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Striking a three-wood from a tough lie can be very challenging, but don’t avoid this club for this reason it can only hurt your game. After your driver the three wood is the longest club in your bag, so you’d be sacrificing some distance and the chance to hit shorter iron shots into the green if you leave it out of the bag.

Fairway woods instruction, requires a swing which is a sweeping motion, that hits the ball as the club head moves parallel to the ground, unlike iron shots, which are used to strike the golf ball on a downward swing.

Take a wide stance, as you would using the driver, position the golfball opposite the inside of your left heel and distribute your weight evenly and comfortably on the balls of your feet.

Begin your backswing on a relatively low path that shaves the grass, and try to remember to maintain your right shoulder level to the ground and to pull through the swing with your left hand. Just repeat the shallow path in your downswing.

Try to maintain your head position, your upper torso should be behind the golf ball, make sure to extend your arms toward the target in the follow through.

Trying to assist the ball into the air won’t help. Don’t feel that you need to try, the 3 wood isn’t meant to go sky high, just keep the club head on an even track through the impact zone. The fairway woods and the three wood have enough loft to send the golfball on it’s way.

To play the high golf shot, where say, you need to go over water or need more loft, play the golf ball a bit further forward in your stance and drop your hands slightly at the address position. Try to place a little extra weight over your back foot by leaning your spine away from your target.

These slight position changes will encourage a better swing, and enable you to sweep the golf ball off the fairway and add a little more loft to the shot.

To hit a golf shot with a lower, piercing ball flight, just do the opposite. Meaning, place the golf ball where you would normally play a mid iron from, it’s about 2 ball widths back towards the middle of your stance, then place more weight onto your front leg.

These alterations to your set-up can assist you to take the loft off the golf club at impact, which will produce a lower ball flight and hopefully allow your golfball to run up onto the green.

It is much more preferred to adjust your stance, than to alter your swing to hit different shots with your fairway woods, especially when trying to produce different ball flights. Changing your stance is simpler, safer and more beneficial than trying to alter your swing for every shot.

Hitting a 3 Wood from a Tight Lie-Fairway Wood Instruction:

1. Play your golfball back in your stance

2. Sweep your golfball from the fairway

3. Strike your golfball with a descending blow

4. Shift your weight to your lead side

5. Swing through the golf ball

To hit different shots and achieve the lofts you require to drop strokes off your game, the key is to adjust your stance not your swing with your fairway woods.

Remember this, hitting the perfect shot isn’t always, if ever, going to happen, just relax and don’t let stress and tension creep into your game. Always tee your ball up on the same side as the trouble you may face, so you hit away from it, aim for a clear target in the distance. Don’t worry about hitting it a mile, concentrate on accuracy, distance will come.

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