Hybrid vs 3 iron

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When I bought my new wedges I had a decision to make one club at the top end of the bag had to go, I dropped the 3 iron and kept my 2 hybrid. Now my hybrid used to be my go to club but recently I have really struggled with it. My 3 iron on the other hand I've never been truly comfortable with off the ground but has served me fairly well off the tee.

Now our 1st is 203 yards off the yellows and 216 yards off the whites. The last five times I've played it I've not got anywhere near the green on four occassions (fats and tops) and missed right once. Conversely the five times before that when I've teed off with the 3 iron I've missed right twice and left twice and finished short once.

I had a great chance to hit GUR on our par 5 12th with it yesterday and fatted it. In fact I've really struggled to hit this club for a while now. The club is not broken it works perfectly fine in other people's hands. And if I can hit a long iron and fairway wood well surely I should be able to hit a hybrid. It might well just be a mental block but it's driving me bananas as it's supposed to be the most forgiving and easiest to hit club in may bag!

I just wondered if anyone else has this problem?
 
thecraw said:
Hybrids are all in the shaft!
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Totally agree with this.

The first hybrid I ever owned launched really high. I think from memory it had a TM Re-Ax shaft.

I've just demo'd and subsequently brought a Mizuno MP CLK with the Mitsubishi Fubuki shaft and can honestly say it's great. Good flight, nice feel, everything I was looking for.
 
i really think it depends on the course. Shortish par 5s i would like a hybrid in the bag to be able to give it a good going at. But long par 3s and i would prefer a 3 iron for workability. If a course had both my head would explode.

I have actually just taken my 3 wood out of the bag and put in a tm 11 rescue. So looking forward to what is to come !

WW
 
Cant you just pat a driver up the middle? (until you are better versed on hitting your long irons/hy..hyb..hybbb, those things) Your first line was spot on :D
 
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The shaft is ok on this one. When I actually hit the thing cleanly I get a lovely penetrating ball flight. Hitting it cleanly however...

I either come in too steep and fat it or do the opposite and top it. A visit to the driving range may well be required (but I usually have the same problem when I go there)...

Maybe I'd have more joy with more loft mine's 17 degrees
 
brendy said:
Cant you just pat a driver up the middle? (until you are better versed on hitting your long irons/hy..hyb..hybbb, those things) Your first line was spot on :D
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Can't pat the driver so I'll just airmail the green and it's not an easy chip back on, not good at patting the 3 wood either... to be honest I don't expect to hit the green that often (though that is still my aim on the tee box). Most low handicappers at my club don't hit that green, but I'd definitely rather start my round with a clean strike (albeit slightly off target) than a fat or a top.
 
You've just lost your confidence in it thats all.
The next time, tee it up and give it the smoothest swing you can muster and let it do it's job.
After all, thats why you bought it.
 
Have you thought of a 7 wood thats my 195/200 yrd club. Find it easy to hit, hit it much better than a hibred. But that might be just me. See if you can borrow one and give it a go.
 
i don't get on with hyrbids at all well, irons a bit better, what i really like are fairway woods.

Just bought a cleveland launcher 5 wood, 19 degrees, its absolutely brilliant, almost a guartuneed 200-215 yard carry, get a slight variation in direction but not much if i miss the green its not too far away,
definetely my go to club for long shots off the deck.

I think i prefer the longer shafts in the woods to allow for a more sweeping shot, to me there seems little difference betweem the head of a fairway wood and a modern hybrid.

I'd recommend giving them a go.
 
I was never a fan of hybrids and struggled to hit them with any consistency...that is until the JPX 17 degree came into my life. That club is an absolute winner.
 
Hey Dave & Tim. I'm hoping my next purchase will be a Driver (though a lot depends on whether I can keep doing well in comps and build up my shop account). I have certainly thought that maybe a 3 and 5 wood combination could work better but for now I'm going to try and get the hybrid working for me as I think there is an element of truth in what Bob is saying.

Not sure if Ping would make me a G15 5 wood in the same shaft as I've got in my 3 wood and what the cost would be though...
 
I used to love hitting my 3i and 4i but dropped them because I couldn't hit it out of the rough so I was resorting to a shorter club. With a hybrid I can still go for the green from the rough and don't lose anything of the tee or fairway. I guess that's the point of a hybrid right?
 
HawkeyeMS said:
I used to love hitting my 3i and 4i but dropped them because I couldn't hit it out of the rough so I was resorting to a shorter club. With a hybrid I can still go for the green from the rough and don't lose anything of the tee or fairway. I guess that's the point of a hybrid right?
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Thing is the rough at my club isn't too penal and the course isn't that long. My drives average about 250-255 and our longest par 4 is only 380yards so I'll be hitting PW or 9iron into the green. What I need is a club I can have absolute confidence in off the deck and the tee that goes about 210/215 yards. That way if I'm having a good day with the driver I can have a go at a couple of our par 5s and if I'm having a bad day with the driver I've got a go to club that puts me in a solid position off the tee.

But if I've hit a shocking drive and the rough is that bad I can't have a go with a long club I'm getting in the habit of taking my medicine and trying to scramble par/bogey.
 
I tend to agree with DaveM. 7wood is the way to go. A lovely forgiving club. A nice high ball flight, very easy to hit, and even cut down on it to hit your 180 mark.
Our course is always windy and anything around the 200 yard from the tee or fairway, it is 7W all the way.
I find a nice fairway wood looks better to the eye and concentrates the mind.
 
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