Question for the Planet golfers
 

Has anybody played with the hybrid wood clubs? Lately, I've been killing it on the course with my woods, but I'm garbage when it comes to hitting my irons. I'm curious to know what people think about the hybrids - are they easier to hit, do they have more control, etc. etc.

I do know it could get expensive to totally re-outfit my bag with the hybrids, so I guess I just need opinions if it's worth considering.

Dude - you could spend $500 on hybrid clubs - easily.

Buy yourself 10 lessons instead and learn how to swing a golf club. You can buy hybrid clubs all day, but if you don't know how to get the clubface square at impact, you're wasting your money.

Or you could take me out golfing and I'll teach you how to swing. I'm no pro, by no means. But I do know the fundamentals.

Hey Phil, on a side note today I drove the ball as well as I have ever have.

Problem is, I'm too big and swing to hard for that Intergra driver I have. It cracked on me today off the sole plate, again. This is the 2nd club if you recall a couple of years ago I told you about the 1st one.

Looking for a new head, I thinking I need to change to a more solid head or a stronger metal...... Any sugestions ?

You know how big I am and how hard I swing......

Hehe Actually I am looking at buying a Titlest hybrid iron. And yes they are easier to get the ball in flight instead of a 3 or 4 iron. Higher flight same yardage will hold the greens better. Plus they give you more options around the green. I bet you see atleast 3 shots from hybrids around the green each day of the British open this week.

Titlest, Big Bertha's, .... which you think.

The hybirds are great .....IF YOU WANT TO SPEND THE CASH...........

Lessions are cheaper if you don't play much .

Hmm. 500 bucks? Ehhh, maybe you're on to something........

I think the problem is that I try to overcompensate for the flaws in my swing, instead of trying to fix my swing. Example - last week on a course in Northern Iowa while on vacation, I'm on a 565 yard par 5. I hit the driver 300+, right down the middle. The hole doglegs right, with water in front and trees on the right. The two guys I'm with (we were playing best ball at this point) both lay up to the left, and I take out the 3 wood and smack it over the water and through the trees to about 30 yards off the green. At that point, I duff all over the place with the wedge.

I have seem to lost my feel for my irons, whether it's on the box, in the faiway, or in the rough. Can't hit 'em.

Or maybe I should think about losing this John Daly sized boiler I've grown around my midsection. That way I can get an even swing at the ball.

Not sure where you are shopping but you can find hybrids (at least Callaways and the titlest hybrid iron I was looking at) for under $200

Back yard golf fixed my problem......... get ya 10 balls and cut the grass.
Turn the ball where the # is on the back of the ball and don't take the eyes off the # as you swing.

Yah, I do that on the box, and I've noticed improvement.

Part of it is I just need to play more. I've only made it out a handfull of times this year. Last year, I played three or four times as much.

One on the Leading Drivers being sold now. Lot of peolple like the ability to make the ajustments.

http://www.taylormadegolf.com/r7/

Where do you do your club shopping?

Well, how many is he gonna buy? I'm all about being an equipment whore. I've been down that road. But my game didn't improve until I hired a pro. Now my game blows because I play twice a year. Not even a pro can fix that.

You know I swing hard. I've broken my share of Callaway drivers. But I've had a steelhead 3+ in my bag for a long time alongside my Titleist 965J. I don't know what you should but, though. I don't get out too often anylonger. Stinger would know, though.