Iron swing vs fairway wood swing: differences explained

Iron swing vs fairway wood swing: differences explained. What is the difference between the swing with an Iron and a Wood? Check your setup and the angle of attack.

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[Calmdown]

Have been struggling with the 3 wood recently, since having lessons has vastly improved my iron play! Great video, thanks!

[TG]

These are Excellent pro tips, all meat no filler! How does this channel not have at least 10X more subscribers? Oh right, it's a crazy world we inhabit.

[neildollar]

This is the best golf channel. It’s what the news used to be—not only informational but also to-the-point. It’s certainly possible to spend 15 minutes learning the same thing from the formulaic channels (painfully long intro+request to ‘smash that like button’ +incessant gabbing+nugget of information+more pleas for subscriptions, likes, and comments), but why would you?

[orangeblack]

I started golf a few months ago. I was hitting none of my clubs relatively straight other than maybe my p and 9i. But I made good-ish contact, woods included. I've concentrated mostly on the irons since then, so I'm reliable enough to hit fairways and distances. I'm at a point now where I am happy enough to go longer.. so I tried my woods again. I can't hit them any more. Not one bit. For some reason, starting with my hybrids up to driver I will just absolutely murder the ground miles before I even touch the ball. I have no clue why but every time I ram the clubhead straight into the ground. Its so frustrating and I fear for my shafts.

[patrickdabs]

As an inconsistent ball striker, address position was my biggest issue. Now that I have a proper setup routine for foot and hand position addressing the ball, I rarely hit chunky shots. In this single season I dropped 6 strokes off my handicap by making my address consistent with each club. Save yourself some frustration and help your muscle memory, make up a 10sec setup routine for each club and you’ll find the miss much faster.

[untungsurapati]

From Indonesia : Thank You for your tutorial my Coach Tom

[ristantowydiantoro]

Thanks Tom... really helpful explanation for a rookie like me! 👍

[pedromorales]

Thank you for that great explanation. That answers a lot of questions.

[martindavies]

The one comment I was expecting from you was an explanation as to when would you favour the wood as compared to the long iron. So far I have learnt the hard way that the lie of the ball is very important as if it’s in a divot the iron is safer, as I am more likely to top the ball with the fairway wood. However, if I am on a gentle uphill slope that guarantees me a clean strike then it’s the fairway, unless there’s a risk of it running through the green, in which case the iron is more likely to stop in time. Do you agree, or is this too detailed?

[geauxtime]

what about long irons? flatter swing plane vs short irons?

[claudiochisani]

HI Tom, thank you for the great explanation, I noticed that occasionally I hit behind the ball, sometimes I flush the 3 wood, irons. Is there any way you could record a video on all things to watch for when playing the shot to avoid it? For instance, If we throw too early (the hand movement that is so good to imagine), I may hit behind. If I don't post properly and throw, I hook it (collapse on the left side) . If I don't shift weight probably, and so on. If there is a video with examples, it would be so good! I think other members asked. Something to watch before going to the range/course. Appreciate all your insight. The chipping/pitching videos where using the upper body mostly for accuracy are great and they work so well on the course.

[claudiochisani]

And if we have to have a visual of the driver how would you describe it Tom?

[ribusgan]

Thinking steep makes my long irons (4&5) fade more than I would want them to. And thinking too flat, makes my fairway wood [15 degree] (sometimes) to thin out. And then I have a 19 degree 3 rescue/ hybrid. I get confused if I should hit it like the 3 wood or 4 iron. So far they are not utterly bad contact, but I try not to tweak my swing thoughts around them. 5i onwards, I try to think "long arc".
Also, the balls positions shown here looked different from mine. I place the 3 wood at least half inch inside the left heel in a wide stance. And the 4&5 iron, around one ball left of centre in a standard stance. If I remember all these things, of course!! :-D

[cterrwf]

For fairway wood it looks like your hands are slightly behind ball. Is that so please?

[digitalcanvas]

I would like to know what effect this has on the ball. Does a wood roll more? Does an iron have more backspin? Why do you chose one of these clubs over the other? These are crucial questions for any of your videos

[michaelsherry]

Is Rescue club iron or wood swing? I have a 24 degree taylormade rescue

[truchua]

The ball position seems way to the left for me