What club is used from the fairway or from the tee on short holes?
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What club is used from the fairway or from the tee on short holes?
Irons
Irons have angled faces (called “loft”) etched with grooves that help grip the golf ball and impart spin. They are generally used on shots from the fairway, or for tee shots on short holes. As the number of an iron goes up (5-iron, 6-iron, etc.), the loft increases while the length of the shaft decreases.
What club do you use to hit off the tee?
The driver, or the 1 wood, has a very low loft compared to other clubs and is designed for when you need to achieve long distance off the tee. Fairway woods can allow you to hit for distance, while the higher lofted irons and wedges are used around the green.
What club do you use when teeing off the first hole?
Knowing Which Golf Club to Use for Which Golf Shot
| Club | What It’s For |
|---|---|
| Driver | Teeing off — and very occasionally hitting from a good lie in the fairway |
| Hybrid club | Getting shots of 150+ yards airborne |
Which club would you use for a shorter shot in golf?
Gap wedge: This wedge has a little more loft than a pitching wedge and is used in many of the same situations. The gap wedge will result in a shorter shot than a pitching wedge but farther than a sand wedge.
How do I know what club to use?
To figure out which golf club to use for a specific shot, you need to know the average distance you hit a ball with each golf club in your set. Then, you simply choose the golf club that fits the distance you need to hit. The best way to find out is to hit about 50 balls with each club.
Which golf club is usually used on the fairway?
Fairway woods are used (like the name suggests) typically for the fairway. Golfers hit them as a 2nd and/or 3rd shot from the fairway, the rough and sometimes off the tee. Woods, as they also called, are the next longest clubs from the driver with the exception of a few long irons.