What are the three best ways to get more from my hybrid golf clubs? Now when you’re selecting hybrid golf clubs and when you’re thinking about how to get the most performance out of them, there are a number of different factors you need to consider. So to condense it down to the three best ways; first of all, you need to make sure that the loft on the club is right for you. So if you’re choosing a hybrid maybe to replace a long iron or a or a fairway wood, make sure that that one hybrid or the few hybrids that you might want to pop into the bag have different lofts and different lengths so you actually hit different distances. What a lot of players fall into the trap of is getting a hybrid and they’re getting a fairway wood, or the hybrid and the fairway were hitting at very similar distances. Make sure that you’re hybrid will give you a little bit more of a flexibility in the amount of yardage that you actually hit.
Now the second thing you need to do to get the most out of your hybrid is use an appropriate technique. Now by an appropriate technique is a combination of a fairway wood and an iron shot. So the ball should be just inside the left heel by a couple of inches, so not on the left heel like it would be a driver or slightly as high as it would be a fairway wood; just slightly further back. This is because the angle of attack needs to kind of bottom out just after the ball, so you just bruise the ground afterwards. Now this is important because the hybrid is a combination design of a fairway wood and an iron, so it needs to be a combination of that swing arch and that swing path as well. So you just want to be swinging, try and bottom it out just after the ball to try and get the most out of the club. So you need to make sure the lofts are appropriate and you need to make sure the technique’s appropriate.
Now not only that, but the third thing you need to make sure you do with your hybrids is actually understand the different types of shot you can hit. Don’t just think of a hybrid club as a replacement off the tee or a replacement for your long iron. Hybrid clubs, because of their design, especially the wide, smooth sole are incredibly adaptable. You can hit them out of bad lies. You can hit them out of heavy rough. You can hit them out of bunkers and from around the green you can play a lovely little chip and run shots with them as well. So don’t just think of it as a one dimensional piece of equipment. It has so many different factors, and to get the most out of them, use those three kinds of examples, but explore it a little bit more. They’re a fantastic option for so many golfers. Try and get the best out of them and as a result you’ll probably get the best out of your game.