How many hybrid golf clubs should I have in my bag?
January 24, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
This is a common question among golfers looking to add some hybrid golf clubs to their arsenal. When you first look and try to make sense of it all it can be a bit much. When it comes to going about selecting the perfect addition to your bag there are some key things you should consider as well as some important questions you need to answer about your specific golf game. In order to best answer “how many hybrid golf clubs should I have in my bag” you will need to be honest with yourself as well as go about it in a logical manner to get the best bang for your buck.
What club do you hit worst?
In terms of having the largest impact on your game you should always start with the club that you hit the worst in your bag. You should be asking yourself “what club do I loathe taking from my bag?” Invariably there is a specific club that you want no part of. In general this is the 2 iron (if you have one), 3 iron (almost all sets have one of these) and perhaps the 4 iron. Usually people can hit their 7 iron and up, but if you have problems here they even have hybrids that are made to go down this far. Don’t forget to take into account your fairway woods also. A 5 wood some people hit great, but others can’t hit for their life.
So once we have decided on the clubs that are the clubs that we hate the most, let’s target these clubs to add to our bag. It may be that you can’t seem to hit your 5 wood, 3 iron, 4 iron and 5 iron. In this case you would want to target a 2 hybrid golf club, a 3 hybrid golf club, a 4 hybrid golf club, and a 5 hybrid golf club. These hybrid numbers are meant to take the place of the clubs listed above. In theory (and almost always in practice!) these clubs will go the prescribed distances of a 5 wood, 3 iron, 4 iron and 5 iron.
Now that we have decided how many and of what variety to purchase to add to our golf bag, we need to decide which brands. That is for another article entirely, but keep in mind there is a way array of clubs from many different manufacturers. With that of course it entails a wide array of pricing options! The key thing being find a club that you have confidence in and are happy to take out of the bag on the course. This is the entire reason for buying hybrid golf clubs, so make sure to buy a set of hybrids that match your game. If you buy a club that you don’t have confidence in, it won’t matter if you answered the question “how many hybrid golf clubs should I have in my bag” perfectly, because you will now have to answer which hybrid should I buy the next time to replace the hybrids that I hate hitting!
4 Hybrid Golf Club
January 21, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
In the world of hybrid golf clubs you have many varieties to choose from. A common choice among golfers is the 4 hybrid. When you start looking at the make up of this club, it is easy to see why. As stated in other posts on this site, the numbers associated with hybrids go in the same order as you see in the woods and irons, in other words the lower the number the lower the loft and the higher the number the higher the loft. In plain terms a 4 hybrid has a lower loft and longer length off the tee than a 5 hybrid, but as we would expect a shorter length and higher loft than the 2 and 3 utility clubs. This article is focused only on the 4 hybrid golf club which is one middle type hybrids that people tend to buy for their sets.
So why is the 4 hybrid such a popular club? As with all the hybrid clubs, it is meant to allow for higher ball flight and softer landings on the greens. Also, due to its lack of bounce (the variable that allows a club to bounce off the ground and strike the ball as opposed to slicing through the ground) it is very good at hitting out of tight lies. But that is the same out of all the hybrids and isn't special to the four utility. In specifics, a 4 hybrid comes with a 24 degree loft angle as the standard. Again, this is pretty standard among manufacturers, so don't expect a Cobra Baffler 4 hybrid to be any different than a Callaway Diablo 4 hybrid, both will have a 24 degree loft angle. As for lie angle, the 4 hybrid wood measures in at 60.5 degrees. As stated on other pages on this site and on the internet common, the lie angle is usuaully a component of your height and some other minor body specific attributes.
To cut to the chase, a 4 hybrid is meant to take the place of your 4 iron. Again as noted before this isn't a hard and fast rule, but in general holds true for most golfers. And this is a good thing and many golfers have an especially hard time hitting longer irons like a 4 iron. In addition, it seems that this is a fairly common club that is needed off the tee for those long par 3's that golf courses seem to always have. Again, in general a 4 hybrid will fly higher and land softer than a 4 iron, and unless it is windy this is almost always a better option. If you find yourself avoiding hitting your 4 iron due to lack of confidence, a 4 hybrid golf club would be a wise choice to add to your arsenal.
2 Hybrid Golf Club
January 13, 2010 by · Leave a Comment
When it comes to hybrid golf clubs there are a variety of sizes to choose from. In general they follow from lowest loft to highest loft when we go from lowest hybrid club number to highest hybrid club number. So a 2 hybrid has a lower loft and will hit the ball farther than a 3 hybrid, which will in turn his the ball farther with a lower loft than a 4 hybrid. This page is dedicated to the 2 hybrid golf club which is the lowest loft and longest hitting of all the hybrid clubs.
First it is important to know what the loft means. In general it is how much of a difference between perpendicular to the ground and horizontal to the ground. The 2 hybrid comes with an 18 degree loft angle as the standard. Every 2 hybrid will use this as the standard loft of the club. Along with that it comes with a 58.5 degree lie angle as the standard. The lie angle refers to the difference between straight up and down and directly flat. The lie angle is one thing that changes based mostly on your height, but other things as well when it comes to finding the best fit for your club. You obviously can get a club changed in terms of loft as well, but this in essence is changing the type of hybrid it is. If you bend it weaker you are getting ever closer to a 3 hybrid. Like all hybrid clubs, the standard is that they come without any bounce, which means that it does not have the feature on the club to allow for the club to literally bounce off the ground and still hit the ball. This makes hybrid especially adept at hitting out of tight lies like you would find in the middle of the fairway and similar.
The 2 hybrid is meant to take the place of a 5 wood or 2 iron in your bag. At least in terms of distance this is generally the case. The 2 hybrid will usually have the ball higher in the air allowing for a softer landing on the green than the same distance iron will. This is due to the club design of a hybrid club vs. that of an iron. If you have a hard time hitting that 5 wood or 2 iron I would suggest that you take a serious look at a 2 hybrid golf club and the forgiveness it affords.