With a little range work, I've improved my fairway wood play. @PA-PLAYA posted the recommendation to use the 5 wood instead of the 3 in the past and I was doing that. It also improved the accuracy by helping keep it on the short grass.

But on the range I experimented with taking the fairway clubs back lower instead of my sharper angle of attack. It helped me immensely and I no longer have qualms about pulling out the 3 when more distance is required and especially when I have some room if it sprays a little (more for confidence standing over the shot).

LBlack14

I need to track down one of those 5 woods. Those are crazy easy to hit if you can get over the looks.

    A couple of my buds hit the Titleist 816 H2 hybrids and knock the snot out of them.

    Callaway xhot, xhot2, Ping K15 with a tip flexible and lighter weight graphite shaft will provide nice launch for even slower swing speeds.

      I always struggled with the FWs hitting big slices until I took lessons. I positioned the ball forward but was told to position the ball in the middle of my stance, similar position as the irons. That straightened out my hits. YMMV.

      Weirfan For about 6 yrs. Callaway had a new name for their fw clubs, but they were all the same heads! Doesn't take too much of an eye to see it either. That's why I've still got those older Octanes. Only diff is that when they came out with the Octane, they also had the 'reg.' Octane, which was wide and flat. Since that year they all look like the 'Tour' edition that I have; smaller heads, a bit of curve on the sole, not a real deep face. If they made a 7, I'd be famous. Again.

      Knocked the shit outta them yesterday. So much so that I had to pull my dr. license out to check my age again.😜

          JeffTilley Acer XS titanium or Power Play Juggernaut titanium fairway woods (same head, different color)

          In what way is the Acer XS ti and Juggernaut ti the same head?

              pellmell

              Everything about them except color and sole design are exactly the same. I have the 3W and 5W heads in both right here in front of me, and have hit both extensively. Like I said, the only reason the Acer still isn’t in the bag is the color........

                  JeffTilley Hireko specs the Juggernaut at 37mm face height and the Acer at 35.5mm.

                    LBlack14 It's no wonder there's no action at this forum after 8pm. Everybody's 'sleep

                    That's because we ate dinner at 4pm - early bird special. 😉

                        JeffTilley Going by what I've seen in the stores through the years, the reason I've never felt the need to upgrade, is that the faces and head size are very similar in most of their fw clubs. Exception would be that 3deep, and possibly any other 'special' heads they made. I did just notice they've gone from 'Tour' to 'Pro' designations, which have been a smaller footprint head, and a bit more open faced(not too much). I'd guess the weighting is maybe different also as the trajectory is lower.(for us commoners anyway).

                            LBlack14 Just received this. To try or not to try, that is the question.

                            I just reshafted one for a bud. He hated the stock shaft. I think Ping calls them "counter balanced." The head does look nice at address though. You can pick up some adapters cheap off of Ebay if you want to change shafts.