how to hit a hybrid???

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Bill Miracle

Bill Miracle

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I absolutely love my Hi-bore XL Tour driver. So, I got a great deal on a Hi-bore hybrid and jumped on it.

However, I just can't hit the damn thing. Most the time, I get a sharp hook out of it when I am hitting everything else well. In fact, during my best round ever, it cost me two penalty stokes from hooking it OB.

I'd appreciate any comments as to what I should know to successfully hit a hybrid.
 
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grs

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Thats kind of scary I have the same exact problem, so far my only solution has been to put my 4 iron back in the bag, I sometimes get into a groove with it on the range and put it back in my bag, but Im afraid to use the thing. you would think if I could hit a 3 wood off the turf a hybrid should be easier. Its in my head I have no confidence with the club in my hand unless I really need to hook one around a tree
 
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d0n

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ha ha, I'm not laughing at you guys, I'm laughing at the situation because I experience similar issues. What I was working on the week before (irons, putting, woods, driver, long irons, wedges, etc.) determines what I'm playing off the tee and/or for long second shots. One day I can hit the long irons, the next I can't but the utility hybrids are working. The next week the utility hybrids are crap and I'm hitting a wood. Then the wood sucks and the utility hybrid sucks and I'm hitting the iron hybrid (Mizuno MP Fli-Hi.) Two weeks later it doesn't work and I'm back to the iron or the utility hybrid.

It would be cool to hit them all consistently all the time. I've gotten to where I'll hit a 5i for long 2nd shots just so I know I'll get the ball down the course and keep it in the fairway...
 
otto6457

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Bill Miracle said:
I absolutely love my Hi-bore XL Tour driver. So, I got a great deal on a Hi-bore hybrid and jumped on it.

However, I just can't hit the damn thing. Most the time, I get a sharp hook out of it when I am hitting everything else well. In fact, during my best round ever, it cost me two penalty stokes from hooking it OB.

I'd appreciate any comments as to what I should know to successfully hit a hybrid.
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Bill, I'm not qualified to tell you much, except to relate my experience. I hit my hybrid (Nickent 3DX 23*) just like my 6 iron. I don't change anything, Same ball position, same tempo, same swing. Hit down and take a divot.

Do you make any conscious change in your swing or set-up? Do you sweep the hybrid like a fairway wood? How lofted is your hybrid? If it is a 16 or 17 degree hybrid, those aren't much easier to hit than a 2 iron.
 
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Bill Miracle said:
However, I just can't hit the damn thing. Most the time, I get a sharp hook out of it when I am hitting everything else well. In fact, during my best round ever, it cost me two penalty stokes from hooking it OB.
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Me too. Exact same thing. I have no problems with my irons, but I do with hybrids of the same loft. I try and play them the exact same as my irons, but something is different that causes me to struggle with them. I don't understand why I can hit my four iron better than a 4 hybrid.
 
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Jim Kobylinski

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Most likely your ball position is too far foward combined with you trying to sweep it. Put the ball in the normal place and just hit it.
 
cmartingolf

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Guys, stock hybrids are built to hook the crap out of the ball. If you are a slicer then a stock hybrid (from any major OEM) is great. If you are someone that doesn't have any issues squaring the face, you need a "TOUR" version of the club with a flatter lie angle and more weight distributed toward the toe.

I found one by accident. I couldn't keep a hybrid on the planet and a few years ago a rep gave me a KASCO to try. They are made in Japan and have flatter lie angles to accomodate the masses over there. It's a 17 degree and takes the place of my 2 iron/5 wood and I wouldn't think of changing.

That said, there are a lot of good hybrids for better players now. Sonar Tec, Titleist, Nickent, Taylor Made TP. Just make sure the thing isn't a hooker and get the right length.
 
Bill Miracle

Bill Miracle

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so, try opening the face more?

cmartingolf said:
Guys, stock hybrids are built to hook the crap out of the ball. If you are a slicer then a stock hybrid (from any major OEM) is great. If you are someone that doesn't have any issues squaring the face, you need a "TOUR" version of the club with a flatter lie angle and more weight distributed toward the toe.

I found one by accident. I couldn't keep a hybrid on the planet and a few years ago a rep gave me a KASCO to try. They are made in Japan and have flatter lie angles to accomodate the masses over there. It's a 17 degree and takes the place of my 2 iron/5 wood and I wouldn't think of changing.

That said, there are a lot of good hybrids for better players now. Sonar Tec, Titleist, Nickent, Taylor Made TP. Just make sure the thing isn't a hooker and get the right length.
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All my woods are TOUR editions. I play the Hi-bore XL tour and my 3 and 5 woods are Taylor Made TP. I got the utility club to replace my 3 iron. I use it all over the course. It's the long par 3's or long fairway shots that I have the issues with.

Maybe I am trying to hit it like a wood. Will try to open the face and use Jim's suggestion. Thanks!
 
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grs

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If I have any success at all with my hybrid (17 degree Nickent, should have bought the 19) I have to feel like Im "hitting the box" AND keeping the face square to target through the ball and not closing.
 
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