hitting low hybrids

[Sandwedge74]

Hi, a quick question for the trap:
I have been hitting my driver off the deck, out of trouble, when i need to be under trees and have considerable distance to the pin
Does anyone here have a good tip for hitting my hybrid low?? It's a 2 hybrid - I always get it airborn and I would love to be able to punch it.
any tips?? is the answer in ball position , follow thru??
thanks!

[David in FL]

I'm no help except to offer that I still carry my 3 iron in addition to two hybrids just because it's so much easier to work and flight than the hybrids which just tend to go high, straight, and land soft.....

.......it's tough to complain too much about that I guess!

[Sandwedge74]

hi, I carry a 3 iron. Some times the lie is horrid and hitting down on it will just pop it more. I mean a club like a driver that you can sweep or hit down on (not that I ever hit down on my driver) -- like a hybrid where you can have a little more control over direction - but made for the rough and sweepable - so how would you hit a low hybrid? I need one today for getting out of trouble. But even yesterday when I played a links course by the beach - the wind was crazy and a low hybrid would have been golden there too!

[Elsfan]

Make a specific effort not to cock your wrist. Make your backswing, keep the takeway low and do not let your wrist cock.

[Scrape-o-TheClown]

It tends to be very dificult to hit a club low that is designed solely to get the ball in the air and land soft on the green even out of the thick rough. You can try putting the ball back in your stance causing your club face to shut down. A three or even four iron is a better choice because of their more boring ball flights.

[flopdarock]

play the ball further back in your stance make your swing plane a lil shallower?

[Chipper]

i would recommend just getting a short shot on the fairway and conceding a stroke. there is no sense in digging yourself a hole by making multiple poor shots.

[BigBoy]

I use my 21* Hybrid to hit low punches a lot, either out of trouble or if my swing is been iffy and I want to just advance the ball 170-185 yards on a firm fairway -

the way i do it is to choke down on the club and shorten my backswing, then when I come thru the ball I close down the face and intentionally hit it thin -

it stays low and runs well - the weight of the club gets it moving well for thin contact -

This isn't anything I was taught and there are probably better ways to do it, just something i stumbled on when my driver was out of control and i was in trouble on at least 8 or 9 holes a round

[bruce]

When i play a low hybrid i play it from the middle of my stance and take a normal swing and just cut off the follow through,i play it into the wind instead of my 3 wood.My hybrid is also 19*.