06-02-2010, 11:51 PM
I play a 3 wood off the tee, because the longer shaft on my driver is more limber and I have such a fast swing that I tend to slice drives with my driver.
With a 3 wood I can be consistently 250 yards to 300 yards and almost always in the fairway. I'm usually solid with my iorns from 210 yards to about 100 yards. The shorter chips are a little more difficult because I just don't play enough to keep the feel for those. I can't stand the sand, so I make every attempt to never get in there (of course in scrambles you get zero practice in the sand). I'm pretty good once on the green, but there again, the lack of playing time hurts there. But i will almost always be putting for birdie or par on a whole.
My biggest problem is doing stupid shit, like trying to go over trees to cut a corner. Or trying to get over water rather than laying up. Or going for the green from 270 yards out rather than laying up to give myself a full swing at the green.
With a 3 wood I can be consistently 250 yards to 300 yards and almost always in the fairway. I'm usually solid with my iorns from 210 yards to about 100 yards. The shorter chips are a little more difficult because I just don't play enough to keep the feel for those. I can't stand the sand, so I make every attempt to never get in there (of course in scrambles you get zero practice in the sand). I'm pretty good once on the green, but there again, the lack of playing time hurts there. But i will almost always be putting for birdie or par on a whole.
My biggest problem is doing stupid shit, like trying to go over trees to cut a corner. Or trying to get over water rather than laying up. Or going for the green from 270 yards out rather than laying up to give myself a full swing at the green.