Hybrid 2 vs Wood 3

[Newbie Collection Agency]

Hi everybody, I am new here. I am considering to take away my 3 wood from the bag and use a #2 hybrid instead (taylor made dual), the reason being that I never use the 3wood from the fairway and generally hit irons and hybrids better than woods. Do you think I am going to lose a lot of distance?

Many thanks

[golfchief]

How can you lose distance if you never use the 3 wood anyway? What you carry in your bag is your choice, if you never use a club pull it and put one in you will use.

[allin]

How can you lose distance if you never use the 3 wood anyway? What you carry in your bag is your choice, if you never use a club pull it and put one in you will use.

Golfchief is right but it does make me wonder. An 11 handicap usually has situations where a fairway wood off the tee is the smart play, or to reach a par 5 in two. If you are a short but straight hitter, a four wood and a 2 hybrid might make sense. For most people the difference between a driver and a 2 is anywhere from 25 to 50 yards. That is a pretty big gap.

[Ben2]

I would take the hybrid, personally I feel so much more comfortable hitting my hybrid than a fairway wood, I think it's so much easier to get it up, instead of topping it or something, which I used to do with my fairway woods.

[d_golf]

Hybrids are what it is all about now!

If I had to use a 3 wood from the fair way or rough...Must be shallow faced.

[Big Don]

Hi everybody, I am new here. I am considering to take away my 3 wood from the bag and use a #2 hybrid instead (taylor made dual), the reason being that I never use the 3wood from the fairway and generally hit irons and hybrids better than woods. Do you think I am going to lose a lot of distance?

2 Hybrid will give you a comparable distance to a 5 wood, maybe a little longer. Shouldn't you be taking the 5 wood out of your bag instead?

[670forged]

I now use a 16* 2 hybrid and have only lost 5-8 yards compared to my 3 wood. I feel it has to do with contacting the sweetspot more often and I have more control with it. It also has better trajectory and so far i'm happy with it. May not be for everyone but it works for me.

Mike

[1puttit]

Why don't you use the 3-wood? Problems with it off the fairway? A lot of people struggle with the 3-wood off the deck because it just doesn't have enough loft. Most 3-woods have between 13*-15* loft which is not enough unless you have 100+ mph swingspeed.

Personally I'd put a 4-wood in the bag with about 17* loft. Easy to hit off the deck with very little loss of distance over the 3-wood. If you want a cheap experiment go to ebay and pickup a orlimar 4-wood in 17* loft for about $15

[BritBoy]

I carry both a 2 hybrid and a 3 wood. The difference in distance is not huge but the ball flight and workability is. If I am playing a tight fairway I will hit the hybrid, but if I need to work the ball I will pull 3 wood. I also find it easier to hit the hybrid clean from the fairway.

I used to play a Taylormade hybrid but switched to the Bridgestone and havent looked back since. I gained about 10 yards with the J33.