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Struggling to hit your fairway woods solidly off the deck? You’re not alone — and chances are you’re making one of these 5 common mistakes. In this lesson, Coach Ed Schwent breaks down exactly why golfers top, chunk, or slice their fairway woods and shows you simple, proven fixes to start striking them cleanly.
You’ll learn how to control your low point (the #1 key to solid contact), why setup mistakes like too much shaft lean or poor alignment ruin your shots, and how ball position and distance from the ball affect your ability to get the ball airborne. Ed also shares a powerful 3-tee drill that instantly improves your strike and helps you develop consistency with your fairway woods.
Finally, you’ll discover smarter strategies — like when to use a 3-wood vs. a 5-wood or 7-wood, how to play from different lies, and why fairway woods might actually be your best option out of the rough or under trees. Master these fundamentals and you’ll hit your fairway woods higher, straighter, and more consistently than ever before.
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One thing I would add is to shorten the back swing. One doesn't need a full back swing to get distance and it just adds so many variables to getting the club face back to the ball.
How to hit FW from downhill lie? Drives me crazy.
What a great video on the use of the fairway club, thanks so much for the valuable content.
I've not been playing for too long, I'm in my early 60's and was encouraged when I was fitted for my clubs to go with a couple of hybrids in place of a 6 and 5 iron as I hit them so well compared to my irons. Now I wish I would have maybe opted for a couple of fairway woods instead, I thought the hybrids would do the same job as the woods but I'm guessing not after watching this 😩👍🇬🇧
Great stuff! I have to a 5w, 7,9 and 11. At 80’yrs they help me to move the ball down the fairway. Good tips. I might watch this one a few more times.
I think about 90% of my poor ball striking with most clubs is that I jerk my downswing at the top of my backswing. Could you help me address that issue?
Great content. Can you do a video on set up a s triggering your golf swing.
Really like the drill where you release the club as the butte points at the ball..👍🏼
When chipping with a FW like u showed under the tree, are we suppose to use a chipping stroke {narrow stance, weight somewhat forward, very little release ,etc} like we’d do with a long iron in those situations?
The reason for hitting a 3wood a little down is that you hit the ball above the equator slightly, taking advantage of the top half rool and bulge for mo height.
Thanks coach-love this video
@ 10:30 He played his slice perfectly in order to hit the flag pole. 😆