Possible Hybrids

[Andyonfire]

I never really got into the hybrid thing. I thought it would be a golf fad. lol.
so i demo the nike SQ 2 hybrid at my course and i really liked it. Im looking to get one for myself. I am not the SQ guy, so i was wondering if you guys knew the best hybrid. Who has the best hybrid clubs? and is there a good hybrid-type shaft?


Andyonfire

[joshtpa]

There is no best Hybrid. It is whatever feels best to you.

As far as it being a fad. Take a look at the latest Golf magazine. They have the detailed specifics on Hybrids going farther, going higher, and landing better done with robot testing.

[firstcut]

  The Birdieman said:

There is no best Hybrid. It is whatever feels best to you.

Agreed.. There is no "best".

That said, I think Adams has been doing it longer and has some of the easier ones to hit. I also like the Nike Rescues quite a bit. I can pluck a ball out of a fairway trap with my Nike 6 rescue better than I can hit some irons off the fairway!

[JohnTwing]

I play the Sumo SQ2 2iH. Great great club.

[chrt396]

I hit a 3 iron pretty solid but I blindly bought a Taylor Made 3 hybrid burner...and I knock the snot out of it...straight! Feels good. I got the steel shaft however. They were on sale at Golfsmith in Clearwater for $129. I didn't want the graphite shafts. Never had much luck with control with graphite.

[Snake]

When I think of hybrids, Adams comes to mind first, then Taylor Made. Having said that, I love my Cleveland Halos. They aren't the latest and greatest, but they work for me.

[ks8829]

my brother-in-law just got the Taylor Made Burner hybrid and he loves it, he got the 18 degree and hit it about 220 yards nice and high landing softly.

[CosmosMpower]

Adams, Nickent or TM go try them all and pick one.

[TCCcaddie]

I think the Taylor Made Rescue Mids are the best hybrids ever made. Now you can get them brand new for about $75 in some stores and way cheaper on ebay, look into them.

[joshtpa]

  TCCcaddie said:

I think the Taylor Made Rescue Mids are the best hybrids ever made. Now you can get them brand new for about $75 in some stores and way cheaper on ebay, look into them.

Best ever made is definately more of an opinion.

[golf_junkie27]

  TCCcaddie said:

I think the Taylor Made Rescue Mids are the best hybrids ever made. Now you can get them brand new for about $75 in some stores and way cheaper on ebay, look into them.

They are pretty awesome hybrids. If you like these, you'll like the Nickent, too. Perform pretty similar.

I have not tried the Adams but am going to give them a look. Selling my Cobra Hybrids as I just did not like them. A waste of money, for me.

[joshtpa]

If you like the TM's try the Adams Pro Gold and the Adams Boxer series. Both are flat out sick

[bogeyhitter25]

Try out an Adams Golf IDEA Hybrid. Classy.

[TinCupTampa]

Exotics XCG and TM Burner T Rescue would be my top 2 in terms of fairway woods and hybrids. Exotics get the top spot purely because of feel and their longer distance.

Another good hybrid is the Callaway Heavenwood.

[Stacey_E]

I don't think hybrids are a fad. What I think they really are, are throwbacks to older model fairway woods. Shafts have gotten so long and heads so larger on the newer fairway woods, that for some (not all) they have become hard to hit. Hybrids have tamed the shaft length back down and brought back head sizes that are more usuable from a variety of lies.

I love my Cobra DWS mainly because it is quite forgiving and reatively hot across the entire face. Trust me, I hit it all over the face. It can drop and stop or be delofted for a run out shot. But if you wanted to work the ball left or right, it is virtually useless. I'd put Adams and Taylormade as the grandfathers of the hybrid movement. And in most cases, in most industries, whoever has been making something the longest is usually the best and most respected.

[hamletsdead]

I grabbed some Nike Slingshots on sale a couple months ago -- 2H, 3H and 4H -- and they have become staples in my bag. They are almost too easy to hit. I find myself trying to leave approach shots 160-200 yards out just so I can grab one of these and smooth it on in there. They aren't the newest thing on the market (hence the sale) but "new" does not necessarily always (or even most of the time) mean "best."

[imtomtomim]

truthfully, there is one club that you must try. I endorse nickent clubs fully. They're 3dx r/c hybrids are amazing. They're actually pretty prominent on the tour. The clubs are a little cheaper in price which is great but in my opinion, they hit fantastically. I've hit a few different hybrids (adams, nike, taylormade) and the nickents outperform them all. The weighting and sole just feel really good, like I can't mess up. I use my 4 hybrid as a 5 wood and a rescue club togeter. It's great.

[shortgame85]

  Stacey_E said:

I don't think hybrids are a fad. What I think they really are, are throwbacks to older model fairway woods. Shafts have gotten so long and heads so larger on the newer fairway woods, that for some (not all) they have become hard to hit. Hybrids have tamed the shaft length back down and brought back head sizes that are more usuable from a variety of lies.

I agree with everything said here, except the statement that the Cobra cannot be worked. It can. I'm no great golfer by a large margin, but I can draw or even hook the DWS at will. I can fade or slice a ball with the standard DWS. It is the easist hybrid for me to hit. I would bet that the Baffler Pro version would be even easier to work.

And, now, I will be happy to accept my endorsement check from Cobra. LOL.