My first hybrid

[zeroputt]

Before today, I've never played a hybrid on the golf course, probably because I'm used to the 'traditional' set makeup of driver, fairway woods, 3-pw, sw, and putter.

A year or so ago, I found a broken Orlimar Fury 3 hybrid on the course. I put a Titleist graphite iron shaft in it at the same length as my 3 iron… and hated it. I hit my 3 iron much better. This soured me on hybrids despite all the hype on the internet, etc. Probably my fault for using the 'wrong' shaft.

I also tried Titleist hybrids (913H and 913H.d) at a demo day, and they were okay, but it was just a demo on the driving range, so my reaction was… ehh….

This year, I got rid of the collection of fairway woods in favor of just a 4 wood, and I added two wedges. But I wasn't happy with the 4 wood/3 iron gap. So I just now got a 3 hybrid (a Nickent 7DX), and played it for the first time today….

I'm impressed. I hit it on shots where I would have used 3 iron, and I hit it on shots where I would have used 4 wood, and, overall, it outperformed both the 3 iron and the 4 wood. And, even though today was the first time I played the 3 hybrid, I found distance control to be fairly easy.

For now, I'm taking the 3 iron out of the bag in favor of the 3 hybrid. I'm even thinking of taking the 4 wood out and getting a 2 hybrid.

 

[Howzat]

If it were not for hybrids I may have stopped playing this game a while ago.

 

[Evok]

They are just so easy to hit

 

[drp3434]

Congrats on the find. This is the first year I've played hybrids and I'm loving them.

 

[McLovin]

i like my hybrid a lot. i like it so much i've been scouring the internet (ok, maybe just occasionally looking) trying to find a 2h version to replace my 5w. there are times i still miss having a 3i for low punches, or opportunities to run something. i can't imagine dropping my 4i and 5i, but it seems to work out for a lot of people here on thp. and btw, i'm not a fast swinger or long hitter (driver tops at 95mph, distance around 240y).

as with most golf clubs, i can't recommend fitting enough. swapping the stock matrix ozik program h7.1 in my adams idea super ss for a fujikura pro 63 has made a world of difference in ball flight and dispersion.

 

[zeroputt]

Well, today at least, dispersion was not an issue. The 3 hybrid went straight every time, even when I had to smack it or lay off a bit. Trajectory was a different issue, sometimes high, sometimes low, but the shots worked out. I just need to play the club more to get used to it.

...swapping the stock matrix ozik program h7.1 in my adams idea super ss for a fujikura pro 63 has made a world of difference in ball flight and dispersion.

 

[Erky]

I am buying a new hybrid tonight. I have it narrowed down to 913h, BioCell and X2Hot. Pretty excited.

 

[Tommyboy]

I just started playing hybrids this year, only because I tried a buddy's Adams. I have the Adams super hybrids of probably 2011 or 2012, bought them new and they're the only hybrids that I've felt comfortable with.

 

[giedz]

If I wouldn't have started out with the Adams V3s (up to 6 hybrid) I don't think I would've stuck with golf.


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[lafayette7]

If it were not for hybrids I may have stopped playing this game a while ago.

+1..........3rd season for my hybrids. Started off with a 3h, hit that so well I bought a 4h, hit that so well I bought a 5h and now I'm seriously considering trying out some sorta 6h............wonder if they make a PWh LOL

 

[sabig27]

Its called the Altitudes

+1..........3rd season for my hybrids. Started off with a 3h, hit that so well I bought a 4h, hit that so well I bought a 5h and now I'm seriously considering trying out some sorta 6h............wonder if they make a PWh LOL

 

[vitalesan]

My hybrid is the original taylormade rescue 16* with stiff steel shaft. I'm not planning on replacing it anytime soon. I can easily hit it 200 metres and love the draw it produces. I doubt I could hit a 3wood further so I don't use one. Leaves me open for 4 wedges. Hybrids are just so versatile.


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[musicmaster6921]

Love my hybrid but don't think I'd get rid of my 4 wood for one. I hit my FW better than my hybrid. Weird I know but that's how in hit them.


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[zeroputt]

Yeah, I'll probably hang onto the 4 wood.

Love my hybrid but don't think I'd get rid of my 4 wood for one....

 

[katman]

Glad you like the Nikent. I've thought about trying those because they look nice but was afraid they were too "off brand." By that, I mean manufactured with lower quality components and technology, which may not always be the case but I've found to be pretty common.

Played by brand new 2 Hot hybo this weekend. I have to learn it's distance. I was hitting ~190 uphill into a backstopped green so I figured I had plenty of distance to spare and would at worst end up on the far side of the green...figured the ball would dribble on to the green if I hit it straight. I ended up 20 yards past the green.

Hybrids definitely have a place in my bag, as soon as I learn the right distances and gaps!