00:04Hi, my name is Nick Drane. I'm a PGA professional and Master Fitting Specialist here at the
00:08Titleist Performance Center at Woburn. In this video, we're going to talk about how to hit your
00:13fairway wood off the ground. One of the most common mistakes I see golfers make when they
00:22try to hit a fairway wood off the ground is that they try and lift the golf ball into the
00:25air.
00:26So from a good setup position, I see that their weight transfer works back to their trail side,
00:34and they're trying to lift it in the air, catching it either in the bottom of the club or at
00:38the top
00:39of it and miss hitting it. In order to hit your three wood off the ground successfully, we need
00:47to do the opposite. So what I'd like to see is from a good setup position is that as you
00:53come into
00:53impact, you've actually got your weight transferring through towards your target. And what you'll see,
01:00what some of the best players in the world do, is a lot of them even actually take a small
01:03divot with
01:03their fairway wood, which implies that they're actually hitting down through the golf ball,
01:07much like how you'd hit an iron. By having the proper weight transfer, you're also going to present
01:12the entire club face to the golf ball, hitting it out of the sweet spot. Okay, so it might feel
01:18like you're taking loft off the golf club in this sense, but what you're doing is you're actually
01:22presenting the entire face of the golf ball, getting better contact and more distance and
01:27more consistency. The other important element to consider, we're all individual golfers with
01:32individual speeds, golf swings, how we deliver the golf club. The important thing to do, see a PGA
01:37professional, get properly fitted for a three wood. Traditionally, a three wood has been 15 degrees
01:42and loft, but for some golfers, they might need more loft initially. So you might find that you
01:47actually hit something like 16 and a half or an 18 degree fairway wood further and better than a 15
01:54degree three wood.
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