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JeffJ

By JeffJ
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JeffJ Established Member

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Well I hit the range early this morning with the intent on working on my hips and also to try out my new Cleveland XLS 1I. Well I worked myself into a good groove, hitting the ball well. My warm up iron(7) was spot on with a little draw at 155 yards. Worked myself through the 6 and 5 and then pulled out the new hybrid. Thats where it hit the fan. Spraying the heck out of it, hooks, slices and worh burners...I probably hit 3 good balls out of 25 that rooled to the from of the 245 flag. I tried everything and couldnt make it work. I thought this club would fill the gap between my driver and 4 iron but now I just dont know! I am going to hit it a few more times before I start thinking about alternatives. Any ideas? The shaft is XS and cut one inch long like my irons. MY first plan may be to chop the inch off and play it stock...which is what the demo I hit was.

Thanks for letting me vent. Any ideas?

JeffJ Established Member

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Man...I tried a little of everything. Moved it around in my stance, tried to hit a 3/4, tried to kill it...everything.

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I know it took me almost all of last season to finally get the hang of the hybrid I got from my brother. He struggled hitting it so he gave it to me. I know that I hit mine just like an iron, and am finally getting good distance with it. Now I need to work on my accuracy. IMO they take some getting used to and practice. I am still not confident with mine. Good luck, and don't give up too quickly.
In the bag:
Driver: Tour SS 310 10.5*
Hybrid: 3i 845s Oversize Plus 18*
Irons: FP 4-SW
Wedges: TruTech 60* LW & 56* SWPutter: Deep Red Fluid Feel 7Balls: DT So/Lo (discontinued) or e6+ (trying these out!)

MGP Well Established Member

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Two things I did last year that helped with my hybrids tremendously -- I switched to steel shafts (1/2" shorter than graphite for the same swingweight) and learned to hit them like a 5 iron.

Once I did that I started hitting them straight and long. Couldn't be happier now.

I think one thing that messes a lot of people up with hybrids is that they are generally longer than the long irons they'll replace and because of the head design and typical graphite shafts they encourage you to hit them with a sweeping swing like a fairway wood. This generally doesn't work too well with most hybrids. Just an observation, YMMV.

What's in my bag (most of the time)

Exotics 12°, Aldila VS Proto 65S
Exotics CB1 4W, 16.5°, Fujikura Stiff
3DX DC Ironwood 20°, 23°, 26º Hybrids, Proforce V2 Stiff Acer XP905 Pro 6-PW, Dynalite Gold S300Inazone CNC Spin Satin GW 50°/8°, SW 54°/14°, LW 58°/4°Boccieri...


JeffJ Established Member

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  MGP said:
Two things I did last year that helped with my hybrids tremendously -- I switched to steel shafts (1/2" shorter than graphite for the same swingweight) and learned to hit them like a 5 iron.

Sounds like I almost need to take a divot...well atleast a tiny one, similar to what I would with a 2 iron or so. I am headed to the range again in the morning, I will report in afterwards. Appreciate the help.


MGP Well Established Member

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  JeffJ said:
Sounds like I almost need to take a divot...well atleast a tiny one, similar to what I would with a 2 iron or so. I am headed to the range again in the morning, I will report in afterwards. Appreciate the help.

Correct. If you watch the pros when they hit hybrids that's exectly what they do -- take a small divot just as they would with their long irons.

What's in my bag (most of the time)

Exotics 12°, Aldila VS Proto 65S
Exotics CB1 4W, 16.5°, Fujikura Stiff
3DX DC Ironwood 20°, 23°, 26º Hybrids, Proforce V2 Stiff Acer XP905 Pro 6-PW, Dynalite Gold S300Inazone CNC Spin Satin GW 50°/8°, SW 54°/14°, LW 58°/4°Boccieri...


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haha, I finally found out that with my hybrid, the problem was that i was trying to do too much. You have to understand that hybrids are not woods, and not irons, they're in between your wood and iron swing. To hit a hybrid you need to STOP trying to do things to hit it. Just take it back, and let the club fall back down, simply swing however feels comfortable.

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take a break.... then go back and work on tempo - you probably hit your first few shots badly, got frustrated and started to try to too hard, lifting here, releasing early there, hitting shots thin and fat... were your ball marks all over the face or just in the middle?

JeffJ Established Member

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What a crazy game this is. Hit the range this morning and hit about 30 more balls with it. Into a little wind I hit about 1/3 of them within a 20 yard diameter of the 210 flag...the rest were all over the place. I actually felt better hitting the club today. IT will take a little time but I think this club may find a place in the bag.

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pathetic, if you cant hit a hybrid you have MUCH bigger swing problems. Hybrids are meant to be EXETREMEMLY easy to hit, stop thinking and just make a comfortable swing, if tahts not working, put down the club and go take some lessons.

JeffJ Established Member

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  1337 said:
pathetic, if you cant hit a hybrid you have MUCH bigger swing problems. Hybrids are meant to be EXETREMEMLY easy to hit, stop thinking and just make a comfortable swing, if tahts not working, put down the club and go take some lessons.

Excuse me?

on edit: Nevermind, I checked a few of your other posts and realized this is just a normal response from you. What IS pathetic is your holier than thou attitude and bs on here. Welcome to the #1 spot on my ignore list.

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pathetic, if you cant hit a hybrid you have MUCH bigger swing problems. Hybrids are meant to be EXETREMEMLY easy to hit, stop thinking and just make a comfortable swing, if tahts not working, put down the club and go take some lessons.

Wow...I bet you are a real loser in life......

.....nothing worse than someone posting trying to be an ass.

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