Filling the Void

[Thwak-Thwak-Ting]

I play a D (G15), 3W (G15), 18.5* 909 D2 and AP2 3 - PW, GW & SW.

I never hit the 3I as I strike the 5W pretty well and always seem to go a soft 5W or a strong 4I to fill the void, but I even seem to hit my 4I very rarely.

I want to add a LW to my set, so dropping the 3I is easy, but I'd also like to add a hybrid (909H), dropping my 4I as well - meaning my 5I would be my longest iron.

If I were to do this would you recommend a 19* or 21* hybrid to fill the void between the 5W and the 5I... or in theory, is this a really bad idea?

[Crey23]

  Thwak-Thwak-Ting said:

I play a D (G15), 3W (G15), 18.5* 909 D2 and AP2 3 - PW, GW & SW.

Considering that your 5i is 27*, I would go for something lower, like a 909H 24*, if you really want an aggressive club go for 21*, that way you will end up with:

Scenario 1:(assuming) 15* 3W -> 18.5* 5W -> 21* 3h -> 27* 5i 6* gap between 3h and 5i << Good if you tend to play short irons (6i and under) for your second/third shots Scenario 2:(assuming) 15* 3W -> 18.5* 5W -> 19* Strong 3h -> 27* 5i 8* gap between 3h and 5i, and 0.5* gap between 5w and 3h << No benefit IMHO Scenario 3:(assuming) 15* 3W -> 18.5* 5W -> 24* 4h -> 27* 5i 5.5* gap between 5w and 4h << Best combianation to get you to the green under 200 yrds out. It would depend on your distances on the driver 3w and 5w and the courses you play often. For me, the combination I have works very well. I don't have a 3i (didn't come in the set), I seldom use my 4i (even thought to het a 4h Cobra Baffles DWS 23*), so for me I can reach long par 4's in two, as I can hit (avg) Driver 250, 3w 230 (tee), 3h 200 (off the deck, 215 off the tee), my 4i is about 180 on a good day (yet my 6i is about 170 go figure!!!) 9.5* (D) -> 15.5* (3w) -> 20* (3h) -> 23*(4i) -> 26* (5i)

[Stretch]

Was thinking about this just today. Decided to go with 10.5* driver, 17* 4 wood, 20* hybrid, 24* 4 iron.

[Thwak-Thwak-Ting]

  Stretch said:

Was thinking about this just today. Decided to go with 10.5* driver, 17* 4 wood, 20* hybrid, 24* 4 iron.

I could be pressed to ditch my 5W (I probably hit it the best), but I'd never ditch my 3W!

[Stretch]

Do it! Once you go four, you wonder why you didn't before.

Or something like that.

By the way, I split a bucket at the range with a 909H and a G15 hybrid the other day and, while the latter is undeniably much, much uglier, it was just ridiculously easier to hit for me. YMMV.

[WUTiger]

Take a look at the second-generation TM Raylors. The 21* model might fill the gap between 5W and 4i.