georgeflash

It also depends on your swing speed. If you have a faster swing speed you may look into getting steel shaft. The advance in graphite technology is making what I've said above not as relevant anymore.

I have the TM dual rescue #3 tp steel S300 shaft. It is my go to club after a bad tee shot (most used club). Very easy to hit and quite workable. I highly recommend the club. However, I find the thing about hybrids is how it looks to each individual at address. My buddies all love the Nike sumo hybrid. I stand over the thing and just cant wrap my mind around hitting it straight....and I don't.

If you think its hard to get a good deal on clubs, try buying lefty clubs. Its very hard finding a deal online. Sometimes I scour to find something, get excited, only to pull that drop down bar and find that the clubs are only right handed. I take what I can get on Ebay (one lonesome teardrop). Nice buy, great deal!!!!

1 and 2 irons are hard to hit. Hard to get up, hard to keep straight, hard to take out of the golf bag.

My two cents. I am about the same handicap as you with similar issues with the short game. I purchased the Taylor made dual "TP" 3 hybrid off ebay for $40. True Temper Dynamic gold S300 steel shaft. I prefer the steel stiff shaft compared to the graphite shaft which I felt was too whippy and club head would drag in high rough. The club is easy to swing and has a low trajectory compared to the non TP version (that I would always sky). I got rid of my 5 wood which I could never hit unless the ball was perfectly sitting on top of 6 blades of grass, all gentle leaning in the direction of the flag. My friend has the Nike sumo hybrid club that I tried a few rounds. If you are not put off by the square look at address its pretty easy to hit. Its not as noisy as the Sumo driver either.

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