What is your highest lofted hybrid?

[craigstardis1976]

Hi People!

I always carry an Adams A4 OS #3 Hybrid that has 19 degrees of loft and unless it is very windy I carry the same model #4 Hybrid at 22 degrees.

I also have in the same model a 26 degree #5 hybrid.

Unlike many people on here, I hit my 3 and 4 Hybrid the same distance as my regular 3 and 4 Iron despite the irons having a touch more loft and a shorter steel shaft.

I sometimes use the 26 degree hybrid preferring the more compact heel to toe look of my 27 degree 5 Iron. Although from a design point then #5H should be more forgiving. It basically comes down to how is my swing feeling that day.

That said, I would like to stick to one or the other to be a little more consistent in my club set up.

So, thoughts, please. Have you found such a lofted hybrid to be useful or the 5 Iron (or equivalent iron) Do you think there is a point of diminishing returns the more lofted a hybrid gets compared to a well designed iron it is supposed to replace.

All thoughts welcome!

Craig

 

[SwingsitlikeHogan]

20.5* Cleveland Launcher 3i

 

[fundy]

18 degree, just gone up from 17 degree

 

[davemc1]

31* ping g20 that if Gazinderry doesn't cough up for, will be on sale for a very reasonable price 😝

 

[davemc1]

31* ping g20 that if Gazinderry doesn't cough up for, will be on sale for a very reasonable price 😝

 

[Deleted member 1740]

31* ping g20 that if Gazinderry doesn't cough up for, will be on sale for a very reasonable price 😝

31* ping g20 that if Gazinderry doesn't cough up for, will be on sale for a very reasonable price 😝

Is there an echo in here

 

[Capella]

25° Cleveland Halo, sits snuggly between my five iron and my 7 wood, distance wise, and is easy to hit from light rough and fairway bunkers.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

19 degree Ping 3 hybrid

 

[bobmac]

18 degree Ping Rapture 2 iron.

 

[Slab]

I have a 27° hybrid but its not in the bag just now preferring one of my 25° jobs with a shorter shaft

 

[hines57]

25.5 degree Titleist. Just a tad more forgiving than the 5 iron on some days........

 

[duncan mackie]

Do you think there is a point of diminishing returns the more lofted a hybrid gets compared to a well designed iron it is supposed to replace.

All thoughts welcome!

Craig

No.
Hit by a machine there's no practical difference.

But we aren't machines, and the higher the handicap the greater the other factors come into play and a 'satisfactory outcome' gets further and further from the underlying design capabilities of the club.

A hybrid can arguably do more than an iron (handling more ground conditions better) and an iron is perceived to be easier to shape than a hybrid (but model matters and it's only really a perception).

That's the facts - aspects of this together with the emotion are already represented by a load of current threads here.

 

[patricks148]

I currently switch between at Titleist 915 eighteen degree hybrid and a Mizuno MP37 two iron depending where im playing

 

[Spear-Chucker]

24° 913h which is currently benched whilst a Ping crossover takes it's place. Might be back if the going gets very heavy but enjoy the Ping off the tee too much currently.

 

[Junior]

I actually carry a battered wilson staff 4 hybrid with 22 degrees of loft. I can actually hit it high or a low. I also carry a 4i which goes 190. The hybrid goes 205/210 so distance wise if more like a 3i. All dependent on conditions of course. I then go to a 4w which I hit around 225 and then driver which I hit about 250.

 

[shewy]

I don't at the minute but I'm having a bag reshuffle at the top end so anticipate some testing around 19 degree's

 

[Dando]

i ditched my hybrids as they no matter what i tried i couldn't stop hooking the bloody things so i am back to hitting my long irons

 

[stokie_93]

20° Nike Vapor Fly Hybrid.

Love the club, easy to shape and bridges the gap between 3 wood and irons well!

 

[garyinderry]

It went sliced bread , then these bad boys arrived.

Still over the moon with the 24 and 27 that have made their way into my bag.

 

[ScienceBoy]

19 but I really need one about 47