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The woods in a typical golfer's bag will include a driver and one or two fairway woods, most commonly a 3-wood and/or 5-wood. Women and seniors might benefit from adding a 7-wood or 9-wood. The 4-wood is another common wood, and some golfers even carry an 11-wood.
Woods feature deep (from front to back) clubheads that are made of metal, usually steel or a titanium alloy. They are called "woods" because the clubheads used to be made of wood. Metals came into broad use in the 1980s, and "fairway woods" are now sometimes called "fairway metals."
For beginners, the driver (also called a 1-wood) will be one of the toughest clubs to master. It is the longest club in the bag - a typical length these days is 45 inches - which makes it the toughest to control in the swing.
There are three types of head material to purchase from when it comes to fairway woodsand wood isn't one of them!
Steel
This is normally by far the most popular material for fairway wood heads. It's not really too expensive and strongand almost all fairway woods sold have heads made of steel.
Titanium
Titanium is normally half the weight of steel which is certainly outstanding for making big-headed drivers. It's now as well used in the making of fairwayhowever they tend to be the bigger fairway fairways those which might be used predominately for hitting form the tee. Its light weight allows manufacturers to push the centre of gravity far back in the head (usually by means of a heavy weight plug - often tungsten) which helps get the golf ball airborne early and thin titanium faces provide maximum distance.
Recent examples include the TaylorMade r7 CGB Max Fairway Wood. Yet you guessed it - titanium fairway woods cost more than steel-headed.
Composite
Multi-material composite clubs combine modern materials such as carbon with steel or titanium to create ultra-lightweight fairway woods. The light weight allows the manufacturers to place weights around the inside perimeter of the head which helps to reduce twisting on off-centre hits. Again, these are premium products which come at a price. Examples include Callaway's new FT-I Squareway Fairway Woods and Ping s Rapture range.
