Hybrids

[drewster]

Afternoon all, I'm new to this forum but am reasonably active on the darkside at HDID !!!! My question to you all is i'm absolutely useless with fairway woods and therefore struggle with gapping between my Driver and 21 degree hybrid. What do you guys recommend for a long and hopefully forgiving hybrid in the 16/17 degree region ??? Whilst i generally play NIke clubs i'm not precious about any particular brand .

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Try a HL 3 Wood :thup:

Or 2 Iron MP4

 

[duncan mackie]

logically you should get a matching 18 degree to you existing 21; if they aren't 'matching' then all sorts of practical factors come up and you can easily end up with clubs where you favour one over the other so much you end up trying to make the shot fit the club or you end up with 2 different spec clubs that achieve the same thing!

Anything below 18 is definitely not going to fall into the easy to hit category!

The real answer is to find a 5 wood that you do get on with - this will be easy to hit and, in the case of clubs like the RBZ Series 2 (cheap option) or SLDR (expensive option) they will be capable of long easy distance (all the major manufacturers have modern 5 wood models and one of them will work for you!)

 

[patricks148]

logically you should get a matching 18 degree to you existing 21; if they aren't 'matching' then all sorts of practical factors come up and you can easily end up with clubs where you favour one over the other so much you end up trying to make the shot fit the club or you end up with 2 different spec clubs that achieve the same thing!

Anything below 18 is definitely not going to fall into the easy to hit category!

The real answer is to find a 5 wood that you do get on with - this will be easy to hit and, in the case of clubs like the RBZ Series 2 (cheap option) or SLDR (expensive option) they will be capable of long easy distance (all the major manufacturers have modern 5 wood models and one of them will work for you!)

Ive a Callaway Xhot Pro 18 deg hybrid, goes 10 yards further than my old Mizuno 17deg. very easy to hit

 

[ArnoldArmChewer]

Welcome, how about a Callaway X hot 4 wood, soooo easy to hit

 

[One Planer]

4 wood :thup:

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Afternoon all, I'm new to this forum but am reasonably active on the darkside at HDID !!!! My question to you all is i'm absolutely useless with fairway woods and therefore struggle with gapping between my Driver and 21 degree hybrid. What do you guys recommend for a long and hopefully forgiving hybrid in the 16/17 degree region ??? Whilst i generally play NIke clubs i'm not precious about any particular brand .

Boring and fairly stock answer (from me at least) but if you say your are useless with the fairway woods, why not invest in a lesson (or two) and learn how to hit them better. Surely if you can hit driver and your 21 degree hybrid the technique is reasonably solid and it may just need a tweak and some confidence from you.

Welcome into the light as well

 

[Rumpokid]

Cobra DWS series are great rescue clubs,with great stock shaft, love mine just have one as a 3 iron replacement.

 

[drewster]

HI Gents and thanks for the welcome. It's obviously in my head about fairways but i hit them like an absolute novice, seriously bad. It's the long shaft small head thing. Lessons is the logical way but with 2 rugrats and one golfing passout a week i'd rather play "on course" and work with what i've got if that makes sense. Got it down to 11.8 last year but ended up on 12.5. There's some solid options on here , thanks for that and a trip to my local Direct Golf/American Golf is on the cards shortly.

 

[CMAC]

HI Gents and thanks for the welcome. It's obviously in my head about fairways but i hit them like an absolute novice, seriously bad. It's the long shaft small head thing. Lessons is the logical way but with 2 rugrats and one golfing passout a week i'd rather play "on course" and work with what i've got if that makes sense. Got it down to 11.8 last year but ended up on 12.5. There's some solid options on here , thanks for that and a trip to my local Direct Golf/American Golf is on the cards shortly.

Titleist 910 Hybrid at 19* (and you can move the loft slightly) I find this hybrid a cheat stick, ridiculously easy to hit and a good Diamana shaft in it as well. Dirt cheap now there are the 913 and 915 hybrids out.

 

[drewster]

Titleist 910 Hybrid at 19* (and you can move the loft slightly) I find this hybrid a cheat stick, ridiculously easy to hit and a good Diamana shaft in it as well. Dirt cheap now there are the 913 and 915 hybrids out.

A dirt cheap cheat stick..... I can't go wrong !!!! Thanks for the heads up !!

 

[ScienceBoy]

For me the fairway woods AND hybrids both just needed a bit of extra width (more the woods) to hit better and better tempo (not rushing the backswing etc, just watch youtube vids on tempo).

BTW Check your DMs

 

[mhwgc]

Check out the Adams range of Hybrids, possibly the best that you can buy.

 

[drewster]

I ended up going for a second hand, 15 degree, SQ2, hybrid. £40 from Golfbidder !!!!!! Range work so far is encouraging but no course action so far.

 

[Retread61]

I ended up going for a second hand, 15 degree, SQ2, hybrid. £40 from Golfbidder !!!!!! Range work so far is encouraging but no course action so far.

You made an excellent choice. The slightly shorter shaft on a hybrid will help you and the loft should give you a few extra yards.

 

[Tommo21]

Check my signature below for my answer to this issue.............never get on with a 3 wood for some reason, so I put a longer shaft into one of my hybrids.......bingo. :lol:

 

[JCW]

Hello , No use buying clubs if you are hitting it wrong , you just wasting your money , as holmer says , lessons is the way forward and a get there early before you play and hit a few but you need to do it right otherwise you just groving a bad swing for this club ...........