I kept my old wood driver for that very purpose.  My current driver is a large face, so the bottom is a little too round, however, I am going to purchase a smaller face driver with a flatter bottom so I can use it from the fairway as well.

A few years ago I had an Orlimar Trimetal 11* fairway driver.   Could hit it well off the deck on a good lie.

right now I'm hitting a png i20 and it works pretty well. I can hit it a good 275 with good roll. 

I hit mine off the deck  a lot especially when my three wood makes me mad! (Stupid TM) 

I hit my 913 off of a good fairway lie once, it was a good shot. But it scratched the bottom of the face, So I won't be doing that again.

driver off the deck is the funnest thing on the world it is really easy to do only if u do things correctly hit it like a 7 iron make a very small divot i play tournament golf and i play it in tournaments its basically a low stinger 3 woods rolls a lot downhill works the best i have hit one 245 and my average drive is about 260 try this tip and hope it works well good luck

Sometimes I will depending on the lie and if there is any trouble on the hole. The only way I can see the shaft being damaged is from taking a huge divot and snapping it but that will take a lot of strength.

I have in the past.  But see no need to do it now.  Not enough control over the flight.

The 913 F-D is an awesome club. Have been trying it out on the course and it works well for all situations so far.

Cheers,

TT