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Originally Posted by DeepPurple
I was watching the 3M Tournament and the winner Michael Thompson was carrying a 7 wood. On one hole he was about 270 out and used that 7 and dropped the ball on the green straight down like iron. It was a thing of beauty.
I went on eBay and found a brand new Honma 7 wood, found several and they were $229 new. Found an auction for a new one and I bid and won it for $56 plus shipping. Not knowing how it would play, I didn't want to spend much more, but I figured what the heck. I took it last Friday and tried it twice and was terrible. I need to take it to the range. It's 21 degrees and I don't carry a fairway wood right now. I have a 4 hybrid which I hit about 175 and a 3 hybrid which I hit about 195 with rollout. I needed something for going over 200 without using my driver off the fairway.
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You might already know this, but carrying a 3-hybrid and 7 wood is redundant for your distance gapping in most cases. You might find it easier to find a good 5 wood and use that off the deck. 7 woods are better from the rough (a few guys at the PGA used a 9 wood because of the thicker rough at Harding Park; Vijay Singh used to carry a 9 wood bent 7 degrees open) but will impart more spin and fly higher than a hybrid due to their lower center of gravity.