16 degree hybrids?

[King Cobra II]

I've been considering for a while adding a 1 hybrid of sorts to my bag, but I don't see a whole lot of them at my local golf shops. Who's used what and with what success?

[minteqjohnson]

I know some people who have used the 15deg 909h and loved it.

[max power]

I have a 16 degree Cobra Baffler DWS hybrid, and it's a great club. It's easy to hit, usually with a little draw, and effective (for me) from just over 200 yds up to 250 yds off the tee. It's actually a constant debate for me whether I should carry my Titleist 3 wood or the Cobra Hybrid. It's still the club with which I hit my best shot, a 245 yd approach on a par 5 to about 3 feet.

[wubskis]

  max power said:

I have a 16 degree Cobra Baffler DWS hybrid, and it's a great club.

I'm stalking the internet to try and find one of these. I love my Baffler, and I'd love to try this out to replace my awkward 3w. So I guess I'm in the same boat as the OP right now~

[Westopherr]

i've used a 16 nickent genex. I preferred it over a 4/5 wood. Its better out of the rough and in tricky areas.

[max power]

  Westopherr said:

i've used a 16 nickent genex. I preferred it over a 4/5 wood. Its better out of the rough and in tricky areas.

Yeah-the 15.5* Nickent 3DX Ironwood is a solid hybrid 3 wood replacement.

[tsanders11]

I just took my 3w out of the bag in favor of my g10 15* and Adams Idea 17* hybrid combo. I am terribly inconsistent with the 3w and just found this setup works better for me. They get me home from 220-245 out.

[RWHJR3]

  max power said:

I have a 16 degree Cobra Baffler DWS hybrid, and it's a great club. It's easy to hit, usually with a little draw, and effective (for me) from just over 200 yds up to 250 yds off the tee. It's actually a constant debate for me whether I should carry my Titleist 3 wood or the Cobra Hybrid. It's still the club with which I hit my best shot, a 245 yd approach on a par 5 to about 3 feet.

I have a Nike Sumo 2 2Hybrid 17 Degrees and it's great. I use it instead of Fairway Woods now. Very easy to hit, you can get good distance as mentioned above and is very accurate. I'll take accuracy all day over a little bit of distance and less accuracy from a Wood. All from Tee or Ground.

[hamletsdead]

I use a Tour Edge Exotics 2-hybrid (16*). My go-to club for 210-220 out. Great off the tee too for short par-4s or those occasional PGA-long par-3s. Has a smallish head, which I like, but some people find offputting.

[1par2win]

  minteqjohnson said:

I know some people who have used the 15deg 909h and loved it.

I have been interested in knowing something more about the 15* 909H. I have never seen one but I would love to try one out. Given the shorter shaft than a 3W woudn't more consistant contact yield a better overall result? Just curious is anyone on here has used the 909H 15*.

[WUTiger]

At a demo day, somebody asked the reps from Callaway and Adams if they had a 17* hybrid. Both reps cautioned against using such a "2H" hybrid unless you were a really good player. It's just too hard to hit, and you need pretty good clubhead speed to make it work.

Callaway has an 18* hybrid in the Edge Tour and FT models; Adams has a 17* in the Idea and IdeaA7, and a 16* in the Idea Black.

[max power]

  WUTiger said:

At a demo day, somebody asked the reps from Callaway and Adams if they had a 17* hybrid. Both reps cautioned against using such a "2H" hybrid unless you were a really good player. It's just too hard to hit, and you need pretty good clubhead speed to make it work.

I play with a 16* Cobra DWS that is truly easy to hit, and I used to play with a 14* Nickent that wasn't very hard to hit either.

[danieldrieberg]

I'm using a 16* Nike CPR iron wood. Easy to hit and close to same distance as a 15* 3 wood.

[chef35ca]

Only used one 16 & it was a POS knockoff. Not a good time.

But the best & longest hybrid i ever bagged was a 17* nickent 3dx with the ST90 steel shaft.

I've got a wilson 1iron that comes out in the summer that's got to be around 16* or so. It's not that hard to hit. It's the greatest tempo trainer in the world. That being said i use it at the range more than anywhere. There's a reason i'm an 18 handicap.

[max power]

  chef35ca said:

Only used one 16 & it was a POS knockoff. Not a good time.

I've got a Wilson Staff 17* 1-iron coming in the mail tomorrow for range practice, I may end up taking it out on the course for low trajectory wind shots and the like, but I'm probably getting ahead of myself-it'll be 3* harder to hit than my Titleist Tour Model 2-iron, and that club's no picnic.

[rego]

I have a G10 15deg, it's a little bit hard to hit but my bad shots with aren't nearly as bad as a terrible 3w, more forgiving too.

I have a G10 15,21,24 and 4 wedges, no woods other than driver. I'd like to try some of the newer ones, like the Adams super hybrid (I think it's called) that comes in 15

[TourSpoon]

I have been toying with trying a 14 degree hybrid as I just love the 17 degree Nickent 3dx that I have. I just ordered a 17 degree 4dx with the V2 shaft on Ebay for $30 just to see how the shaft would perform. When I hit my 3 wood it is the bomb...when I mishit it...well it can get ugly. I usually reach for the hybrid.

[1par2win]

  WUTiger said:

At a demo day, somebody asked the reps from Callaway and Adams if they had a 17* hybrid. Both reps cautioned against using such a "2H" hybrid unless you were a really good player. It's just too hard to hit, and you need pretty good clubhead speed to make it work.

  WUTiger said:

Callaway has an 18* hybrid in the Edge Tour and FT models; Adams has a 17* in the Idea and IdeaA7, and a 16* in the Idea Black.

Is there something in the design of a low lofted hybrid vs. a more traditional 3W head that makes it more difficult to hit? I would think that a shorter shafted club would be easier to hit than a longer one. Seems like more mfg's are designing lower lofted hybrids but I have to wonder why they would not have done so before now.