Whether a hybrid gives you more confidence when compared to a comparable iron or fairway wood is therefore a crucial component of any decision and one you should not ignore. Just because the stats on the launch monitor say one thing does not automatically mean you are going to step up to that next shot and look down on your new hybrid with confidence.
If you only play a few times a year it would be difficult to justify spending a lot of money on replacing a lot of your irons all at once if you think hybrids are the way forward. Also if you do want to spend some money on overhauling your bag with some new hybrids just absolutely make sure you remember to bear point 1 above in mind about lofts and distances. The last thing you want to do is to spend good money on a great hybrid which makes more than 1 other club in your bag redundant because they all go the same distance!
Whatever your standard of golf however we hope you are convinced by now that you should have at least one or two hybrid irons if not more in your golf bag. The ideal thing to help you make your decision is of course to get to a pro or custom fitting centre, get on a launch monitor, find out what your club head speed is and go from there. Hit at least 10 balls with each club and note the accuracy, distance and ball strike quality on every shot.
You may end up deciding your irons still work better for you but if the hybrids give you better results there are options for every iron in your bag right up to your wedges. Graeme Hay is the owner of GolfingFocus. Graeme started playing golf when he was only 4 years old and has loved the game ever since.
A single figure golfer all of his adult life he lives in London and still enjoys playing whenever he can with friends and family. Since hybrid golf clubs burst onto the scene they have proved to be a saviour for all standards of amateur golfer as they helped to solve the age-old difficulty we all have of hitting long irons Talking to the local pro he talked me through the options and then started talking about hybrid Skip to content Golf hybrids have been one of the great success stories of golf club designers over the last number of years.
Which is all true but not particularly helpful. Hybrids are more forgiving than long irons The bigger head on a hybrid allows much more permeter weighting which then means a lower centre of gravity further back from the clubface than a standard iron. Hybrids allow all golfers to hit the ball higher With their low lofts it makes sense that a lot of golfers find it difficult to generate height with long irons.
Again the design of the hybrid helps here. Hybrids perform better for golfers with lower club head speeds The poorer the golfer the lower the club head speed in general. Hybrids mean hitting more greens from longer distances With the added height and spin that hybrids offer to more standards of golfer a softer landing angle is also produced which stops the ball running too much when it lands on the green. As a result you have more accuracy and therefore more greens hit with hybrids than long irons.
And this increased accuracy is backed up the stats. Hybrids are much more versatile Because of its design features hybrids are much more versatile from difficult lies than long irons.
The only real question is how many hybrids you should have. Look at Clubhead Speed and Distance to Begin the Hybrid Experiments Before the explosion of golf technology in the last years putting a set of clubs together for golfers was a pretty straightforward task. And one of these key decisions is of course now how many hybrids should I have in my bag? And stronger lofts and longer clubs mean one thing for the average player.
For most male golfers that would perhaps be yards or more. Hybrids are very versatile — they can be used off the fairway, from the rough - or off the tee. Remarkably, some players — notably Todd Hamilton when he won the British Open in using his Sonartec MD Transition use hybrids for chipping around the green as well.
Back to the long game which is what hybrids were designed for Now, be honest, are you relishing the thought of pulling our your 3 iron? Well join the club! So this is where hybrids come in. They are also great from the rough - traditional irons with their more angular edges can snag in the grass, twisting the clubhead off-target — hybrids more resemble a wood, with smoother edges which reduce drag through thick grass.
But then he is Tiger Woods Some people might carry 2 hybrids to cover both the iron range as well as the iron range — this set-up is particularly popular with lady and senior golfers. Over the past decade, hybrid golf clubs have significantly grown in popularity among golfers world-wide. Over half of professional golfers carry at least one hybrid club in their golf bag and over 20 percent of U. This increase in popularity is due to the difficulty that many golfers have in properly striking the two-, three- or four-iron and the difficulty in hitting fairway woods from the rough.
Choosing hybrid clubs requires the same deliberate approach that picking out new irons or a driver requires. Most golfers choose to get a hybrid to replace one of the long irons two, three or four or to complement or replace a fairway wood three or five.
Pricing may vary. Why, you ask? Fairway woods have shorter shafts, more loft and impart more backspin, making them easier to hit straight and with added control despite their diminutive size when compared to a driver. See No. Despite being labeled as fairway woods, these clubs are usually harder to hit off the turf than hybrids. Whatever the reason, the fact is many golfers will hit better shots more often off the turf using hybrids over fairway woods — even with the ball not flying quite as far.
It takes a shallow swing with plenty of clubhead speed to hit a wood well enough off the fairway to reap the reward. You may need to hit a stinger off the tee that flies low, or a high cut around a tree from the fairway — these types of shots are generally more attainable with woods than with hybrids and fly farther to boot.
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