3 Hybrid Golf Club

Today's hybrid golf clubs come in a wide array of types and sizes to choose from.  Similar to irons and fairway woods, they go from lowest loft to highest loft when we looked at from the lowest hybrid number to highest number.  In other words a 3 hybrid has a lower loft and longer length off the tee than a 4 and 5 hybrid.  This post is solely meant to look at the 3 hybrid golf club which is one of the stronger utility clubs available (the 2 hybrid golf club is the only one stronger on the market).

So what can we expect out of a 3 hybrid?  To begin with, the 3 hybrid comes with a 21 degree loft angle standard.  If you want to have a different loft you will generally need to have one custom made or bent accordingly.  It doesn't matter the brand, the loft characteristic of a 3 hybrid is to have twenty one degrees of loft.  In addition to the loft, the 3 utility wood comes with a standard 60 degree lie angle.  Remember that the lie angle is talking about the difference between straight up and down and directly flat.  As discussed in previous posts, the lie angle is the thing that most often changes when custom clubs are made due mostly to height, but factors come into play to a lesser extent.   Similar to all the other hybrid clubs, the 3 hybrid does not come with any bounce, which means that it does not have the geometry to allow for the club to bounce off the ground and still hit the ball (this is a common thing of note for sand wedges where we don't want to dig to China while we are trying to get out of the beach!).  As noted before, this feature of hybrids makes them particularly useful in situations where you have a tight lie.  Common places where this exists is on the fringe as well as waste bunkers and spots in the fairway with especially short grass.

So why do people carry a 3 hybrid?  Well this may be the most common hybrid in the bag of golfers around the globe as it is intended to replace the 3 iron in your golf bag.  This of course is a general rule, but this is most often the club it is replacing.  And this is a good thing and many golfers have an especially hard time hitting longer irons like the 3 iron.  In addition, it seems that this is a fairly common club that is  needed off the tee for those longer par 3's that golf courses love to throw at you.  Again, in general a 3 hybrid will fly higher and land softer than a 3 iron, and unless it is windy this is almost always a better option.  If you find yourself dreading hitting that 3 iron every round then the 3 hybrid golf club is a great club for you to purchase.