MUST KNOW! How To Hit Fairway Woods Off The Ground

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[@2ndPlayerGolf]

My most feared clubs. Along with irons wedges driver and putter🤪

[@randalljwarren151]

Agree! (Although the ball getter “club” is becoming my go-to these days)

[@bogetostart9550]

So glad you started this channel Pete. Your instructional videos are the best.

[@kianjones2448]

Hi Pete, loved the video! I’ve been really struggling to hit my fairway woods of the deck recently so I’m keen to go try this out. I would love more set up videos! I’m usually quite a big hitter with my driver, but have recently found some issues with the consistency of my set up (grip, stance, ball position, takeaway etc.). Love what you’re doing with the swing quest channel, keep it up!

[@colinwallace2085]

Hi Pete I have adopted this technique from your previous videos and I must say that as long as I concentrate on keeping a solid swing and not rock back, as you said,, I am smacking my 5 wood 200 yards, not bad for 20 handicap. My own advice with fairway woods would be start with the highest lofted one in your bag and get confident with the technique then move up the clubs. It worked for me. Another well defined short video, I love this series keep it up mate 😍

[@McQ14]

Definitely one of the easiest to remember sets of instructions on hitting a fairway wood. So clear. Great video!

[@kristianirvine4192]

Great video Peter. Your timing is impeccable. I have been struggling with my 3 wood these last couple of weeks .

[@maccybee2144]

Great video Pete, definitely up for more videos like this!

[@terrylawson7378]

Good stuff as always Pete!

[@sportscentral9269]

Great video. I love the introduction videos keep doing them please!

[@davidpolaski2079]

Thanks for screen capture! Helpful!

[@Bangaveragegolfer]

Brilliant video, this will definitely help me thanks

[@commonsenseisntcommon1776]

LOL!! I just bought a 7 wood and it's otw to my house as i'm watching you! Cant wait!

[@tomcoates2104]

Great video and really enjoying this channel. Set ups through the bag would certainly be a useful thing to cover Also wondered about a ‘top 5 things to know when you’re on the golf course’ - pitch marks, how to mark your ball, what rules are for hazards etc. Appreciate this could be a little dry but done in the right way, I think it could be really useful for beginner golfers like myself who haven’t got experienced guys on course with them to learn these things from!

[@royclose946]

Well done Pete 👏

[@jacobgallaugher]

I got a 7 wood last year at Pete's advice and it has become my best and favorite club in my bag. Trust him. Do it.

[@markbailey9503]

Great drill Pete 🏌️‍♂️⛳👍

[@alexanderweidenhaupt3127]

Hi Pete, thank you for the great coaching videos. I found a lot of good tips i could use :) It would be great if you can also show swings in slow motion, so movements get easer to understand, thanks in advance and greetings from germany!

[@karituominen8593]

Great video, i'm planning on taking the swing quest slice fixing videos to the range in the near future =D

[@terrancemcdonald1572]

I put a seven wood in the bag this spring... fantastic. I never hit a hybrid well that I tried, but a seven wood will never leave my bag now (took out my three iron and kept my three wood).

[@Alex-cn9sl]

Hi Pete love the instructional videos, could you do a video on how to strike downwards with irons and wedges to hit them further and with a more penetrating flight, maybe with some drills to help? Thanks, great video

[@riley9577]

A whole video ... On ... How to ... Hit down ??? . please don't 😂

[@walterkerns1880]

Alex check out txg's channel, they recently did a video on compressing the golf ball

[@Alex-cn9sl]

@@walterkerns1880 thanks

[@J_pearce01]

Try really hard to get your weight on your front foot. It should feel awkward. That helped me

[@riley9577]

@@J_pearce01 been doing that alot recently especially on chips sensational tip . phill mickelson says never chip out the middle of your stance all your weight on your left foot or as much as you can and play it off front foot for height and less roll or back foot for less height more roll out .. For full wedge shots or iron shots if you can feel as if your whacking downwards on it you'll hit the best shots of your life . few of my begginer friends try and hit the ball upwards which results in blading it with the bottom of the club 90% of the time

[@wademellor5304]

I have to agree about 7 wood. Probably my favourite club, rarely hit a bad shot with it around 170-180m. Good for a 2nd shot on par 5 to lay up.

[@danielbolton2476]

Hi Pete, love these videos. Could you possibly do a driver and irons masterclass. Cheers keep up the good work

[@stevec2435]

Hi Pete love the swing tip videos. I currently get a little steep in transition, would love to see a video on how to shallow out the club. Cheers

[@patrickgilmour9826]

Another great video Pete could you do a video on grip and ball set up my son has just started play and his grip is causing him to draw or hook the ball cheers

[@kenmoats811]

I totally get that !!!

[@lukmanazmi8806]

Hi pete, can u do a video on differences between hitting from a fairway bunkers, greenside bunkers and the dreaded 30-50 yard bunker shots..

[@incurromunio7797]

A short and concrete video covering the most important parts of the pre-shot routine would be amazing!

[@lavin214]

I played in a tournament yesterday in wet conditions. You should do a video about how mud on your ball will affect its flight.

[@ronlara899]

Have a Heaven wood. Love it

[@mattoloughlin6283]

Great video Pete. Does the same technique apply for a 3 and 4 hybrid? I switched to those instead of my long irons as I found them easier and more consistent to hit

[@andyh4066]

Would love a video on ball position for every club!?

[@bored4212]

Hi Peter just love your videos Have been following you for the past 2yrs Tbh you have made my game There was a phase where i copied your swing as well Love you man ❤️❤️❤️ I just had one query my lower irons go fairly straight but when i come to my woods and drivers i start to slice and fade could you please help me !!!

[@johnk.atchley5079]

I am 82, have played over 60 years, have a 16-17 handicap from tees ranging from 6100-6400. I play forged blades with traditional lofts. Driver is a Callaway Epic GBB Sub Zero 10.5 loft with Graphite Design Tour AD-IZ R1 shaft 54 grams. I carry 195 to 205, so get total ranging from 210 to 225 with an occasional 230-235 if the fairways are firm. Totally agree with your advice about 7 woods. Given the impact of age on swing speed and length, and seeing that pros like Dustin Johnson carry both 7 and 9 woods that they use instead of long irons to get more height and greater angle of descent so the ball will stop on long approaches, last year I bought a 21 degree Callaway Epic Max 7 wood and this year added a Callaway Paradym 24 degree 9 wood. They have replaced my 3 and 4 irons and even made the 5 iron optional. I also have an Epic Max 5 wood and 3 wood, and often find it better to use the 5 rather than the 3. I also changed my iron shafts from 120 gram stiff flex Royal Precision Rifle Lite to 87.5 gram Nippon NS Pro Zelos 8 stiff steel shafts. The good thing about golf is you can keep learning to improve all your life. I have been working a lot on my iron swing this year using excellent KZbin videos from a half dozen really good coaches and the practice bays at my local PGA Superstore with Foresight GC Hawk launch monitors so I can see actual data for each club. One of the hardest things for me to learn and execute properly has been getting my weight on to my left leg before completing the backswing so that I can rotate and contact the ball with shaft lean. I have had considerable success with my irons. However, I now seem to be having some trouble with my 7 and 9 woods and getting them into the high trajectories they should reach. So I wonder if there is a difference between the correct swing and weight shift for say a 7 iron and the swing and weight shift for a fairway wood. That brought me to your video. You seem to shift your weight on to your left leg in about the same way as you would with an iron. but there may be things I am missing. Other than where the ball is placed at address in relation to your left foot, are there other differences in the swing?

[@JulianBraham1]

Is there a web site with the instructions summaries as you have in the videos, so we can print them out. Could you also do videos on hybrids?

[@edwardleith8209]

Hey Pete. Do you have a 7 wood you'd recommend for someone who has real trouble hitting driver....? I am going for my first lesson on June 9th but I've heard nothing but good things about the 7 woods! Thanks for the amazing content!

[@eamonhunt3321]

Brilliant Pete... cheers .. but..lol I have a 3,4,5 and 7 wood do you suggest I take all 4 on the course and drop my 3,4,5 irons or only take a cpl of them with me .. I shoot around 100 especially around Withington GC or Northenden GC

[@matthewcolna4741]

Ball positions between irons particularly Mid vs low.. also where does a hybrid vs 5/7 wood vs 3/4 iron fit into the bag

[@stuartmitchell7287]

Can you do a vid on playing from old divot holes and scruffy lies?

[@thestandardmanual3446]

Would love more information on fairway wood set, shaft direction forward etc, club flush to the ground or angle

[@sitaylor]

If you take the 7 wood option then go for a 4 wood in the gap. So driver, 4 wood, 7 wood... You can then maybe get a driving iron in there or straight to hybrid/4 iron.

[@krissingh528]

Hi Peter! I have a question. Well 2 actually. 1st one is is the swing different? Because my swing it like an iron, always dig into the ground and it goes like 20 feet. The second question is how do I stop the slice? I don’t slice any of my clubs but if I do connect with the ball on a Threewood, it’s going right every time

[@joeidaho5938]

I have more luck hitting the ball set up in the middle spot between my legs....like hitting irons. I will give your technique a try, however. I went with ball in the middle for the obvious reason of not wanting to hit ground behind the ball.

[@sashmanswag5946]

hey pete, just wondering, at impact im trying to exit low and left with irons, with my left leg straight as i rotate through the ball. am i being self-destrucive or does that sound somewhat reasonable?

[@darrellnewman9117]

I would like to ask a question. I for some reason, am having issues hitting a short iron off a tee on short par threes. I seem to be pulling them left and not sure why. Any suggestions for correcting this?

[@Vnam72]

With the increasing popularity of 5 woods and 7 woods, I'm unsure where my hybrid now fits in. Why or when would you use a 4 hybrid (22 degree) vs a 3 or 5 wood if you could get those in a similar loft?

[@michaelbateson8636]

I'm starting with a gapping session soon as I've bought a new driver, and irons 5-gw. There is quite a bit of yardage to fill between driver 245-265 and 5 iron 170-185. 21 degree hybrid would fill 200-210 the maybe a 17 degree wood for 220-235.

[@Bergerac82]

For most golfers a hybrid is more versatile in shot shape and more playable from a variety of lies. I can play a 21 degree hybrid from a fairway bunker, but there’s no way I’d be hitting a fairway wood with the same confidence. Actual bag is 3i and then 3w, but that’s just preference.

[@BadenAW]

I play Dr, 3W, 3Hy, 4Hy and thenbgo into my 5i

[@steelman365]

Hybrid out of rough wood out of fairway👍🇺🇸

[@thanhtike749]

😊😊😊😊

[@peter_molnar]

I have a question for you Pete. When you starting your downswing you hips start and then you pull down your arms? Or you just start with your hips and let your arms fall naturally to the ball?

[@australopitecus8276]

I like more the long irons like 3 or 4

[@xeonidas]

is the stance and everything same when using a hybrid?

[@mikemarcus8676]

i love using my 7 wood

[@paulhealy2557]

Another KZbinr said a lot of current fairway woods are designed for distance off the tee rather than ease of hitting off a fairway

[@adrain2251]

You said to replace the long iron for a 7 wood. What about a hybrid instead. I have 4 iron I want to replace with a 4 hybrid or 7 wood. Thoughts

[@michaelbateson8636]

Could i ask why better players, especially tour players seen to hit fairways woods with a divot, not lawn size but there is definitely a slight decent in strike. Is that something us mere mid handicappers (14) need to consider or get the basics done first? I've had a 7 wood for well over 15 years in one form or another. Brilliant clubs.

[@karl9675]

Are some woods more suited to being hit of the ground rather than the tee regarding face shape,etc? Is there space for a 7 wood below a 3 iron in the bag?

[@allanthomson8969]

A deeper face, ie taller from the bottom of the face to the top, will be better off the tee. Shallower faces are easier to hit from the ground but easy to sky off a tee.

[@mikaelharma2634]

Trying so hard to find a stiff 7w but can’t find here in Sweden

[@bilbobaggins7095]

Is it easier than a hybrid?

[@bjoernostermann16]

First like always

[@njc964]

Would I need a 7 wood if I have a 4 hybrid already?

[@sitaylor]

A 7 wood replaces a 3 iron or 3 hybrid so you can have them both, yes.

[@bdubchevy]

0:27 oh I beg to differ, I know my 5w is more of a shovel than a club for hitting the ball

[@thehmspinaforeclub4960]

It also helps if you fairways and driving ranges in good condition 😢

[@djbreal87]

If its easier to hit, then how come I can crush my 4 iron 200+ yds, but always top/slice my 3 wood? Im going to the range today and will basically work on hitting my wood all day following your instructions.

[@natheward_]

Would you take a 7 wood over a hybrid?

[@sitaylor]

Take both. 7 Wood for 3 iron & 22-24 deg Hybrid for 4 iron.

[@gavtuc45]

I'll stick to my long irons! 😂🤣

[@michaelallen2501]

I struggle with all sorts of shit from the 6 iron on up. I can smash a 3 wood 245 carry off the deck just fine. Can't hit a hybrid or long iron off the deck to save my ass. I don't get it.

[@neilsimpson3359]

Am i the only one who finds a 4 iron way easier than a 3 wood?!

[@sitaylor]

Well they are different lofts so you should. A 1 iron is the equivalent to a 3 wood. A 4 iron is actually a 9 wood in most sets.

[@joeidaho5938]

Have a Ping 7 wood,....and it is so much easier to hit...and more effective than any of my hybrids or 3 or 5 wood. It's a fabulous club....hitting up to about 200 yds for me. So easy to get really nice loft with it. I basically go from 5 iron to 7 wood....and really need nothing else, other than the driver.

[@barneygermany530]

Fairwaywoods are my nightmare🤯... 4iron(24°) no problem... 3iron(21°) only on tee or very good lay🤔, but woods...🦧

[@scottcrouch4476]

Is the set up for a hybrid the same?