Club selection 4hybrid vs. 4iron

[David in FL]

Personally, i think determining whether or not to use a hybrid or an iron is determined by you club head speed. If do not generate enough speed hitting longer irons will be difficult. This is why the hybrids are so nice, so of the power comes from the wood like design. The becomes more apparent when hitting out of the rough.

Seems to me that if that were the case, we wouldn't be seeing so many hybrids in use on tour these days.

[uuassistant2009]

Ok and you just made my point for me. The tour now is all about hitting it long without any regard to where it lands. If you look at the every good golfer prior to the "Tiger" era, they hit it semi long, but extremely accurate. Today golf courses are no longer judge by having to make creative, accurate shots. They are only good if they are at least 7500 yds long. I have played both short and long courses and I will shoot the same score on both. I wanna see these guys have to hit deadly accurate shots from 150 yds rather than average shots from 220.

[Bourbon and Coke]

This is horribly off-topic, but all you're really saying about tour players is that their scrambling is better than ever before, because the scores aren't changing much for their lesser quality, longer distance irons.

[uuassistant2009]

I said long irons are harder to hit and that's why hybrids are needed for lower handicap players. He stated that hybrids are showing up on tour more frequently. Then, i said because the pros suck at accuracy now the we are in the "Tiger" era of golf.

Don't get me wrong, i love hitting the ball 300 yds, but i also like having a challenging shot where distance is not the main focus.

[flanagan]

Ok and you just made my point for me. The tour now is all about hitting it long without any regard to where it lands. If you look at the every good golfer prior to the "Tiger" era, they hit it semi long, but extremely accurate.

1. Agree, I think, that tour being all about long, bomb and gouge, is a negative.

2. Disagree with the "semi long". Nicklaus - super long; Weiskopf - long; Watson - long; Couples - long; Love III - Long. Many other examples. Most good golfers prior to Tiger were very long hitters, not semi-long, but also good drivers of the golf ball, period.

[uuassistant2009]

the golfer mentioned above were long, i'm not debating that. But they did not hit a 7iron 190 plus, like some of these guys are doing today.

[Petden]

I find a 4 Hybrid to be much longer than a 4I. My 4I doesnt usually roll past 215, however the 4 hybrids that I have hit usually roll out to 230-245.

I will also add that I seem to find that irons are more accurate, and more consistant, yet hybrids are longer and because of the ease of use, more workable.

[Want2PlayMore]

I was trying to keep my 4 iron but I only it hit it decent off the tee. Any other lie I have a pretty difficult time putting a good swing on it. I'm going to put it back in my Pops attic where it came from and try to find a good hybrid on eBay.

[RocketSauce]

i would ABSOLUTELY ditch the 4 iron for the hybrid. they are WORLDS APART in forgiveness and ease of use

[I KyotE I]

so how much of a gap could I face with a 25* hybrid vs. a 24* Iron? I like that the hybrid is forgiving but I also don't want a very large gap in the irons. Would it still be around the 10 yard differance "rule of thumb"

[alcorn]

4 hybrid... Alot of players find them easier to hit.

[Dub]

I'd like to revise a statement I made in my earlier post on this thread....about not being able to knock down my 4H.

I played a round since then and was in a situation where this was needed...fairly good wind coming in my face...normal 4 iron distance for me on a par 3 tee shot.

I used my 4H but made a slight set up change: moved the ball back to just behind center of my stance....and set up with my hands just ahead of the ball. I took an otherwise normal swing (no abrieviated backswing or followthrough like I was in the habit of doing with knockdown irons).

The ball came off very nicely and carried to the front of the green and released a bit and rolled up to 15'.

Turns out it is a much more natural way to lower trajectory for me than to have to alter my swing too much.

Said it before....I'll say it again.....these hybrids are golden. I can see why NIKE didn't change up their hybrid line as soon as they did with the DYMO woods and drivers.