Hogan

Thinking about replacing current 18 degree 5-wood with a 16.5 or 17 degree 4-wood. Any advise out about who is making such clubs besides Mizuno and Ping? Anyone using a 4-wood currently and how do you like it? Thanks

Fourputt

Look at the loft rather than the number. My Adams Ovation 2 is 16°. I was looking for a 4W too, but decided to go with a weak 3W instead. There seemed to be more choices if I didn't worry about the number of the club.

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Rick

Driver - Mizuno MX-560 9.5°
3W - Mizuno F-60 15°
4W - Mizuno F-60 16.5°
22° & 25° TM Rescue hybrid
6I thru PW King Cobra 3400I/XH
Gap Wedge52° Callaway X Tour
SW - Cleveland CG11 56°
High Wedge - 58° Callaway X Tour
Putter - Golfsmith Enterprise

USGA Index 11.1

ActionJackson

I agree with Rick, go with the degree (loft) and you will have a lot more choices. One brands 4 woods may be another's 3 or 5. In the 15.5 degree to 17 degree range there are tons of options; titleist, cobra, ping, nike, callaway, taylormade, mizuno.....you get the picture.

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-A.J.

In My OGIO Bag;
Cleveland Hibore Tour XL 11.5* (UST MOI Proforce V2 66G Stiff)
PING Rapture 3 Wood (ADILA VS "By You" Stiff)
PING G10 5 Wood (UST HL V2 Proforce)
Cleveland Hibore 3I - 5i (Stiff Hibore Graphite-Design)
Mizuno MP-60 6-9iron (PM Rifle 5.5)
46* Cleveland CG Red (PM Rifle 5.5)
54* and 60* Cleveland CG12 (TT DG S300)
YES! Golf; Sophia Blade Putter (35.5" w/ standard grip)
Ball; Titleist ProV1X or Bridgestone B330-S

2* upright and +.5" W/ Golfpride DD2 Grip

Golfbum

Personally I doubt you are going to see much difference in distance between a 18 * and a 17 * fairway wood. One degree of loft is not going to make much difference. What you should be considering is the shafts.

Ball flights can vary a ton just from the shaft alone. If you are looking for a low ball flight you need to try different models of fairway woods. I use Titleist 904F, Pro Trajectory 15 and 18 degree models and the ball flight is lower on those clubs than any other fairway woods I have owned in 25 years. The new model from Titleist has a face that is a bit deeper which is supposed to help get the ball in the air higher and quicker.

If you look back at the past fairway woods, your 18 degree is actually a 4 wood according to the old specs. I have seen 5 woods marked with 20-22 degrees loft. Now those are 7 woods.

Hit the range with some different models of woods and see which one works best for you.