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Equipment & Fitting · Equipment Insight

Avoid duplicating a five-wood's fairway distance

The instructor prefers the mini driver because his five-wood already covers about 250 to 255 yards. He questions how often he needs a three-wood to carry 270, framing club choice around whether the longer fairway distance is actually needed.

Channel: Club Champion

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Why this context matters

The yardages are the instructor's personal carry numbers and should be scaled to the golfer.