GlennM

Why hybrid?

I decided to try a 5 wood to replace my 3 hybrid and I've found it so much easier to hit off the fairway, etc. Now I'm getting more distance than the 3 hybrid and should have gotten a 7 wood instead.

But my question is: Why are hybrids around when there are woods that seem to do the same thing?

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TaylorMade Burner 3 wood 15.0*
TaylorMade Burner 5 wood 17.0*
Cobra Speed LDF 3 wood 21.0*
Cobra Baffler DWS 4h 23.0*
Cobra Baffler DWS 5h 26.0*
Cobra S9 6-PW irons
Cleveland Gwedge 50*
Cleveland Swedge 56*
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65nlovenit

Some people just cant get into the sweep swing for a fairway wood. They essentially hit a hybrid the way they hit their irons, so theres no change in method. I have both, I absolutely love my 3, 5 and 7 woods. But I have a 25 degree hybrid when I have to hit out of deep rough. Essentially hybrids are a wood feel replacement for the long irons 2/3/4.

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Fourputt

I don't see my hybrids as replacing any of my woods. They are there to replace my long irons. I still carry my 5W along with my 3 hybrids.

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3W - Mizuno F-60 15°
4W - Mizuno F-60 16.5°
22° & 25° TM Rescue hybrid
6I thru PW King Cobra 3400I/XH
Gap Wedge52° Callaway X Tour
SW - Cleveland CG11 56°
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Golfbum

Exactly, hybrids are meant to replace your long irons. Your fairway metals are what they are. I carry a TaylorMade Mid Rescue 4, which replaces my 21* Ping G2 3 iron. I also have a Mid Rescue 5, but I have gone back to carrying my Ping G2 HL 4 iron for now.
I carry a Titleist 904F 19* and sometimes I carry the same club with 15* loft.

white_tiger_137

A better argument would be irons vs hybrids. Personally, I choose irons. I just can't hit a hybrid the way I can a 3 iron.

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Butz

Hey,

I think utility clubs or hybrid were created for those people who were struggling on the long irons.

When I started learning golf, I really had a hard time hitting my 3 and 4iron. So my Golf Pro told me about hybrids, and I bought first a 3H, tested them and wham! These beauty are so awesomely quite forgiving!

My 3H can make my ball fly to a distance of 190 to 220yards, with no roll yet.

So I bought a 2hybrid and put my old Callaway BB 5wood off my bag.

I find the fairway woods to be longer in shaft, and the hybrids are shorter and I think are more offset, so its easier to hit.

Distance wise, I think they are the same, its just that hybrids are the "in thing" for amateur golfers like us.

KJ Choi now uses a Sonartec 3hybrid.

Right now, the trend are mixed hybrid+iron.
Looked at Cobra's S Transition irons, Cleveland HiBore irons and Tour Edge GeoMax hybrid irons, and Adams.

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