How Wyndham Clark’s unique fairway wood setup could help you

With a lot discuss how Wyndham Clark’s putter was constructed as a duplicate of Rickie Fowler’s, a membership that didn’t get the credit score it deserves for its unique construct specs is Wyndham’s 3-wood, which not solely helped him win the 2023 U.S. Open however could help you, too.

The membership in query is a TaylorMade Stealth 2 HL (excessive launch) 3-wood, which has a inventory loft of 16.5 levels. To put that into perspective, most traditional 3-woods have 15 levels of loft, whereas inventory 5-woods sit round 18 levels. Another means to think about a excessive launch 3-wood is as a 4-wood, the one actual distinction being the title.

What makes it unique

Wyndham’s fairway wood specs are tailor-made to his model of play, and as one of many longest gamers within the area on the U.S. Open (rating seventh at 325.2 yards common for the week), he doesn’t want a fairway wood to ship close to the identical distance as his driver. Instead, his 3-wood is constructed for accuracy and distance management by being constructed a lot shorter than the usual size of 43″.

This shorter size, mixed with the pinnacle being bent to much less loft (bent to fifteen levels), helps to advertise his inventory fade shot and strong face contact from nearly any lie. Being bent on this vogue additionally makes it simpler to current extra loft at influence when wanted.

** Although most of the people isn’t in a position to have their fairway wood heads bent to spec, adjustable sleeves provide the chance to get the identical tour-level customization with out the chance of breaking a head.**

Specs:

Head: TaylorMade Stealth 2, 3HL

Loft: (16.5 levels) bent decrease to fifteen levels

Shaft: ProjectX HZRDUS RDX Smoke 80TX

Length: Approx. 41.75″

Grip: Golf Pride Tour Velvet twine

Why you ought to strive it

Just like for Wyndham, a shorter fairway wood with a bit extra loft helps promote extra strong contact as a result of a shorter shaft permits you to hit extra down into the ball, and a barely descending blow is the correct approach for hitting a fairway wood.

Considering too many golfers already wrestle with fairway woods and attempt to “lift” them into the air which causes topped photographs, the shorter size mixed with the additional loft affords a way more confidence-inspiring look when arrange behind the ball to swing down and thru.

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Last however not least, extra loft additionally helps produce extra spin and extra spin produces peak permitting any golfer the chance to hit the ball increased and cease it quicker, which is an ideal mixture for approaching longer par-4s or par-5s, or in Wyndham’s case — successful the U.S. Open.

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Golf.com Editor

Ryan Barath is GOLF Magazine and GOLF.com’s senior editor for gear. He has an intensive club-fitting and -building background with greater than 20 years of expertise working with golfers of all ability ranges, together with PGA Tour gamers. Before becoming a member of the employees, he was the lead content material strategist for Tour Experience Golf, in Toronto, Canada.