 Now fairway woods are the most difficult to hit in many cases three wood in particular is we're looking for forgiveness and that's why it's a real important list for me this that most forgiving fairway woods are 2021 I'm going to start off with this one well that's the first thing about a forgiving fairway you want it to sort of for me anyway you want it to be a high launching fairway this is a three wood in my opinion what we're maybe looking for is anything between a three four and five wood in this category is being the most forgiving which is what we're looking at today well what's really interesting about this product and I better reveal what it is actually number five is the sim max 2 from tailor made first of all it looks really good so it's really nice to the dress I'm a fan of the the way this looks from above really do and I think it looks better underneath than what the driver did in this range a bit much more solid build it's 15 degrees a standard sort of loft but again quite an elongated shape so that means they've got that CG right at the back and you seem from that ball fight there picking up of a tight lie on this links turf still absolutely powers it up into the air and I think that's something we really struggle with as average golfers is the way we launch a three wood particularly off the deck so for me coming at number five and there are reasons why I'll get it hasn't finished higher up and that'll sort of come to light when I announce the others one of the things about this is a price point it's in and around this sort of 250 mark there's a few in and around that figure as well but for me number five would be the sim max 2 and pretty much not a lot that you can pick fault with that one oh it's a solid ball right in the bunker line which is where we were set up to aim ball flight really good interesting enough and like I said through the testing we've got a mix of majority of three woods this happens to be a five it's the mizuno stz range I think when mizuno they've done an incredible job in recent years particularly the last two years I think in terms of the releases of both drivers and fairway woods what I like about this stz range is first of all let's go to that thing about looks it looks really good that's that's fine but performance wise although this is a five wood standard loft 18 degrees I had to check that one so three degrees weaker than the tailor made that we've just hit it's got a really powerful and strong ball flight but still launches it incredibly well so I've been sort of like I said I've had this in the bag and I've had it in the bag it's kind of like something I'm happy to play off the tee and off the fairway but not necessarily as a typical five wood which I would think is something that you can get a lot sort of higher softer landing blah blah blah this is something that's got a real powerful strong ball flight but it's easy to use and I think again we as average golfers we need that forgiveness that's why this category is such an important one it's priced okay but it's only in the mix with the rest of them that's the only criticism I have of mizuno products in terms of their woods at this point I still think they should not be at a price point that's appealing to more in terms of dragging people in at a slightly lower point than it is right now it's still as I recall in around that 350 really good product as you'd expect from mizuno really well built as you've seen launches the ball incredibly well and that's why it's my number four in my most forgiving fairways of 2021 ah that one's just slid a little bit off to the right hand side but another real interesting product comes in at number three and I don't think you can go wrong with any of this product lines to be honest it's from Callaway and it's their epic range their epic max in particular this three-wood and again there's sort of three variations within this uh within this epic mac with this epic range this year same as with the drivers if I'm honest with you tough to split I think but for me for ultimate forgiveness which is what this category is about is obviously the max product and again you'll see weight right at the back which again we're expected to see really sort of shallow crown very different this one again suits my but not everybody's very much elongated and I think the negative would be perhaps it seems to have more offset than others in this category when I say negative a negative for me personally but then to the mass market who I believe have fade the ball and maybe it's a more interesting choice but it's all about forgiveness this category and I don't think you can go wrong like I said with the max line up it's been really really even that wasn't the best of swings did far better than it should have done which is a typical example of how good these are and I think in terms of visuals the epic max or the epic range in general quality builds shallow face which again you'll see here is not only that was teed up a little bit taking off a tight life for me visually gives me a great deal of confidence so I'm going to pick it up nice and easy and still get that high launch in ball flight so that's always into top two where it gets really interesting this club is sort of mr reliable in terms of forgiveness leave that a tad to the right but I've got to say when you talk about ping full stop for me probably the most forgiving range of clubs out there they just don't seem to get that bit wrong at all it is of course the g4 25 it's their max range again same old repeated message that I've had so far which is weight right at the very back but like I said ping just do this really well I'm not too sure just you always think with golf club technology surely everything is the same I don't think it is and like I said how do they seem to get this bit right every time the moi is always recorded data wise has been incredibly high both from this and the driver into the fairway woods and I think they've got really forgiving irons as well but what they do really well with this again for me on a personal level that map finish is really good sits really shallow address slightly elongated crown the shallow address bit for me is when you're on a fairway and I don't know why and again tell me in the comments down below am I just the only person that does this but if I've got to sort of raise more bulky head sitting on a tight lie it defies logic in terms of me being able to get that ball up an airborne and like I said that might just be down to me personally but sits really shallow and again as you can see from this picks the ball up really good high-launching ball as you've just seen as well off the tee shot I've just played ticks every single box except for one and the only reason I put it in number two and not the top spot is down to the price point it's probably the most expensive fairway wood within this top five I kind of understand to a degree because it's a quality made product but like I said you'd have to mark it down just slightly on that price point so that just leaves us with one more to go so once again a real interesting category for me the most forgiving fairway woods it's something that a lot of golfers average golfers struggle with like I mentioned particularly trying to play these things off the fairway I do think again five woods forward should be more in average golfers bags but for me what is your kind of set up right now and out of this top five or something I've failed to mention what would you put in the bag as your most forgiving most playable fairway wood for average golfers oh just said it's going to have to be a Sunday best to reach it's had a good old go get up oh yes I'm so pleased with that we've played at 205 into the wind for our final shot of the day and my number one most forgiving fairway wood interesting enough in terms of the 205 into the wind it's a five would have just played my number one product for this year in terms of the fairway woods comes from pxg now there's a number of reasons why this sticks in at number one yes the performance wise and I've already said throughout this whole sort of top five is that first of all I think a five and four of the fairway woods that we should be carrying this has been my go-to club if you like for the past year I had a g4 25 7 wood in the bag and five would I've had this in in and out we've tried them as you know but for me this is such a great all-round club in the sense that you get that ball flight that we just did there off of the tee into a bit of breeze that's not floating that's still piercing through the wind but incredibly high launching ball they just they've done this incredibly well in making it a very easy to use club it's lofted at 18 degrees but again what's like the five would will be produced with the Mizuno still got a very piercing and penetrating ball flight but we'll talk about how forgiving it is and that's the key for me launch is really high very easy to pick up off a tight line that you can see again from a shot from the fairway play it from the tee just what plays good the luxe element for me and don't forget this is my top five I really like what they've done from the top side I like the fact that it's a bit different from the norm I like the matte finish anyway the fact that it's a bit different might appeal to everybody so I understand why that might make your top five because that's the real sort of different look that we've seen from any of the others and anything we've seen before in terms of this category or terms of fairway and drivers but the reason that it goes from perhaps number one and not number five and why it differs from kind of like the Mizuno which again was a five would easy to launch really powerful all the same things that I've said this is priced at 220 and we never thought we'd be looking at a pxg product appearing on the top of a charts based on its price point but in the same way as we looked at the most forgiving irons in a recent video and it sort of falls down because it's still priced extremely high at 220 it is such a good price point for an average guy if don't get me wrong it's still a few quid to pay but if you compare it to the other five it gives you that extra tick in the box so it meets it on price the quality of build the quality of performance easy to launch the kind of adjustability again if you don't want to play this five would at 18 degrees you can make it stronger or weaker it literally does everything you want it to do and that one added thing that they do incredibly well which is sound and feel and that is again a major major key for me on a personal level it's a kind of softer more muted sound but again fires off the face and really feels like that ball is going out there so that's my top five but like I said I've given you some very personal reasons as to why that order has been put together that might necessarily be yours so 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