Struggling with my 4 Hybrid

[Dodger]

How is a hybrid more versatile than an iron - you can hit a long iron low, High, draw, fade etc. Hybrids are designed to remove as much of that spin as possible you have to hit them really bad to get anything other than straight.

Firstly with regard to your statement the only part that is correct is that they are easier to hit... but you also compound the crap in the rest of the statement in saying that by asking if they are not easier to hit than an iron what is their point.....so you are saying that if they are easier to hit then they actually do have a point......therefore as a 1,2,3 iron is harder to hit than the rescue of same loft then what the f##k is the point in a long iron then??

Secondly,I have a 19 deg rescue that I can hit to land soft with a high fade,hit it low to run with a draw,I can punch it 3/4 into the breeze,I can launch it high to go with the wind,I am still (and in the past 3 years I have had the rescue) not giving up on 'being good' but actually succeeding to do that or plainly put I am now 'gooder' than I was 3 years ago.....I do hope that is clear enough for you.

I take it you still play with a persimmon set of woods,a balata ball and a golden goose putter.....take the false blinkers off Freddie.

 

[USER1999]

Not mine. I can play any shot I want to with mine, it has a very penetrating flight, and very little offset. It just comes out of light rough easier than a long iron. I can also bump and run it easily around the greens if I want to. Try that with a 2i.

Still don't get what the issue with hybrids is. This sort of club has been around longer than irons, so if any thing it takes you back to the roots of the game. It isn't like they are some modern invention. Like broom stick putters.

 

[freddielong]

How is a hybrid more versatile than an iron - you can hit a long iron low, High, draw, fade etc. Hybrids are designed to remove as much of that spin as possible you have to hit them really bad to get anything other than straight.

Firstly with regard to your statement the only part that is correct is that they are easier to hit... but you also compound the crap in the rest of the statement in saying that by asking if they are not easier to hit than an iron what is their point.....so you are saying that if they are easier to hit then they actually do have a point......therefore as a 1,2,3 iron is harder to hit than the rescue of same loft then what the f##k is the point in a long iron then??

Secondly,I have a 19 deg rescue that I can hit to land soft with a high fade,hit it low to run with a draw,I can punch it 3/4 into the breeze,I can launch it high to go with the wind,I am still (and in the past 3 years I have had the rescue) not giving up on 'being good' but actually succeeding to do that or plainly put I am now 'gooder' than I was 3 years ago.....I do hope that is clear enough for you.

I take it you still play with a persimmon set of woods,a balata ball and a golden goose putter.....take the false blinkers off Freddie.

Please do not refer to my opnions as crap, I am able to refer to your opinions without abuse (do we not have moderators around here)
I beleive the game is getting to easy and I do not think its a good thing

 

[Dodger]

My apologies then,maybe utter piffle would be better used......answer me do you play with the clubs I mentioned?
I would very much doubt so please come down off that high horse...

 

[Pants]

I beleive the game is getting to easy and I do not think its a good thing

Has this resulted in the average handicap being greatly reduced over the last 5, 10, 20 years? I think not.

You might find it easy mate but not everyone is such a brilliant golfer as you. If you find it that easy, why don't you take up a different sport instead.

Us mere mortals need all the help we can get.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I believe the game is getting to easy and I do not think its a good thing

That is a subject for a different thread and if you want to discuss that then I suggest you start one.

OP, I reckon your problem is to do with ball placement also. Try standing a little closer and moving the ball towards the middle of your stance.

 

[Pants]

I believe the game is getting to easy and I do not think its a good thing

That is a subject for a different thread and if you want to discuss that then I suggest you start one.

Don't encourage him

 

[freddielong]

Its been done - I like the fact that golf should be hard, where as every one else seems to want the instant gratification of, buy a new club take a few shots of your handicap, and wont be happy till level par is a beginers score.

 

[USER1999]

Doesn't seem to be happening though does it?

 

[freddielong]

Yes it is, golf is easier the ball goes further stays straighter and stops quicker if you aint getting better then you are getting worse - Sorry.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I don't understand why things have to be difficult to be fun?

 

[freddielong]

I like to acheive things, there is no sense of acheivment if its easy

 

[USER1999]

If it is so easy, why aren't you on telly?

 

[freddielong]

I am not saying its too easy, I just don't see why we need to make it easier.

 

[StrangelyBrown]

I also presume that you don't use a spell checker, I assume that'd obviously make typing too easy?

 

[freddielong]

You still have to type to use spell checker

 

[Pants]

What are your sources for your comment that new equipment is making the game easier Freddie.

I'm obviously looking in different places to you 'cos all I see is assertions that the average amateur's handicap has barely changed over the last10/15/20 years. One source indicated that the average amateur h/cap was about 0.2 lower than 10 years ago - whoopeeee. Just proves what I've maintained for quite a while. New shiny bats won't necessarily lower your score. It's mainly marketing hype.

I'll grant you that the pros have reduced their average score over the last 10 years by about 0.5, and that's on lengthened courses as well. There again, if technology can help anyone, it will be them first.

 

[freddielong]

I don't think the figures are correct I beleive that there are a much greater number of casual golfers nowdays and I really think this distorts the figures.

Golf is easier it has to be the ball goes further straighter and stops quicker - woods, irons, fairway woods, are easier to hit even shafts are better - if you are not getting better then you are getting worse.

 

[pokerjoke]

Its seems that over the years technology has got better im sure we would all agree with that.I do not agree that the hybrid makes it too easy but i do agree they are more forgiving than an iron,however im sure we all hit shots sometimes that a proffesional would be proud of,but the reason they are pros is because they do it consistently and us amateurs do it now and again,it has nothing to do with technology but ability.

 

[Screwback]

What is your handicap freddie??