Matching club loft and head profile to your swing speed is essential; higher-lofted fairway woods like 7-woods and 16.5° 4-woods offer vastly superior turf performance and soft landing over traditional low-lofted 3-woods.
Their scorecard
Forgiveness: 4/5
Distance: 4/5
Workability: 5/5
Looks at address: 5/5
What they rate
Comprehensive walk-through of modern wood gapping from rescue to driver
Explains why traditional 13° and 15° 3-woods are being superseded by 4-woods and mini drivers
Clear advice on matching head profile and lie angle to avoid left-miss biases
What they don’t
Focuses exclusively on TaylorMade models
Does not feature live launch monitor strike data on screen
Matching club loft and head profile to your swing speed is essential; higher-lofted fairway woods like 7-woods and 16.5° 4-woods offer vastly superior turf performance and soft landing over traditional low-lofted 3-woods.
Comprehensive walk-through of modern wood gapping from rescue to driver
Explains why traditional 13° and 15° 3-woods are being superseded by 4-woods and mini drivers