3-wood

January 23rd, 2026

Which goes further, a fade with driver or draw with 3-wood? Our test gives a clear answer

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July 19th, 2025

Open Championship 2025: Bob MacIntyre contends using a 3-wood from his amateur days worth $24

Distance is not the reason MacIntyre keeps this museum piece in his bag.

August 13th, 2024

High-lofted fairway woods have their place, but don’t I need a 3-wood for off the tee?

Some people can absolutely smoke a 3-wood, so we are in no way saying no one should be using them. But if you fall into that camp, you are a statistical anomaly.

April 24th, 2024

That 3-wood in your bag is more a problem than a solution

Although conventional thinking among golfers is to carry a 3-wood because you want to hit your fairway woods as far as possible, the fact is you’re likely doing yourself a disservice.

March 2nd, 2024

Why you shouldn’t hit 3-wood off the tee

Data from ShotScope studied millions of tee shots from everyday golfers and found the percentage golfers found the fairway using a driver is nearly identical to that with a 3-wood.

November 3rd, 2022

Tiger Woods: The ‘single swing thought’ that led to one of his best shots ever

October 26th, 2022

Play your best without your best stuff

My tips to help you salvage your round.

January 17th, 2022

Watch Hideki Matsuyama hit an all-time filthy 3-wood to win the Sony Open in a playoff

They say seeing is believing, but whoever “they” is who said that didn’t “see” Hideki Matsuyama pull off the early contender for 2022’s shot of the year.

August 26th, 2021

Rory McIlroy threw his 3-wood towards the New Jersey Turnpike because sometimes clubs need to die

We come here not to criticise Rory McIlroy for what he did to his 3-wood on Monday, but to sympathise.

November 14th, 2020

MASTERS 2020: Who needs a driver at Augusta? Danny Willett cracks his, uses 3-wood off tee and shoots career low

That Danny Willett cracked his driver at the end of his opening round Friday morning in the 84th Masters, and then shot a second-round six-under 66 later in the day without it, has to deliver some kind of message, doesn’t it?

3-wood: Flush It Off The Deck

MUST WATCH: Rory McIlroy ends a round of 64 with “one of the best shots of my career”

British Open 2017: Mickelson plans to leave driver at home

David Leadbetter: Finding The Fairway

Anna Nordqvist: 3W Vs. 3H

WATCH US PGA Tour winner Daniel Berger hit his 3-wood 300 yards

March 1st, 2016

VIDEO: David Leadbetter tips on hitting 3-wood off the deck

VIDEO: Watch renowned instructor David Leadbetter’s tips on hitting the 3-wood off the deck.

January 15th, 2016

VIDEO TIP: Tim Clark on how to hit the 3-wood off the deck

Watch Tim Clark show you the correct way to set up and hit the 3-wood off the deck.

November 5th, 2015

Deciding between a ‘mini’ driver and a fairway wood?

Deciding between a ‘mini’ driver and a fairway wood? Let us help you out.

Virginia 2026 Leaderboard

PlayersTeams

Pos	Player	Tot	Thru	Rnd
1	Lucas Herbert	-24	18	4
2	Sergio Garcia	-20	18	4
3	Bryson DeChambeau	-19	18	4
4	Dean Burmester	-18	18	4
5	Josele Ballester	-17	18	4
T6	Thomas Detry	-16	18	4
T6	Anthony Kim	-16	18	4
T8	Scott Vincent	-15	18	4
T8	Jon Rahm	-15	18	4
T8	Joaquin Niemann	-15	18	4
11	Victor Perez	-14	18	4
T12	Caleb Surratt	-13	18	4
T12	David Puig	-13	18	4
T14	Charles Howell III	-12	18	4
T14	Marc Leishman	-12	18	4
T14	Paul Casey	-12	18	4
17	Tyrrell Hatton	-11	18	4
T18	Ian Poulter	-10	18	4
T18	Graeme McDowell	-10	18	4
T18	Dustin Johnson	-10	18	4
T21	Branden Grace	-9	18	4
T21	Adrian Meronk	-9	18	4
T21	Jeongwoo Ham	-9	18	4
T21	Tom McKibbin	-9	18	4
25	Miguel Tabuena	-8	18	4
T26	Thomas Pieters	-7	18	4
T26	Cameron Smith	-7	18	4
T26	Richard Bland	-7	18	4
T26	Charl Schwartzel	-7	18	4
T30	Lee Westwood	-6	18	4
T30	Carlos Ortiz	-6	18	4
T30	Richard T. Lee	-6	18	4
T30	Younghan Song	-6	18	4
T30	Sebastian Muñoz	-6	18	4
T35	Byeong Hun An	-5	18	4
T35	Björn Hellgren	-5	18	4
T35	Bubba Watson	-5	18	4
T35	Yosuke Asaji	-5	18	4
T39	Martin Kaymer	-4	18	4
T39	Brendan Steele	-4	18	4
T39	Talor Gooch	-4	18	4
42	Louis Oosthuizen	-3	18	4
43	Abraham Ancer	-2	18	4
T44	Matthew Wolff	-1	18	4
T44	Anirban Lahiri	-1	18	4
T46	Michael La Sasso	E	18	4
T46	Cameron Tringale	E	18	4
T46	Jason Kokrak	E	18	4
T46	Laurie Canter	E	18	4
T46	Elvis Smylie	E	18	4
T51	Harold Varner III	+1	18	4
T51	Luis Masaveu	+1	18	4
53	Ben Campbell	+4	18	4
54	Peter Uihlein	+5	18	4
55	Sam Horsfield	+6	18	4
56	Minkyu Kim	+10	18	4
	Danny Lee	-2		4