How To Pick A Perfect Fairway Wood

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There are a couple things to consider before buying your new fairway wood and they are:

What are you going to use the club for
Loft
Head materials

The first thing you need to think about is how you are going to use your new club. If you plan on hitting tee shots with it, you’ll want a 2, 3, or 4 wood. Also, you can replace your long irons with a fairway wood too; here’s what wood you’ll want for each iron:

5 wood for 2 iron
7 wood for 3 or 4 iron
9 wood for 5 iron
3 or 4 wood to reach par 5’s in 2 strokes

Next, you need to consider the loft of the club. Loft helps get the ball into the air by creating backspin when the head makes contact with the golf ball. The slower you swing, the higher the loft you will need — it will help with the distance and height. Here’s a chart for recommended lofts:

Lastly, you need to look at the materials that make up the head. There are a few options, which include:

Steel: This is the most popular because it’s cheaper and durable
Titanium: Titanium is light weight. So clubs with big heads tend to be made from this material. Titanium head’s tend to hit balls farther and higher – they cost more, though.
Composite: Like titanium, composite is very lightweight and reduces the effects of bad contact. Like titanium, however, these clubs tend to be expensive.

Luckily almost every fairway wood on this list lets you choose between different woods (3 wood, 5 wood, 4 woods) and different lofts — this way every skill level and need is met. Let’s take a look at them now.

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6	7	8	9	10	11	12
13	14	15	16	17	18	19
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