Are there advantages of getting a "offset" fairway wood?

Question

What are the advantages or dis advantages of offset vs. standard?

Answer 1

The offset clubs are to help keep you hands in front of the ball. You don't have to remember to do it. The design also makes it harder to hit the ball to the right. Some people find off set woods harder to get in the air and tend to hook them. You need to hit offset and standard clubs to find out what you like the best

Answer 2

To give a non copy-and-paste answer....
Offset simply means that the shaft of the golf club is set slightly in front of the club face. This means that your hands are slightly in front of the ball at impact, and as a result you have a few more milliseconds to square up the club face than you would with a regular club.
This extra time can really help people with a chronic slice to get the face square at impact and hit it straight. However, there is more than one type of slice and offset clubs will not fix all of them. The best thing is to try a few at a local fitting centre and see if they work for you. Generally though, if you slice, you should see an improvement. Obviously if you are a puller or a hooker of the ball, offset definately is not the way to go.

Answer 3

I don't want to make this answer sound harsh but it is the truth , products that have an offset are marketed to people who have swing issues or an inconsistent game , if you swing on the correct plane and square up the clubface there is no need for an offset , if you constantly slice the ball then it will help , but then if you correct your swing the offset will hurt you because then you will pull your shots left every time , So my advice is go with standard and learn proper swing mechanics and you will be a happier golfer !!!

Answer 4

Q. What is Offset, and Why are Some Clubs Designed With It?

A. Offset is a design condition in clubheads in which the neck or hosel of the head is positioned in front of the face of the clubhead, so that the clubface appears to be set back a little from the neck of the club. (Put another way, offset is the distance that the forward side of the neck/hosel of the clubhead is set in front of the bottom of the face of the clubhead.)
When a wood or ironhead is designed to have more offset, two game improvement factors automatically occur, each of which can help the golfer. First, the more offset, the farther the head's center of gravity is back from the shaft. And the farther the CG is back from the shaft, the higher the trajectory will be for any given loft on the face.

Second, the more offset in the clubhead, the more time the golfer has on the downswing to rotate the face of the clubhead back around in order to arrive at impact closer to being square to the target line. In other words, offset can help a golfer come closer to squaring the face at impact because the clubface arrives at impact a split-second later than with a club that has no offset. Thus the second benefit of offset is to help reduce the amount the golfer may slice or fade the ball.

Q. Will Offset Golf Clubs Help My Slice?

A. Yes, but more in a wood than in an iron.
Offset is the distance that the forward side of the neck/hosel of the clubhead is set in front of the bottom of the face of the clubhead. With offset, the clubface arrives at impact a split second later than with a clubhead that has no offset or in which the face is in front of the neck/hosel of the clubhead, which is the case with woodheads.

This additional time before the face meets the ball allows the golfer to continue rotating his hands around, thus allowing the clubface a little more time to rotate around into a more square or less open position at impact.

There are two reasons that offset is more effective in woods than in irons for helping a slice. One, woods have less loft than irons, which means the slice from an open face at impact is greater.

Two, the difference between a typical woodhead - in which the face is in front of the neck/hosel - compared to an offset wood is greater than the difference between a non-offset iron and an offset iron.
This greater difference between conventional and offset woods allows for more time for the golfer to rotate the face around to be less open at impact than is possible between a non-offset and an offset iron.

Answer 5

If you normally slice an offset will help straighten out your shot. If you hit straight you are likely to start drawing/hooking the ball.

Answer 6

Yes, if you want to pull your shots and hit lower line drives!