How To Hit Your 3 Wood PERFECT

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One of the hardest clubs to hit in your golf bag is a 3 wood! But not any more! In todays video I’m going to show you exactly how to hit your 3 wood consistently every time!
In this video I will run you through the correct concepts, the perfect 3 wood setup, the best swing thoughts to have whilst hitting your 3 wood, a great drill to hone your skills and how to hit your 3 wood off the tee. 3 wood is one of the most versatile clubs so mastering it is a crucial skill!
This is a must watch video for golfers of any level who are serious about improving their game! By learning the correct 3 wood technique you’ll be on your way to better golf!
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@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Hi everyone, interested to know whether you love or hate your 3 wood?

@BryanGonzales-rj4sf 10 ай бұрын

I hate my 3 wood but this will change it 😂 Great video

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

@@BryanGonzales-rj4sf hope this changes it!

@JH-yu6jv 10 ай бұрын

Hate it! But will try to change that after these tips.

@AngieMcG 10 ай бұрын

I don’t have one - I only have hybrids. I need to get a wood

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

@@AngieMcG definitely do!

@denisemcgeachy 3 күн бұрын

One of the MOST helpful videos on my weakest shot!

@Gilesgillgolf 3 күн бұрын

Glad it helped

@jamesbradt7186 Ай бұрын

I just recently came across your site and watched the video you have for the 3 wood, I have been struggling with it for a while and could not figure out what I was doing wrong. After watching your video and seeing my mistakes I am now crushing my 3 wood . I am hitting it long (over 200 yards) and straight, pretty good for a 70 year old guy, thank you for putting out great easy to understand videos. Will definitly watch your video on How To Hit A Hybrid, a club I have been struggling to hit.

@Gilesgillgolf Ай бұрын

Sounds like you’re making great progress! Please do check it out

@johnschwartz1536 10 ай бұрын

Excellent explanation and demonstration Giles on effectively hitting the 3 wood. For years, I used the three wood a lot on long par 3's, 4's and 5's. I live in Southern California, and a few years ago, a drought hit and our fairways started drying up. Because the 3 wood needs a fairly "cushiony" lie and we didn't have those anymore, I quit using the 3 wood. Now, the grasses are growing back and the fairways are beginning to show some cushion and maybe I will again start using the 3 wood again. I do hit my 5 wood using the same suggestions that you presented for hitting the 3 wood. Good Job As Always Giles!! I always enjoy and learn from your input!

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Thank you! Great to hear you enjoyed the video & I hope this helps your 3 wood & 5 wood

@harryhall3469 10 ай бұрын

Amazing video as always! I’ve struggled with 3 wood but this video will help massively!

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Thank you Harry! Glad you enjoyed it!

@northotagogolf 10 ай бұрын

I've had a 3 wood in my bag for decades - in fact, I learned to use that before I even owned a driver. Personally, I'm not too keen on teeing it up for a 3 wood but I will occasionally. I think it's paramount to practice and learn, to hit the ball off the deck initially until it's ingrained - you will never fear hitting off the fairway again if you do.

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Of course it’s one of those where it’s personal preference to tee it up. Always start with hitting it off the ground yes

@LaLaLand11111221 6 ай бұрын

I always used to position based on legs, but your suggestion of positioning ball based on shoulders makes so much more sense. I will start practicing with that. Seems like that is universally applicable for all clubs, but more obvious for irons as center of legs will be center of shoulders so does not matter as much. Thanks for that perspective.

@Gilesgillgolf 6 ай бұрын

Thank you & I hope this helps! I would always use upper body personally

@national2706 Ай бұрын

Super coaching. Thanks Giles.

@Gilesgillgolf Ай бұрын

Thank you!

@thomaszachariah4756 6 ай бұрын

The explanation was very logical & practical. Would try to follow the advise tomorrow on the Course !!

@Gilesgillgolf 6 ай бұрын

Good luck!

@jimthomson1892 10 ай бұрын

Nice video. My 3-wood and I have a love/hate relationship 🤪

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

I think most people do 😂

@AngieMcG 10 ай бұрын

Super helpful! Thank you ⛳️

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Glad I could help 😊

@Virginonoblivion 10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the video. Hate my 3 wood. Working on having a consistency to it now.

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Hope this helps!

@chrisengland1 10 ай бұрын

Love mine & apply your exact technique - great vid

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@user-pl5ox4tj9r 10 ай бұрын

Love the 3 wood and love the content you upload really have help loads with my game thank you very much 👌🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Amazing! Thank you & great to hear my content is helping you!

@henrydoran615 2 ай бұрын

Thanks Giles. This is very clear and comprehensive. I am sure I am like a lot of golfers going through periods when 3 wood is easy and then after a few mis-hits confidence is lost. It is very helpful to be reminded of the fundamentals.:

@Gilesgillgolf 2 ай бұрын

Thank you & you’re 100% right

@carlor.s.4742 10 ай бұрын

I gave up trying to hit a 3 wood for 2-3 years, but I started using it again last year. Sometimes great, sometimes not, depending on the day. Lots of great info in this video. I think I have the ball too far forward so I'm going to try lining it up off my left ear as you suggested.

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

I hope this helps and make you more consistent with your 3 wood!

@jcee6886 2 ай бұрын

Great instruction!

@Gilesgillgolf 2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@nilocdraw3560 10 ай бұрын

I have a 3 and a 5+ and love them both.

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Amazing!

@joeybearnuts 8 ай бұрын

Just wanna say thank you. Watched this video before my round and killed it with the 3 wood. 👍

@Gilesgillgolf 8 ай бұрын

That’s amazing! Glad this video helped!

@alanpotter3146 8 ай бұрын

I have a 30 year ol callaway 2 wood hawkeye,and its my go to club,this will help even more.I also have a cobra bafler,5 years old now,not as good as the 2 wood.

@Gilesgillgolf 8 ай бұрын

When you love a club you never want to let it go!

@grahamdodsworth6871 8 ай бұрын

love 3 wood especially from fairway

@Gilesgillgolf 8 ай бұрын

Great club to love!

@stevenewtons7873 7 ай бұрын

Excellent video. I finally managed to hit properly my 5 and 7 woods thanks to you. Can you please do a video on how to hit a 5 Iron, compared to a 7 Iron ?

@Gilesgillgolf 7 ай бұрын

Believe it or not it’s exactly the same

@user-kz1ik1ni8j 2 ай бұрын

Love it

@Gilesgillgolf 2 ай бұрын

Thank you

@kennedyonyedikachi199 8 ай бұрын

Very good

@Gilesgillgolf 8 ай бұрын

Thank you!

@phyllicegitumbi9235 12 күн бұрын

Thanks for the videos...i have started playing my HB wood and gaining distance. I have a HB and FW wood, not sure which one is a 3 wood or 5 wood.

@Gilesgillgolf 12 күн бұрын

By HB do you mean hybrid

@user-tx1zs5iw3i 10 ай бұрын

I just put my 3 wood back in my bag. I recently bought a 5 wood which I love, but I have been struggling with my driver and I needed some extra distance so the 3 wood is back. I have been using it more to tee off with, I have always struggled in the fairway with it. Im looking forward to trying your advice as I know my setup is not correct. Thanks for the tips..

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Hope this helps and great to hear you’re loving the 5 wood

@showmemomaineiac32 10 ай бұрын

I have 3 & 5. Roughly same distance. Only use 3 wood in fairway or tee. I assume all principles are same with 5W??

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Exactly the same yes

@robjung2018 10 ай бұрын

3 wood is a crucial weapon to lower scores. Either to keep tight fairways or get on with two on par 5's. I use a 4 wood to help me launch easier, but now i think i need the extra 10-15 yards from my wood. Its 20 years old and my brand new 3 hybrid is going similar distance.

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Sounds like you need an upgrade! Will make a huge difference

@robjung2018 10 ай бұрын

@@Gilesgillgolfjust picked up a new cobra radspeed 3 wood on sale. Crushing it. Next round, no driver!!! My driver ob has been costing me a few strokes a round.

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

@@robjung2018 be sure to check out my driver videos! But great to hear the 3 wood sounds solid

@waynedickman5844 10 ай бұрын

Hate 3 wood have trouble squaring the club face. 10:45

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Be sure to make sure you have the right shaft and then remember to not try and have an excessive amount of shaft lean

@Quicks792 10 ай бұрын

Is that ball position the same for every club?

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

No. Check out my ball position video 👍🏻

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

No. Check out my ball position video 👍🏻

@majilistanggau9681 9 ай бұрын

65 and learning things i was ignorant of all these years....Btw where are you located ?

@Gilesgillgolf 9 ай бұрын

Always keep learning is the key! Bletchingly England

@Sol_Bull 5 ай бұрын

Don’t have one. I hit 4 iron 235 so I can get away with driver 4 iron on par 5s. I’ll hit 4 iron frequently off the tee box as well for more narrow par 4s

@Gilesgillgolf 5 ай бұрын

Fair enough

@Sol_Bull 5 ай бұрын

Not to say I don’t want to have one and hot or well. So, I’d like to learn more about

@jammuu 10 ай бұрын

I struggle so much with this club!

@Gilesgillgolf 10 ай бұрын

Hope this video helps!

@bocephusbowdowntome 4 ай бұрын

Just a grammatical moment: At 5:13 to 7:35, correct swim thought to swing thought. Not a crisis just proofreading.

@Gilesgillgolf 4 ай бұрын

I don’t write the captions, that’s done by KZfaq

@davidsmart8754 9 ай бұрын

It depends on how I’m swinging that day

@Gilesgillgolf 9 ай бұрын

I feel that!

@chadwhite7290 9 ай бұрын

He ia talking so fast. I disagree with one thing i go slow.slow.slow then explode at the end. I call it lag lag lag i lag it as long as i can tben explode at the end definitely hit down and getnit to compress off the ground

@Gilesgillgolf 9 ай бұрын

That’s what we class as a feel. Peak hand speed happens around left arm parallel in downswing so slow slow slow will hurt your swing

@chadwhite7290 9 ай бұрын

@Gilesgillgolf I'll definitely work on these drills. I'm 51 and about 255 lbs. In my profile pic I was about 42 and about 225 it was definitely easier to swing then. I never could hit a 3 wood until I did 2 things different. One was to stop trying to hit up on the ball to help it get in the air. I changed my whole concept I focused on swinging down on the ball and to compress the ball off the ground almost like I was pinching the ball. Another thing I did was I changed my grip from an interlock grip to a vardon or an overlap grip. I feel like it freed up my wrist so I would lag more and release down through the ball. I'm not kidding I used to hit my driver on a par 5 and my second shot was 7 iron I could hit it about 195 (they were +2 lofts) it was a better option than hitting a 3 wood and hitting a poor warm burner that never got in the air and rolled about 100 yards if lucky. I always thought it was 3 shots to green anyway on a par 5 but as my game improved and my drives were consistently 250-275 (about 50% of the time) then 275-295 30% of the time and below 250 15% and above 295 5 % of the time. So basically I was almost always about 275 on my drive I realized that 225 yard shot would hit me to the green in 2 so I would use my 3 wood and had great success especially since I was hitting down on it it produced backspin for great results when it did land on the green. I will have to admit usually now ill use a hybrid from as close as 190 if I'm in a heavy rough I found the head males it through the thick stuff and can still reach the green but the hybrid is also good up to about 225 that the cut-off at 225 I might use my hybrid or my 3 wood depending on the lie. One of the par 5s at my local corse is notorious for having a horrible downhill lie on your 2nd shot if your ball gets hung up in some trees if you don't hit a power fade so if thst happens it because you hit some trees and your looking at about 250 to 270 out I will almost always use my hybrid with the ball a good 4 or 5 inches below my feet. That's another thing guys got to know what situations may call for an alternative club selection. Thanks for the drills

@user-pz8yl2fs4h 3 ай бұрын

Dude, show the ball in flight!!!

@Gilesgillgolf 3 ай бұрын

Firstly when I filmed that I didn’t have the software to do it. I don’t have editors and I do everything myself. Secondly have some manners & say thank you. DUDE.