Hybrids

Hybrids were first developed to help golfer that struggled to hit long irons, they were also, due to there small head, easier to hit out the light or medium rough and so this gave way to the name “rescue wood”. The reason they replaced, almost, the longer irons, was because many golfers including myself prefered to us woods rather than irons when trying to achieve maximum distance with a club. An iron has to be swung forcefully to gain any real yards, were as a small headed wood can easily get distance with out the golfer having to break to sweat. You may ask then what is the difference between a hybrid wood or a “rescue” wood and a 7 wood for instance. Well as I have mentioned the hybrids are said to be better out of the rough, but I put it down to the design differences. A 7 wood is a small headed wood, but still longer than any iron, and long shafted. Whereas a hybrid is an iron with more meat to it, like a mallet putter, you take the 3 iron for example then stick more weight at the rear, but it still has the same angle as the iron, and the accuracy advantage that an iron has over a wood.
With this information in mind we test the leading manufacturer’s latest hybrids on the market and we came up with are top five so in ascending order…

5) Ping G10-It comes in the following lofts:15,18,21,24,28,32. This club pleased all the testers because it gave everybody consistency, it was tremendously forgiving with off centre hits. It had the forgiveness and the trajectory of an iron, but with more distance to play with. At a even $120 (£72),  it’s a good golf club to have in the bag.

4) Titleist 585-H-This club divided all the tester here at www.buy-clubs.com. The only thing we could agree with was that it suits low handicapped golfers because this hybrid has a low launch angle and very little spin, pros will like the penetrating angle of attack, to real hit the pin. So good for head winds, but at $160 (£96) is it worth it, if you are a pro, and want a 17 decree loft, maybe

3) TaylorMade Burner Rescue-Comes with either a 19, 22, 25 or 28 decree loft, and is perfect for mid to low handicapper. It looks surprisingly like a 7 wood as opposed to a normal rescue wood, but it certainly breeds confidence in the owner. $125 (£75).

2) Cleveland Hibore XLS-It come with either a 18, 19, 22, 25 or 28 decree loft, the most user friendly of all the hybrid golf clubs we tested. The Hibore is Cleveland’s replacement of their Halo series, we can’t see much difference, having said that they are both sensational golf clubs, and very good value $99 (£59).

1) Cobra Baffler DWS-We chose this club as the best because of one thing, we believe hybrids are in the bag to replace the 3 and 4 irons,and this club is the perfect replacement, it come with a 16, 18, 20, 23, 26, 29 decree loft and a good price, $120 (£72).