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What should go in your golf bag: 5-wood or 3-hybrid? Selecting the right golf club or clubs to bridge the gap between your longest iron and driver or 3-wood is a common challenge for all golfers from beginners to low handicappers. For many, it often comes down to choosing between a 5-wood or a 3-hybrid. To make an informed decision, it’s essential to understand the strengths and weaknesses of each club, their typical uses and how they can complement your abilities, both in terms of strength and weaknesses and gapping.

5-Wood: Specs, Design and Best Use

A standard 5-wood typically has a loft of about 18 degrees. Some offer adjustable hosels for minor loft adjustments to optimize flight and trajectory. The 5-wood’s standard shaft length ranges between 41 and 42 inches.

Typically, 5-woods have a head size slightly smaller than that of a 3-wood but larger than a 3-hybrid. This allows golf club manufacturers to distribute weight further back and lower in the club head. As a result, 5-woods provide more forgiveness through higher MOI (moment of inertia) and slightly higher launch conditions.

By design, 5-woods excel on clean lies, the fairway and on tee shots. Their larger head size can make them challenging to hit out of the rough or in conditions where grass or other natural obstructions are present behind or around the golf ball.

3-Hybrid: Specs, Design and Versatility

A standard 3-hybrid comes with approximately 19 degrees of standard loft and some models allow for minor loft adjustments using the loft sleeve. The length of a 3-hybrid typically is 41 inches or less.

Personal launch monitors provide cost-friendly (relatively speaking) indoor golf simulator setups and are competing with state-of-the-art launch monitors.

SkyTrak is one of the leaders in the personal launch monitor market. So the question we want to address is: For $3,000, is SkyTrak+ worth it? We headed to the MGS Lab to put it to the test.

SkyTrak+ versus Foresight GCQuad

From an “at-home” golf perspective, SkyTrak+ offers tremendous upside. It is your 24/7 accessible practice range. Who doesn’t like that?

If our 2023 personal launch monitor test taught us anything, it’s that not all personal launch monitors are the same. Yes, there are similarities and the performance gap between consumer-grade and enterprise class is narrowing, but weaknesses remain.

How does the SkytTrak+ compare to a Foresight GCQuad head-to-head with data? We know Foresight GCQuad is the gold standard for indoor testing. That’s why we use it.

Bernd Wiesberger had his application for membership for the 2024 season accepted by the DP World Tour after losing his LIV Golf contract.

Joel Moscatel fired a course-record 63 to the lead the Australian PGA Championship, while defending champion Cam Smith trails by 10 shots.

Knowing the stats for Mid and Low Handicap golfers is critical in helping to create an Attach Plan for all golfers who want to lower their handicap. I’m glad that I found this article by a GOLF Top 100 Teacher Jon Tattersall and published by GOLF.COM blog. Arrcos offers a golf shot tracking device that records every shot for all golfers using their stroke recording system. The following summary provides the performance and analysis for mid (13 handicap index) as compared to low (5 handicap index) golfers. Knowing the difference and reason for the difference will assist you in YOUR plan.

Longer drivers have an obvious advantage as they are always hitting shorter approach shots but they also hit some errant shots which are further into no-man’s land. The key here is to slow the handle of the club and let the whipping action, of the clubhead, speed up for to deliver more power and distance.

Comparison of 5 Handicap and 13 Handicap Averages

1/ Focus on better Ball Striking: Optimize your drives by keeping more of them in the fairway to give yourself a better chance to hit the green in regulation.

2/ Your second shot makes all the difference: The approach into the greens is where the biggest gain in strokes is made. The 5 index golfer hits 17% more greens in Regulation. Focus on hitting the center of the green and distance control will follow.

PGA Tour players and their teams will benefit from a wave of enhancements for the 2024 season. Here’s what’s coming.

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GOLF Top 100 Teacher Trillium Rose explains how using a tee in your club's grip can be helpful to avoid coming over-the-top.

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LIV Golf released its 2024 schedule on Wednesday, outlining the framework for the breakaway league's third season. Here are five takeaways.

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Tiger Woods and Charlie Woods will team up for the fourth time at this year's PNC Championship, which will be held in Florida in December.

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The LIV Golf League's regular season in 2024 will tee off at El Camaleon Golf Club in Mayakoba, Mexico, on Feb. 2-4.

LIV Golf has released its 2024 schedule. Here's everything you need to know about dates, locations and host courses.

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Tiger Woods and 14-year-old Charlie Woods are playing the PNC Championship for the fourth straight year.

Almost every golf shot you hit throughout a round could be different from the last. A different lie, a random gust of wind, in the thick stuff, in the fairway—we could go on and on. While it would be a delight to have a club for every one of these unique situations, there are limitations.

How Many Clubs Can You Carry?

In order to even the playing field, the USGA has stepped in and capped the number of clubs you can carry at 14. This is outlined in Rule 4 of the 2023 USGA Rules of Golf, titled “The Player’s Equipment.” The rulebook states: 

You must not start a round with more than 14 clubs or have more than 14 clubs during the round. 

If you start a round with fewer than 14 clubs, you may add clubs during the round up to the 14-club limit.

When you become aware that you are in breach of this Rule by having more than 14 clubs, you must immediately take the excess club or clubs out of play, using the procedure in Rule 4.1c.

LET players chose to postpone a Tuesday vote on whether to join the LPGA Tour, adding unexpected uncertainty to whether the deal will happen.

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MyGolfSpy Experiences hates sounding like a broken record but facts are facts. And the fact is the best buddy golf trip is always the next one.

Always.

Another fact: Budget is always a factor in buddy trip planning. Are you looking for champagne and caviar or are beer and pretzels more your speed? And if it’s beer and pretzels, we have just the destination for you.

That is if five nights lodging, four rounds of golf with breakfast and lunch, two drinks per meal plus range balls included for less than $600 appeals to you.

And, no, we’re not talking about dog tracks and sketchy motels that give you a discount if you bring your own sheets. We’re talking about The Legends in Myrtle Beach, S.C.

Spiffing up a dreary-looking lawn can take less time and effort than getting a Thanksgiving feast on the table.

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We're highlighting men's golf apparel, rangefinders and more must-have golf accessories from Nikon, Sun Mountain and Original Penguin.

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The 5-time PGA Tour winner decided to change one of the most important clubs in his bag after less than an hour on the practice green.

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Modern golf speakers do a lot more than just play your favorite tunes. Check out GOLF’s picks for the best golf speakers we've seen all year.

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We're diving into one of the most misunderstood topics in the world of club fitting and building to help you better understand swing weight.

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