In our forums, our members have been talking about hybrid-less setups. WRXer ‘A.Princey’ has never found a hybrid that he would put in the bag, kicking off the thread saying:
“Just curious here is all, but how many folks have never truly played a hybrid on the course? I’ve hit plenty of large irons in the past, but long irons/woods in general aren’t an area of struggle for me, so I’ve sort of bucked the hybrid trend. Don’t get me wrong, I’ve hit several shots with one once, but they’ve never really appealed to me, or at least not yet.
I’m not anti-hybrid, it’s just that I haven’t gotten on with one enough to justify it, considering I can still hit low lofted irons consistently high/well. I absolutely hate seeing the sole/rear of the club at address, save for woods. How many others?”
And our members have been sharing their thoughts in our forum, with a surprising amount of WRXers also not using a hybrid.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- eric61: “I have in the past, but don’t now. I go D, 3W, 5W, 4 iron, and so on. If I could have a 15th club, it would be a hybrid. But for now, I’ve found there’s just nothing I’d take out. My 5W is super reliable and easy to hit, and my 4 iron is a safety club off the tee, plus one I need on the long par 3s at a couple of courses I play a lot. The gapping works out fine. There are moments when I’m in the rough or a fairway bunker and have a long way to go, and I wish that 4 iron was a 4 hybrid or that the 5 wood was a 3 hybrid … but those moments come much less often than the moments I’m glad I have my 5W and 4 iron.”
- jligon: “Never even hit one before. 1 iron has consistently been one of my favorite clubs, and I rarely use my 2 or 3. I’ll likely try one someday, but I much prefer the shape of an iron and have never been a very good fairway wood player, so I’m somewhat hesitant to think one would help my game.”
- xkilgorextroutx: “I tried many, many hybrids over the years and never found one I could get along with and not hook off the face of the planet. So I had 5w and 7w instead. Then this year, I put the Hy-Wood in the bag and hit it extremely well. It’s probably more on the wood side of things than hybrid, but it gave me enough confidence to put a Launcher 5h in the bag, which I have surprisingly got along with. So far, anyways…”
- Roody: “Before last season, I had a 2-iron and 3-iron in the bag. But ditched them in favor of a 3w and my first hybrid. Started to have trouble getting the 2-iron up in the air off the fairway. Father Time is catching up with me.”
Entire Thread: “Never bagging a hybrid? – GolfWRXers discuss“
