Hitting Fairway Woods

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Hitting fairway woods. Check your ball position. Consider also the situation where a poor drive on a par 4 leaves you with a fairway wood to the green. One of the toughest shots to hit solidly in golf is the fairway wood off the ground especially a 3 wood.

Sean Foley explains that the best way to strike your fairway woods is with a descending blow. Would you like to view the Find A Fairway mini series. Hybrids are typically used to replace some of the more difficult to hit long irons in the average golfers bag.

So for instance you might pull your three wood out of the bag and aim for the 200-yard marker even if you typically hit it 240. Fairway woods have a broader sole and larger head than hybrids and are hit further but lower. To hit fairway woods start by taking a wide stance with your shoulders squared and the ball slightly to the left of center.

You want to make a light divot in the ground under the ball to give it air so keep your club low when you swing. 3 more ways for better fairway woods. To score well you will need to be consistent with your fairway woods.

You can probably relate to the feeling of suddenly having to. However a well-hit fairway wood shot feels solid and the loft of the club does all the work of getting the ball into the air. Plus Im typically only hitting my fairway woods off a tee.

Then when you swing use a smooth even motion and keep the club low the ground as you go to hit the ball. So the new plan was to make it an important part of my practice session. For right-handers your ball position for a fairway wood should be just left of the center of your stance or in line with the left logo on your shirt.