7 Wood

[OspreyCI]

TRS2 Denali Red 7 wood is crazy good. So easy to hit. 

[goin'low]

Ive just started using the new Cobra Adapt DS LS 5wood turned up to 19.5 , and it never ceases to amaze me with its high flight and soft landing 

[Teebs]

Swapped a G440 7w (Denali Red 70) for a GT2 7w (Denali Red 60) and it's immense.

 

So easy to hit, around 190-205y.

 

Such a great club for a low handicap that isn't solid with long irons.

[Kmac]

Just got a GT2 driver was super impressive in its first round out, makes me want to try the 7w as well.

[azgreg]

On 3/16/2025 at 3:16 PM, FarmerDan said:

I need to a heavier shaft than I used to.

I'm with you here that's why I have TT DG S300 shafts in mine.

 

[Frank_Kasule]

Played an awesome shot with the 7 wood to set up a sweet birdie. Drove it left into the trees and decided to just go for it as I was giving someone a stroke in our matchplay. 

Playing into wind needed to hit it quickly up over a tree branch in front of me and with a fade plus carry the water in front of the green. 

Came off absolutely perfectly and went just over the green but I managed to chip and putt to take the hole. 

That filled me with confidence for future 7 wood play! 

[theadvocate_ivan]

I have the rogue sub zero with Ventus TR Blue 8 Stiff tipped 1.5"

Edited March 21 by theadvocate_ivan

[AmpliFIRE]

Cobra LTDx 7 wood in the bag. It’s freakin automatic. Now I need a 9 wood! 

[CafecitoHippo]

I'm honestly surprised at how good a 7 wood feels. I always hated 3 woods and finally only liked fairway woods after trying a 5 wood and a 4 wood. Only had the Callaway X2Hot Pro 4 Wood in the bag for a few years but after getting fit for new irons, I was retooling the bag and decided to test a 7 wood and my god, at the range it feels great. I got a used 915F 7 wood and the seller had an X-stiff Project X shaft in it but got a Tensei Blue to throw in and it's point and shoot. It feels like cheating. Was putting shot after shot at the range right at the flag that was 190 out into the wind. Would be expecting it to be around 205 or so but having that accuracy, high launch, and carry was magical. 200 would've been hoping for a good shot with a hybrid or rolling a utility iron up. The 7 wood just carried with a nice high ball flight.

[Triple]

On 3/17/2025 at 1:17 PM, Teebs said:

Swapped a G440 7w (Denali Red 70) for a GT2 7w (Denali Red 60) and it's immense.

 

So easy to hit, around 190-205y.

 

Such a great club for a low handicap that isn't solid with long irons.

Why'd you not get along with the G440? I love the G440 7W. High, long, forgiving, and easy to work.

[Teebs]

1 hour ago, Triple said:

Why'd you not get along with the G440? I love the G440 7W. High, long, forgiving, and easy to work.

 

Yeah, good question. Feel and head shape.

 

Very much personal preference, but absolutely overjoyed with the Titleist 7w

[NoodleShanker]

19 minutes ago, Teebs said:

 

Very much personal preference, but absolutely overjoyed with the Titleist 7w

Love my GT2 7W; it’s an absolute weapon at its distance.  Protip, wax-on a few coats of carnauba wax to maintain the crown. Tools can be jewels too. 😄 

[NZ315]

G440 -7wood fan here. Had the 425/430 now the 440 money clubs best in the bag

[Teebs]

What gets me is how few 7w you seen in bags.

 

I'm a fairly low handicap and play with a real mix from Scratch to 20 and no-one runs a 7w, even the guys that hit it short.

 

Mine is point and shoot from 200y. No-way would I get the distance and flight from a long iron, not in a million years.

[Triple]

6 hours ago, NZ315 said:

G440 -7wood fan here. Had the 425/430 now the 440 money clubs best in the bag

This is me too. Love this club. 

[CafecitoHippo]

4 hours ago, Teebs said:

What gets me is how few 7w you seen in bags.

Yeah I hadn't really heard of anyone playing them and never even considered them. Thought they were just a thing of the past with hybrids becoming more prevalent. My bag used to have a 4W (16.5), 3 Utility Iron (19), Hybrid (21), and 4 Iron (23). I got fit for G440 irons and took the opportunity to redo the top of my bag since the 5i is 24 and the UW is 47 (previously ran 4i at 24 to PW at 45) which then made my 50/54/58 wedge setup feel too close to the 47. So the 50/54 became a 52 and then opened up some space to fool around with the 7W.

[kamaaina1]

Love my G430 7w.  So easy to hit....

[knock it close]

I'm playing a GT2 7 would knocked down to 20.25 with an old fujikura tw84x in it, its pretty darn good. 

[toddba11]

My Ping G430 Max 7 wood came with a stock regular Ping shaft.  I was hitting it too high and pulling it, so I replaced the shaft with a Tensei Pro White 70 S and butt trimmed it to size.  It was a spare driver shaft.  The combo performs well, very stable and accurate.  The ball flight is slightly lower, however I play in a lot of wind at times.

[sniper]

I was fit to GT2 7w turned down to 20.25 with 1k Black 85-S and +6 weight.  I hit it well at fitting and it went the right number but I really didn’t care for the feel.  I play a g430 3w with Tour Black 75-S that I really like.  I’m hoping to hit the g440 7w this weekend but really wish the Tour Black came in an 85 model for FW’s.  Open to suggestions if anyone has any?

[ovodeano]

Anybody play a 7 wood and 4 iron? Have an about 30 yard gap between 7w and 5i. Play zx7 5i at 25*

[maowv]

On 5/7/2025 at 2:01 PM, ovodeano said:

Anybody play a 7 wood and 4 iron? Have an about 30 yard gap between 7w and 5i. Play zx7 5i at 25*

 

Close. I'm playing a Ping 430 7W and then a 23 degree hybrid. The hybrid has largely replaced the 4 and 5 irons for me (I'm pushing 58). That Ping hybrid is so much easier to hit, and to hit high. Plus I can choke down an inch or so and take a regular swing to get a standard 5 iron distance but with much less effort and more forgiveness.

 

I love the Ping 7W for long approaches as I'm aging but I don't find it as versatile. For example, I find hitting a lower trajectory or a fade very difficult with the 7W. That hybrid is much more useful on less than standard distance shots. For me, it's easier to hit high than a long iron, easier to hit low than a 7W/9W, better for punching out under tree branches (a shot I've always needed). I resisted going to a hybrid for a long, long time but age forced it and now I wish I made that move 15 years ago. Might be worth a try.

Edited June 10 by maowv

[sniper]

50 minutes ago, ovodeano said:

Anybody play a 7 wood and 4 iron? Have an about 30 yard gap between 7w and 5i. Play zx7 5i at 25*

If and when I purchase a 7w it will be to fill the gap between 3w and 4I.   5w gets to close to my 3w.  

Edited May 7 by sniper

[ovodeano]

That’s my setup now. Probably gonna order a zx5 4i

[Kmac]

1 hour ago, ovodeano said:

Anybody play a 7 wood and 4 iron? Have an about 30 yard gap between 7w and 5i. Play zx7 5i at 25*

I went 7w to 5H to try and close that gap a bit, dropping the 5i altogether 

 

I'm also loving my GT2 7w, best club in my bag and not even close. And like other said, I dont see anyone else at my club running 7w's, at least not any that Ive played with yet. And a couple of them have hit mine, loved it and stated how dangerous theyd be with it yet never trunked one. I dont get it.

[ovodeano]

14 minutes ago, Kmac said:

I went 7w to 5H to try and close that gap a bit, dropping the 5i altogether 

 

I'm also loving my GT2 7w, best club in my bag and not even close. And like other said, I dont see anyone else at my club running 7w's, at least not any that Ive played with yet. And a couple of them have hit mine, loved it and stated how dangerous theyd be with it yet never trunked one. I dont get it.

the thing with 7 woods is the stock shaft offerings don't suit high swing speed players. highest weight is usually 75g, you have to get an upcharge shaft.

Edited May 7 by ovodeano

[Kmac]

6 minutes ago, ovodeano said:

the thing with 7 woods is the stock shaft offerings don't suit high swing speed players. highest weight is usually 75g, you have to get an upcharge shaft.

100% true. I'm average SS in the 90-100ish range so the stock GT2 shaft has worked very well. I'm not positive but it appears to be a much better stock option then the Ai Smoke mini had in it.

[Ca3l]

10 minutes ago, ovodeano said:

the thing with 7 woods is the stock shaft offerings don't suit high swing speed players. highest weight is usually 75g, you have to get an upcharge shaft.

Yeah I just ordered a g440 7 wood and find this so frustrating. It seems like upcharge offerings are even more expensive now too.

[ovodeano]

1 minute ago, Ca3l said:

Yeah I just ordered a g440 7 wood and find this so frustrating. It seems like upcharge offerings are even more expensive now too.

luckily I found a qi10 with a ventus 8x and its worked well so far. I did try the g440 with tour black and it just didn't work.

Edited May 7 by ovodeano

[ovodeano]

19 minutes ago, Kmac said:

100% true. I'm average SS in the 90-100ish range so the stock GT2 shaft has worked very well. I'm not positive but it appears to be a much better stock option then the Ai Smoke mini had in it.

wish I woulda tried the GT line but I'm loving my QI10 core heads so can't risk hitting anything else lol.