I'm A (Hybrid) Believer!

[Cantankerish]

On 9/9/2019 at 3:34 PM, Billy Z said:

You will notice that I have for hybrids in my bag right now, and generally I play as well or better than most of the people I play with because of the hybrids.

 

1    Driver
2    Putter                       
3   4w   17°
4   4h    22°
5   5h    25°
6   6h    28°
7   7h    31°
8    7i    30°
9    8i    34.5°
10  9     39°
11  pw  44°
12  aw  49°
13  sw  54°
14  lw   58°

I like your wedge setup.

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I have 3, 4, 5 hybrid.  I am particularly confident with the 4 and 5, regularly hitting greens from up to 200 yards.  It is the best part of my game atm.

[colin007]

What are the lowest lofted hybrids and who makes them?

[Inferno2ss]

30 minutes ago, colin007 said:

What are the lowest lofted hybrids and who makes them?

16 degrees was the lowest I saw when I was looking for a 2 hybrid.  Not sure who makes them though as Ping, Callaway, Titliest etc only went down to 17 degrees.

The Ping G410 is adjustable to 16 degrees.  

[Zippo]

I now have three hybrid's and like them a lot. Seem to hit the 4 hybrid the best for some reason.

[pganapathy]

I used to be able to hit my 3 and 4 iron very well indeed.  However, as I have aged, and my swing speed has reduced thanks to weekly golf at best, I have replaced the two irons with a 4 hybrid.  Much easier for me to hit.  In fact, it has become my default club off the tee where the driver is too long or too risky.

Hybrids are a brilliant club, the only issue being hitting a low, stinger type shot, is very difficult.  For that I am now forced to rely on my 5 iron, though I may well end up gaming the 3 or 4 iron specifically for that shot if the 5 doesn't work properly.

At the end of the day, as I age, I will inevitably get more hybrids in the bag, provided vitamin M permits it.

[Buckeyebowman]

2 hours ago, pganapathy said:

I used to be able to hit my 3 and 4 iron very well indeed.  However, as I have aged, and my swing speed has reduced thanks to weekly golf at best, I have replaced the two irons with a 4 hybrid.  Much easier for me to hit.  In fact, it has become my default club off the tee where the driver is too long or too risky.

Hybrids are a brilliant club, the only issue being hitting a low, stinger type shot, is very difficult.  For that I am now forced to rely on my 5 iron, though I may well end up gaming the 3 or 4 iron specifically for that shot if the 5 doesn't work properly.

At the end of the day, as I age, I will inevitably get more hybrids in the bag, provided vitamin M permits it.

You got it right that hitting a hybrid low can be problematic, but it can be done. It usually requires more skill than I can muster, but I pull one off every now and then. If I really have to keep it low I'll usually just choke up on a Driver and hit it off the deck. But I can only bend that from left to right. I saw a post on here years ago from a guy who had an old 2 iron laying around. He cut it down to 6 or 7 iron length, re-gripped it, and used it as a punch out club. Sounds brilliant to me!

[pganapathy]

4 hours ago, Buckeyebowman said:

saw a post on here years ago from a guy who had an old 2 iron laying around. He cut it down to 6 or 7 iron length, re-gripped it, and used it as a punch out club. Sounds brilliant to me!

That sounds interesting.  I think I have a 1-iron laying around the house.  Maybe I should experiment with that club and see what happens 👍

[NJpatbee]

I use a 2h thru 6h and at age 67 I believe that the hybrids have kept me in the game.  25 years ago I could hit a good 2 iron but once I turned 60 I found that I could no longer generate enough club head speed for long and mid irons (a chronic bad back did not help).  The hybrids are a tremendous help for me and I find them easy to hit.