In our forums, our members have been reacting to one WRXer pondering whether to play a three driver setup. WRXer ‘DTorres’ lays out his dilemma in full to kick off the thread, saying:

“I’m genuinely thinking about having a 3 driver bag soon and removing my 6 iron. I’m looking for suggestions and comments. Hear me out. For 30 years of golf in my 37 years of existence I have been a power golfer, a bomber or maybe just a gear obsessed seeker of speed. I play a John Daly/ Craig Stadler esc style of golf where ideally I’d like to be a full swing tee shot to a wedge away no matter the hole.

Recently I have been tinkering with making a driver I can just let loose on knowing it will find a fairway at 300 carry yards. In that quest I ended up with a lot of drivers and shafts and picked up some speed I had lost. Consequently the gap between the top of my bag has extended and I’m rarely using my middle irons.

Currently this is my full swing gapping

• Driver(6*): 325 carry/ low spin
• 3 wood(13*):280 carry/ mid spin
• 3 Utility(17*): 250 carry/ low spin
• 4 iron: 225 carry/middle spin
• 5 iron: 210 carry/middle spin
• 6 iron: 198 carry/middle spin
• 7 iron: 188 carry/middle spin
• 8 iron: 167 carry/middle spin
• 9 iron: 155 carry/ middle spin
• PW: 145 carry/ middle spin
• 50: 135 carry/ high spin
• 55:  115 carry/ high spin
• 60: 100 carry/ high spin
• Putter: hopefully 3 feet

Thinking about this:

• Driver(5*): 335 carry/ low spin
• Driver(8*):315 carry/ mid spin
• Mini Driver (13*):285 carry/ high spin
• 3 Utility(17*): 250 carry/ low spin
• 4 iron: 225 carry/middle spin
• 5 iron: 210 carry/middle spin
• 7 iron: 188 carry/middle spin
• 8 iron: 167 carry/middle spin
• 9 iron: 155 carry/ middle spin
• PW: 145 carry/ middle spin
• 50: 135 carry/ high spin
• 55:  115 carry/ high spin
• 60: 100 carry/ high spin
• Putter: hopefully 3 feet”

And our members have been sharing their thoughts in our forum.

Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.

• BowMain42: “Why not?  Try it!”
• Jc0: “No harm in trying it, but I would suggest running some simulated rounds through your head and ask your self how much you’re actually going to hit the middle driver and if closing the gapping at your wedge game would serve you better.”
• st1800e: “Adjust the lofts in some of the irons, leaving the 6 out,  to get even gapping between what you’re using.”

Entire Thread: “Hear me out. Why I’m thinking of having a 3 driver setup”