Jimbog1964:never had a complaint about my 3 wood, and seem to remember several people who have the R11S 3 wood saying much the same. Small point and no time to really compare...........You would think the extra dot should (in theory) count for something though! Enough on that way of problem LOL!
Yep, I think I was agreeing with that, and the concept that the further the ball flies (driver vs. 3w vs. 5w) and the less loft on a club, the more it's going to fade, draw, slice or hook. A 3i is less forgiving than a 3w for many players but you get the point...
Therefore the extra dot on a 3w might not give as much benefit as even a 1/2 dot would on the driver. I'm guessing the benefit of the r11s 3w is really on display on the many long par 3's from the Legend tees.
You're right though, the main issue for me is still that they moved the R11s driver from L90 to L94 after many players had the chance to purchase. Therefore, the club has saturated the WGT L90+ ranks and in the meantime, the clubs for players hitting from the TM- tees and L94/L98+ keep getting much, much better. With that combination, it's tougher to consistently compete for the L93- legend crowd that doesn't use the R11s driver.
In part because it's the same distance as the R11 3w, the L88-L94 3w gap doesn't seem unreasonable... especially if it wasn't ever available to players at L90 unlike the infamous R11s L90/L94 driver.