Hybrids or Long irons?

[polarisdude94]

I can't decide between my hybrids and long irons. What do you think?

[MmmmmmBuddy]

I quit carrying a 2 iron about 10 years ago.. the 3 iron left about 5 years ago, and the 4 iron went 2 years ago. Hybrids are just a ton easier for me to hit.

[Funkyfedora]

I love long Irons... So much so that I take my 1 iron out on windy days..

[JohnBarry]

3 wood, 5 wood!

[Matt Saternus]

I didn't vote because I'm split. I have a 4I but a 19* hybrid. I think you should play whatever you hit well.

[MmmmmmBuddy]

I love long Irons... So much so that I take my 1 iron out on windy days..

I still have my MP14 1 iron. I took it out to the range the other day, when the wind was blowing really hard into. I was able to hit my 19* hybrid farther and more constant than the 1 iron. I will only keep the one iron to look at now...

[Moecat]

Long irons are great for practice, but that's about it in my opinion.

[jamo]

I carry a 2 hybrid, but I do have 3-PW irons.

[Funkyfedora]

I still have my MP14 1 iron. I took it out to the range the other day, when the wind was blowing really hard into. I was able to hit my 19* hybrid farther and more constant than the 1 iron. I will only keep the one iron to look at now...

 

A 1 iron blade? Yikes. Mine is a Ping Eye 2+.

[MmmmmmBuddy]

A 1 iron blade? Yikes. Mine is a Ping Eye 2+.

I used to think i was good....

[NGage]

I was one of the early adapters to hybrids.

 

 

I used to have a 2 iron that was my go to club off the tee -- for those times you just have to get it in the fairway. The rough at my home course can get narly, and my 2 iron was useless out of it. In 2003 and 2004, the Champions Tour had a tour event at my home course, and after seeing all of those guys using hybrids I decided to give them a try. At that time, lots of those guys were using either the Adams hybrid or the Taylormade one. I hit them both and liked the Adams one better. So, I replaced my 2 iron with a 2 hybrid. Since then, I've added a 3 iron hybrid -- not because I couldn't hit the 3 iron, but because the hybrids are better from the rough (that I find myself in too often).

[mudfish]

I started out 2 years ago using a 3 and 4 iron, but now I have a 3 and 4 hybrid, and they are the best clubs in my bag... I feel much more confident hitting them, and I can hit from any conditions...

 

I actually played 3 holes with only my 4H, and shot bogey on all 3... 2 were legit bogeys, and the other I 3 putted when it should have been 2... did it with a group of friends because they were saying that's the only club I can hit good, so I should only use that... I did...

[jamo]

A 1 iron blade? Yikes. Mine is a Ping Eye 2+.

 

I've got a 1 iron blade in the basement, it is a Nicklaus Master club, whatever that means. Needless to say, it's very hard to hit.

[Dave]

A 1 iron blade? Yikes. Mine is a Ping Eye 2+.

 

Lol mine's a Cleveland 588. I bag it over summer, but drop have dropped it going into winter now for old 7 wood. No hybrids for me. Haven't managed to find one I could trust.

[NGage]

Lol mine's a Cleveland 588. I bag it over summer, but drop have dropped it going into winter now for old 7 wood. No hybrids for me. Haven't managed to find one I could trust.

 

No offense...but you need to look harder. There are lots of good ones out there. If they're good enough for the tour guys, they're good enough for any of us.

[Dave]

I don't want too look though, 7 wood does the same thing a hybrid will.

[lmh3]

I'm a long iron guy, although I have gone to a hybrid in place of a 2 iron, mainly because Adams doesn't make one.

[NGage]

I don't want too look though, 7 wood does the same thing a hybrid will.

 

 

Fair enough, I guess.

[bigtedrx]

I can't decide between my hybrids and long irons. What do you think?

 

 

I'm torn here but I went with long irons. Each has there benefits but it just depends on the situation.

[Addicted2Golf]

I love long Irons... So much so that I take my 1 iron out on windy days..

 

I thought only god and Jack Nicklaus can hit a 1 iron?

[Addicted2Golf]

I don't want too look though, 7 wood does the same thing a hybrid will.

 

 

Yeah, but is also makes you look girlie.

[NGage]

I thought only god and Jack Nicklaus can hit a 1 iron?

 

I think funkyfedora was in the footnotes.

[MmmmmmBuddy]

I don't want too look though, 7 wood does the same thing a hybrid will.

I would think that a shorter shafted hybrid would be straighter than a longer shafted wood.

[Dave]

I would think that a shorter shafted hybrid would be straighter than a longer shafted wood.

 

Probably just a confidence thing. I will back myself to hit a 7 wood or long iron better than I will a hybrid. Hybrids aren't going to be the anwser for evrybody.

[Funkyfedora]

7 woods are stupid easy to hit...

[Maverickping]

I don't use them any longer. I still have the 1,2,3,4 and 5 but I have hybrids from 1-5 that I use now. Much easier for me.

[JohnBarry]

I go between irons and my 5 and 7 wood. I agree, 7 wood is easy to hit!

[Shambles]

I still prefer to bag woods rather than hybrids. Woods can be reliable and bite well enough. I've never had a hybrid that knew how to stop until it ran out of gas or hit a wall. If the position demands a hybrid like strike, you can choke a wood for that job.

 

I keep an 18* hybrid and a heaven wood at home along with my 60* wedges for special needs depending on the course to be played or how I feel, but most times the Irons and woods are plenty good enough to get me through.

 

 

Shambles