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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
Total number of notes:21499

675.0. "Using a 7 Wood" by NRPUR::CUSACK () Fri Jul 07 1989 17:27

    I'm interested in hearing from anyone that uses a 7 wood regularly.
    I've been golfing for 2 years now, and tend to hit my woods better
    than my low irons (3,4,5).  I would much rather hit a 5 wood than
    use a 3 or 4 iron.  I was thinking of purchasing a 7 wood to use
    in situations where I would prefer to hit a wood, but a 5 wood is
    too much club.
    
    Does anyone else use a 7 wood, and what situations are they well
    suited for?  I think I could get a fair amount of use out of a 7
    wood, and I hit the woods more accurately than my low irons.  I'm
    interested in other opinions.
    
    Mike                   
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675.1I think its a GINTYDASXPS::TARVERFri Jul 07 1989 17:5512
    
    I think you may be considering a "Ginty (?)" type club.  The Ginty
    woods have a sole plate that resembles a boat keel ( ~~\/~~ ). 
    The "keel" plate helps the head move through the rough, taller grass.
    Supposedly, this club is big help on approach shots from the fairway/
    rough to the green.  I'm not a Ginty user, but my wife is very fond
    of the Ginty 7 in her golfbag, and uses it often.
    
    Regards,
    
    Bill
    
675.2I like my woodsJAWS::DIAZCMG/CDG/SAMGFri Jul 07 1989 18:1814
    Re:< Note 675.0 by NRPUR::CUSACK >

    Mike,
    
    Remember it's all between your temples.  If hitting a wood makes feel
    you have better chances of making a good shot, then go for it.
    
    I got a 9  wood  as  a  gift at my league's banquet a couple of years
    back, and there are  many  times that I prefer to use it instead of a
    long iron, I like the  heavy  head  feeling.    I also carry a Ginty,
    which I use out of tall  grass and fairway bunkers.  Besides, I can't
    hit long my irons, so anything 170 or more is wood territory for me.
    
    Tavo
675.3GO FOR THE GINTY!BOOKIE::BARBERFri Jul 07 1989 18:3211
    Mike,
    
    I have a 7 wood Ginty that is a very handy club....it'll get you
    out of a lot of bad lies, tall grass, tight fairways, etc....I get
    a good 150 yrds. out of it.  I liked it so much that I went out
    and bought a 3 wood ginty also....I guess it's whatever works for
    you.  It's also good for getting your shots up and over bunkers,
    water, etc.....even when you miss them, they work out for you.
    Don't hesitate for another minute, buy one!
    
    M. Barber
675.4I'M A BELIEVER NOW!CSCOA3::CONWAY_JMon Jul 10 1989 14:3611
    Played one of our local Municipal courses on Saturday.  We have
    had almost forty inches of rain since the first of the year, so
    the rough is real thick and real high. On 15 I pulled my tee shot
    into the real deep stuff. I took a swing at it with my 3 wood,
    and managed to bump it up about 20 yards into even worse rough.
    The guy I was playing with loaned me his "tour cleek"; small, heavy
    clubhead, about a 5 woods worth of loft, and with this club I was
    able to dig it out, and hit a fairly high shot with about a 5 iron
    distance back onto the fairway, and just short of the green. I'm
    sold! What brands of clubs, besides Taylor, sell this type of trouble
    club?  About how much should I expect to pay for one?
675.56 woodCAM::ZIOMEKMon Jul 10 1989 14:5217
    
    Hi,
    
    	When I bought my wood's, I bought the 1,3,6 instead of the 5.
    I use the 6 wood for both fairway shots as well as in the rough
    with equal results. My 6 wood (ping) has a very heavy head for slicing
    thru the rough, but what really makes it unique is the closed clubface.
    I noticed alot of times when I used a three wood out of even a short
    rough, I would tend to slice the ball alot. This happened because
    of the club being "dragged" through the taller grass, hence opening
    the clubface. But with the closed face of the 6 wood, even with
    it dragging some through the grass, goes straighter and farther.
    Also, the metal cleat on the bottom of the club is more than twice
    the thickness of the driver. It's a great club, i'll never part
    with it. 
    
    John
675.6Purchased 7 Wood Over the WeekendNRPUR::CUSACKMon Jul 10 1989 15:0510
    I wound up purchasing a 7 wood over the weekend.  I bought a Spalding
    Executive 7 wood (matches my other Executive woods), and it only
    cost $35.00 at the discount golf place in Marlboro.  The clubs ranged
    from $35 to $60 or so for the more expensive metal woods.  I used
    it over the weekend and really liked the club.  The heavy head cuts
    through the rough well, and I even played it from the fairway a
    few times with success.  For me anyways, it's a worthwhile club
    to have.
    
    Mike