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Solved1.32K viewsJune 14, 2022

Rlafoone 1.57K June 12, 2022 2 Comments

don’t understand why the STF fairway wood is manufactured with a .5* open face, yet have a draw bias weight. Seems

they would counteract one another?

Currently playing Callaway rogue 4 wood and trying to replace it with a Maltby product. Hit this straight and long.

tried hitting the Ke4 TC fairway #4 and I hang it off to the right frequently which I attribute to the .5* open face as a possibility.

struggling with choosing between the STF with draw bias weight and .5* open face, or the M890 #4 with .5* closed face.

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Rlafoone Selected answer as best June 14, 2022

statechamp commented June 12, 2022

First thing first, are both clubs the exact same specs (besides the face angle) Same shaft, same lie angle, same length, swing weight?

So to hit a pure draw that means the ball starts right of target and then draws back towards the target. If the ball starts at the target and goes left if target then the face can not have been open to the target.

https://blog.trackmangolf.com/face-angle/

Rlafoone commented June 12, 2022

Thanks statechamp

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First thing first, are both clubs the exact same specs (besides the face angle) Same shaft, same lie angle, same length, swing weight?

So to hit a pure draw that means the ball starts right of target and then draws back towards the target. If the ball starts at the target and goes left if target then the face can not have been open to the target.

https://blog.trackmangolf.com/face-angle/

Answer 1 · 2022-06-13T19:56:48+00:00

It is important to understand the differences in the clubs you are comparing so you can try to figure out why one produces one kind of shot vs another. The .5 deg. open face is really insignificant and generally that is done because a slightly open face looks more square at address. A true square face looks closed. I understand you your question and it is legitimate, but in our testing and the result we felt we could get away with the .5 deg. open face angle. Combining it with the draw bias created positive results, and the look at address is square, not closed.

Britt Lindsey