How many hybrids do you carry?

[Orikoru]

3 wood and a 4 hybrid for me.

I own a 3 hybrid but its better as a summer fairway finder for me, not enough roll out this time of year!


Why do people drop their 3 woods in winter? With my driver not going quite so far I'm hitting mine more than ever?!

I don't have a 3W, but last winter I dropped the 5W because without any roll it barely went any further than the 7W - and 7W is easier to hit. So was little point in carrying both. (This is when I was cutting down to 9 clubs for carrying through winter.)

 

[Banchory Buddha]

Three.

2h with a 3h shaft
4h & 5h

All Ping G425, no fairway woods

 

[Slab]

Is it not a distance thing ?
Is that strategy no a bit like saying you have irons 5 to PW, but bring one according to the day ?
Or do you have irons down to 3 or 4, and that hybrid overlaps distance wise with them, and is more for particular shots ?
My hybrids simply replaced low irons gradually. Swap out an iron for a hybrid. And am now up to 5i no longer in the bag, 5h instead.

No not really, for my game a hybrid is usually just a club to advance the ball on a hole. (only use it for one tee shot to avoid danger in play with driver)

At 6500yrds I rarely get (or go for) long shot into greens, so a hybrid is all about moving it down there on 2nd shots from the fairway/first cut etc to somewhere I can wedge on & the diff between each just doesn’t come into it especially when mixing actual distance with slopes, wind, soft/firm ground, all means the variables cause way too much overlap between the three

I might need a hybrid on the odd par 3 (wind/weather dependent) but despite having room in the bag I see no need to carry a 2nd or 3rd hybrid because just finding the green on a par 3 of that length is job done, from that distance I can’t choose where on the green I want it, so again the minimal distance difference between them doesn’t come into it

I have 5w too but if its windy then it’ll not get used for 2nd shots because it can spin into the crap in a heartbeat for off center hits, so it isn’t the % shot for me when playing in the prevailing 2-3 club gusty wind… Put it this way, if I was perfect 5w distance from the green… I’d pull 5 iron and then chip on 9.5/10 times

I'm only off 16h/cap so there's no nicely spaced out 10yard distance gaps between my clubs

 

[Teebs]

Currently 1 (Xhot2) @ 19°, but soon to be 3 (ish)

17° Apex UW
21° Apex UW
24° G430 (when released)

17° will replace a 4 wood which is too inconsistent, 21° will be a new addition and th 24° will replace the 4 iron for a 200 yard club.

 

[Bdill93]

I don't have a 3W, but last winter I dropped the 5W because without any roll it barely went any further than the 7W - and 7W is easier to hit. So was little point in carrying both. (This is when I was cutting down to 9 clubs for carrying through winter.)

That makes sense, my 3 wood still gets semi-decent roll out in the winter - nothing like summer mind you! I assume you just accept being shorter in winter?

 

[Orikoru]

That makes sense, my 3 wood still gets semi-decent roll out in the winter - nothing like summer mind you! I assume you just accept being shorter in winter?

What choice is there? Either that or defy physics and logic?

This winter I was thinking I might keep the 5W instead but adjust the loft up a bit so it sits in between the normal 5 & 7.

 

[Bdill93]

What choice is there? Either that or defy physics and logic?

This winter I was thinking I might keep the 5W instead but adjust the loft up a bit so it sits in between the normal 5 & 7.

Well a 3 wood tends to go further than a 7, so there's a bit of choice

 

[Orikoru]

Well a 3 wood tends to go further than a 7, so there's a bit of choice

For me, I don't think a 3 wood actually does go any further. Not if we're talking averages anyway.

 

[Bdill93]

For me, I don't think a 3 wood actually does go any further. Not if we're talking averages anyway.

Do you find the additional loft easier to get the ball in the air then? Cant get the 3 wood up? (what a sentence)

 

[Orikoru]

Do you find the additional loft easier to get the ball in the air then? Cant get the 3 wood up? (what a sentence)

I've not had a 3 wood for years now. But yes, the reason for that is I found I struggled to hit them any distance off the ground due to the lack of loft, and with a 5 wood it was much easier, and additionally more forgiving. Even off the tee I don't really have much use for a 3 wood, if I don't want to hit driver for whatever reason, the 5 wood is fine.

 

[Bdill93]

I've not had a 3 wood for years now. But yes, the reason for that is I found I struggled to hit them any distance off the ground due to the lack of loft, and with a 5 wood it was much easier, and additionally more forgiving. Even off the tee I don't really have much use for a 3 wood, if I don't want to hit driver for whatever reason, the 5 wood is fine.

Fair enough! I just know that with 200+ to go nothing other than a 3 wood is getting there in winter - not yet mastered driver off the deck but I do attempt it at times

 

[Orikoru]

Fair enough! I just know that with 200+ to go nothing other than a 3 wood is getting there in winter - not yet mastered driver off the deck but I do attempt it at times

I've always felt it's a swing speed thing, mine is pretty slow so 13 degrees or whatever a 3 wood is nowadays doesn't get me much carry with an 85mph swing speed. Arguably my 17.5° 5 wood probably carries further if anything.

 

[jim8flog]

3

20, 24 and 29.

The 29 may get dropped out when the sand in our bunkers is not like mud or concrete for a high bounce wedge but at the moment I only need the 54 low bounce wedge as the most lofted.

 

[Biggleswade Blue]

Two. One at 23, and one at 20. I also carry a 3 wood and 5 iron. I don't have that much differecne between the two, and oculd get by comfortably with one, probably the 23.

 

[Bdill93]

I've always felt it's a swing speed thing, mine is pretty slow so 13 degrees or whatever a 3 wood is nowadays doesn't get me much carry with an 85mph swing speed. Arguably my 17.5° 5 wood probably carries further if anything.

Probably a mix of that and finding the centre of the club face! Got to be confident before the shot otherwise it'll never go well!

 

[Captain_Black.]

A 4 & 5 Hybrid for me & sometimes either a 3 Hybrid or a 3 wood.
Depends how I'm playing & also ground & wind conditions.

At this time of year a Hybrid is much more versatile & easier to hit from difficult lies

 

[Mandofred]

To what Bdill93 and Orikoru were talking about......I thought there were things out on YouTube now showing that especially at this time of year a 7 wood (even 9 wood) gets you real close to what you would get with a lower lofted wood. No roll out, but I sure don't get any rollout anyway at this time of year....but it stays in the air longer.

 

[GG26]

None for me, couldn't hit one consistently and much prefer my 4-iron.

 

[Region3]

I carry 1, 18 or 19 degrees and sits in between my 3 wood and 3 iron distance wise.

I might hit my 3 wood less in the winter, but not to hit more hybrids. On holes where in the summer I wouldn’t want to risk driver on and would hit 3 wood, now the driver doesn’t carry or roll as far and is as safe to hit as a 3 wood is in the summer. Hitting a hybrid instead just means hitting 3 or 4 more clubs into greens.

 

[srixon 1]

Just the one. A 19* Titleist 913. My go to club on short par 4 tees when I need to hit the fairway. Also great out of the rough on longer par 4s.