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Face height on fairway woods - what do you prefer and why?

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Brianbigoats said:
The Callaway Deep series just seem like monsters i noticed last year that the 3deep was not that hard to hit off the deck cut sure shinned off the tee
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Wait until you give the 5Deep a try dude. It is going to be a game changer for me.
 
For a 3 wood I prefer a bit deeper face, on say a 5 wood more shallow.
 
I find shallow faced woods to be very tough to hit off the tee and I don't have too much trouble hitting deeper faces from the deck.
As such, I prefer medium to deeper faces on my fairway woods.
 
I seem to do better with shallower faces off the deck, but like a deeper face off the tee. With that, I'll work with either and probably prefer deeper overall as I tend to use my fairways more off the tee than the deck.
 
Shallowed face all the way
 
Deep face for me. Even when I had a shallow faced 3w I always used my 3hy from the turf. Just better consistency for me. Plus if I have to hit 3w from the deck, I should just be laying up
 
I prefer a shallow face on a club I will actually use from the fairway but I'm with Tim that if I'm hitting three wood it is probably a bad idea. I do like the mini driver types out right now as a back up club off he tee.
 
I like a deeper face. I have hybrids for hitting off the deck from tighter lies. If I need a fairway wood to get to the green, I'm probably laying up to 90 yards anyway.
 
I'm fine with either. My 2007 Burner TP has a shallower face than my rbz stage 2, but they're both great off the tee and off the deck. I had problems with the rounded sole of the original rbz and the 3 deep though.
 
No question, shallow face off the deck...launches higher with more spin, and deep face off the tee which launches lower with less spin.
 
ArmyGolf said:
I find shallow faced woods to be very tough to hit off the tee and I don't have too much trouble hitting deeper faces from the deck.
As such, I prefer medium to deeper faces on my fairway woods.
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I'd be interested to see how you get on with a Mashie FW, with it having such a deep face. I presume the Bio is a little deeper face then?
 
SkiBumGolfer said:
I'd be interested to see how you get on with a Mashie FW, with it having such a deep face. I presume the Bio is a little deeper face then?
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Its neither shallow nor deep. Somewhere in the middle but they are effective both from the deck and the tee.
 
ArmyGolf said:
Its neither shallow nor deep. Somewhere in the middle but they are effective both from the deck and the tee.
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Hmmmm...ponderponderponder hehe

Will definitely be on my list to swing whenever I get to Pro Golf.
 
I like more shallow, or in between works. I like to use my 3W from the tee and off the deck. Off the tee with a shallow face is an easy adjustment to me. Just lower the tee :bulgy-eyes:
 
drp3434 said:
I like more shallow, or in between works. I like to use my 3W from the tee and off the deck. Off the tee with a shallow face is an easy adjustment to me. Just lower the tee :bulgy-eyes:
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Precisely why I am pondering a switch! Makes the deck easier, and the only adjustment you need to make off the tee is to tee it up more like a hybrid.

impistolpete said:
Try the x hot pro from last year too. Kind of right in between shallow and deep.
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Thanks for the suggestion man - I plan on trying the regular X Hot as well to see which face height I get on with better. Both are certainly shallower than the Mashie, but I'm just not sure how drastic of a change I want to make at this juncture.
 
I like really shallow. I had a shallowish Maxfli 3W but I couldn't hit it off the deck. My new Stage 2 is fantastic off the tee or the ground.
 
The 3 deep is just a little too much but deeper is better for me.
 
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