When does a hybrid become a wood?

[NormH3]

Not that it matters, but just curious. For instance, if i were to take a 17° 5 or 7 wood and replace the shaft with one the size of a 2 iron, doesn't it now become a 2h? Again...not that it really matters.

[pingman]

Not that it matters, but just curious. For instance, if i were to take a 17° 5 or 7 wood and replace the shaft with one the size of a 2 iron, doesn't it now become a 2h? Again...not that it really matters.

no sir, the shaft does not make the club. the head shape/size does. your 5/7 woods are just more powerful 2/3 irons. so lets say you have 2/3 iron hybrids, the 5/7 wood equivalents are just so you can hit further. the shaft really does not matter, just the kick point and stiffness but, not i doesn't become a 2h.

[GaijinGolfer]

Part of what makes a hybrid a hybrid is that the clubhead shape is a "hybrid" of a wood and an iron.
Putting a different shaft on a wood and it wil still be a wood.