Do you ever ask yourself why you might be carrying certain clubs in the bag? A three-word. Or perhaps you've got some clubs in the bag that actually gather in dust and running quite while you're carrying them. Maybe a five-word, for example. Well, in today's video I hope to provide you some data that gives you some answers to those questions. And do you in fact need one on the bag, two in the bag? Or perhaps none of them. The first question you need to ask yourselves is why you were carrying certain clubs in the bag. So for me three-word in the bag, why would I have it there? Well, to play maybe on type-par fours when I'm not feeling so good with the driver. But then after that, it's really a club that I don't get a great deal of use from. And am I making a big mistake? And then the next question is the five-word exactly the same question, why have I got this in the bag? Well, for me it will be again type-par fours, definitely played there. Maybe look to play this a little bit more from the fairway lie, which I wouldn't be too keen on doing with that three-word. But the question is how do they perform any differently? And am I making a big mistake having one of these in the bag, both unknown whatsoever? And let me tell you, data is already collected and there's a big surprise in store. Right, so I'm going to kick things off indoors in the studio, in the drive, we're going to collect some data. I know what that tells us, but me then more importantly, I'm going to transfer that out onto the golf course and see if we learn any more. Is data going to be reality when we get out on the golf course? Right, so really interesting data collected there. And trust me, you want to stick around to see what that data tells us. But like I said, what I want to know is what happens out here on the golf course. Does that data ring true, and if it does, well there's a big decision to make and a pretty obvious one. So that was in fact a five with that I've just played off the second tier at Carden Park and the test that we're going to do out here on course is quite simple. I'm going to hit each club side by side from the same tee box, we're simply going to find where they landed on the fairway. And what impact they had on overall results in playing whole, so what you've seen is the five would now watch the three would pull the little bit more down the left, not as straight as I hit the five would. The question is where did they finish in terms of on the fairway. Let's go and find out. Right before we get a downpour I'll try and brief you get this in. We've looked at a second scenario and that's playing from the roof. And as you can see they're both pretty, they're sitting quite nice and not nestled down. But the three would you watch is a very piercing penetrating ball flight that arguably a good ball fighting certain conditions. And when obstacles are in the way that's see. So in this case we've actually rolled on you can see probably another 15 yards further again ended up in the bunker very low ball flight. Then watch the five would and the difference in a ball fight is hugely different far greater than the loft difference suggests at least. And we've caught just behind me just short. No ball is better than the other in terms of how it's got from where we started to how we've finished. But ultimately the question would be or you need to ask yourself and I'm asking myself which ball flight did I prefer that ball is nestled down just that little bit further again. Which one do I fancy out of there would I be in the three would or what I'd be going from the five would. And for me the answer is undoubtedly the five would be the club for me to choose at least anyway. Right interesting off the fifth tee we go with three would first. No, okay this wasn't a great strike a little bit of left to right in it a bit cutty. It's come to rest five feet from where I am now just hung on to the fairway. We see the five would as well this time around gain 15 yards on the three would again significantly different ball flight as opposed arguably a significantly different strike as well in terms of the quality of swing. But once again not huge differences between where those two balls finished up each with a different ball flight each with a different weight of getting a to be and again which would you prefer. Right so if you want to get involved in the comment section then this is how to do so I simply want to know are you playing you're at three would a five would or both. What are your thoughts what are your findings from out on the golf course are you the same as mine. And that basically is at this moment in time not a huge amount of separate them in terms of their distance traveled but they get there in completely different ways. And I'm question do I need either of them in the bag both of them or maybe just one of them. Right before we talk about these two shots and where they landed let's hop back a hole on the six hole one of my favorite here at Carden Park. A lot of well risk or reward the title go to that left hand side the closer it are to the hole so we started off with three would I said to hand it probably the best shot I fit on that hole for quite some time. Lovely bit of shape started off down the right and drew it back because close I was prepared to that water. And the five would and in all honesty it was matched in terms of the quality of swing and striking again a bit of right to left shape. Probably finished close to the hold you to the fact that it was a tight line that I took but ultimately as you can see where they come to rest not a great deal to separate them yet again. And then we move on to this whole really tough t-shot ball flight could not be any different three would which finished up there. You can see as a really low ball flight landed I would suggest probably 40 yards short to where it actually finished up. Then you watch the five would I just cannot believe out here on the course just how much difference when we talk about data later on in the video you'll know what I mean but I can't believe how much higher the ball flight is visibly out here on the course compared to what data says. This ball is pretty much landed where or finished where it landed and again Colin Sahana just off camera was this is okay playing in the summer that's just got 40 yards worth of roll if we played these same conditions and it's soggy on the foot and that you'll fact three would stops down there and the five would that wouldn't have been affected. Anyway interesting stuff out on the course we got one 15 into the flag. Let's see if we could have made any good from this position. I'm really happy with the strike I'm still trying to grind in this new swing but that's down the left hand side. There's no use zooming in I'm because we pull it a little bit left. Well I wasn't happy with that wedge shot so we're going to have another go from where the three would landed. That's a better swing and didn't force it it's the centre of the green that's quite a bit better. So unfortunately we're caught a little bit short there and our summary will be done indoors as you can see we're absolutely poured down at Carden Park and that was the end of our film for the day. And essentially what I found out on the course was what I found in terms of dry ball data that I collected earlier on in the day but will go through it very briefly. And if you take a look up on screen now what you're going to see is the numbers I collected first of all with the five would. The interesting bit for me is just go down to the averages and 205 carry 135 ball speed spin rate of 35 launch angle really important 11.6 and a descent angle of 37.8 degrees. Then I'm going to throw up straight away the three would numbers 206 carry 139 ball speed 2724 spin launching at 8.6 27 degrees land angle. Now the important factors for me there are the carry distance was almost identical. The spin number was different and the launch angle was different as was the descent angle. And what it basically means is as we've seen out on the course that the three would is a lot flatter of a ball flight when it lands it will potentially run a lot further because it's a lot less steep of a descent angle. And as we said throughout the video what you've got to ask yourself is what is what do you want from each of the clubs. But for me my summary is quite brief. I'm literally dumping the three would from my bag for good. They're just not an option that I get a lot of use out of in terms of a golf club in the bag. It is so one dimensional that it just doesn't serve enough purpose for me not when I can get very similar results from the five would. And in fact I prefer the results from the five would I prefer the higher ball flight I prefer the loft that address that gives me a bit more confidence. Just everything about the five would is preferable. And then you've got a bit of flexibility in terms of where you can play it like I said. I have no problem playing it from the T in the same positions I'd use a three would from the T on a par four. But then when you're playing from the fairway or from out of the roof I would much prefer the loft that the five would present. So for me it's an absolute no brainer. And I just think for you ask yourself that same question. With all similar videos before I've never seen it so clear caught if you like in terms of both data and visible on the course where the difference that the ball flight produces from the five would for me means it's an absolute no brainer. I just thought the question I was about to ask you was what happens with your club your three would if you've got one in the bag. Just have a think about how many times you actually use it and would you be more or would there be more benefits in choosing a higher lofted fairway would perhaps even a four would five would even that seven would again maybe an option in terms of giving you more flexibility in that golf bag and just making life a little bit easier. Right as ever that's only my opinion you might think things completely different than I do and by all means sticky comments in the section down below I love to get a conversation going between all your golfers out there. Thank you for watching and I'll see you all very soon.