Rescue club use

[k13ran]

Hi all, I'm new to the forum and the game!

I have been playing since the end of last summer and think I'm doing ok, I'm at a level where I can hit a driver fairly consistently.

Anyhow I started with just a set of irons, was getting on ok so wanted a driver, but a friend of mine persuaded me to get a rescue club to begin with. So I bought a taylormade super fast 2.0 rescue
club. My problem is, I didn't get on with it, found it hard to hit so left it alone. I got impatient and bought a driver which I have been hitting fairly well.

I'm wondering if woods are a better option and to get rid of the rescue. Or should I persist with the rescue. I find I need a club for my second shots from the fairway, or from the longer grass (where it's not uncommon for me to be).
Can I use my rescue for all situations? I find I can hit a 5 iron ok but need a little more distance.

Sorry for the babble, I hope you can help

 

[Foxholer]

Rescues come in several 'styles' and it may be that the SF does not suit your sing style. It actually seems to suit a fairly flat swing and is more useful from fairway/semi than from deeper rough where other styles can be more useful. It is quite deep front to back for its face depth. You may be better with a chunky one - which can also be more versatile too.

Even a low loft Rescue would leave quite a gap between 5 iron and Driver, so you are likely to need 2 clubs to complete that end of the bag (I actually have 3).

In order to prevent an expensive buy/sell exercise - though that can be a hobby within the game - I'd advise trying several different Rescues and of different types. The TM TP is actually a different style to the SF - the Rough as well as Fairway/Semi useful one - Ping also make the chunky style like the TM TP. A 4 Wood might also be useful, though again I'd advise trying before you buy.

Enjoy the search - and Welcome.

 

[k13ran]

Thanks for the quick response. I was swinging the driver quite high at first, but as I flattened it off it's going much better, maybe I should try a flatter swing with the rescue also. I can feel a lot of time at the range coming, although I usually use most of my clubs, I will try concentrating on the rescue to see if I can nail it.

Thanks for the advice, I didn't realise similar clubs could be so different

 

[k13ran]

Another question related to this, can/should you use a rescue to tee off? Do any of you use them off the tee?

 

[Imurg]

Hybrids can be used anywhere.
Off the tee, from fairway bunkers, from the fairway, from the rough, chipping or even putting if you like....

YOur swing speed can be a deciding factor in choosing hybrids or fairway woods.
You, generally, need a reasonably quick swing speed to get low lofted hybrids working properly.
A fairway wood is,generally, much easier to use than a low loft hybrid.
Also, if you're a slower swing speed,you'll get more distance from a wood than a hybrid of the same loft. This is due to extra spin provided by the wood over the hybrid, the ball stays in the air longer and it goes further.
A stronger player can get as much distance from the hybrid as the extra spin from the wood kills the distance.

Try to find a decent 5 wood that you can hit. Then worry about 3 woods.

 

[Evesdad]

As many have said its a personal thing and try as many as you can, which can be tricky if your looking at older models. I had an 18 degree one that I really struggled with most of the time. I changed this to a 21 degree and is now my go to club.

To the question of off the tee, absolutely. If the driver is misbehaving I turn to the rescue and with a good sweet hit its not much behind the driver.