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Stuart
2nd March 2019, 06:13 PM
Odd problem - just picked up a new five wood (Callaway GBB) and for whatever reason I am hitting massive duffs just with that club. As in consistently hitting the ground about 5cms behind the ball (well behind the centre of my feet).

I can’t ever remember hitting it that badly. Weirdly, every other club from driver to lob wedge is fine. I felt confident with it in hand to begin with, but now starting to wonder what the hell is going on. I’ve checked ball position and that seems OK. Equally, that wouldn’t explain why every other club is not affected.

Any thoughts as to why this would be? I wondered about the shafts but they are similar (x-flex) in all clubs, and the length is appropriate (i.e. the five wood is shorter than the 3 wood and longer than the 3-iron).

blurry
3rd March 2019, 11:24 AM
Weight of the club ?


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3oneday
3rd March 2019, 12:40 PM
You prob need a new driver.


;)

Stuart
3rd March 2019, 03:43 PM
Weight of the club ?


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Good suggestion - I thought of that this morning. Total weight between my 3 and 5 wood is slightly different (320 to 340grms) but swingweight appears to be the same on both (D3). I don't think I am at all swing-weight sensitive (or more likely, I am simply not good enough to notice) in any event - I've used clubs from C9 through to E2 and couldn't honestly tell any difference.

I'll try it out again, as it may just have been one of those bizarre things.

Stuart
3rd March 2019, 03:44 PM
You prob need a new driver.


;)

That was my first thought as well!

But no. I think I actually need a new putter ....

bongoey
8th March 2019, 06:31 PM
Did you find out if weight of the club was the issue?

Stuart
14th March 2019, 08:02 PM
So, I have changed the shaft out and things have improved a lot. A bit of research has helped out.

So, what I have realised is that the club is not precisely a standard five wood - it is the 'heavenwood' version. It has 20 degree of loft (approximately that of a 5/6 wood), and I assumed it would therefore be similar to a five wood. However, it has a larger head than normal five woods, and is evidently sold with a longer shaft than normal (ie. similar to a three wood shaft). I had just assumed that it would perform similar to a five wood, but it wasn't until I stuck a quite heavy 85 gram shaft into it that it started to perform even remotely acceptably. I then tried an old x-100 shaft I had previously used in 2-iron, and I started hitting it really well.

Interesting experience - I wouldn't have thought the lightweight shaft (which still swingweighted to D3) would have made a difference to me. But there was obviously a major mismatch between the shaft and head for me.