ARE YOU WANTING TO BUY A NEW FAIRWAY WOOD THIS YEAR?…

In this video I persuaded my friend to do this test before he bought a new 3 wood!

It’s so easy to be lead into buying the traditional golf bag setup of Driver, 3 wood, 5 wood / Hybrid…

I did this for over 20 years! Don’t do it!

In this video, Dan finds out why he needs to dump either fairway woods or hybrids…

#customfitting #fairwaywood #hybrid

SAM SMITH | MASTER FITTER
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I’m Gary Martin and today joining us at golf repairs for you with Sam Smith where we’re going to be doing a little bit of an experiment with a midal the Capper yeah he’s a subscriber of the channel and he’s not got a club between driver and four hybrid and he’s a bit

Unsure about where to go whether to go for a hybrid or a fairway wood yeah I said we’re just going to see in terms of profile you know depending on like angle of attack one of them will be better than the other so we’re just going to

Have a test with Dan and just see what option works best basically we’ll start with um Freewood first I said I’ve already added a little bit of weight to the head because you use midsize grips it’s dro the swing weight at Tad so D3 and a half I think that’s very similar

To your driver from what I remember um I’ve done Hulk shaft again um 70 g x we know it works in driver so it makes sense to kind of start that in terms of comparison you know Fairway to hybrid the only draw about with hybrid we don’t

Do it in hybrid shafts but H shaft so we’d be going something as similar as we can in Project so I’ll look at that in a sec um Weight Wise 2 and 1/2 12 and 1/2 7 and 1/2 so I set up a bit draw by

Similar to your driver as well I’ve just kept standard L for now just as a starting point that’s what 15 15 yeah and then we’ll uh we’ll go from uh you AR me standing there I wouldn’t I’d stand there yeah I’m definitely not the golf for that Gaz it that’s fine

So would you say it’s been more Fairways you normally use in the past or hybrids or bit of both probably a bit of both yeah yeah last I had did five wood stealth which I like but I got rid of it right okay which I shouldn’t have done

Really so yeah I just need to like plug a gap there okay bit to the right oh it’s kind of similar to what you did originally we your driver okay well right right right I’m going to knock the Loft up straight away try and help a bit the one you did

It straight already was a bit flat well quite flat in terms of launch straight I’m not Loft up to 16 and a half just like a forward really so that launch is fine we kind of did it by leaving the face open um so yeah let’s go to

High so we can get a lot more kind of draw bias as well like I said with pxv do that XF head which is bit more kind of towed in I’d say as well a bit bit easy to kind of hit off the deck that could be another option there

Go want to go 240 that’s not far yeah definitely better short in the face how does that feel um being honest just don’t feel comfortable is it what more like length or just being a Fairwood in general don’t know I don’t if it feels a bit heavy or I don’t really know where

Face is right okay I know that’s not the best feedback but that’s all right that that’s thing it’s trying to yeah commit to it and obviously get the ball flight you want because even the coup you’ve hit God the spin’s just too high for me

What were it like mid four like 43 it’s too high um it’s bit kind of like squeezy and like I said angle attack see quite tow strikes as well yeah that’s hard it right we’ll end on that one for now um it some good shots some kind of leaving

Face open out to the right but angle attack for me looks too steep for like a three definitely for like a free one um it’s just kind of starting low that was fair that was probably best when you’ve done but again you’ve towed that you

Have to tow it that much you kind to get the spin to a good number um but yeah it’s angle of attack you know 5.2 degre down is too steep for free to kind of get the correct ball fly with a hybrid we are

Set up in a way that he can hit down it a bit more and you know being different profile ahead bit easy to kind of you know get through the turf as well a bit more easy to compress um yeah looks great looks great be Ball

But it just don’t yeah it’s not feeling just if it’s yeah like kind of right shape for you and I think even five would be similar thing just cuz it’s quite a wide profile I think we try hybrid now I think being just a bit different type of Club it’ just be

Better for your angle of attack really and should help produce a bit more better data um i’ say shaft wise um yeah one start so already got midsize grip on yeah so even FL black handcrafted 85 g x I’ve got heavier but I think we’ll start with kind of this weight for now

Um and again it’s a 19 Dee head in Black Ops I’m just going to keep standard L for now I’ll see what we waiting is check yeah again like sha length would be proba good two to three in shorter I’d say as well so again that might make it feel a bit more

Comfortable yeah out a bit of Weights very light brother very light okay it’s getting rid of the kind of low launch High spin one really that’s making kind of a big impact on you you got across yeah that’s fine very very similar D3 um see I’ve just gone 12 and half GR

Um I think they fraction lighter I didn’t check them but swing weight’s fine it’s definitely draw biased um I’ll just change it onto here definitely feels better yeah bit more comfortable being a bit shorter as well yeah I mean yeah not even I don’t yeah it just feels better overall still same swing

Prett that’s the thing it’s making sure we can get it to that number in terms of yardage as well obvious we can KN The Loft down but um I think of the Black Ops range I’m sure we a 17 as well so it’ be a bit stronger felt better yeah

Yeah it’s a bit better like I said it’s where’s that one G yeah nowhere near is severe and I think that’s where you get too steep with like a fairway you just get trapped and I feel that yeah you just get and I think said it’s just a

Profile of had being different so that’s got four FS of spin but only because you’ve you blocked it normally I think it would drop in a t um better that’s thing as well it’s going probably just as far and obviously Loft wise is you even when the fre would

Being knocked up still 2 and a half deg weaker shorter shaft and it’s still going very similar distance and I think that’s just because the connections better um yeah spin’s still a little bit high so you could look at a different shaft option potentially something maybe heavier that can help bring your spin

Down um yeah go a couple more for me then um but yeah again dispersion already is better as well you know like the only Mish hit you kind of had was when you caught the ground at tab it still went straight you didn’t kind of a big block

They’ll just seem a bit I spin cut yep it’s not far off yeah it’s not far off I’m looking for like 240 but you know you got to expect a hybrid would actually spin more than a Freewood anyway but in terms of an average you know 36 for a spit for a

High hybrid spin wise is not too bad to be fair but with a free w it’s a bit high but I think even free you won get anything that number um and like I said I think it’s just because how a through was designed it’s not designed to be hit

Down on as much so like I said it just creates a lot more spin if we look at the data already um yeah so I mean number wise like I said for the purpose of this video we’ve not gone in depth in terms of trying different shaft options trying different

Weight swing weights we’ve just done you know very Sim shaft options because I don’t do a Hulk in a hybrid and um just trying to see what’s better and for me straight away you can see hybrids better you know you’re getting more ball speed uh a lot more consistent as well and

Like again that’s from that kind of strike as soon as you get one kind of right just ball speak can just drop off um launch is higher with a hybrid but again a lot more consistent I think you know some of your kind of free were like

Six7 degree launch and then it’s only gone up because if you’ve left the face open the launch went up to like 15 so again there’s no kind of consistency there and again you look at spin deviation yeah as an average it’s a bit higher but H is meant to spin more

Anyway but I said 167 compared to 652 for me it’s just way more consistent in terms of kind of yeah like said ball striking uh lot of deviation and it’s gone further as well so even have a shaft shorter and it’s 2 and a half degrees weaker than what we tried to

Freeway when it’s knocked up it’s still six yards further carry um and again more consistent you even got three yard variation with carrying total where three W 12 and 11 so yeah it’s a big difference like I said you then go down the route hybrid um you know different

Shaft options try different weights you know I’m pretty confident we could get that even more consistent yeah that um and like I said you know I think there’s more weight to be added into the heel as well like I said you know we only try one shaft option I think so few

Different shaft options could definitely help with that but yeah for me it’s just way more consistent clear winner uh yeah definitely a clear winner so I think in conclusion guys the point of this video was just to highlight the fact that you don’t always

Need to just go and put 3 five 19 hybrid 4 R in your bag you really need to experiment with hybrids and Fairways to see where your strengths lie yeah I mean for Dan you know it may be the fact that you come back for a fitting and you

Might end up filling that Gap with two hybrids potentially yeah who knows um not just one but you know it’s not got to be a you know everyone looks at a traditional bag set up don’t they and they think you know I mean if you look at Sam’s bag obviously custom fit here

It’s insane in that bottom end you know it’s insane I think he said it earlier every Club needs a purpose and I think a lot of people me included don’t always do that do I well it were clear I mean I was watching from from him background

And I could just see throughout the fitting he just looks so much more comfortable with that hybrid and you look like your misses were just far Tighter and that’s what you need it’s about making sure them bad shots are you know not so wide and you certainly got

That control hybrid so guys hope You’ enjoyed that video give you a little bit of an insight into you know if you’re looking for fairwoods and hybrids this year not to just running and jumping and and go and find best deal you can find but actually test them side by side you

Know maybe ring Sam if you’re local or find a local fitter where you can go and test these clubs um you know and obviously get the right combination for you be back soon we’ll be back soon for a fit in guys I hope you’re enjoying the

Videos make sure you go and check out Sam ww. repairs for you um he’s doing some great stuff at minute we’ve got a great Series going as well so if it’s first time tuning in check out the series I’ll put that playlist up now um

And I think it’s time to go home been a long day or his Miss will be making a bed up for us with be that long guys hope you enjoy the videos make sure you hit the Subscribe button and we’ll see you in a few days time bye

8 Comments

  1. Great show, nice to see Dan having a swing, not to shabby either, love my hybrids, I can only dream of hitting them 240 though, keep them coming mate.

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