Following on from another thread on loft jacking, does anybody know the answer to this? I struggle to hit anything longer than a 5 iron, but can hit a 17 degree hybrid pretty well. But they are both a bit of angled metal on the end of a stick! 
Why are hybrids easier to hit than long irons?
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Isn't this just a repeat of this ?
http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?82752-In-praise-of-hybrids&highlight=Hybrid
http://forums.golf-monthly.co.uk/showthread.php?82752-In-praise-of-hybrids&highlight=Hybrid
Foxholer
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Because they are naturally easier to hit!!
Do you think they would have become so popular if they were harder to hit than the equivalent iron?
And wrong back-ref btw! Lpp has id-ed the correct 'following on from' one!
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jamielaing
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They aren't! Not for me anyway. I get nothing but hooks from them. Give me a 2 iron over a hybrid any day of the week.
HawkeyeMS
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This is Delc, he is partial to a repetitive thread now and then
Oddsocks
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Dementia ???
upsidedown
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Because of the way they are designed. That is all you need to know.
One Planer
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Following on from another thread on loft jacking, does anybody know the answer to this? I struggle to hit anything longer than a 5 iron, but can hit a 17 degree hybrid pretty well. But they are both a bit of angled metal on the end of a stick!
In a direct answer to the OP, they aren't.
To me they are incredibly tempromental compared to a long iron.
I always find them hookey where is find the long iron more controlled.
Besides, my 4 iron has 24° of loft so is plenty easy enough to hit
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But he normally gives it a couple of months before a repeat - this seems a new record
Pin-seeker
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Blimey,looks like the Wolves are circling delc.
Personally I don't get on all that well with hybrids,but don't really get on with long irons all that well either
Personally I don't get on all that well with hybrids,but don't really get on with long irons all that well either
upsidedown
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Learnt something today , was trying to hit my 3 hybrid with big fade to go around tree 30 yards in front of me. Moved it well forward in stance and hit down on the ball, went dead straight ..... over the tree by a good 20 feet and landed 20 foot from the pin 
SaintHacker
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Following on from another thread on loft jacking, does anybody know the answer to this? I struggle to hit anything longer than a 5 iron, but can hit a 17 degree hybrid pretty well. But they are both a bit of angled metal on the end of a stick!
Not for me. I strike a 4 iron cleaner than a 4 hybrid. The difference being that when I strike the hybrid clean it goes further
HomerJSimpson
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It's all in the design. Far easier to hit a hybrid out of semi most of the time and far more versatile than carrying a 3 iron
Hacker Khan
Yurt Dwelling, Yoghurt Knitter
Lower and further back COG, bigger sweet spot, visually more forgiving therefore inspires confidence???
I was just wondering why I have difficulty hitting a 4-iron with 20 degrees of loft, but can hit good shots with hybrids and fairway woods with far less loft than that!
craigstardis1976
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Delc:
There may be lots of reasons but generally the head is a little lighter as Hacker Khan said: "Lower and further back COG, bigger sweet spot, visually more forgiving"
I recently added a 5H and the thing is like hitting a wedge in its ease of use. I can hit a 4 or 5 iron reasonably well but why not hit an easier to use club?
Craig
There may be lots of reasons but generally the head is a little lighter as Hacker Khan said: "Lower and further back COG, bigger sweet spot, visually more forgiving"
I recently added a 5H and the thing is like hitting a wedge in its ease of use. I can hit a 4 or 5 iron reasonably well but why not hit an easier to use club?
Craig
They are not a replacement they are a new option
Irons are more accurate for good players
Hybrids produce longer shots with less accuracy but more accuracy than woods
For higher handicappers a hybrid is a nice big headed stick designed to get the ball up v a long iron that is smaller long irons, 22 degrees down requires a good swing and some speed to produce a proper flight, hybrids do not
Irons are more accurate for good players
Hybrids produce longer shots with less accuracy but more accuracy than woods
For higher handicappers a hybrid is a nice big headed stick designed to get the ball up v a long iron that is smaller long irons, 22 degrees down requires a good swing and some speed to produce a proper flight, hybrids do not
