| Whether you are a professional or an amateur | | | | and fairway woods is to strike the club. In |
| golfer, Drivers and Fairway woods are the | | | | simple words drivers are used to hit the ball |
| words that you must have heard thousand | | | | on the upswing and fairway wood is used to |
| times. In simple words drivers are the | | | | hit the club at swing bottom. |
| commonly known golf sticks especially | | | | |
| designed for short shots. | | | | It consists of large heads, bulging clubface, |
| | | | flattened soles sliding over the ground and |
| You will find number of golf drivers in the | | | | are spherical in shape. In the past |
| market made up of Titanium, Copper, Carbon, | | | | club-heads were made from persimmon and maple |
| Nickel and some other alloys. These alloys | | | | wood. Club heads in the present era are made |
| provides hardest look to the golf driver. | | | | from metal alloys and hence are termed as |
| Almost all of them available in the market | | | | metal-woods. Senior players and ladies |
| are built with an idea of compression golf | | | | prefer fairway woods that are higher lofted. |
| ball at impact. Golf drivers with flexible | | | | It is so because they give them easier hit to |
| face, designed to eliminate energy at impact, | | | | the club while hitting the club high in the |
| are considered better for improvement of | | | | air at lower speed. |
| game. | | | | |
| | | | Shaft length of fairway wood may differ from |
| They are considered as the longest club. | | | | 40 inches to 45 inches. |
| Presently golf drivers with 45 inches length | | | | |
| are common. This length factor makes it | | | | The longest version of club is termed as |
| difficult to control the swing. On the other | | | | driver. Drivers have bigger club-head. |
| side shorter clubs are known as fairway | | | | Drivers are mainly used for hit off the tee. |
| woods, generally referred to as fairway | | | | Skilled golfers can hit drivers from the |
| metals. Materials used for manufacturing | | | | turf. The standard length of driver is 45 |
| both golf drivers and fairway woods are same. | | | | inches. |
| These clubs posses the proprietary of | | | | |
| progressiveness like irons. There are | | | | You may choose a driver or a fairway wood |
| different types of woods like 3-wood, 4-wood, | | | | according to your skills and style. Some |
| 5-wood, 7-wood and 9-wood. One may rarely | | | | skilled golfers prefer shorter shafts which |
| find a 2-wood. These clubs may decide the | | | | facilitates them to use it easily despite the |
| distance the golf club go after hit. | | | | fact that shorter shafts are likely to reduce |
| | | | the distance. Usually fairway woods are |
| Usually fairway woods have smaller heads | | | | fitted with graphite shafts considering their |
| comparing to golf drivers. This aspect makes | | | | light weight. This light weight enables |
| them easier than drivers when it comes to | | | | golfers to accelerate higher club-head speed |
| controlling the swing. It is advisable for | | | | and achieve longer distance. The USGA |
| beginners to opt for fairway woods instead of | | | | approved length of the shaft is 47 inches. |
| trying to use a driver. You can use the | | | | However, you may find some fairway woods with |
| fairway to hit the driver if you are a | | | | shaft length of up-to 50 inches. These |
| skilled golfer. Greater lofts and smaller | | | | longer shaft woods are used for long drive |
| heads of fairway woods help in hitting the | | | | tournaments but are illegal. |
| ball high into the air. Fairway woods are | | | | |
| convenient to handle than long drivers and | | | | It is evident that success and improvement of |
| are used basically by amateur golfers and | | | | your game depends upon the right club may it |
| beginners. The main purpose of both drivers | | | | be drivers or fairway woods. |