The Wilson Staff C300 fairway woods use many of the same design features found in the C300 driver, making it a good option to use off the tee when needed.
If you just can't seem to dial in the performance you want off the tee with your driver on a particular day, you'd better have a good backup plan, or the rest of your foursome will take full advantage in your skins game … and you'll be going home with empty pockets.
Having a good fairway wood that you can use successfully off the tee will help you remain competitive on those days where the driver isn't cooperating. Sure, your fairway wood will not give you the distance equal to what you can receive with the driver. But if you're slicing your driver into the trees on every hole, keeping the ball in the fairway will at least give you a shot to compete.
For this purpose, we like the design and performance levels of the Wilson Staff C300 fairway woods, which give you many of the same design features that make the C300 driver a successful club. However, you'll find the fairway woods a bit easier to control off the tee, thanks to their greater club face lofts and shorter shafts.
The main feature that sets the C300 fairway woods apart though is the inclusion of Power Hole technology. These are small sections around the face that are filled with a urethane material. As you strike the ball, these urethane areas compress, providing a high level of flex in the clubface, delivering distance, even on balls struck slightly off-center.
The Hackers Paradise likes the use of the Power Hole technology in the C300 fairway wood, as this technology has been proven successful with the Wilson C300 driver.
Beyond the Power Hole technology, Golfweek says the matte red color on the crown of the Staff C300 fairway woods is attention-grabbing. Some people won't like the color, but it does cut down on distracting glare as the golfer is addressing the ball.
Today's Golfer says the C300 fairway woods deliver great backspin, giving you the accuracy you're looking for off the tee when you're choosing the fairway wood instead of a driver. However, this fairway wood design is not cheap versus other options.
Even though the Wilson Staff C300 fairway woods feature the same movable weight slugs in the sole of the club that you'll find with the C300 driver, Golfalot says the fairway wood's weight design is not as effective.
Because of only one large 12-gram weight in the fairway wood's design (along with two small 2-gram weights), you'll have to settle for a draw bias, a fade bias, or a back-weighted center of gravity. You don't have a second large weight to balance the first slug to dial in a different level of bias. A better spreading of the weights, as is found in the C300 driver, would make this feature more effective.
Pros: Mimics many of the C300 driver's features so you can have success off the tee, gives you a bit more control than you'd have with the C300 driver, includes Power Hole technology to forgive mis-hits, great looking matte red finish
Cons: More expensive than other fairway woods, adjustable weight slugs aren't designed as well as in the C300 driver
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