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Date: 20 Aug 2006 19:33:41
From: Doug Rand
Subject: Fairway wood advice
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Hi all,
I'm back for more advice. If anyone remembers I asked about my wedges,
but after a lesson and a bunch of practice I hit them fine. I even had a
couple of 9 hole rounds under 50, which is a first for me.
But my fairway woods remain tough. I can hit my irons and hybrids (7 and
9), but the fairway woods (3 and 5) are very hard to hit without a
significant fade/slice. The woods are the (snake eyes?) fire-forged
heads from a few years back. The shafts were the inexpensive Golfsmith
branded UST graphite shafts.
We went by a golf store today and I tried a Callaway X and a Nike
Sasquatch 3 wood. They went very straight, a couple of pushes, but no
fading or slicing. I've assumed up to now that I'm the problem. Now I
wonder if I can't help myself with equipment.
While I'm asking advice - if I were to make another component club, what
is similar to the Nike and Calaway clubs I tried today?
Doug
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Date: 24 Aug 2006 20:17:11
From:
Subject: Re: Fairway wood advice
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Well, I never got an answer to this, but my pro tells me that the
equipment might well be worth looking at. I still wouldn't mind hearing
from folks as to what component heads are similar to the Nike and
Callaway designs. I'm suspecting I can find a nice name brand fairway
wood for no more than it would cost me to make if I buy something on
sale given that the golf season is coming to a close from a sales point
of view (let's hope we can play into November).
Doug
Doug Rand wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm back for more advice. If anyone remembers I asked about my wedges,
> but after a lesson and a bunch of practice I hit them fine. I even had a
> couple of 9 hole rounds under 50, which is a first for me.
>
> But my fairway woods remain tough. I can hit my irons and hybrids (7 and
> 9), but the fairway woods (3 and 5) are very hard to hit without a
> significant fade/slice. The woods are the (snake eyes?) fire-forged
> heads from a few years back. The shafts were the inexpensive Golfsmith
> branded UST graphite shafts.
>
> We went by a golf store today and I tried a Callaway X and a Nike
> Sasquatch 3 wood. They went very straight, a couple of pushes, but no
> fading or slicing. I've assumed up to now that I'm the problem. Now I
> wonder if I can't help myself with equipment.
>
> While I'm asking advice - if I were to make another component club, what
> is similar to the Nike and Calaway clubs I tried today?
>
> Doug
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Date: 26 Aug 2006 21:58:07
From:
Subject: Re: Fairway wood advice
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For name brand used clubs - check the large golf stores' used club rack,
like golfsmith and others,
- for good deals, the longer they stay there, the cheaper they get, look
into it.
single used clubs are most likely - deeply discounted. (you are not
buying any of the attached - sentimentality):--)
>m h o
>=A0v =83 e
>d r i v i n g =A0l e s s =A0l o w e r s =A0g a s =A0p r i c e s =A0
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Date: 26 Aug 2006 22:23:05
From: Doug Rand
Subject: Re: Fairway wood advice
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I'll try one more time. I tried talking to a rep from Golfsmith. He
recommended the Snake Eyes 653T fairway wood head with a Graphite Design
shaft to be superior to buying a Nike or Callaway. I'd really like to
hear from anyone who's had experience with the 653T fairway wood, or the
653 hybrid they're selling.
Doug
douglas.s.rand@gmail.com wrote:
> Well, I never got an answer to this, but my pro tells me that the
> equipment might well be worth looking at. I still wouldn't mind hearing
> from folks as to what component heads are similar to the Nike and
> Callaway designs. I'm suspecting I can find a nice name brand fairway
> wood for no more than it would cost me to make if I buy something on
> sale given that the golf season is coming to a close from a sales point
> of view (let's hope we can play into November).
>
> Doug
>
> Doug Rand wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I'm back for more advice. If anyone remembers I asked about my wedges,
>> but after a lesson and a bunch of practice I hit them fine. I even had a
>> couple of 9 hole rounds under 50, which is a first for me.
>>
>> But my fairway woods remain tough. I can hit my irons and hybrids (7 and
>> 9), but the fairway woods (3 and 5) are very hard to hit without a
>> significant fade/slice. The woods are the (snake eyes?) fire-forged
>> heads from a few years back. The shafts were the inexpensive Golfsmith
>> branded UST graphite shafts.
>>
>> We went by a golf store today and I tried a Callaway X and a Nike
>> Sasquatch 3 wood. They went very straight, a couple of pushes, but no
>> fading or slicing. I've assumed up to now that I'm the problem. Now I
>> wonder if I can't help myself with equipment.
>>
>> While I'm asking advice - if I were to make another component club, what
>> is similar to the Nike and Calaway clubs I tried today?
>>
>> Doug
>
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Date: 27 Aug 2006 15:20:28
From: Donald
Subject: Re: Fairway wood advice
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I haven't played the ones you mention, but here are a couple of good ones
I recently used:
Golfsmith Jetstream 3W - now on sale for $29.95. Has a black metal finish, nice looking,
normal size and shape, and a nice soft feel/click on impact.
Zero Tolerance Fairway Master - This is a fairly large 3W but with a low profile type
design. Has a harder maraging type feel. The best looking 3W I've ever seen. Great
if you can deal with the lower profile. Rated very highly by Ham'n Egg. Can be ordered
directly from ztgolf.com for about $36 (head only) if you are a clubmaker:
http://ztgolf.com/products/fairway_metals/fairway_master/top.asp
The fade/slice problem might be more dependent on the shaft type, length, and
flex than the head. I've found that a 42 inch length on the 3W reduces the
amount of fade/slice for me.
D.L.
>> Doug Rand wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> I'm back for more advice. If anyone remembers I asked about my wedges,
>>> but after a lesson and a bunch of practice I hit them fine. I even had a
>>> couple of 9 hole rounds under 50, which is a first for me.
>>>
>>> But my fairway woods remain tough. I can hit my irons and hybrids (7 and
>>> 9), but the fairway woods (3 and 5) are very hard to hit without a
>>> significant fade/slice. The woods are the (snake eyes?) fire-forged
>>> heads from a few years back. The shafts were the inexpensive Golfsmith
>>> branded UST graphite shafts.
>>>
>>> We went by a golf store today and I tried a Callaway X and a Nike
>>> Sasquatch 3 wood. They went very straight, a couple of pushes, but no
>>> fading or slicing. I've assumed up to now that I'm the problem. Now I
>>> wonder if I can't help myself with equipment.
>>>
>>> While I'm asking advice - if I were to make another component club, what
>>> is similar to the Nike and Calaway clubs I tried today?
>>>
>>> Doug
>>
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Date: 26 Aug 2006 20:31:23
From: GolfBlogger
Subject: Re: Fairway wood advice
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Doug -- I've been making clubs with Golfsmith Snake Eyes stuff for
years and think that for the most part it's very high quality stuff. I
especially like their Snake Eyes brands.
However, Golfsmith does its own designs, which means that they don't
have exact clones of the bigger brands. The same is true of Ralph
Maltby's Golfworks, Tom Wishon Golf and Dynacraft. Clubhead designs
from any of these clubmakers will have their own playing
characteristics and often have proprietary technology. I have used all
of these and have rarely been disappointed.
You can go to Golfsmith and test the new Snake Eyes stuff ... they
always have clubs ready for customers. Golf Works stuff is available
(or will soon be) at Golf Galaxy.
There ARE however, component makers who manufacture clones clubheads.
Hireko golf, for example, makes an Acer head which is a clone of the
Callaway ERC. GigaGolf offers some very cheap and good quality clones
(I have a review or two of GigaGolf products on my site and have had
good experiences with them). Golf Components Plus offers a wide variety
of clone heads (although I have no experience with them).
All of that said, if you can wait until next year's models are out, you
can get some very good bargains. I recently bought a new TaylorMade V
Steel for under $100. Callaway has an official used/refurbished club
web store. Golfsmith also has used clubs online. There's also a
national chain of used clubs called Second Swing. Rock Bottom Golf
offers closeouts.
www.golfblogger.com
Doug Rand wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm back for more advice. If anyone remembers I asked about my wedges,
> but after a lesson and a bunch of practice I hit them fine. I even had a
> couple of 9 hole rounds under 50, which is a first for me.
>
> But my fairway woods remain tough. I can hit my irons and hybrids (7 and
> 9), but the fairway woods (3 and 5) are very hard to hit without a
> significant fade/slice. The woods are the (snake eyes?) fire-forged
> heads from a few years back. The shafts were the inexpensive Golfsmith
> branded UST graphite shafts.
>
> We went by a golf store today and I tried a Callaway X and a Nike
> Sasquatch 3 wood. They went very straight, a couple of pushes, but no
> fading or slicing. I've assumed up to now that I'm the problem. Now I
> wonder if I can't help myself with equipment.
>
> While I'm asking advice - if I were to make another component club, what
> is similar to the Nike and Calaway clubs I tried today?
>
> Doug
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