Should a Hybrid be longer like my Irons

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By dustin t

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  1. dustin t

    dustin t
    Bourne, MA

    Military

    Went thru a Titleist fitting with our Area rep at my home course. He fitted me into a 910D2 driver, Fairway woods, and AP2 irons. He recommended more upright  settings in the woods and 2 deg upright in my irons. With the irons he fit me at +1" and standard length woods. As I ponder adding a 910 Hybrid I am wondering whether or not Hybrids are more apt to be lengthened like irons or do the majority of folks stay pretty much with the standard length.

  2. Lou G

    Lou G
    San Diego, CA

    dustin t said:

    Went thru a Titleist fitting with our Area rep at my home course. He fitted me into a 910D2 driver, Fairway woods, and AP2 irons. He recommended more upright  settings in the woods and 2 deg upright in my irons. With the irons he fit me at +1" and standard length woods. As I ponder adding a 910 Hybrid I am wondering whether or not Hybrids are more apt to be lengthened like irons or do the majority of folks stay pretty much with the standard length.

    New woods and hybrids are overly long to begin with.  I grew up on steel shafted persimmons.  I don't hit a 3 wood anymore because 43" for a fairway wood is horribly long for me (my 5 wood is 42" and 18* loft so not much value added carrying a  3 wood since I carry a 13* draw driver).

    If you compare the same loft fairway wood and hybrid, there is 1.5" diffence between the clubs and the lie angles are the same.  If you have to lengthen a hybrid, might as well use a wood instead.  Have you ever thought about a 7 wood? (21*)

    I play my fairways -1/2"  and irons at standard length (I have TM driver, 5W, 4H and 6H; AP1 7-PW, Vokey 50-54-58-62).  My driver is 44.5". 

  3. ADDAM C

    ADDAM C
    Bexley, OH

    I play my irons at +1" but a standard length hybrid seems to be the correct length. I have had better success with a hybrid when the length is standard but adjusted upright.

  4. Lou G

    Lou G
    San Diego, CA

    ADDAM C said:

    I play my irons at +1" but a standard length hybrid seems to be the correct length. I have had better success with a hybrid when the length is standard but adjusted upright.

    I'm going to concur with ADDAM with mine being -1/2" for woods and hybrids and standard length for irons. 

  5. Paul H

    Paul H
    Santa Clarita

    I definitely prefer 910H hybrids to be the length of the equivalent length iron... Rather than longer than that, which is what the "standard" 910H hybrid lengths will get you.  Get 21 degree hybrid your 3 iron length, 24 degree hybrid your 4 iron length, and 27 degree hybrid if you get one your 5 iron length.  Any distance you lose resulting from slightly shorter length will in my opinion be more than offset by the extra length you'll routinely get by being more consistently able to hit the sweet spot as a result of the easier to control shorter length.  One final thought:  suggest you replace stock removable weight in back of hybrid with slightly heavier gram weight one to Offset the shorter length we recommend.  You'll  keep swingweight good this way.  If your irons are D2 for instance, recommend about same D2 swingweight in your hybrids.

  6. Lou G

    Lou G
    San Diego, CA

    Would concur with Paul.    I play my woods and hybrids 1/2" shorter than standard but, since they don't have a removable weight, I put lighter grips on the clubs (Winn Excel RF midsize is 43g vs 52g for a standard Tour Velvet or Crossline). 

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