I COULDN'T Hit My 3 Wood Correctly Until I knew This

For years I couldn't hit my 3 wood correctly until I knew this. The concept of sweeping the ball away with my fairway woods ruined my ball striking but this minor tweak fixed it all.

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[ArtJorgensen]

We've got snow right now so no golf. For the last several days I've been examining how to hit the 3 wood higher on the golf ball and not hitting the ground until after the ball. I think most of my life I've been eyeing hitting the ground and the ball at the same time--and I've never been good with the 3 wood--it's the worst club in my bag. And then I ran across this video! It fits right in with my concept of how I can fix my 3 wood. Can't wait to get on the course to try it out. Thank you!

[seenful]

Dude thank you for the comic relief. That first swing you took had me rolling!! That described way too many shots I’ve been taking with my 3 lately. I used to hit it really well but for some reason I got away from that swing. I’ll give it a go next outing and swing at it more like an iron. That was when I had the most success with it

[canuck_gamer]

Although that is a nice, effective demonstration, I think it would be much more effective if you had an actual amateur who can't hit their 3 wood and have he or she demonstrate that technique and see how well it works. I struggle mightily with my 3 wood and even when I hit it as well as I can, it still can't get up in the air as far as it should. I've watched dozens of videos and had multiple people tell me how to do it and yet here I am. Show us an average, high handicap golfer learning how to hit the 3 wood and that would be VERY helpful and effective.

[johnk.atchley]

Very useful. I see that you are making a swing pretty much the same as a correct swing with the irons, with bracing the trail leg on the backswing to avoid swaying and turning the shoulders with your head staying over the ball, then shifting your weight on to the left leg just BEFORE completing the backswing so that you can rotate and bring the bottom of the swing to just in front of the ball. I am 82, have played for over 60 years, but making a correct weight shift and rotation has been a problem for me for years and years. The good thing about golf is you can learn to improve all your life. And videos on YouTube like yours and those from a dozen other excellent coaches have been immensely instructive and helpful. I have been working hard on making a correct and correctly timed weight shift at my local PGA Superstore practice bays with their Foresight GC Hawk launch monitors so I can get actual data. My iron play is definitely improving. But as I began to strike my irons better, it seemed like I have been having trouble with the fairway woods. Over the past months I added a 21 degree 7 wood and 24 degree 9 wood to my driver, 15 degree 3 wood and 18 degree 5 wood. The high lofted woods replace my 2, 3 and 4 irons and even make the 5 iron an option. When hit correctly, the fly really high, like giant 8 or 9 irons, which is what you want so that the ball will reach the green and stop. However, I recently began been hitting the 7 and 9 woods poorly, thin, lower than should be. So I began to wonder if there were differences between the correct swing for mid and short irons and for fairway woods. However, after viewing this video plus one or two others it looks like the correct swing is basically the same, so my problem must be something else. perhaps the tendency to sway that you noted, and possibly something related to the longer shafts. But thanks a lot for this very helpful video, it gives me something to work hard on.

[kentbrown]

Loved your video mate. It was clear, concise and direct. Would like to have seen ball flight/tracer as an after shot. Here in Australia, fairways are built from some of the toughest subsoils on the planet and then baked in dry hot conditions. If you're gonna hit a fairway wood well, you're gonna have to not take a divot. You need to cut the grass to the top of the roots and avoid the sub soil. Cheers.

[kennethhardin]

It's exactly what I do!! Thank you for the tips, I'll give them a try!

[yadthink]

Really good lesson. I think this is another instance where launch monitors have changed the way golf is taught, because when I started out in golf, I was told to sweep the 3-wood. Another benefit of launch monitors is they've shown that most golfers will hit a 4-wood farther than a 3-wood (when you include mishits).

[stephensmith]

My 3 Wood has been my best and my worst club in my bag. When I'm on, I'm on; when I'm off, I'm off. It's Winter here in centraL U.S., but I can't wait to get out to try these tips. Thanks!

[mikerodrick]

Hi Ali; in addition to the other points you've made, we swing faster & try to hit it too hard because of the distance we need rather than swinging slower & with control & let the club do the work. The same as other shots but even more extreme.

[sscully]

Bravo! Best explanation I’ve heard for hitting fairway woods! 👍

[amitray]

Brilliant Ali❤You are spot on as usual. Highly appreciate

[creamabdul-jabbar]

I play with people do some wonky thinking. 560 yard par 5 hit a 250 yard driver pull a 3 wood and think they’re getting the green even have heard them say I’ve reached in 2 before stop thinking you’re reaching in 2 if you’re not covering 60 percent of the distance off the tee. I call the 3 wood what it stands for for most of us. Means if I hit this thing odds are it’s going in the woods 3 times

[johnhall]

Hi Danny I can sometimes get far to wooden with Driver great video lesson thank you as a senior golfer it’s good to see your Dad taking part!

[Golf_Quest]

Do you have any data about what your fairway wood weight distribution is using Salted Insoles? It would be interesting to see your 3w vs your 3i weight distribution during each swing. I will definitely be trying to take a shallow divot in front of the ball with my fairway woods in the future!

[christophersoltis]

How did you PERFECTLY emulate my “round killing 3’ 3 wood topper”??? I may have to have a friend film me and overlay it to see if these are in fact identical!!! Great teaching mate - my 3 wood May never forgive you for the punishment about to rain down like hell🔥

[eckathewrecka]

Thanks for this lesson and my main issue is that I keep topping the 3 wood. I've had the ball mainly center of my swing. I'll try it a be more forward as per your lesson

[scottyboy]

Magic ali great demonstration and so simplified if I can hit my 3 wood consistently it would reduce my score so much cheers 👍🏻

[billbel]

Always you provide great explanations…

[philfoggs]

Thanks Ali, I'm going to apply these pointers to my next training session.

[jjinmisang]

0:21 The shot is very familiar to me 🤣