Hybrids

[JML22]

So got a question about hybrids and distances
I was considering buying like a 17 degree hybrid for longer shots off the fairway/rough when needed
Is this a good idea or would a 3 wood be better or something?

[max power]

I rarely carry a 3 wood anymore-either a 16* hybrid or a 19.5* hybrid, distance with the 16* is within 5 yards of a 15* 3 wood, and the 19.5* is within 10-15, but both are more accurate and easier to hit out of less than perfect lies.

[JML22]

So i should get an adams a4os tomorrow for 75 bucks brand new?
should i get a 2 or 3 hybrid?
trying to decide right now, i'm decent with my 3 iron from all lies but sometimes i thin it and lose that 10-15 yards of distance

[James_Black]

  JML22 said:

So i should get an adams a4os tomorrow for 75 bucks brand new?

your kinda in the wrong section here....

Go for the 2 hybrid, it'll help on the par 5's I personally hate hybrids, I can't hit them

[saevel25]

Don't like them, i rather hit a fairway wood...

[double_j]

I carry a 19 degree - a bit shorter than a 5 wood but longer than my 3 iron (a bit more reliable out of all lies for me, too). It was a free club so I can't really say if I'd buy one for myself. It has proved rather useful since I put it in my bag, though.

I rather like it. Those things just hit themselves - they seem to be better than a 3 iron out of heavy rough and more reliable than a FW when the ball is sitting up on a fluffy lie.

[1clubmakere2]

I love the hybrid, carry from 3-5 in bag depending on where or when, also only carry a 16 degree 4 F-wood, no 3, Sometimes carry a 2 to 6 hybrid sometimes only a couple or three. Just depends on the course and how I am hitting. I have no problems hitting a hybrid and about 99.9% of the time would rather hit them vs. a iron but this is just me--others will feel another way. You have to be comfortable with what you are going to hit, if you have doubts in your mind before you hit the club you should not pull it from your bag--you are dead in the water before you take that swing in almost all cases. I would make sure I gave myself a good amount of time to get used to the hybrid before I made the choice, if you can hit a number of them, get your avg distance with each down to a very close number and make the choice based on this and fit it in to your mix of clubs based on distance and not a number on the head.

[Fourputt]

You can see from my sig that I carry 2 hybrids PLUS a 15° 3W. The hybrids replace my long irons, not my FW woods.

[lionking]

  max power said:

I rarely carry a 3 wood anymore-either a 16* hybrid or a 19.5* hybrid, distance with the 16* is within 5 yards of a 15* 3 wood, and the 19.5* is within 10-15, but both are more accurate and easier to hit out of less than perfect lies.

You do anything differently to hit the 16 hybrid vs the 19.5? I hit my 19 just fine (TM Rescue) but can't hit a 15 (Ping G10 hybrid) to save my life. I've given up on the 3 wood and rarely even put it in the bag.

[max power]

  lionking said:

You do anything differently to hit the 16 hybrid vs the 19.5? I hit my 19 just fine (TM Rescue) but can't hit a 15 (Ping G10 hybrid) to save my life. I've given up on the 3 wood and rarely even put it in the bag.

Not too much, the 16* is a little bit further forward in my stance, and I try to swing it like a long iron (reminding myself the ball needs absolutely no help getting up in the air). Process for hitting both hybrids is 1) look at target down the line 2) set up stance properly 3) head locked into position 4) shoulder turn (left shoulder should point at the ball) 5) keep head in position as i come through the swing

Hitting some 1/2 and 2/3 shot with your 15* hybrid might help you get a feel for how you want the club to contact the ball.