Tom Wishon Golf Technology
Wishon Golf' 915F/H Fairway Hybrids
How should a golfer choose between hybrid clubs and fairway woods... when both may hit the ball the same distance?
- Typically, golfers who sweep the ball are fitted for fairway woods.
- Typically, golfers who hit down and through the ball are fitted for hybrid clubs.
- Typically, any golfer who suffers from mis-direction problems with fariway woods and/or long irons will be better off with hybrid clubs.
- Typically, golfers who play on courses with firm fairways and short grass may find hitting a hybrid club to be easier than a fairway wood.
Hybrids are quickly becoming the most important and most popular clubs in golf. Golfers everywhere are replacing lower irons with hybrid clubs because of the versatility and easy to hit features of the club that help improve their game.
A hybrid club generally is similar to an iron in terms of shaft length but has characteristics of a fairway metal in its head shape. In fact the head shape is like a cross between an iron and a fairway metal hence the name hybrid.
In practice, you get the control of an iron with the forgiveness of a fairway metal. These types of clubs are very good from the tee or the fairway but they are particularly good from rough and bad lies as the larger head is less prone to twisting than an iron.
Hybrid club, utility club or rescue club, call them whatever you want, just make sure you have one or two in your bag! Hybrid clubs are designed to replace your long irons (1, 2, 3, 4 and sometimes 5).
