Hybrid Golf Clubs for Women
The
golf industry is continuing to develop new products for the golf
enthusiast who is always on the look out for something to improve their
game. Several years ago the hybrid golf club hit the market as an
alternative for the long irons.
They advertised
the hybrids for those who are older and wanted a club that was easier
to use than those long irons. It's shaped like a wood but with a
smaller head and a loft that would suit the #3, #4 and #5 irons. After
a year these clubs became a much needed item and several club
manufacturing businesses started producing more of these clubs.
I became the owner of three new hybrid
clubs. I started with the #7. I saw it advertised on the
Callaway Golf outlet and ordered it. I wanted a club that would get up
into the air with some distance to hit over water and hazards to the
green.
It worked so well! I was praising
it to my son who also loves golf. He gave me the Callaway Hybrid #3 for
Christmas that year. I also found this club so useful, especially out
of the rough or even fairway sand bunkers.
I then
ordered the Callaway #5 and use all three of these clubs in every round
of golf I play.
My hybrid clubs have lightweight
shafts and head so they are easy to swing and make clean contact with
the ball. I even asked if there would be any chance a #9 hybrid would
be available at Callaway but didn't have one. I would love to have this
for a couple of our difficult holes where the approach shot is over a
creek and must drop onto the green located just over the embankment. My
#8 and #9 irons don't seem to work as well for me but I keep working on
them.
I saw an advertisement for a #8 Wedgewood
hybrid with a 38 degree loft. I ordered it! My sand wedge is 32 degree
loft so I thought this would help get that ball in the air.
It
was heavier than I would like and it worked for a short time, then
because it was heavier and different from my own Callaway clubs I had
to put it aside. I let other friends try it but most of the women who
tried it thought it was too heavy for them. The head on this club was
much too large for my liking.
Some day I will
find the hybrid club that will work for me in those difficult places on
our golf course. Like most golfers I continue to find ways to improve
my game.
Golf has so many different shots
one has to make during the 18 hole rounds, that keeping up with new
equipment is a continual hunt for the latest new gadgets.
Try
those hybrid clubs they are here to stay.
More Tips from Letta
- Tips for Putting
- Tips for Using Your Driver
- Tips for Using Your Wedge
- Tips for Using Women's Fairway Woods
- Golf Etiquette
- Golf Nutrition
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