hybrids ,how do you hit them?

[Norrin Radd]

following on from the hybrid/hookers thread I was wondering how you hit yours .do you hit with an iron swing or do you as I tend to do hit with a more sweeping swing more like a fairway wood .
I notice that a lot of you are hooking with the hybrid and is that due to attacking the ball with an iron type of shot as opposed to the sweep type, I dont hook my hybrid so is that because im sweeping rather than hitting down on it as an iron shot would

 

[azazel]

I could be wrong, and I'm rubbish with hybrids so don't take my word for it, but I'd have thought sweeping them like a fairway wood would be more likely to lead to a hook than trying to hit them as if they were a long iron.

 

[Imurg]

Both.
Depends on what I want the ball to do.
I find it I hit down (iron strike) the ball flies high
Sweep it and it comes out lower and runs more.
Ball position helps...

 

[ger147]

I hit down like an iron and hit them pretty much straight or with my normal slight fade, no left issues for me.

I also take a divot with my fairway wood and generally hit that with my normal fade as well.

 

[ScienceBoy]

It’s not as simple as sweep vs steep.

Best thing is sort out ball position first, get it right for you and the hook will mostly go.

I hit mine with an iron swing and ball position and I stopped hooking.

Key for me was sorting the basics and not trying to play it like I thought it should.

 

[shortgame]

hybrids ,how do you hit them?

Badly

 

[Norrin Radd]

Badly

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Badly

Amen to that

I was told by several pros to play it as an iron. In theory a 3 or 4H is replacing the equivalent iron and so should be used the same

 

[ruff-driver]

Rubbish with hybrids yet i can flush a mini driver off the deck, go figure!

 

[jim8flog]

I play them as if I was playing a long iron, ball then slight divot. I can get a bit hooky with them but that is probably down to the fact that they have graphite shafts.

 

[lex!]

Nice long turn, then swing through, smoothly. Slap the back of the ball. Feel the weight of the club head doing the work. I have been taught never to hit down, with anything.

 

[bobmac]

I have been taught never to hit down, with anything.

Really?
So you never take divots?

 

[lex!]

Really?
So you never take divots?

Yes, I do

 

[bobmac]

Yes, I do

So you must have the ball back in your stance ?

 

[lex!]

So you must have the ball back in your stance ?

No sorry, mr forum pc plod.

 

[clubchamp98]

Rubbish with hybrids yet i can flush a mini driver off the deck, go figure!

Me to everyone says how easy they are yet I struggle for consistency with them

 

[bobmac]

No sorry, mr forum pc plod.

Confused

 

[anotherdouble]

No sorry, mr forum pc plod.

Think you misunderstand the questions. Bob is a PGA pro so therefore perhaps what you are saying does not make sense to somebody who knows. In this instance If you take a divot you must be hitting down on the ball unless other things are happening.

 

[Matty]

I was trying to sweep the ball with my hybrids but often just ended up topping the ball. So I moved the ball back a little and but a more iron swing on it and it's improved the contact and flight significantly for me. Might not be the same for all of course!

 

[lex!]

Think you misunderstand the questions. Bob is a PGA pro so therefore perhaps what you are saying does not make sense to somebody who knows. In this instance If you take a divot you must be hitting down on the ball unless other things are happening.

A PGA pro who thinks that divots can only be drawn the ball position is back in the stance?