Hybrid vs Long Iron

[Aj_ ninja]

Hello everyone, so my 3 iron is probably my most inconsistent club, I recently got a hybrid to replace it, I probably hit my 3iron 200-210 yards and probably hit it straight about 30% of the time. I usually hit fat or slice the other 70% of the time, I picked up a TM RBZ 3 hybrid and hook it about 30-35% of the time should. Question is should I return the hybrid and just work on my 3iron or should I just take the easy way out and play the hybrid?

[Buckeyebowman]

Well, a hook is a "better" player's mistake. Don't know how old you are, but when I couldn't get my 2 iron very much up off the ground I bought a Cleveland 2 hybrid. I took to it right away. I think you just need to learn how to hit your new hybrid. Work with it. Consider the numbers you gave. You hit your 3 iron straight about 30% of the time, and hit it badly 70%. You hook your hybrid 30-35% of the time, so simple math says you hit it well 65-70% of the time. You're already further ahead w/the hybrid. 

As time went on I kept replacing irons w/hybrids. Today, I don't carry an iron longer than a 6! I hit my hybrids longer and higher than the equivalent irons, and I love them. And I still have that original 2 hybrid! 

[dennyjones]

Very few pros use longer irons.   I believe I saw a stat that only a couple use a 2 iron and most have hybrids in their bags because they are easier to hit.  

Personally, hybrids are much easier to hit than long irons.    I was just fitted for clubs and the longest iron in my bag is a 6 iron.   I have 2 hybrids in addition to a fairway wood.   

Take the time to learn how to hit the hybrids.   You'll be glad you did

[DrMJG]

While I do have a 5i, I rarely hit it. Have 3h,4h, and now hit them far better than I ever hit my long irons.

 

[Piz]

Learning to use a hybrid is not "the easy way out."  I went through half a dozen configurations before settling on the club I'm using now.  Many times I thought about putting the 4 iron back in the bag but, looking back, I'm glad I didn't.  The hybrid, eventually, won out.

[dbuck]

I was a late adopter, getting my first hybrid around 5 years ago. I recently bought a new one in 21*. It is one of the most used clubs in my bag.