Need help! Looking for help to launch 3 wood higher

Looking to upgrade my 2017 M2 tour 3 wood to a shaft that will help me launch the ball higher while also helping me avoid the dreaded hook. The current set up is all stock: Kuro Kage silver DC 70g stiff flex, I love the clubhead and hit the thing plenty far, just can’t seem to launch it high enough. My swing speed with driver is around 110 average with a compact swing and very aggressive/ fast transition. I currently play Hzrdus T1100 65g 6.5 in my driver and love it. Shafts I’m considering are: Tensei pro blue 70/80 TX; Diamana Thump 75g X flex; Hzrdus Red or Yellow Handcrafted 6.5; other Kuro Kage shafts. Becoming so frustrated with this that I’m considering dropping the fairway wood, sacrificing 20 yards and adding a G400 2 hybrid and calling it a day. Any help is greatly appreciated.

VA composites Slay. Tip it an inch.

At that swing speed you probably shouldn't be playing the KK stiff. If you can't high launch out of such a soft shaft (relative to your swing) the shaft probably isn't the main cause of your troubles. Unless maybe the fact that it might feel too soft is contributing to a delay (or stalling of some type) in your release.

Has this always been a problem or is this new to this particular fairway? If it's new, what was the last fairway head and shaft that did work well for you?

Becoming so frustrated with this that I'm considering dropping the fairway wood, sacrificing 20 yards and adding a G400 2 hybrid and calling it a day. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Not trying to be a smart a*s but you should consider seeing a pro. Hitting that shaft that low likely means some serious delofting through impact.

Could be the shaft, I don't want to say it isn't since I haven't seen you hit balls.

I've always had a steep AoA and actually play a 5 wood because I know it will launch like a 3W and will carry roughly 240-250.

Before making any expensive changes to equipment look at some drills for shallowing out your path with the longer clubs. There are a tonne on offer. More weight distribution on your inside left foot, brushing a 2nd ball away in the take away etc.

It's taken me some time to appreciate the technical differences in a good iron swing and a good Driver/FW swing. They are not the same move for me.

Good luck.

Like both above, i suspect your swing / AOA to be steep, but i guess you have no LM report at hand, so i ask do you take turf with your 3W?.

If thats true, you should use more static loft, AND pay attention to the leading edge on that wood like it was a wedge.

For a player who is steep with his wood, the leading edge should be as flat as possible heel to toe, and a large radius face to sole to prevent to much digging, and that also makes it kind of forgiving on fat shots compared to a wood with sharper radius face to sole and a deeper curve heel to toe.

Be aware of that a shaft who adds dynamic loft, would also close up face angle a bit more....to compansate for that, you need a more open face angle = less loft and back where we started from

Look for a head with 16.5 or higher static loft. If you had a LM report and new your actual launch today, and you knew what numbers you want, the need for extra loft can be calculated.

Loft is your friend. ;)

Thanks everyone for the responses. Going to have a session with my club pro and see if we can get to the bottom of this thing. A lesson is cheaper than a new shaft or club head anyway. If the lesson doesn’t help me improve the issue, then I believe I will look into playing a higher lofted fairway wood. Thanks again