MattyKrack17
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glad everyone is hitting these good.. would love to demo one
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Bullfrog and I played today and the frog was chosen to demo the Yonex 5 Hybrid. The club felt solid at contact, however I felt it to be toe heavy . Same as many of the Hybrids that are out there. I hit it on a 173 yard par three and hit the green. Ball flight was good. With a soft ball it hit and bit with 6-9 feet of roll. Over all not to bad, not like- man that was the best club I ever hit!
Bullfrog and I played today and the frog was chosen to demo the Yonex 5 Hybrid. The club felt solid at contact, however I felt it to be toe heavy . Same as many of the Hybrids that are out there. I hit it on a 173 yard par three and hit the green. Ball flight was good. With a soft ball it hit and bit with 6-9 feet of roll. Over all not to bad, not like- man that was the best club I ever hit!
That's interesting. I'm finding that the club is very well balanced. I also have the 3 hybrid instead of the 5, but I don't think that would make a difference.
Nice updates guys. BF I like all the different shots you are trying with this.
Update # 2(b) mini update
I wanted to do a mini-update before my next round of reviews. This is solely for my "Specialty Shot" category. As some of you know, I have tested/reviewed this club for a few specialty-type shots, including the "hybrid-chip" up an short grass enbakement to the green and a fairway bunker. The below is an update of another specialty shot: the-bend-around-a-tree-shot.
Specialty shots: A (Previous grade: A-). I was curious as to how this club would perform in the circumstances where a tree was in between my lie and the green. My natural flight with this club typically is a slight right-to-left flight. So, for my first test with the tree, I wanted to have to hit a POWER fade (slice).
I placed my ball in fairway length grass so that a large tree was about half the distance between my ball and the green. I expected the loss in distance due to the fade to be approximately 20-30 yards. I opened my stance a bit, flared my left foot and closed my right foot, and placed the ball about an inch forward in my stance as compared to usual placement. Then, I took my normal swing. The ball started left of the tree and bent around the tree, but not enough fade to hit the green. On the second swing, I did the same setup, but came in a bit more steeply and held off on the release. The result was a very high power fade that fading an appropriate amount, but I was short of the green. The third shot I did the same setup and swing, but didn't come in quite as steeply. The result was a high power fade that bent around the tree and landed on the front of the green. I hit about another 7 of these power fade shots with similar results: all bending around the tree and landing on or very near the front of the green. This was a pretty predictable ball flight and distance seemed to be about the same for each shot. I do think, however, that the loss in distance for me was closer to the 30-35 yard range as compared to my normal flight.
Next, I wanted to hit the power draw (hook) around the tree. I closed my stance, closed my left foot and flared out my right foot. I also placed the ball about 1 inch back in my stance as compared to usual. I took a normal swing, but with this setup. The ball started much further right than usual and came back to the left, but not as much as anticipated. I then squared my right foot and tried the same swing. The ball didn't start as far right, but still didn't get enough draw to get around the tree and onto the green. The next several shots I adjusted the stance and swing to where I was able to get a huge enough draw (hook) to get around the tree and on the green, however, I could not get much more than 25 feet in height on these shots. They were coming in hot and it was difficult to gauge distance and the amount of draw. I was able to land a few on or near the green, but it was not as predictable as the power fade shot. These shots actually were not difficult to hit, just difficult to predict the result. It was, however, encouraging to know that I would have this shot in the arsenal if the situation arose and I needed to hit this shot because the power fade shot around the tree wasn't available.
I enjoyed reading that. Nice to see you can work the ball and with some practice, I see it being perfected.Update # 2(b) mini update
I wanted to do a mini-update before my next round of reviews. This is solely for my "Specialty Shot" category. As some of you know, I have tested/reviewed this club for a few specialty-type shots, including the "hybrid-chip" up an short grass enbakement to the green and a fairway bunker. The below is an update of another specialty shot: the-bend-around-a-tree-shot.
Specialty shots: A (Previous grade: A-). I was curious as to how this club would perform in the circumstances where a tree was in between my lie and the green. My natural flight with this club typically is a slight right-to-left flight. So, for my first test with the tree, I wanted to have to hit a POWER fade (slice).
I placed my ball in fairway length grass so that a large tree was about half the distance between my ball and the green. I expected the loss in distance due to the fade to be approximately 20-30 yards. I opened my stance a bit, flared my left foot and closed my right foot, and placed the ball about an inch forward in my stance as compared to usual placement. Then, I took my normal swing. The ball started left of the tree and bent around the tree, but not enough fade to hit the green. On the second swing, I did the same setup, but came in a bit more steeply and held off on the release. The result was a very high power fade that fading an appropriate amount, but I was short of the green. The third shot I did the same setup and swing, but didn't come in quite as steeply. The result was a high power fade that bent around the tree and landed on the front of the green. I hit about another 7 of these power fade shots with similar results: all bending around the tree and landing on or very near the front of the green. This was a pretty predictable ball flight and distance seemed to be about the same for each shot. I do think, however, that the loss in distance for me was closer to the 30-35 yard range as compared to my normal flight.
Next, I wanted to hit the power draw (hook) around the tree. I closed my stance, closed my left foot and flared out my right foot. I also placed the ball about 1 inch back in my stance as compared to usual. I took a normal swing, but with this setup. The ball started much further right than usual and came back to the left, but not as much as anticipated. I then squared my right foot and tried the same swing. The ball didn't start as far right, but still didn't get enough draw to get around the tree and onto the green. The next several shots I adjusted the stance and swing to where I was able to get a huge enough draw (hook) to get around the tree and on the green, however, I could not get much more than 25 feet in height on these shots. They were coming in hot and it was difficult to gauge distance and the amount of draw. I was able to land a few on or near the green, but it was not as predictable as the power fade shot. These shots actually were not difficult to hit, just difficult to predict the result. It was, however, encouraging to know that I would have this shot in the arsenal if the situation arose and I needed to hit this shot because the power fade shot around the tree wasn't available.
Update # 2(b) mini update
I wanted to do a mini-update before my next round of reviews. This is solely for my "Specialty Shot" category. As some of you know, I have tested/reviewed this club for a few specialty-type shots, including the "hybrid-chip" up an short grass enbakement to the green and a fairway bunker. The below is an update of another specialty shot: the-bend-around-a-tree-shot.
Specialty shots: A (Previous grade: A-). I was curious as to how this club would perform in the circumstances where a tree was in between my lie and the green. My natural flight with this club typically is a slight right-to-left flight. So, for my first test with the tree, I wanted to have to hit a POWER fade (slice).
I placed my ball in fairway length grass so that a large tree was about half the distance between my ball and the green. I expected the loss in distance due to the fade to be approximately 20-30 yards. I opened my stance a bit, flared my left foot and closed my right foot, and placed the ball about an inch forward in my stance as compared to usual placement. Then, I took my normal swing. The ball started left of the tree and bent around the tree, but not enough fade to hit the green. On the second swing, I did the same setup, but came in a bit more steeply and held off on the release. The result was a very high power fade that fading an appropriate amount, but I was short of the green. The third shot I did the same setup and swing, but didn't come in quite as steeply. The result was a high power fade that bent around the tree and landed on the front of the green. I hit about another 7 of these power fade shots with similar results: all bending around the tree and landing on or very near the front of the green. This was a pretty predictable ball flight and distance seemed to be about the same for each shot. I do think, however, that the loss in distance for me was closer to the 30-35 yard range as compared to my normal flight.
Next, I wanted to hit the power draw (hook) around the tree. I closed my stance, closed my left foot and flared out my right foot. I also placed the ball about 1 inch back in my stance as compared to usual. I took a normal swing, but with this setup. The ball started much further right than usual and came back to the left, but not as much as anticipated. I then squared my right foot and tried the same swing. The ball didn't start as far right, but still didn't get enough draw to get around the tree and onto the green. The next several shots I adjusted the stance and swing to where I was able to get a huge enough draw (hook) to get around the tree and on the green, however, I could not get much more than 25 feet in height on these shots. They were coming in hot and it was difficult to gauge distance and the amount of draw. I was able to land a few on or near the green, but it was not as predictable as the power fade shot. These shots actually were not difficult to hit, just difficult to predict the result. It was, however, encouraging to know that I would have this shot in the arsenal if the situation arose and I needed to hit this shot because the power fade shot around the tree wasn't available.
Great write up guys. Interlooper, great way to test the club. I'm not sure I'm skilled enough to try those shots. But I will definitely give it a go the next time I play and there isn't someone beating down my neck behind me.
You never know until you try, right? I was at a range when I attempted most of these shots (I also did some on-course testing of these shots). A range up north has a huge oak tree in the middle of it. Thus, I was able to spend ample time and focus on these shots. That was a good thing, because it took some time working on that power draw shot.