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Fairway Wood - TaylorMade R9

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Can You Really Hit A Fairway Wood? Do you really need a fairway wood? If so, can you really handle it? If not, why do you still carry one? If you carry one, why are you not using it? This is my poser. When a beginner bought a golf set last time they gave you a driver, a 3-wood and a 5-wood all of which we can't handle. In fact, even the more proficient players cannot claim to be a master of their fairway woods. You observe a golf game and you will realise many golfers will inevitably pull out a fairway wood to hit their second shot when they are faced with a distance to go. Ego v Percentage What is the percentage of their success rate? 10-30% probably. If you had used a shorter iron your percentage of a better shot increased to at least 70-80%. Besides, when you did not hit it perfectly, you give yourself a much bigger margin for error as you are less likely to go out of bounds or into the watery grave. Moreover, you are not going to put it on even with ...