Saturday, October 31, 2009

Hybrid Golf clubs: See If They Are they Right For You

By Johnny Hamm

Hybrid golf club use is a growing trend that all golfers are aware of, and many golfers are wondering if using hybrids is the right decision for them. the reasons to use hybrid golf clubs greatly outnumber the reasons not to use them.

Most golfers want to know why they should consider using hybrid golf clubs. An easy way to answer this is to consider a typical ling iron shot. Maybe you are 200 yards from the green and have a 3 iron in your hand. You are looking at hazards around the green and know this shot must be accurate with both distance and direction in order to not find trouble. If you cannot say with confidence that you will hit this shot accurately a high percentage of the time, you are in the same category as most golfers.

Now, picture the same shot with a hybrid. If you put a bad swing on the ball, the chances are it will end up in a much better place than if you put the same bad swing on the ball with your long iron. Imagine if you try the same shot out of heavy rough. The advantage hybrids give you is amplified even more.

Why does the hybrid end up better in the example above? Well, there are a couple of reasons. It is very easy to swing a long iron and hit the ball fat, meaning you hit the ground too soon and the club either skips into the ball, or sticks in the ground and the ball is propelled by nothing but the divot you dug up. The thing about either of those results is not only will you not get the correct distance, but you have no way of knowing if the ball will be way off course left or right in addition to being short. This brings all the trouble spots on the golf hole into play. If you hit the ball thin you may get more distance, but the trouble right and left are still in play, and with a thin shot usually even worse. Put the same swing on the ball with a hybrid and the results are very different. If you hit the shot fat, the wider sole of the club will not stick in the ground. The ball will still get loft and will still get decent distance. The real key though is the ball will likely still go straight! So you put a bad swing on the ball and you still got it up in the air and got decent distance on it. The odds are, you are still in play and live to hit another shot instead of dropping a ball and taking a penalty stroke.

The simple truth is hybrid golf clubs are easier to hit and more forgiving than long irons. If you are not sure whether you should be using them, you should make the decision to use them now. You can use the same golf swing as you do with a long iron, and expect better results right away. This will result in you lowering your golf scores from the first time you try hybrids. There is probably not any one thing you can do right now that will lower your very next golf score. That is the best reason I can give you when telling you why you need to add hybrid golf clubs to your bag today!

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