Equipment
It's good to have options, right?
Struggling with your long irons?
It can be perfectly understandable to find yourself struggling with a specific area of your golf game. Perhaps you find it hard to land a fairway off the tee, or you feel like you walk off every green having made a 3-putt, but how do you feel about your approach shots, and in particular playing with your long irons?
Long irons can be notoriously difficult to strike. With a lower loft and longer shaft when compared to your scoring irons, long irons require a more precise swing in order for you to make good contact with the ball.
Have you tried a golf hybrid?
An excellent alternative to longer irons is hybrids. These clubs pack all the best of both worlds into one handy package. They give you some good solid distance while being shorter and nimbler than fairway woods, resulting in a club that feels very easy and natural to swing through the ball with.
Hybrids also have larger clubheads than long irons that not only pack more punch when you strike the ball, but give you a greater sense of confidence when you’re standing over the ball.
Another reason that makes a golf hybrid such a strong club to add to the bag is the sheer degree of versatility it brings you. You can take it off the tee if your big focus is to land on the fairway on a tricky tee shot, you can use it to approach the green, and you can bump your ball onto the green if you’ve been caught in a thick patch of greenside rough.
If you’ve never played with a golf hybrid club and you’re considering having a go with one, we have the very best hybrids from Callaway waiting for you in the pro shop…
PING hybrids
PING makes phenomenal hybrids, and the clubs in their G440 range look fantastic and feel incredibly easy to strike the ball with.
Designed to give you a clean, predictable connection with the ball, the G440 hybrid features PING’s lightweight CarbonFly Wrap crown that lowers the overall center of gravity within the club. This ensures you get a higher launch when you strike through the ball. A thinner face gives you more control compared to previous models and is pleasing to the eye, and an 8-position hosel lets you find your ideal setup each time you step up to the ball.
Another fantastic hybrid offering from PING is the G Le3. Constructed specifically for female golfers, this club has an ultralight construction, ensuring you’ll feel little resistance as you swing it through the air. With a face profile optimised for consistent spin and with an easy-to-read alignment aid on the crown, this club is straightforward and dependable from head to grip.
If you’re curious about the latest golf hybrids and you’d like to learn more about them, we have then on our shelves in the pro shop and would love to teach you more in-person.
