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[MoeTE87]

What are everyone's thoughts on 9 woods? Tommy Fleetwood rocks the new Qi4D 9 wood and was putting on a show with it on the par three this past weekend!

[JMcLellan]

Originally Posted by MoeTE87

What are everyone's thoughts on 9 woods? Tommy Fleetwood rocks the new Qi4D 9 wood and was putting on a show with it on the par three this past weekend!

I didn't know that 9 woods existed. Is that like a 5 iron? I'm all for whatever type of club you hit the best shots with though i tend to bias towards traditional irons.

[Burnsey]

Originally Posted by MoeTE87

What are everyone's thoughts on 9 woods? Tommy Fleetwood rocks the new Qi4D 9 wood and was putting on a show with it on the par three this past weekend!

We should forget the numbers on clubs. Irons have become stronger and a 5 wood is an old 3 wood these days.

I play traditional lofted clubs throughout my bag and my PW is 110 yard carry, with perfect gapping through to 5 iron at 160.

9 wood 175
7 wood 195
3 wood 215

Then driver at anywhere 225-240.

I've taken ages to get where I want and the 9 wood just filled the gap I needed to fill better than a 4 iron or hybrid.

[MoeTE87]

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

I didn't know that 9 woods existed. Is that like a 5 iron? I'm all for whatever type of club you hit the best shots with though i tend to bias towards traditional irons.

That is correct. On TaylorMade's website, the 9 wood has a loft degree of 24. With TaylorMade, all wood lofts can be adjusts + or - 2*. So you can make it as high as 26* or as low as 22*.

I don't have a 5i in my bag. I start with a 6i and the loft on that is 25.5. If I were to purchase the 5i for my set, it comes with a 22* loft.

I have a TaylorMade 5 hybrid that I can adjust the loft but the standard on the head is 25*. I am wanting to trade that in and get the 9 wood.

Originally Posted by Burnsey

We should forget the numbers on clubs. Irons have become stronger and a 5 wood is an old 3 wood these days.

I play traditional lofted clubs throughout my bag and my PW is 110 yard carry, with perfect gapping through to 5 iron at 160.

9 wood 175
7 wood 195
3 wood 215

Then driver at anywhere 225-240.

I've taken ages to get where I want and the 9 wood just filled the gap I needed to fill better than a 4 iron or hybrid.

I think woods are awesome to hit and for me, easier to hit than my long irons. Hence why I have a 3w and 7w and now looking at adding a 5w and 9w. Is that too many woods to have in a bag? lol.

I have a new set of Ping G440 irons that I bought this year and they are the standard loft.

Here are my average yards for the top of my bag:

Driver: 260-280
3W: 235-250
7W: 200-215
5H: 185-200
6i: 183

I have a gap between the 3W and 7W where I want the 5W to fill. I tested one and was consistently around the 220-233 mark.

The 9W would be a nice replacement for the 5H as more of a utility / might be easier to hit club...not sure.

[jamesinaz]

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

I didn't know that 9 woods existed. Is that like a 5 iron? I'm all for whatever type of club you hit the best shots with though i tend to bias towards traditional irons.

I guess I prefer the rescue clubs over the higher lofted woods. But it's all preference. If it looks good to you when you set up and you hit it good why not?

BTW I have seen 9, 11, 13 and 15 woods in my life.

[JMcLellan]

Originally Posted by jamesinaz

I guess I prefer the rescue clubs over the higher lofted woods. But it's all preference. If it looks good to you when you set up and you hit it good why not?

BTW I have seen 9, 11, 13 and 15 woods in my life.

Originally Posted by MoeTE87

I think woods are awesome to hit and for me, easier to hit than my long irons. Hence why I have a 3w and 7w and now looking at adding a 5w and 9w. Is that too many woods to have in a bag? lol.

I have a new set of Ping G440 irons that I bought this year and they are the standard loft.

Here are my average yards for the top of my bag:

Driver: 260-280
3W: 235-250
7W: 200-215
5H: 185-200
6i: 183

I have a gap between the 3W and 7W where I want the 5W to fill. I tested one and was consistently around the 220-233 mark.

The 9W would be a nice replacement for the 5H as more of a utility / might be easier to hit club...not sure.

We have pretty similar yardages except I'm jealous of your driver......my 3 wood is a 235 to 255 club but I cannot consistently hit my driver more than 250 without it going in the wrong direction. I know I've said this before on here but I just cant hit a driver right now. I've just been settling and hitting a 3 iron off the tee and laying it out there 220 to 240. Im scoring just as well if not better without a driver.

[MoeTE87]

Originally Posted by JMcLellan

We have pretty similar yardages except I'm jealous of your driver......my 3 wood is a 235 to 255 club but I cannot consistently hit my driver more than 250 without it going in the wrong direction. I know I've said this before on here but I just cant hit a driver right now. I've just been settling and hitting a 3 iron off the tee and laying it out there 220 to 240. Im scoring just as well if not better without a driver.

Right now, my driver is giving me issues. I think I need to practice more to be honest. Had my indoor golf sim league last night and I think I was over thinking things and then on the last few holes I started to get better. On hole 9 I ended up driving the ball 285 and I have no idea how I did it. I didn't swing for a week and I showed. I think what I need to do is swing every other day to keep things progressing in the right direction.

That is awesome! It's my goal this year to play smarter and not just mash the ball. If I need to lay up because there is water..then I am going to. Happy you were able to figure out a "Plan B" to help keep things moving along nicely!

I can't hit my long irons to save my life, that is why I have woods and my iron set starts at 6i. lol

[jamesinaz]

Fitted for an ordered PXG 8 Gens 5-PW.

Now the wait.

[MoeTE87]

Originally Posted by jamesinaz

Fitted for an ordered PXG 8 Gens 5-PW.

Now the wait.

Hell yeah! Congrats! Waiting is the toughest part! 2 - 3 week time frame?

Did you go with PXG driver or anything or just irons?

[jamesinaz]

Originally Posted by MoeTE87

Hell yeah! Congrats! Waiting is the toughest part! 2 - 3 week time frame?

Did you go with PXG driver or anything or just irons?

Just irons. I love PXG irons but for everything else I am not a fan.

Learned they now make the clubs in Mexico.

[Velvet Fog]

90 today in the pouring rain at The Home Course.

[MoeTE87]

Originally Posted by Velvet Fog

90 today in the pouring rain at The Home Course.

Golfing in the rain is brutal! Good for you for sticking it out!


I do have a family trip planned for April to Nashville TN for a quick 4 days for my daughters Spring Break. We are staying at the Gaylord Opryland Resort and playing a single round at the Gaylord Springs Golf Links that is 2 miles east of the hotel. Looking forward to playing here and I appreciate my wife for giving me the "nod" to go play...means a lot! 🙂

https://www.gaylordsprings.com

Anyone play here? If so, any tips? Looks like a lot of water so I will need to be careful and on my "A" game!

I had to book a tee time with a group that already either had 2 or 3 people since I will be a single. So that was a bummer as I wanted my tee time as early as possible. Oh well..

Looking forward to it!

[MoeTE87]

Masters Week!!

[Sourd9]

Excited for masters week

[Velvet Fog]

Great day for golf in the PNW. Shot 94 49-45 in the men's club at Druid's Glen today.

[MoeTE87]

Played at Gaylord Springs Golf Links this past Friday. My daughter was on Spring Break for the week and so we sneaked away as a family to Nashville, TN and stayed at the Grand Ole Opry Report which was nice.

My tee time was at 7:50am as a single and got paired up with a father and his two sons. They were nice and didn't take the game too seriously.

Was able to get to the course about 7am and hit the range for about 20mins and putted for a few mins before the round started.

The clubhouse was very nice! One of the nicer club houses I have seen.

Mini Driver and woods seemed to be clicking. The mini driver was putting me in good spots and hitting it far.

Irons...those will need some work. They caused my game to slip a lot over the morning time and lost a few balls. So, I will need to concentrate on hitting those more consistent. Which is funny because I was striping my irons on the range.

All in all, it was fun to get out there and play in a different state and this course was in good condition. The front 9, the course seemed to be in much better shape than the back 9. Not sure why.