Ball position for Hybrids

[Garush34]

Having diffculties with hybrids as i never really know where the ball position should be, anybody got any ideas on what works best??

Cheers

 

[Kellfire]

Slightly forward if you want a penetrating flight and a bit further back for a steeper flight with a softer landing.

 

[RGDave]

I'm interested in this. My 3h is just about the only club in the bag that terrifies me.
I put it in the same place as for a 4 iron, but then it all goes wrong.

 

[Region3]

Off the tee I play mine the same as a 3 wood.
Off the fairway I play it about the same as a long iron, and take a small divot.

 

[Garush34]

cheers guys, i have tried it all over the place but never seem to get it right, and when i take it off the tee it just goes high in the air and doesnt go very far. i suppose it all depends on what loft your using too??

 

[RGDave]

Off the tee I play mine the same as a 3 wood.

I might try this.

 

[Basher]

I struggled with my 3 iron/wood hybrid for ages, and for a long time it was the forgotten club in the bag.

That is until I got some idea how to use it.

Firstly, it is not a wood. I used to try and hit it like a wood, ie by sweeping it off the grass......not good. All I do now is use it like a long iron and hit down on it with the ball positioned midway between my left foot and centre. As stated above, it gives a low penetrating flight. Towards mid stance gives a higher flight.

Try it you'll be surprised how good the club is.

 

[RGDave]

Try it you'll be surprised how good the club is.

I know. It's either all or nothing with my hybrid.....one shot a peach, the next pathetic.

I'd love to be confident with it. It's worse off the tee by miles.

 

[CrapHacker]

Just forward of centre for the 4h, and a fraction forward again for the 3h.

 

[Basher]

I've also discovered much to my cost that it's quite difficult to hit the ball sweetly off fluffy lies. I tend to get well underneath the ball and just pop it up.

Apart from keeping the ball on the fairway, anyone got some good tips to prevent these embarrassing shots please?

 

[viscount17]

seems to be a common theme, I couldn't hit fairways and hybrids were, still are, a random thing. again mostly because I couldn't work out whether to hit them as fairway or an iron.
my pro told me to treat them as a fairway and sweep through - still can be a bit random but I'm coming to the conclusion that my set-up is far too variable.

 

[CrapHacker]

my pro told me to treat them as a fairway and sweep through - still can be a bit random but I'm coming to the conclusion that my set-up is far too variable.

Oops. I was told to treat them like irons.

 

[USER1999]

I still have a love/hate relationship with mine. Not sure I wouldn't be better off with a 3i, as my 4i is fine.

 

[richart]

Two feet behind your right foot. Sorry thats for playing a pop chip according to one golf magazine !!

 

[viscount17]

my pro told me to treat them as a fairway and sweep through - still can be a bit random but I'm coming to the conclusion that my set-up is far too variable.

Oops. I was told to treat them like irons.

and you wonder why we're confused?