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How to Hit Fairway Woods and Achieve Maximum Distance by John Holdsworth
To get maximum distance down the fairway use your fairway woods. When you are new to the game, fairway woods can be harder to control than irons, but you should gain knowledge of how to use them as soon as possible. When you master your fairway woods you will be able to hit longer distances and this will help you lower your scores. An excellent fairway wood shot will get you off to a great start for the rest of the hole.
The 1, 3 and 5 woods are the most commonly used. They will enable you to increase your distance and power without any extra effort.
While the size and shape of the club head is vastly different from the irons, it's the longer length of the shafts that helps you accomplish the extra distance.
Because of the longer shaft the club head has a greater distance to travel and a wider arc. When you swing a wood with the same rhythm and tempo as an iron, the club head travels around the arc in the same time, but has to cover much more distance, and this raises the speed. The increase in club head speed provides you with the further power to hit the ball longer distances. It isn't necessary to speed up your swing to achieve faster club head speed. Your tempo should be the same for every full shot from driving to pitching.
The longer shaft of the fairway wood does lead to changes in your address including stance, posture and ball position.
First of all you stand further away from the ball than you would for an iron because of the longer shaft length. To help maintain your balance you will need a wider stance. Your back is more upright when you address the ball and the ball position is opposite the inside of your left heel. Keeping the club head low to the ground, take the club away slowly.
Rotate your upper body freely as your left arm swings the club back. Your weight should have transferred from the central position at address to the inside of the right foot by the time you are at the two-thirds point in your backswing.
Your shoulders should have rotated 90 degrees and your hips 45 degrees at the top of your backswing. Make sure you don't start the downswing before you have completed the backswing. It will help if you have a very minor hesitation at the top of the backswing before you start the downswing.
Rotate your left hip to the left when you start the downswing. This will pull your arms and hands into an ideal striking position.
The club head approaches the ball at a shallower angle because your swing plane is flatter. You sweep through the ball, which is struck at a later point in your swing. This is the reason for the ball being placed inside your left heel.
After impact allow your weight to move across to the outside of your left foot. Let the momentum of your club pull your right shoulder and your head to face the target. Your whole body should face the target. When you finish you should be balanced with most of your weight on your left foot.
Spend some time practicing at the driving range with your fairway woods and in no time you will be hitting a lot further and your handicap will start to drop.
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