Hybrid Golf Clubs

In an effort to improve the performance of fairway clubs, golf club designers created hybrid golf clubs.

Hybrid golf clubs are a design combination of fairway woods and long irons. These utility clubs are commonly known as hybrid golf clubs or rescue golf clubs because they are designed to help you get out of those tough spots more efficiently and save strokes.

Even if you feel that you have little problem using your long irons or fairway woods from difficult lies, an investment in hybrid golf clubs could make a good thing better.

One of the more popular styles of hybrid golf clubs is the metal wood. Designed for use on the fairway or in some cases, the rough, the metal wood promotes longer drive distances.

The club head on metal woods comes with a lower center of gravity. This produces a higher loft angle and longer driving distances when hitting the ball. The reason for the design of these clubs was to replace the need to use long irons for similar shots.

For most golfers, long irons are more difficult to work with from precarious lies. The design of the metal wood hybrid golf club causes the club to slide along the ground easier during the contact stroke, applying more of your swing to the ball, and less to creating divots.

The second of the popular hybrid golf clubs is the iron wood. The iron wood golf club utilizes the shorter shaft (as compared to woods) of a long iron, but with the club head of a wood.

The shorter shaft of the iron wood offers more control over the shot, while sacrificing only some of the club head speed. The large clubface of the wood helps to ensure more solid, true hits, while providing the golfer with a larger sweet spot.

These hybrid golf clubs are best utilized in the rough when long distance shots are desired and off the tee depending on driving distance required.

For golfers struggling with straight drives, using an iron wood off of the tee will help produce truer drives and reduce the tendency for slicing.

Club manufacturers such as Adams Golf, Ben Hogan Gold, La Jolla Golf and Nike all have versions the hybrid golf clubs available in a variety of styles for golfers of all levels and budgets.

If you are considering adding fire to your golf bag, consider adding hybrid golf clubs. They are worth the investment in your game.