Equipment
Rarely used or secret weapon?
Here’s a question for you, how do you feel towards each club in your bag? You’ll certainly be reaching for you putter on every green, but how often do you have a fairway wood in your hands?
You may well prefer to play with longer irons when you’re approaching the green or if you’re seeking better accuracy on a particularly tricky tee shot, but the fairway woods in your bag may well be an underutilized secret weapon.
Most golfers have a 3-wood and a 5-wood in the bag, but have you ever played with a 7-wood? These clubs are very popular with players on tour and are renowned for being easy to hit while offering plenty of launch, and they help the ball stop quickly on the greens too.
Today we want to illustrate how versatile these underused lofted woods are, and offer you an excellent recommendation in the form of the latest clubs from Cleveland.
Your secret weapon
First of all, the clue’s in the name. Fairway woods are excellent tools at helping you find the fairway off the tee. If you have a tricky tee shot with a narrow fairway ahead, it’s a decent trade off to put your driver away and pull out a fairway wood, sacrificing a little distance for much greater accuracy.
Fairway woods also give you an excellent sense of course management. If you have a par-5 or long par-4 ahead, you can use a fairway wood to power your second shot over bunkers and bodies of water to keep you from getting caught in a hazard. The larger heads also offer lots of relief and forgiveness which makes them in many cases a better club than an iron, particularly when striking from the rough.
If you don’t have the most confidence in your short game or find chipping around the greens a bit of a challenge, a fairway wood can be an effective means of punching your ball onto a green. You’ll be nicely on the short grass without worrying about thinning the ball or chomping your clubhead into the ground.
Another thing to consider is that as we age, we don’t hit the ball as far as we used to. Fairway woods are an excellent alternative to irons that promise a reliable impact with the ball thanks to the larger clubhead, and it’s easier to gain distance with them on average too.
So, in a word, yes, these lofted fairway woods are very versatile and don’t need to be restricted to being played from the fairways. We’ll now take a look at what makes Cleveland’s line of Launcher Halo XL fairway woods such a beneficial club to take to the course with you.
The Cleveland Launcher Halo XL fairway woods
The Cleveland Launcher Halo XL fairway woods look stunning and are packed with tech to help you succeed as you make your way around the golf course.
The Cleveland Launcher Halo XL fairway woods look stunning and are packed with tech to help you succeed as you make your way around the golf course. The face features a variable thickness pattern that allows it to flex better when impacting the ball, resulting in faster ball speeds for more distance on your strikes. The larger head looks great when you’re standing over the ball, and the Gliderails on the sole allow you to brush through turf with ease. You’ll certainly get on well with this fairway wood.
You also don’t want to overlook Cleveland’s Launcher Halo XL Hy-Woods. This fantastic, unique club sits between a fairway wood and a hybrid, giving you plenty of power while being very easy to swing. This club features a lot of the great tech as found in the fairway wood but has a low and deep weighting in the nimble clubhead, allowing for easy launch on all your strikes. This club is perfect for when you want to escape difficult lies away from the fairway.
Fairway woods really shouldn’t be overlooked for their usefulness at different stages of the hole! If you’re in need of some new clubs and you’re unsure which would best suit you, we’re available in the pro shop to offer you our expertise.
