How To Hit A Fairway Wood
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So let’s talk about how to hit a fairway wood off of the ground.
There are two noticeable things you’ll adjust with a fairway wood vs. other clubs, ball position and feet width. For stock iron shots, I like to see the ball position somewhere between sternum location or shirt buttons and shirt. For fairway woods, we’re going to want the ball to be a little bit more forward. It should be somewhere between your iron ball position and your driver ball position. So, with the three wood and the five wood, shirt logo would be about as far back to the right I would put the ball.
If we’re hitting a wood, the intent is to hit it pretty far. My width of stance can help with pressure shifts and to hit the ball a little bit farther. For the shorter irons, I like to see the ankles about in line with the shoulders as a baseline. For the woods, feet are a little bit wider.
Whatever feels you would use for your swing normally – shallowing your downswing, working on grip, working on a backswing plane, etc – you’re going to do for this club as well. People ask all the time, Eric is a, is a fairway wood a different swing than an iron swing? Well, it depends on how you reference the question. If we measured it with the gears or 3D might there be differences because the club is different? Yes. But for you, in terms of your intent, should you be trying to do something different than your normal? No. Whatever pieces you’re working on mechanically, you should be feeling those same pieces with your three wood and five wood as well.
In the Trackman session in this video you can see a couple of the key parameters that are different between the three wood and the eight iron specifically. We look at some speed differences, how the angle of attack and low point changes, some dynamic loft and other things. We can see what’s actually different as measured by the numbers between the clubs and how can that help us in terms of swinging the club any differently.
Overwhelmingly, most of you guys and galls watching this video regardless of skill level should hit your fairway wood off the ground AS FEW TIMES AS HUMANLY POSSIBLE. The risk of hitting the ball off of the turf compared to hitting a different shot is far too great relative to the reward. My point here is that you’re going to have to hit this club really, really well and the margin of error is just so small. The club is long, the balls on the ground and there’s not a lot of loft on there. It’s just a hard shot. If you don’t break 90 on a regular basis, you probably should not be hitting this club. Get in love with a hybrid or a shorter club. Learn how to hit those good. Learn how to hit your wedges clothes from there and score outside of that. A three wood can be utilized off the tee.
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