Fairway Woods

[slicer365]

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I was looking for a fairway wood that I could hit off the deck. I use a Cleveland steel 15* 3 wood, this thing is the worst club I've ever owned. Can you recommend, a good fairway wood with a lot of forgiveness, that's relatively reasonably priced, and that would allow me to hit off the deck easier.

[Golfdr]

Sonartec and Cleveland launchers are two woods to consider. The Cleveland is greatly under appreciated.

[slicer365]

Golfdr, Sonartec??? We aren't looking to sell a kidney, and I said my Cleveland sux. With that said, would it be better for me to reshaft my Cleveland, with say an NV or NVS??? Would this be a better deal???

[slicer365]

Thanks man, but I just went on the PING website to look at the specs, and this is what they say. I don't know if that includes the Fairways.

 

http://www.ping.com/woods_classics.html

[millercg]

If your looking for a forgiving fairway wood that will get the ball up, look at Adams.

 

I've got an Ovation 3 wood that gets the ball up off the tee, or off the grass/rough. I traded in my old Adams GT's for my Cleveland Launchers. My Fairway woods were the savior of my game at the time. About 1 month later, I went into some horrible slump with my Cleveland's, and went out searching for my old Adams FW's. I found one of the GT's, but went with an Ovation for the 3 wood. The Ovation is a fairly cheap priced FW (as most Adams products are). I hear good things about the RPM fairways. One caution when teeing up an Ovation is to tee it low, or it will balloon pretty high, but once I got that figured out, it's a great club.

[Golfdr]

You can buy sonartecs for $100 or less, I have seen many SS-02's for sale. The new Cleveland thin crown fairways are the clevelands that I am talking about. I recently purchased a 15* with a fuji pro 95 for 200. I never liked the older launchers either. The alpha reaction heads are nice also. I just saw a Sonartec SS-07 sale for 125 on GEA.

[J_Tizzle]

you could reshaft it, but to be honest with you to reshaft the cleveland with a NV or NVS it would probably be cheaper to just ebay one with the shaft you want. Personally if you think its just the shaft the highest launching shafts i've ever played are the YS series (ys6) and you can get those reasonably priced off ebay. If you're wanting a new club, the sonartec ss-02 and ss-07 both are more shallow faced for launching the ball higher, and if you look at the BST here and on ebay as well. I'm going to get a tour issue 904f probabaly and i'll let ya know how it does

[slicer365]

Golfdr, I'm talking about last years model. I'm thoroughly convinced it sux. I bought it on a whim, because it was 30% off and because I had an old Ping Eye2 Persimmon 3 wood. I like lee0073's comment about trying out the TiSI Tec. I saw one in Golf Warehouse a few minutes down the road.

 

Any opinions on the Callaway Steelhead fairway woods??? I saw one the other day, almost new.

[mulligan7]

Try the TM R5 3 wood. I have one with Graffaloy pro launch and this is a great, very high launching 3 wood. I have trouble with many and have hit too many. This combo is a must try.

 

Good luck.

[ubergoober]

The NVS will work well with the Cleveland. I put a 75 S untipped in a Launcher Ti 15 and it's a great combo. I hit it well off the deck and I don't consider myself a good fairway wood player. The new Cobras are easy to hit off the ground as are the SZs that are being closed out. The SZs have some draw bias so be warned if you are prone to left side misses. The Adams Redline RPM Ti FWs are underrated and easy to hit off the deck. They are also very cheap right now.

[Awalkspoiled]

Look for the lowest profile you can find - Orlimar Trimetal is great, and in the component world you can't do better than the Zero Tolerance Fairway Master. Neither will cost more than a round of golf, and both are very quick to get the ball up. You'll worry about skying them, but this doesn't happen as much as you'd think. Look for a 4w rather than a 3w unless your driver swingspeed is well over 100.

 

You may ultimately find, especially if you have a relatively upright swing, that a hybrid works better for you. The 16° TM is amazingly long, and so are many others - Sonartec 17°, Cobra Baffler 18°, Zero Tolerance Maximizer Plus, all will give results similar to all but the purest 3w, with much more reliability from the deck for many guys...

[Orlimar1]

How about an Orlimar HipSteel. They're pretty easy to hit off of both the fairway and the tee box. They can also be found pretty cheap.

[golfernut78]

i recently went on a quest for a new 3-wood, one that was easy to hit of the deck (especially off the hard faireways of north texas) and easy to get up in the air. was currently using a nike t-40 tour 3 wood and it was easy to hit, but hard to get up. went out and got a nike t-60 ignite, taylormade rescue dual tp 14* and taylormade v-steel. overall the v-steel is the best. very low profile so it is easy to hit the sweet spot on the face. the ignite is good but can be tough to hit solid on a tight lie, but great off a teee. the rescue dual is great also, but i can't shape it as easily and the woods, but very easy to hit solid and get up in the air. the t-40 is good if you are looking for low and penetrating. i went and shortened the shaft on it (was actually 3/4" too long) and it is much easier to hit, but just low and i wanted something i could hit on to greens.

[adcool17]

Give the callaway big bertha a try. I just bought a 4 wood, and it works great from the tee box, and off the fairway. I hear you on the launcher fairway wood. I tried it, and it has to be one of the worst fairway woods ive hit!!

[Ranman]

The Steelhead line is a solid fairway wood. I like the 04 Big Bertha fairway woods. They are the best I have ever hit as I own a +3 and a 3.

[bdub allstars]

Listen to Moolman! Many people get caught up in the latest & greatest and who paid Golf Digest the most $$$ to rate their club the highest. It may not be the latest, but I have to vote for the T-Made Rescue 3-5-7 wood. I've hit others and keep coming back to this one. I do agree that the launcher 15* steel does suck. I hit one this afternoon when I saw a good deal and it wasn't happening. The titanium launcher model was better, but check out the T-Made Rescue wood, not the hybrid, the wood. They're good off the deck and fairways. If you like it you can get each for under $65. Let me know what you end up doing.

[TheBUNKY]

The latest Golf Digest reviewed/club tested the PING g5 and said something like the g5 is nice but the g2 was hard to beat paraphrasing.....

 

I may be looking for a G2 before spring after reading that or an TiSi Tec after reading this thread. I am so reluctant to buy anything that is new or hasn't been out for a while.

 

The Adams original tight lies are just about the only fairway woods I have had any luck with ever. They are a bit shallow though.

 

The Big Bertha 04 model 3 wood is nice but I just wasn't all that consistant with it. The easiest Cally fairway wood I have ever hit had to be the VFT line from a few years ago. Those things were sweet but still bring a slightly higher price on Ebay and from Callaway Pre-Owned.

[braveheart]

I cant say enough about the Cleveland Launcher steel woods I own. I have a 13* 3 wood and a 19* 5 wood coupled with Accuflex Icon FH shafts. Off the deck or teed low, I often hit my best golf shots with these. I am currently adding a 21* 7 wood. I havent been able to find anything that I personally hit better than these on a consistent basis.

I will also state that Orlimar Trimetal clubs are also terrific off the deck. The plus version is better off the tee though.

[RobotDoctor]

Golfdr, I'm talking about last years model. I'm thoroughly convinced it sux. I bought it on a whim, because it was 30% off and because I had an old Ping Eye2 Persimmon 3 wood. I like lee0073's comment about trying out the TiSI Tec. I saw one in Golf Warehouse a few minutes down the road.

 

Any opinions on the Callaway Steelhead fairway woods??? I saw one the other day, almost new.

 

Ping never made a Persimmon wood. All their woods were laminated Maple.

[RobotDoctor]

I have an original Titleist PT 15 3 wood reshafted with a Penley Stealth 70 shaft cut to 42 1/4 inches (or 42 1/2 - cannot recall at the moment). This club is so solid and I can rip one off the deck as easily as on the tee. I am not afraid of using this 3 wood from the fairway or light rough, ever. I love this club. I could replace every club in my bag expect for this one.