the ball? The fitter increased loft on my new Mizuno irons by 2 deg. and 2 deg. flat but left the driver and 3wood at standard.
When I was playing competitively in the 2000s, a driver was between 7.5 and 10.5,
a 2-wood was about 13,
a 3-wood was 15,
a 4-wood was 17,
a 5-wood was 19,
a 6-wood was 21,
a 7-wood 23...
Now apparently they can have any number and have any loft. What is the world coming to! I play a 4-wood by the way!
Max Caysey You played "competitively" and that's the conclusion you come to? I've been playing "competitively" for 30 years. Junior Amateur to Mini-tour professional and now back to amateur. I have played with a lot of great players that have gone on to bigger and better things than I ever could have. Never, and I mean never, have I heard that the number on the bottom of the club matters more than two squirts of piss. What matters is how far do you CARRY the club you are holding and what does it do while it is in the air.
I have a de-lofted 3 wood at 14 degrees purely on my pros advice same with my driver down at 8 degrees.I play off 26 but have a lot of power and speed (Not always under control) and have no problem launching clubs into the air but I also hit down slightly off the deck with my 3 wood and hybrids and this has explained why he insisted I de loft my 3 wood and 816 hybrid to 18 degrees
I took the 3 and 5 wood out to go 3 and 4 rinky. Gives me room for four wedges. I carry my 19 degree Rinky around 250 off the tee.
17 degree 3 high launch works for me 👍
I was gaming a 13.5 strong epic 3 wood, but I got fitted with a 15 degree rogue, both sub zero. Rogue was a higher flight but around 3000 rpm whilst the epic was around 4000 rpm. I thought with a strong loft I would benefit, but I was wrong. Rogue ordered!