Hitting Rescue/Hybrid

[Jensen]

How do you hit your rescue, do you hit down on it or sweep it like a fairway wood ?
My rescue is 20 degrees so 3/4 iron, but I sweep it off the deck.
How do you play yours ?

 

[guest100718]

like an Iron. I take a divot too.

 

[patricks148]

How do you hit your rescue, do you hit down on it or sweep it like a fairway wood ?
My rescue is 20 degrees so 3/4 iron, but I sweep it off the deck.
How do you play yours ?

depends what sort of shot i'm after, if i want to have less spin on it and run, i try and sweep it a bit. But if i want to get it up and carry something i will hit it like an iron.

Mine is an 18 deg so a 2 iron really

 

[Khamelion]

Sweep it, sometimes use it off the tee as well. Second at whickham shortish down hill par 4 a 3 wood or driver normally puts me at that awkward in between clubs distance, but the hybrid leaves me at PW distance.

 

[jim8flog]

Generally like an iron, ball then a divot.

 

[Orikoru]

Badly!

 

[IanM]

Depends on the lie!!


Also, I see lots of folk say some of the new hybrids are toed in.. and tend to hook... many of the folk doing this are also playing the club too far forward! (works for me!)

 

[Hobbit]

depends what sort of shot i'm after, if i want to have less spin on it and run, i try and sweep it a bit. But if i want to get it up and carry something i will hit it like an iron.

What he said.

 

[fundy]

same as you'd use a chipper for me

 

[USER1999]

I dont know, i carry a 3 iron. A proper one, not a 3rd form metal work project.

 

[jusme]

depends what sort of shot i'm after, if i want to have less spin on it and run, i try and sweep it a bit. But if i want to get it up and carry something i will hit it like an iron.

Mine is an 18 deg so a 2 iron really

Exactly this.....the man clearly knows what hes doing

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Like an iron. And then usually a pitch from well wide/short of the target

 

[ManinBlack]

Same swing for every club. The irons take a bigger divot because they are naturally played further back in the stance. Also, the divot is mainly caused by the reaction of the club when striking the ball - the ball goes up, the club goes down into the turf. Close up slo mo video demonstrates this. I don't think you should be striking down on an iron, or a hybrid. Keep the hands ahead of the ball, yes, but catch the ball at the low point of the swing.

 

[ManinBlack]

you startr me off, Jensen

http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/sh...don-t-hit-down-on-them!&p=1803639#post1803639

 

[FairwayDodger]

It's an iron - descending blow, striking ball then turf.

 

[duncan mackie]

It's an iron - descending blow, striking ball then turf.

Too easy.....:thup:

 

[Spear-Chucker]

Sweep it mainly like most of my shots (still with a very slight divot) unless I'm after a high fade in which case I'm gonna have to carve out more of a hole to get the height and stop it quickly.