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Conference 7.286::golf

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Created:Tue Feb 15 1994
Last Modified:Fri Jun 06 1997
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:2129
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2031.0. "WOODS vs. IRONS?" by STOWOA::ODIAZ (Octavio, MCS/SPS) Mon Jul 17 1995 14:14

    (One more note and I better get back to work)
    
    Like most average golfers, I am inconsistent with long irons.  I love
    to see a 2 or 3 iron well hit, but I  probably only do it 1 out of 3.
    So  on  this  Sunday  round  (Besides  trying my new Burner Bubble) I
    decided to go with four woods.
    
    What moved me was that I started to hit very solidly my 5 wood (about
    190-200  yards)  and  the  trayectory  is  higher so balls land  more
    softly.
    
    My in-laws gave me a Ginty (about a 7 wood) several years back, and I
    haven't  tried  in  a  long time.  I took the 2 iron out and put  the
    Ginty in I was pleased with it.  I missed my tee shot on 8th South at
    Stow and had about  185  to  the pin, the Ginty put me right up there
    with a 7 feet birdie putt.
    
    In the past I kind  of  pointed to people with more than 2-3 woods as
    people who where just trying to  get  distance,  but I find that I am
    also more consistent and accurate with 5  and  7  woods  than  2 or 3
    irons.
    
    So, comments?  Anybody else who prefers woods  for  consistency,  not
    necessarily for distance?
    
    (Just look at all the ads for the Big  Bertha  Heaven  wood and Divine
    Nine)
    
    Tavo
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2031.1I prefer 7-wood to 2-ironROCK::PARKERMon Aug 07 1995 16:448
    I have a Big Bertha Heaven Wood (7-wood) that I much prefer to my
    2-iron.  The Heaven Wood is great out of the rough where an iron might
    get hung, and the wood usually flies higher for the same carry.
    
    So, I carry four woods, but the 7-wood replaces either my 1 or 2-iron
    as a more generally useful club for both distance and accuracy.
    
    Your mileage may vary...