5 wood vs 3 hybrid

[Groundhog34]

IMO the 5 wood should carry 1 club further. I cannot hit a hybrid out of deep rough I use a 6 or 7 iron. I carry a 4 wood 200 yards 7 wood 190 and a 9 wood 180 a 5 hybrid 170  

[dbuck]

I have a 21* hybrid. For me, it is good for about 200 max. I can choke down and hit it 175-180.

[DrvFrShow]

I've kind of an interesting set. Driver (11.5 degree), 3W (15.5), 4i, 24 degree hybrid, 6i-SW, 60, 64, P. The 24 is good for 190 yds for me. I use the 4i off the tee if I need to hit a shot dead in the middle of the fairway and that's good for 200. My 3W is good for 215 carry and I don't know how far it rolls, but I need a perfect lie to hit it. I used to carry a 7W, but I don't see the need for it anymore. I also used to carry a 5W. Then I went to the 3W.

I tried the 19 degree hybrid and it just didn't cut it. I preferred the 7W. 

My hybrids are Cobra BioCells. They are not set draw bias. I think they've got mojo. Unfortunately they are no longer made.

[Reef Donkey]

13 hours ago, DrvFrShow said:

I've kind of an interesting set. Driver (11.5 degree), 3W (15.5), 4i, 24 degree hybrid, 6i-SW, 60, 64, P. The 24 is good for 190 yds for me. I use the 4i off the tee if I need to hit a shot dead in the middle of the fairway and that's good for 200. My 3W is good for 215 carry and I don't know how far it rolls, but I need a perfect lie to hit it. I used to carry a 7W, but I don't see the need for it anymore. I also used to carry a 5W. Then I went to the 3W.

I tried the 19 degree hybrid and it just didn't cut it. I preferred the 7W. 

My hybrids are Cobra BioCells. They are not set draw bias. I think they've got mojo. Unfortunately they are no longer made.

 

I'm doing a bit of a swing partial overhaul.  Working on more of a single axis kind of swing.  It's been a pretty easy transition so far.  It's nice not shifting weight, and while it doesn't feel more powerful, I'm consistently longer.  My old swing if I absolutely pure a 7-iron produced about 165 yards (36* loft, my irons are 20 years old), but my off-center hits (80% of them) were only going about 140-ish.  With this swing I'm about 70% pure shots, but my average is around 155.  So yes, less distance so far, but MORE distance on average.

I tested out a 7-wood.  Uh, those are absolutely wonderful.  Hitting HIGH and long tight draws with it roughly 200.  Gonna ditch the 19* hybrid and get an 18* 5-wood.  Bag will look like the following:

 

Driver - 11* (hitting 240 carry with 15-20 yards of roll)

3W - 14* (high and long.  Carrying 225 with an occasional 235+ carry rocket that comes out of nowhere)

5W - 18* (hoping to gap this around 215 or so)

7W - 22* (200-ish)

5i - PW (24* - 45* - May tweak the lofts a degree or two for proper distance gapping.  With the right shaft I am hitting the irons I'm testing about 185 for the 5-iron consistently, and I want them gapped at around 10 yards or so, putting my PW around 120 to 125.  Looking at Hot Metals in the 900 and 919 line.  Wondering if I can possibly do a mixed bag.  Maybe the 5 and 6 being a Hot Metal and 7-PW being the forged.  Also considering the Hogan PTX line as well.

GW / SW / LW (50* - 60* but will tweak for gapping off the PW.  Looking at the Hogan Equalizers.  Got to hit these, and they are really nice clubs for the money.

 

Basically a bag overhaul.  Sorry for hijacking my own thread. LOLz.

 

Edited October 19, 2018 by Reef Donkey
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[DrvFrShow]

I'm thinking of replacing the 64 with a Cleveland Chipper. lol.

[Jam-ez]

Here's what the Ryder Cup players had in their bags.  Quite a few 5 woods even at this level of ball striking!

Team Europe
 
FRANCESO MOLINARI (DRIVING IRON)
JUSTIN ROSE (5 WOOD)
TYRELL HATTON (LONG IRON)
TOMMY FLEETWOOD (5 WOOD)
SERGIO GARCIA (5 WOOD)
HENRIK STENSON (4 WOOD)
THORBJORN OLESEN (5 WOOD)
JOHN RAHM (5 WOOD)
RORY MCILROY (5 WOOD)
IAN POULTER (HYBRID)
ALEX NOREN (HYBRID)
PAUL CASEY (HYBRID)
 
Team USA
 
TIGER WOODS (5 WOOD)
PHIL MICKLESON (HYBRID)
BRYSON DECHAMBEAU (5 WOOD)
TONY FINAU (3 IRON)
JUSTIN THOMAS (5 WOOD)
JORDAN SPIETH (LONG IRON)
BUBBA WATSON (LONG IRON)
RICKIE FOWLER (5 WOOD)
PATRICK REED (DRIVING IRON)
WEBB SIMPSON (BOTH – HYBRID LONG IRON SUB)
DUSTIN JOHNSON (DRIVING IRON)
BROOKS KOEPKA (DRIVING IRON)

[RWC]

For me, my 5W is much longer off the tee as compared to the 3 Hy, but from the fairway or rough, I seem to hit the hybrid much more solidly and thus have more consistency and distance. 

If I m playing a course where I need the 5W for tee shot on a long par 3 - then I will carry it - otherwise, I find myself going to the 3 Hy from fairway and rough.