Long iron or hybrid?

[sam85]

Now I've finally got fed up with my current hybrid and decided its time for a change. To be honest I'm yet to find a hybrid that I have liked. I think it's more of a mental block with the normal hybrids where I don't know whether to swing like it's an iron or a wood.

I'm thinking of just getting a long iron. My question is are 2 irons really that hard to hit? Is a 1 iron a definite no no? I play off 13 and would say my iron play is not too bad but the longest club I currently carry is a 4 iron.

I know the answer is to go and hit a few and see what suits best but I was just after peoples thoughts as to whether longer irons are more suited to better players.

 

[Hacker Khan]

Now I've finally got fed up with my current hybrid and decided its time for a change. To be honest I'm yet to find a hybrid that I have liked. I think it's more of a mental block with the normal hybrids where I don't know whether to swing like it's an iron or a wood.

I'm thinking of just getting a long iron. My question is are 2 irons really that hard to hit? Is a 1 iron a definite no no? I play off 13 and would say my iron play is not too bad but the longest club I currently carry is a 4 iron.

I know the answer is to go and hit a few and see what suits best but I was just after peoples thoughts as to whether longer irons are more suited to better players.

Most pros carry hybrids and do not go below a 3 iron at best. Does that answer your question?

As for the swing then I am sure every advice I have read is to swing them like an iron.

 

[Svenska]

Now I've finally got fed up with my current hybrid and decided its time for a change. To be honest I'm yet to find a hybrid that I have liked. I think it's more of a mental block with the normal hybrids where I don't know whether to swing like it's an iron or a wood.

I'm thinking of just getting a long iron. My question is are 2 irons really that hard to hit? Is a 1 iron a definite no no? I play off 13 and would say my iron play is not too bad but the longest club I currently carry is a 4 iron.

I know the answer is to go and hit a few and see what suits best but I was just after peoples thoughts as to whether longer irons are more suited to better players.

Still do this day i'm yet to find an easier 2 iron to hit than the Callaway x-12 or x-14 pro series. I still use the x-14's 2-PW and having had numerous iron fittings there aren't any clubs that I hit longer or straighter. You could pick up a 2 iron in either model for about £30 and they are a god send if you struggle with hybrids like I do. You can play little punches with them and be confident to set up and open the face slightly if you want to float one in. Lovely clubs.

 

[Dan2501]

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You should try and do something like this if possible. Get on a launch monitor, take a long iron and a hybrid and see which one you hit target with most consistently. For Crossfield it turned out a Hybrid did a much better job that a 4 iron, and he now has a Nike Covert Hybrid in his bag.

 

[One Planer]

I prefer long irons and carry all the way down to a 3 iron.

I did need something to fill the gap between that and my 4 wood and the most consistent option that fit was a 19° 913H.

I suppose it's a question of confidence.

If you feel confident holding a club then the chances of a positive outcome are more likely than looking down on something and having doubts.

I feel confident in hitting long irons from both the tee and turf, but, playing devils advocate, find the hybrid launches much better/easier than any 2 iron I've hit.

 

[sam85]

I prefer long irons and carry all the way down to a 3 iron.

I did need something to fill the gap between that and my 4 wood and the most consistent option that fit was a 19° 913H.

I suppose it's a question of confidence.

If you feel confident holding a club then the chances of a positive outcome are more likely than looking down on something and having doubts.

I feel confident in hitting long irons from both the tee and turf, but, playing devils advocate, find the hybrid launches much better/easier than any 2 iron I've hit.

You've probably hit the nail on the head there, I've lost all confidence in my hybrid, in fact I cant remember the last time I even hit it. I'm well aware that it is user error but as soon as I'm telling myself I can't hit it.

I have a fairly large gap at the top end of my bag, after my 4 iron I have the hybrid (that I don't use) and then mini driver, which I think is a too big a gap.

 

[sam85]

Most pros carry hybrids and do not go below a 3 iron at best. Does that answer your question?

As for the swing then I am sure every advice I have read is to swing them like an iron.

Well I'm about as far away from a tour player as you could possibly get so I'll go with the long iron

I'm sure I read somewhere that some people swing as they do their fairway woods. Maybe I amagined it, it wouldn't be the first time :mmm:

 

[Deleted member 15344]

Try the Mizuno MPH Irons - a bit of a mix

 

[shewy]

To be honest I've had the same issues and I'm playing a hybrid iron at the moment.
I've bought a couple of non OEM hybrids to practice with, they will replace the 4 and 5 irons depending on wind.

 

[FairwayDodger]

Hybrids are cheating, stick with the long irons!

 

[bobmac]

I hit my hybrid* like a long iron/fairway wood.....centre of the stance, head still and sweep it off the top.
They are just so easy to hit
*18 deg Ping Rapture.

It's still fun to hit long irons when having a knockabout though.

 

[paddyc]

Hybrid wihout a doubt for me.More forgiving, just more adaptable like little chips round the green, cuts through the rough easier and can get plenty of height which i can't with a long iron and it goes longer than the equivalent iron, I carry 4 iron upwards.Hybrid 2 and 3

 

[ruff-driver]

Both my hybrids are in the shed, 1 iron back in the bag . oo:

 

[ScienceBoy]

Could not hit a hybrid and was not impressed with them at all.

Had a lesson and fixed two things.

Firstly the ball position and moved it a touch forward of centre, like a long iron, rather than too far forward like my 3 wood.

I then slowed down my swing, especially the transition between back and through. I was lashing at it and even though it was a stiff graphite I was losing control. The better tempo from the top fixed things almost instantly.

Rather than buy a new club go get a lesson, far cheaper and will be more likely to fix the issue.

 

[Jack_bfc]

Hybrids all day for me!!

3 of em!!!

 

[HomerJSimpson]

I wouldn't get a 2 iron. Too hard for most club golfers to hit consistently The cheapest option would be to get a lesson and learn how to use the existing model properly. Plenty of good models out there if you do want to get a new one but I would think if you struggle with one you'll struggle with others as there isn't too much difference in any of them

 

[And29]

I've ditched the hybrid for a 4 and 3 iron

And am loving playing a 3 quarter shot with both

 

[Smiffy]

I purchased my new irons in 5-SW flavour and am now purchasing the matching 4 iron. I've got a 4h in the bag, but have absolutely no confidence with it whatsoever.
I know it's me and not the club. If I try to hit it like a fairway wood I'll thin/top it, if I move it back in my stance and try to hit it like an iron, I either fat it or make a good connection but with a mahoosive slice.
I've got zero confidence hitting it off the tee, I honestly think I'll be happier looking down on a slotted 4 iron!
If I need a little more distance than a 4 iron will give me, I'll grip down on my 5 wood. That seems to work a lot better than trying to hit this bloody hybrid.

 

[Slab]

I purchased my new irons in 5-SW flavour and am now purchasing the matching 4 iron. I've got a 4h in the bag, but have absolutely no confidence with it whatsoever.
I know it's me and not the club. If I try to hit it like a fairway wood I'll thin/top it, if I move it back in my stance and try to hit it like an iron, I either fat it or make a good connection but with a mahoosive slice.
I've got zero confidence hitting it off the tee, I honestly think I'll be happier looking down on a slotted 4 iron!
If I need a little more distance than a 4 iron will give me, I'll grip down on my 5 wood. That seems to work a lot better than trying to hit this bloody hybrid.

In that case I'll offer you 10 of your English pounds for it!

 

[Smiffy]

In that case I'll offer you 10 of your English pounds for it!

Let me think about it for a minute.
No.