Choosing the best fairway wood

When choosing a fairway wood, the club that's best for you is the one that hits the longest, straightest shots.  Choosing the best fairway wood is a highly personal decision, usually made up from years of trial and error.  Remember the second and third shots on long holes are very important:

Par 5 - Driver + fairway wood _ chip + two putts

Par 4 = Driver + fairway wood + two putts

While I'm no expert of fairway woods, I have played with many of them, and I've found that there are three manufactures are tops in my book"

• Callaway - The Callaway "X" fairway woods work great for me

• Taylor Made - The old standby, great rescue woods with amazing feel

• Bobby Jones - My all-time favorite fairway woods!

My traditional best fairway wood is the Taylor Made cleek from the 1980's (the old reliable "Ginte"), an amazing, forgiving fairway wood that still has a special place in my bag.

This club is magnificent, a great rescue club where the rails allow you to dig out of a tough lie with enough club head velocity to blast you out with respectable distance.  But this Ginte fairway club is ancient, a 1980’s model, and the technology has changed.

Almost best - The Callaway fairway woods

I tried this Calloway Big Bertha fairway wood, but the super-light club head feels strange to me.

For a fairway wood with a bit more heft, Janet likes the Callaway “Hot X” model fairway woods.  They have more weight in the club head and you can get some centrifugal force going before impact.

But what’s the best fairway woods for a mid to high handicapper?

For my money, it’s between the Callaway Hot-X and the new Bobby Jones fairway woods.

Best fairway wood - The Bobby Jones fairway woods

The Bobby Jones fairway woods are superb for us, Janet and I both have one, and Janet is thinking of replacing her long irons with Bobby Jones fairway woods.  The craftsmanship of the Bobby Jones fairway woods is superb:

It’s psychological, but playing with a well-crafted club improves my game, a sharp club for a sharp shot, and you cannot beat the Bobby Jones fairway woods::

Amazing feel and craftsmanship - the best fairway wood for me!

Again, when choosing the best fairway wood, don't be afraid to take out some demo clubs and try a lot of options.  Your choice of fairway wood has a direct and immediate impact on your score!