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Santa Cruz ca.
Joined: 8/16/2007
Posts: 317
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Posted: Jun/22/2008 1:31 PM PST
last night at the range, my swing coach for me at times,
sees me hitting one of my hybrids...
its a 22* hybrid, which is my 200/215 club....
he says, what are you doing, you like your hybrid?
sure it works better than my 4iron for landing greens.
he says...
hit this 7 wood, its easier to hit and you will be more
consistent with it in the long run... and it will land just
as nice as your hybrid on the greens. and it has more
shot choices too....
it was nice, they all felt great and the flight was good.
the one thing was with the bit longer shaft I was less
likely to come over the top and miss hit it and
I have never chunked my fairway woods,
he also said its easier to hit out of sand too....
I never really thought about a 7wood, but it was nice.....
any thoughts from you guys on these 2 clubs...
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West Lothian
Joined: 11/08/2007
Posts: 119
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Posted: Jun/22/2008 1:42 PM PST
Sorry Blue, I'm an iron man down to a 3 and then strong hybrid (15*). I do know a few people who carry 7 woods though. Never actually tried one myself. As usual go with what works best for you.
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Joined: 12/05/2007
Posts: 484
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Posted: Jun/22/2008 4:33 PM PST
7 wood = seniors and women!
Seriously though, those are the only people I see carrying them. I dont have any trouble hitting my 3 iron (i have a 2 iron but I haven't tried hitting it since i got these new clubs a month ago)
As for hitting a variety of shots, i find that hybrids are overrated for hitting out of bad lies/ rough. My new approach is that if the lie is really bad, don't try to be a hero, take a higher lofted club and get it back into play and give myself a chance to wedge it close. The more i practice with my wedges and start to really hone in exact yardages with them, the better this works.
I think a lot of pro's will tell you the same thing. When I played bethpage black last month, if you were in the rough, a hybrid wasn't helping you. At best you could probably hit a 6 or 7 iron out of this thick rough but more often than not I was hitting pw or 52* out back to the fairway and taking my chances with hitting the green from 150 yards
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Western Iowa USA
Joined: 11/17/2007
Posts: 205
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Posted: Jun/22/2008 4:36 PM PST
I'd be hitting a 5 wood from that range so it's a little hard to judge, but it would be hard to find a club that I could hit better than my fairway woods. I've always liked my 5 and 7 woods and my philosophy generally is, if I can use a wood, I do.
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Joined: 9/21/2007
Posts: 8
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Posted: Jun/22/2008 5:03 PM PST
I had the same advice given to me when I went to replace my 3-iron with a hybrid. My pro said the 7 wood was more versatile.
After hitting a ton of balls, I got the 7 wood - and I love it.
It's great out of the rough. Easy to hit in the fairway.
Of course, then I replaced my 4 iron with a hybrid.
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Joined: 8/16/2007
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Posted: Jul/10/2008 5:51 PM PST
I saw an article in one of the golf mags that makes sense. If you are a 'digger" a hybrid may be a better choice than a 7 wd which apparently works best for "sweepers" like me.
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san clemente
Joined: 1/14/2008
Posts: 257
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Posted: Jul/10/2008 8:57 PM PST
I own both and you wont hit a 7 wood from the ruff but for somebody
like me the added carry a 7 wood gives you from the short grass can be handy on long courses.
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Spokane WA, / Seattle WA,
Joined: 8/16/2007
Posts: 252
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Posted: Jul/10/2008 9:28 PM PST
yeah i could not say anything about this topic becuase i carry all irons till 3 then have 5,3 wood but i know that woods you can work the ball more then hybrids that is one reason why i never got into hybrids can't work them as well and can't hit as many types of shots.
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