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TEE CB Pro F2 and/or TEE CB4

Ping G400 @ 10.5° (Ping Tour 65S)

Ping G400 5 wood @ 16.5° (Ping Alta CB 65S)

Ping G410 7 wood @ 20° (Ping Tour 75X)

Titleist 818H2 @ 22° (PX 6.0)

Ping i210 PowerSpec 5-U (DG S300)

Titleist SM7 54° F / 60° K (DG S200)

Ping Heppler Floki

Titleist ProV1x/AVX

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G15. Just trying to keep the Original OP copyrights going.

Driver: Callaway Paradym 9 set to 10 Draw

3W Callaway  Epic Flash

5w Callaway Epic Flash
Hybrids: 4-5 Epic Flash    
               6-7 Big Bertha 

               7 Ping G430 played as an 8 

Irons: PXG Gen4 XP 9-GW

Wedges: PXG 0311 52 56 degree Forged

Putter: Odyssey Rossie Pro 2.0 

 

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Not sure if these count as sleepers, but if you can pick them up for under 100 buck I think they should count.

 

The cobra LTD was and still is one of the longest fairways I have ever hit. The thing went nearly as far as my driver. Don't bag it cause it was actually too low launch and spin and was not that great off the deck for me.

 

My favorite 3 wood of all time is the TM M2 HL 3 wood. I have one with the tour AD-DI in it and it just hits all the right numbers for me. mid trajectory, 2500-3000 spin, 230 carry, and consistently straight. It actually kicked my epic subzero 3 wood (which I had custom painted orange and black) out of the bag. Believe me, it hurt to make the switch, but the M2 was just that much better.

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Driver: Callaway Paradym 9 set to 10 Draw

3W Callaway  Epic Flash

5w Callaway Epic Flash
Hybrids: 4-5 Epic Flash    
               6-7 Big Bertha 

               7 Ping G430 played as an 8 

Irons: PXG Gen4 XP 9-GW

Wedges: PXG 0311 52 56 degree Forged

Putter: Odyssey Rossie Pro 2.0 

 

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My top 3 (in no particular order)

 

Callaway 815

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Taylormade Superfast 2.0 TP

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Titleist 915F (shameless plug)

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Driver: Cobra Aerojet LS 9* | Kai'Li White 60X

3W: Cobra Aerojet LS 14.5* | Kai'Li White 70X

Hybrid: Titleist TSi2 18* | Tensei AV White 90x

3i-4i: Mizuno Pro 225 | C-Taper 130x

5i-9i: Mizuno MP4 | C-Taper 130x

Wedges: TaylorMade Milled Grind 3 48* / 53* / 58* | C-Taper 130x / S+

Putter: Custom Shop Cameron Studio Select Squareback 1 - 34"

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I love my 16.5° 915F... I've been searching for FW woods for years before I found "the one"

WITB

Titleist TSi2 9º w/ Ventus Blue 7-TX

Callaway Apex UW 17º w/ Hazardous Smoke

Callaway Apex UW 21º w/ Hazardous Smoke

Srixon U85 w/ UST Recoil 95

6-43º Titleist T400 w/ DG AMT Red

48º Vokey SM6, 54º Vokey SM8 Raw, 60º SM9 Raw

Titleist Scotty Cameron Newport Masterful Tourtype SSS CT A048277

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My favourite was the Callaway Diablo Edge Tour, but I caved the face on it. Callaway sent me a XR Pro 16* as replacement... Just wow. It's a monster and I feel like I can't miss with it.

My favourite was the Callaway Diablo Edge Tour, but I caved the face on it. Callaway sent me a XR Pro 16* as replacement... Just wow. It's a monster and I feel like I can't miss with it.

 

Same here....it's the XR Pro 16* for me....an excellent head. It's beautiful behind the ball, sits perfectly square, and launches the ball as hot as anything on the market now.

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It’s new but the M3 15 degree is the best 3 wood I have hit.

 

Kind of a sleeper because no one seems to be talking about it anywhere.

2017 M1 440 9.5* - Tensei Pro Orange 70TX
TM M3 3 wood - 14.25* - Tensei Pro White 80TX
Srixon u45 DI - 19* - Tensei Pro White Hybrid 100TX
Mizuno mp18 4-PW - Nippon Modus3 120x
Hogan TK wedges - 50*, 54*, 58* - Nippon Modus3 120x
Ping Anser OG
Snell MTB Black

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Adams Tight Lies Titanium 3+. Launches like 5 wood, spins like a driver and you get basically the same result no matter where you hit it on the face. You almost have to try to hit a bad shot with it. Super underrated!

 

But, the Mizuno MP 650 has got to be one of the biggest "sleepers" of all time.

[size=2]Taylormade SIM 9° - [b][color=#00ff00]Aldila Rogue White 130[/color][color=#008000][color=#0000ff] 60TX[/color][/b]
Taylormade M6 15° - [b][color="#000080"]GD Tour AD VR[/color][color=#800080][/color] 8TX[/b]
PXG 0311X 17° - [b][color=#0000ff]Te[/color][color=#0000ff]nsei CK Pro Blue[/color][color=#000000] [/color] 100TX[/b]
Ping i210 (4-PW) - [b][color=#0000ff]Oban CT 115[/color] [color=#696969]X[/color][/b]
Ping Glide 3.0 [b] 50°, 54°-[b][color=#0000ff]Oban CT 125[/color] [color=#696969]S[/color][/b][/size]
[size=2]Ping Glide 3.0 [b] 58° - [b][color=#0000ff]Oban CT 125[/color] [color=#696969]S[/color][/b][/size]
[size=2]CT Scotty Cameron [color=#FF0000]Phantom X [/color][b]Proto[/b][/size]

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Callaway War Bird Titanium 4 wood. Been playing it since high school and i can't kick it. It's an OG Beast.

SIM 2 - RDX (PVD) Blue 6.0 (tipped 1 inch) 
Adams Insight 12.5 - Tour AD YSQ 75 S (tipped 1/2 inch)
King 2 Utility - LZ 6.0
Mizuno 919 HM Pro 4&6 - DG 105 S300

MacGregor Pro C 6-P - S300

Akira H-252 S-300
Callaway PM Grind Black 56 LZ 6.0
Wilson Tour Special I
Any Tour type ball 

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I honestly don't know that I've ever liked a fairway better than the old Taylormade Tour Spoon from like 1992. Basically a strong 3 or 2 wood, but it had a great kind of curved sole profile that made it easy to hit from the fairway, and that compact head felt great! Anyone else ever play one of these way back in the day? Hammer of the gods in its time ;)

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I honestly don't know that I've ever liked a fairway better than the old Taylormade Tour Spoon from like 1992. Basically a strong 3 or 2 wood, but it had a great kind of curved sole profile that made it easy to hit from the fairway, and that compact head felt great! Anyone else ever play one of these way back in the day? Hammer of the gods in its time ;)

 

I played that three wood in high school along with its big brother in 8 degree. Still have them in the attic with matching titanium shafts in some odd color, red I think. The head covers and grips disintegrated years ago. Awesome woods as I remember.

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Powerbilt Persimmon Fairway Woods? Just kidding. I have been playing for over 30 years as well and have been through a lot of fairway woods. The Titleist 904F stands out for me, I also had a Yamaha ceramic/fiber glass? type 3 wood about 20 years ago that was a real beauty and performed excellent. Another one is the Sonartec NP 99 I believe it was (NP as in Nick Price).

 
TaylorMade Stealth HD 10.5 Driver
Yamaha RMX 220 17* 5 Wood
Callaway Apex 21 Hybrids - 21* and 24*
Callaway Apex 21 P-6 Irons
Titleist Vokey SM9 Wedges 56-14F and 60-4T
Slighter Seattle Custom Putter
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For sleepers it's got to be the original Tight Lies or the Orlimar TriMetal - both awesome and no one saw them coming. Tour Edge Exotics probably falls in that category too.

 

For classics from the big companies I'd say the original Steelhead (loved the unique sound and feel, great off the deck trajectory) or the Ping I3 (way ahead of it's time for forgiveness).

 

Other Steelhead and I/G clubs have been great, but hard to be called a sleeper when they're in the same family of an already great club (same for R and M series Taylormade)

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I honestly don't know that I've ever liked a fairway better than the old Taylormade Tour Spoon from like 1992. Basically a strong 3 or 2 wood, but it had a great kind of curved sole profile that made it easy to hit from the fairway, and that compact head felt great! Anyone else ever play one of these way back in the day? Hammer of the gods in its time ;)

 

I had one of these as well as the tour brassie 12. I found them tough to get airborne but they played like a driver. Very small profile, if you had some speed these were a weapon.

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Amazing what some people in here consider "sleepers"... The majority of the time people are posting the hottest 3-wood on the market and the most widely used 3 woods on the planet.

 

Do you guys even know what the definition of a sleeper is...

 

THE M3/M4 IS NOT A SLEEPER.

 

The Srixon F45 would.

AB TP 10.5*/ DI6X
AB TP 3HL / 757
XTD 19*/ Fubuki Ax
DWS 24*/ VS Proto
J15 CB 5-PW/ Modus 3 125S
X-Forged MD (50*, 56* 60*)
Spider Si/ SS Mid SLim 2.0

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I think it's funny how fast the narrative gets changed. Didn't OP say sleeper? Then it turned into a favorites post. Lol! Not a problem just noticed

 

My sleepers are

 

Mizuno CLK-F

Mizuno mp650

Nickent F26ti.... Don't care for the sound or slot on CROWn that much but boy is everything else about this club perfect!

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Not sure how widely played it is but I think the cobra bio cell plus would qualify as a sleeper. Came with matrix q3 stock. Not easy to hit but for guys with game it's a cannon. I bought one cheap but went back to my trusty tour edge Bazooka jmax, which is also a sleeper for the wider golfing population. My 50 year old body just couldn't get the low launching cobra in the air.

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