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235yd Rated club needed with higher Trajectory

• lonniescott711 4,206 Posts

  Fri, Apr 14 2017 4:53 PM

  MartyFlanagan:

  SidersBest:

  I'm not a Legend yet, but what's wrong with the Ping level 81, G25-3 Fairway wood. It hits a true 240 from the fairway and punches 225?

   

  Siders Best

  it doesn't rally fill the gap between 225yd and 250yd, a 232-235yd club in my opinion would work best in wgt, maybe some day we will see it, the hybrid has went from 225yd to 227yd in a few years so maybe in another few years the hybrid will be in the 230yd range

  Your 3 wood punches 235 yds . Take some time to learn your clubs and how they hit . You can hit punch shots with every club in your bag with the exception of your putter . The punch shot is the go to shot for when you are in between full yardage shots . You can also use top spin to bail out of trouble spots too .

  Me persoally I would like to see a hybrid that hits like a 3 wood something between 235 -240 yds. that way I could swap out the 3 wood and go with the hybrid . But as it now stands there`s no need for a hybrid for higher level players since we have a 3 iron that goes 225+ yards .

   

• MartyFlanagan 2,488 Posts

  Fri, Apr 14 2017 5:08 PM

  Robert1893:

  MartyFlanagan:

  wgt could be doing with a legend+ level club to go between the 225yd 3 iron and the 250yd 3w, something with legend+ level attributes/stats and height

  
  
  Personally, I don't see where there's a need for one. But I have to ask: what do you mean by "legend+ level club"? I don't understand what you mean by that or legend+ level attributes.

  High level club with high accuracy etc like you get st level 100, that's what I mean

• MartyFlanagan 2,488 Posts

  Fri, Apr 14 2017 5:10 PM

  K7JBQ:

  Choking down a bit on the 250 yard 3w would accomplish the same thing, or am I missing something here?

  You lose trajectory when choking down, not a big fan of doing that

• MartyFlanagan 2,488 Posts

  Fri, Apr 14 2017 5:18 PM

  garyk49:

   

  Maybe it wasn't the best idea on your part to buy the latest.  What was your 3w before your current one.  250 med/high is not the best I would think.  Try choking it around 93-94% for the distances you stated 232-235.  I still have my 240 high R11 3w, sounds about in the area you are talking.

  The 3w you have is a 4.2 meter speed.  Max has a 4.5 but high.  Maybe you really need to take a better wander around the pro shop, instead of all the complaining and suggestions that you post in the forums.

  And yes, I also am curious as to what you are calling legend+ clubs. Also, look to all the top players and you won't find a hybrid in any of their bags.  Most figured out long ago, it was a useless club.  Maybe it might hit out of the rough better then a punched/full iron or 3w, depends.  Best to learn how to stay out of the rough.

  What I have is the best out there, the med/high trajectory is countered by the 1.5 spin, great 3w, I'm not complaining at all, I'm just making a suggestion, I've tried all the short 3w's to fill the gap but they don't have very good trajectory as they are lower level, they say high but the apex is not as good as a high level club. I'm never in the rough, got to hit the fairways and greens on uneven lies, I would use a 235yd 3w for position Play off the tee and approach shots when the 250yd 3w is too much club 

  Any 235yd club would do me that is high level, fills the gap between 225 and 250

• MartyFlanagan 2,488 Posts

  Fri, Apr 14 2017 5:23 PM

  lonniescott711:

  MartyFlanagan:

  SidersBest:

  I'm not a Legend yet, but what's wrong with the Ping level 81, G25-3 Fairway wood. It hits a true 240 from the fairway and punches 225?

   

  Siders Best

  it doesn't rally fill the gap between 225yd and 250yd, a 232-235yd club in my opinion would work best in wgt, maybe some day we will see it, the hybrid has went from 225yd to 227yd in a few years so maybe in another few years the hybrid will be in the 230yd range

  Your 3 wood punches 235 yds . Take some time to learn your clubs and how they hit . You can hit punch shots with every club in your bag with the exception of your putter . The punch shot is the go to shot for when you are in between full yardage shots . You can also use top spin to bail out of trouble spots too .

  Me persoally I would like to see a hybrid that hits like a 3 wood something between 235 -240 yds. that way I could swap out the 3 wood and go with the hybrid . But as it now stands there`s no need for a hybrid for higher level players since we have a 3 iron that goes 225+ yards .

   

  I don't really care if it's a hybrid or a 3w, it just would be nice to have a club to fill the gap, im happy with 2 wedges and it hasn't stopped me winning on uneven lies, only downfall punching the 3w is the trajectory, be hard to land softly on an elevated green

• MartyFlanagan 2,488 Posts

  Fri, Apr 14 2017 5:39 PM

  Thanks for the feedback guys, looks like I'm on my own on this suggestion, maybe I'm different but it would be very useful playing uneven lies, maybe in the future the pro shop will have something that suits me

• Robert1893 7,719 Posts

  Fri, Apr 14 2017 5:42 PM

  MartyFlanagan:

  High level club with high accuracy etc like you get st level 100, that's what I mean

  
  
  OK. Fair enough. But that's describing it by level. Tiers have nothing to do with that.

• MartyFlanagan 2,488 Posts

  Fri, Apr 14 2017 5:46 PM

  Robert1893:

  MartyFlanagan:

  High level club with high accuracy etc like you get st level 100, that's what I mean

  
  
  OK. Fair enough. But that's describing it by level. Tiers have nothing to do with that.

  Sorry about the confusion, I was thinking about a club a legend and above would use, I do know tiers have nothing to do with it

• Vaibhav5viv 886 Posts

  Fri, Apr 14 2017 5:56 PM

  lonniescott711:

  Your 3 wood punches 235 yds

  lonniescott711:

  Take some time to learn your clubs and how they hit

  lonniescott711:

  You can hit punch shots with every club in your bag but cant use it every time for a said distance as punches carries way less than full traj shots

  FTFY ;)

   

  Not sure why everyone takes the 3 wedges thing so personally. Yes, thats sort of easier to play with on most courses but on certain courses you can also do with 2 wedges and have the 235 yd hybrid come into play a lot more. Don't need to have a fixed bag.

   

  MartyFlanagan:

  Thanks for the feedback guys, looks like I'm on my own on this suggestion, maybe I'm different but it would be very useful playing uneven lies, maybe in the future the pro shop will have something that suits me

  Better suggestion than clamoring for an improved version of whats already in place ;)

• Kenher01 1,151 Posts

  Sat, Apr 15 2017 1:29 AM

  MartyFlanagan:

  Thanks for the feedback guys, looks like I'm on my own on this suggestion, maybe I'm different but it would be very useful playing uneven lies, maybe in the future the pro shop will have something that suits me

  Hi Marty,

                   I'm with you, I recently rented the 225 Hybrid over Master's weekend as my 3i only goes 220 & wow the difference In stopping power Is unreal with the higher trajectory, Played with two Champs yesterday In a Strokeplay on Best Of Hardest & we all had a similar yardage in, roughly 222 (give or take a yard) of an approach shot In & they hit good shot's but didn't stop whereas the Hybrid stopped dead (varies between one hop forward or back).

  When I get to your Level I'll probably go for the 227 Hybrid like you have or hope WGT allow us In the future to drop the 3i so we can keep the 3 wedges & equip a 225 - 235 high trajectory club.

  Before anyone says "The 3 wedges are the scoring clubs & all the best players have 3 wedges" I agree & It "killed" me to lose one of my 3 wedges, I now only have a 60 yd & 80 yd & then I have a gap to my 115 PW but spent a day hitting PW in Full Shot down to 105/106 yd's & the Punch shot of the PW from 98 to 92 with FBS & it's 104/105 hit Flat & 103 with TS & my 80 yd wedge goes 87 with TS so I'm with you Marty

  Ken