Nickd314 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Hello all, im fairly new to golf and wanted to make a hybrid purchase I hit 6-9 irons pretty decent I was looking into a 4-5 hybrid or maybe even a 3. I just want to buy one for now. What do you guys think? Quote Link to comment
MattF Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 G'day and welcome. You might want to look at https://www.golfsub70.com/ and try their demo program. You can have the club built, pay for it, demo it and if you like it keep it and if you don't, send it back a get a refund minus $20. BH43, Larryd3 and Mtbryant01 3 Quote In the bag: Driver: TSR2 Project X HZRDUS Black 5.5 Fairway: Apex UW 19° & 21° Project X HZRDUS Smoke RDX Black 5.5 Irons: JPX 923 HMP 5-PW UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4 Wedges: T-22 Denim Copper 48°, 52° & 56° UST Mamiya Recoil 95 F4 Putter Sycamore 005 Wide Blade Bag: Alpha Convoy 514 Balls: Chrome Soft X Cart: CaddyLite ONE Ver. 8 God Bless America, God save the King, God defend New Zealand and thank Christ for Australia! Link to comment
Larryd3 Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 I'll 2nd the suggestion on Sub70 hybrids. Great quality and the company is awesome to work with. I'd probably say to pick up a 4 or 5 hybrid from them and see how it fits into your club gapping and then go from there. For me the 5 hybrid is kind of like a 4 iron. I have a 6 hybrid that replaces my 5 iron. MattF 1 Quote TM Sim2 Max 10.5 Ping G410 5 wood Ping G410 7 & 9 woods PXG Gen 5 0311P 5-gap PXG forged 54 & 58 wedges PXG Operator H w/ BGT Stability shaft Link to comment
DiscipleofPenick Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 What is the loft and carry distance of your 6i? Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: MacGregor MT-86 Pro Wedges: Vokey 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment
cnosil Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 36 minutes ago, Nickd314 said: Hello all, im fairly new to golf and wanted to make a hybrid purchase I hit 6-9 irons pretty decent I was looking into a 4-5 hybrid or maybe even a 3. I just want to buy one for now. What do you guys think? Couldn’t tell you what degree to get. Golf clubs are supposed to hit a club a specific distance. If you are replacing the 5 iron it should go as far as your 5 iron; which is about 15 yards more than the 6. Hybrids tend to be a little longer than irons so I’d start with the 5 hybrid and you may need to tweak the loft. RickyBobby_PR and MattF 2 Quote Driver: G400 Max 9* w/ KBS Tour Driven Fairway: TS3 15* w/Project X Hzardous Smoke Hybrids: 915H 21* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype 915H 24* w/KBS Tour Graphite Hybrid Prototype Irons: TR20V 6-11 w/Vizard TR20-85 Graphite Wedge: 54/12D, 60/8M w/:Accra iWedge 90 Graphite Putter: TM-180 Testing: Backups: Milled Collection RSX 2, mFGP2, Futura 5W Member: MGS Hitsquad since 2017 Link to comment
Nickd314 Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 17 minutes ago, DiscipleofPenick said: What is the loft and carry distance of your 6i? I carry my 6 iron about 160ish I’m guessing from the the range. I know for sure I hit my 7 150+ Quote Link to comment
Kanoito Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 16 minutes ago, Nickd314 said: I carry my 6 iron about 160ish I’m guessing from the the range. I know for sure I hit my 7 150+ The idea is to have 10-15 yard gaps between clubs, regardless of the loft stamped. If your 6i is 160, then ideally your next club would be a hybrid that gives you 170-175ish? It will be hard to tell distance just by looking at the loft, as different shafts and lengths will also affect that. MattF and RickyBobby_PR 2 Quote SpeedZone 9* w/ Aldila Rogue Silver 60 S X2 Hot 3 Deep 14.5* w/ Aldila Tour Green 75 S JetSpeed 5W 19* w/ Matrix Velox T 69 S OR Super LS 3H 19* w/ Kuro Kage Black 80 S JPX919 Forged 4-PW w/ Modus3 105 S Vokey SM7 50/08F, 54/14F & 58/08M w/ Modus3 115 Wedge ER1 34" w/ SuperStroke Fatso 2.0 Pro / H2NO Lite Cart Bag / 3.0 / NX7 Pro LRF My reviews: MLA Putter // Titleist SM7 // PING i500 // PuttOUT Link to comment
Nickd314 Posted August 3, 2021 Author Share Posted August 3, 2021 5 minutes ago, Kanoito said: The idea is to have 10-15 yard gaps between clubs, regardless of the loft stamped. If your 6i is 160, then ideally your next club would be a hybrid that gives you 170-175ish? It will be hard to tell distance just by looking at the loft, as different shafts and lengths will also affect that. Well I can’t really hit 3-5 irons that well so does that help haha Quote Link to comment
Kanoito Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 Just now, Nickd314 said: Well I can’t really hit 3-5 irons that well so does that help haha That's understandable, so hybrids are probably an easier alternative to hit (although I personally hate them). You could also opt for a 5 or 7 or even 9 wood if you hit those better. But going back to your question: the reason why nobody here can't give you number for the hybrid is because all hybrids are designed differently and we are not sure what set of irons you are playing. For example: let's take TM's SIM Max irons vs P7TW blades. SIM Max 6i has 25* of loft. P7TW 6i has 31* of loft. Ideally you have a 4-5 gap between each iron (assuming they have progressive length, same type of shaft, etc.) So now you want a hybrid, but should it be 4* stronger than a 25* 6i or a 31* 6i? Another example: let's pretend you can hit a 3i which lofted at 21*. If you buy a hybrid with 21*, it probably will be longer than your 3i due to length, shaft, CG, etc. So the only way to find out, is testing a few. Or you can give us your iron model and specs and we can give you an educated guess. RickyBobby_PR, Alf. S, MattF and 1 other 4 Quote SpeedZone 9* w/ Aldila Rogue Silver 60 S X2 Hot 3 Deep 14.5* w/ Aldila Tour Green 75 S JetSpeed 5W 19* w/ Matrix Velox T 69 S OR Super LS 3H 19* w/ Kuro Kage Black 80 S JPX919 Forged 4-PW w/ Modus3 105 S Vokey SM7 50/08F, 54/14F & 58/08M w/ Modus3 115 Wedge ER1 34" w/ SuperStroke Fatso 2.0 Pro / H2NO Lite Cart Bag / 3.0 / NX7 Pro LRF My reviews: MLA Putter // Titleist SM7 // PING i500 // PuttOUT Link to comment
DiscipleofPenick Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 51 minutes ago, Nickd314 said: I carry my 6 iron about 160ish I’m guessing from the the range. I know for sure I hit my 7 150+ That's a good start. I was going to recommend everything @Kanoito has already said. It would be a good place to start looking. Do a fitting and see what you like more. Maybe that 7/9 wood is a better fit than a hybrid. Quote Take Dead Aim Driver: PXG 0211 10.5* Fairway: Titleist 917 F3 15* Hybrid: Adams Idea Pro Boxer Gold 18* Irons: MacGregor MT-86 Pro Wedges: Vokey 50/54/58 Putter: SeeMore X2 Costa del Mar Ball: Srixon Z-Star Link to comment
Alf. S Posted August 3, 2021 Share Posted August 3, 2021 2 questions to ask. 1. Do you wanted it gapped to the 6i? 2. Do you want something that goes longer than the 6i but shorter than your 3w If I take an example of my irons the loft of the 6i is 27' and shaft length 37.5. If I look at the Apex spec 6h is 27' and 39 length so I would expect this to go 10 to 15yds further than your 6i the Apex also has the loft adjustment which allows -1' and +2' of loft. The 2 degrees can be as much as 5 yds off distance. I myself carry 5-AW I dropped my 3i and 4i and replaced them with Epic 3h,4h both lofted up to 22' and 25' respectively and they gaps pretty well to 5i which is 24'. This was done the trial and error. If the reason you can't hit 5i and below is because of the shaft length then a 6h maybe the one to start with MattF 1 Quote WIMB Driver Callaway Epic 10.5' Fujikura Stiff 3W Callaway Epic 15' Fujikura Stiff 3-AW Srixon Z565 Nippon Stiff 52', 56' Cleveland RTX 585 Wedges Putter Taylormade Rosa Daytona Bags 2017 Callaway Org14 Cart bag or 2018 Srixon Z start Carry bag Link to comment
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