Can we please resolve to ban the use of terms like "3-metal" to describe a wood? Some TV announcers have latched onto this, and it just one of the dumbest, most pretentious and cringeworthy things I have ever heard. You don't call a 5-iron a "5-steel," just because the head isn't made of iron. You could just as easily call it a "5-metal" as well. Does anyone talk about conceding putts "inside the rubber" because leather isn't used for grips anymore? Woods are woods, irons are irons and hybrids are hybrids. Let's stick to terminology that is simple, straightforward and less grinding on the ear.
Cringeworthy. We love that word. And we agree that the use of 3-metal and 5-metal adds nothing to the broadcasts. Kirk, your 5-steel example seals the argument. We're talking woods from now on.
Kirk Haverkamp, Ypsilanti, MI
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