Need some help selecting loft of hybrids

[proff49]

Played several rounds with a couple Bridgestone j36 hybrids and loved them. Problem is I don't know what lofts to get. My irons are Mizuno MP-57's and the 5 iron is 27*. The Bridgestone hybrids I tried were 19* and 22*. Should I stick with these and have a 5* gap or get the 22* and 25* and have a 2* gap? I easily hit the Bridgestones farther than my current TM hybrids which are the same lofts as the ones I tried.

[Fat Slice]

How well do you hit the MP-57 5-iron? I pulled it and use a 25* Adams hybrid, a 22* Nickent and a 19* Ping.

[jorruss]

Testing is the best way to determine that. The loft is relative and I don't think you can go by the set of irons and match lofts with hybrids. I personally hit a hybrid much further than an iron of the same loft. I have the Adams Idea Pro hybrids in 20 and 24 degrees. They say the 20 degree is a 3 iron, but I'll never hit a 3 iron as high and far as I hit that club. The same for the 4 hybrid. For me the 24 degree hybrid goes about 225 making it more like a 3 iron, and the 20 degree goes 240, making it more like a 2 iron.

Hit some hybrids side by side with your irons to see what would be the right lofts for you. You want to avoid having big distance gaps between your longest iron and the first hybrid. I end up swapping out hybrids and long irons depending on the course I'm playing.

[proff49]

I don't hit the 5-iron very will but usually hit the 6 pretty good. If I had the money I'd drop the 5-iron and get the 19*, 22*, and 25*. That was kinda my long term plan anyway. The problem with testing is I can't take the hybrids to the range. They are demo clubs at a course I play. Any use has to be on the course.

[PiKapp23]

I don't hit the 5-iron very will but usually hit the 6 pretty good. If I had the money I'd drop the 5-iron and get the 19*, 22*, and 25*. That was kinda my long term plan anyway. The problem with testing is I can't take the hybrids to the range. They are demo clubs at a course I play. Any use has to be on the course.

I carry Mizuno Fli-Hi CLK hybrids in 17*, 23* and 26*. Basically they replace my 5W/2I (17* for this - it's steel shafted so not quite as long as a 17* with graphite, but easier to control as backup driver), 3I (23*) and 4I (26*). I also bought MX-900 irons to replace my 5I and 6I (had to have them bent 2 degrees weaker to match gaps in my MP-60's though). This set does a good job with gap coverage as I have about 12-15 yards difference between each hybrid and about 10-12 between 26* and 5I.