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Hitting the 3 wood from a difficult lie can be very challenging, but this doesn’t mean you should avoid using the club. The three wood, after your driver is the longest golfclub in the bag, so avoiding it would mean you are sacrificing some distance, and also the opportunity to hit shorter irons into the green.

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. On practicing this, position the golf ball similar to that of the driver,(opposite the inside of your left or lead heel), then spread your weight evenly and comfortably on the balls of your feet, taking a wide stance.

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.

The three wood is not meant to go sky high, so don’t feel like you need to assist it to get it into the air, just try to keep the club head on a level track through impact. Your three-wood and fairway woods have more than enough loft to send your golf ball 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.

Implementing these changes can position you for a much better swing to sweep the ball off of the fairway, while adding more loft to your shot.

Hitting a shot with a more piercing flight and lower trajectory can be achieved by trying to do the opposite, meaning, putting the golf ball in a position you normally hit your irons from, which is about 2 balls width back towards the centre of your stance. Then, adjust your weight to move a bit more onto your front foot.

These slight changes will help to take the loft off the club at impact and produce the low ball flight you need to enable the golfball to run up to and hopefully onto the green.

Altering your stance to hit a different shot with your fairway wood is the much preferred way when you need to produce differing golf ball flights from the same golfclub. It’s more beneficial, safer and simpler to choose this alteration in your stance than changing your golfswing.

Fairway Wood Instructions-From a Tight Lie:

1. Play your golfball back in your stance

2. Sweep the golf ball off the fairway

3. Strike your golfball with a descending blow

4. Adjust your weight to your lead side

5/ Swing through the 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.

It pays to remember one thing, don’t just assume you are going to hit the perfect shot. Release the tension. Don’t let stress and tension slip into your set up. Usually it’s a lot better to tee up the ball on the side of the trouble, this can guard against a possible bad shot. Always aim for a clear definite target in the distance and within reach of the club your using, And don’t worry about distance, It is more of a priority to have accuracy.

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