3 Clubs
Try the 3 Club Golf Challenge to Shape Better Shots
The 3 club golf challenge builds creativity by forcing you to play unfamiliar shots with limited options. Learn how to choose your clubs, adapt to the course, and execute each shot with purpose.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the best club choices for various course situations
- Develop creativity in shot-making by limiting your club options
- Adjust your stock swing to hit a variety of shots effectively
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
Video Transcript
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This golf course game is three clubs.
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Now there's two different versions of this.
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It could either be three clubs plus putter or just three clubs.
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We would play this once or twice this semester,
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usually for a box of golf balls on my college team.
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We always played three clubs.
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So if you chose putter, that was one of your three clubs.
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00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.870
It would force you to either put with your three wood or put with your sandwich
9
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.
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You'll find that the most common strategies are either going to be
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000
a three or a five wood, a seven, six iron, eight iron,
12
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.000
depending on how long you are, and then some wedge.
13
00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.000
You'd be surprised at how close to your normal scores
14
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.000
you can shoot with just these three clubs.
15
00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.000
But those are just general guidelines.
16
00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:47.000
What I would really challenge you to do is look at the scorecard and see,
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all right, if I take three wood, what's that going to leave me into a lot of
18
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:51.000
par fours
19
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.000
and what's that going to leave me potentially if I hit it twice into a par five
20
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:58.000
and then use that to balance out what other clubs you choose,
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00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:02.630
also while looking at kind of the par threes for the potential of which iron to
22
00:01:02.630 --> 00:01:03.000
pick.
23
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:08.000
But again, it just forces you to hit a lot of creative shots, a variety of
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:08.000
shots.
25
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.010
It challenges you to adjust your stock swing, which is really what playing golf
26
00:01:12.010 --> 00:01:13.000
is all about
27
00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:17.000
once you've established a stock swing that you can adjust from.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000
This golf course game is three clubs.
2
00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.000
Now there's two different versions of this.
3
00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:09.000
It could either be three clubs plus putter or just three clubs.
4
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:12.000
We would play this once or twice this semester,
5
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.000
usually for a box of golf balls on my college team.
6
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:17.000
We always played three clubs.
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.000
So if you chose putter, that was one of your three clubs.
8
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.870
It would force you to either put with your three wood or put with your sandwich
9
00:00:23.870 --> 00:00:24.000
.
10
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000
You'll find that the most common strategies are either going to be
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000
a three or a five wood, a seven, six iron, eight iron,
12
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.000
depending on how long you are, and then some wedge.
13
00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.000
You'd be surprised at how close to your normal scores
14
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.000
you can shoot with just these three clubs.
15
00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.000
But those are just general guidelines.
16
00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:47.000
What I would really challenge you to do is look at the scorecard and see,
17
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.000
all right, if I take three wood, what's that going to leave me into a lot of
18
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:51.000
par fours
19
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.000
and what's that going to leave me potentially if I hit it twice into a par five
20
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:58.000
and then use that to balance out what other clubs you choose,
21
00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:02.630
also while looking at kind of the par threes for the potential of which iron to
22
00:01:02.630 --> 00:01:03.000
pick.
23
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:08.000
But again, it just forces you to hit a lot of creative shots, a variety of
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:08.000
shots.
25
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.010
It challenges you to adjust your stock swing, which is really what playing golf
26
00:01:12.010 --> 00:01:13.000
is all about
27
00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:17.000
once you've established a stock swing that you can adjust from.
Tyler Ferrell. Golf Digest Best Teachers in California, 2026-27. The only person named to both Golf Digest's Best Young Teachers in America and Best Golf Fitness Professionals lists. Author of The Stock Tour Swing.
3 Clubs
Try the 3 Club Golf Challenge to Shape Better Shots
The 3 club golf challenge builds creativity by forcing you to play unfamiliar shots with limited options. Learn how to choose your clubs, adapt to the course, and execute each shot with purpose.
After this video, you'll be able to:
- Identify the best club choices for various course situations
- Develop creativity in shot-making by limiting your club options
- Adjust your stock swing to hit a variety of shots effectively
Video Transcript
WEBVTT
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000
This golf course game is three clubs.
2
00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.000
Now there's two different versions of this.
3
00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:09.000
It could either be three clubs plus putter or just three clubs.
4
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:12.000
We would play this once or twice this semester,
5
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.000
usually for a box of golf balls on my college team.
6
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:17.000
We always played three clubs.
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.000
So if you chose putter, that was one of your three clubs.
8
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.870
It would force you to either put with your three wood or put with your sandwich
9
00:00:23.870 --> 00:00:24.000
.
10
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000
You'll find that the most common strategies are either going to be
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000
a three or a five wood, a seven, six iron, eight iron,
12
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.000
depending on how long you are, and then some wedge.
13
00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.000
You'd be surprised at how close to your normal scores
14
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.000
you can shoot with just these three clubs.
15
00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.000
But those are just general guidelines.
16
00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:47.000
What I would really challenge you to do is look at the scorecard and see,
17
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.000
all right, if I take three wood, what's that going to leave me into a lot of
18
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:51.000
par fours
19
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.000
and what's that going to leave me potentially if I hit it twice into a par five
20
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:58.000
and then use that to balance out what other clubs you choose,
21
00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:02.630
also while looking at kind of the par threes for the potential of which iron to
22
00:01:02.630 --> 00:01:03.000
pick.
23
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:08.000
But again, it just forces you to hit a lot of creative shots, a variety of
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:08.000
shots.
25
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.010
It challenges you to adjust your stock swing, which is really what playing golf
26
00:01:12.010 --> 00:01:13.000
is all about
27
00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:17.000
once you've established a stock swing that you can adjust from.
1
00:00:00.000 --> 00:00:03.000
This golf course game is three clubs.
2
00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:05.000
Now there's two different versions of this.
3
00:00:05.000 --> 00:00:09.000
It could either be three clubs plus putter or just three clubs.
4
00:00:09.000 --> 00:00:12.000
We would play this once or twice this semester,
5
00:00:12.000 --> 00:00:15.000
usually for a box of golf balls on my college team.
6
00:00:15.000 --> 00:00:17.000
We always played three clubs.
7
00:00:17.000 --> 00:00:20.000
So if you chose putter, that was one of your three clubs.
8
00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.870
It would force you to either put with your three wood or put with your sandwich
9
00:00:23.870 --> 00:00:24.000
.
10
00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:28.000
You'll find that the most common strategies are either going to be
11
00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:32.000
a three or a five wood, a seven, six iron, eight iron,
12
00:00:32.000 --> 00:00:35.000
depending on how long you are, and then some wedge.
13
00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:38.000
You'd be surprised at how close to your normal scores
14
00:00:38.000 --> 00:00:41.000
you can shoot with just these three clubs.
15
00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:43.000
But those are just general guidelines.
16
00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:47.000
What I would really challenge you to do is look at the scorecard and see,
17
00:00:47.000 --> 00:00:51.000
all right, if I take three wood, what's that going to leave me into a lot of
18
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:51.000
par fours
19
00:00:51.000 --> 00:00:55.000
and what's that going to leave me potentially if I hit it twice into a par five
20
00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:58.000
and then use that to balance out what other clubs you choose,
21
00:00:58.000 --> 00:01:02.630
also while looking at kind of the par threes for the potential of which iron to
22
00:01:02.630 --> 00:01:03.000
pick.
23
00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:08.000
But again, it just forces you to hit a lot of creative shots, a variety of
24
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:08.000
shots.
25
00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:12.010
It challenges you to adjust your stock swing, which is really what playing golf
26
00:01:12.010 --> 00:01:13.000
is all about
27
00:01:13.000 --> 00:01:17.000
once you've established a stock swing that you can adjust from.
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