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#2,851
#2,851
i've been curious about the hybrids for a while. i hit my longs irons pretty well though, even a 2 iron, so i'm not really sure if it's worth it. is there a hybrid equal to a 5 wood? i can't hit that club to save my life.
 
#2,852
#2,852
There's a hybrid equivalent to just about everything. You definitely could find a hybrid to replace a 5 wood.
 
#2,853
#2,853
doozer said:
i've been curious about the hybrids for a while. i hit my longs irons pretty well though, even a 2 iron, so i'm not really sure if it's worth it. is there a hybrid equal to a 5 wood? i can't hit that club to save my life.
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there probably is, but you won't be able to hit it as high as you can a 5 wood.

Long irons were a long time strength of my game, but I wouldn't consider putting my 2 iron back in over my 2h.
 
#2,854
#2,854
BigPapaVol said:
there probably is, but you won't be able to hit it as high as you can a 5 wood.

Long irons were a long time strength of my game, but I wouldn't consider putting my 2 iron back in over my 2h.
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if i can't tee it up, i won't pull it out of my bag. comes in handy though on long par 3s.

i was rummaging through some storage stuff and found both of my grandfathers bags the other day. they each had clubs for chipping. basically they looked like a putter but had a little angle on them. do people still use these things? seems like a better play that pulling out your hybrid/wood for around the greens and off the fringe.
 
#2,855
#2,855
doozer said:
if i can't tee it up, i won't pull it out of my bag. comes in handy though on long par 3s.

i was rummaging through some storage stuff and found both of my grandfathers bags the other day. they each had clubs for chipping. basically they looked like a putter but had a little angle on them. do people still use these things? seems like a better play that pulling out your hybrid/wood for around the greens and off the fringe.
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people still play them some, but mostly folks who can't use the other clubs. It's tough to have clubs in the bag that only serve one purpose, besides the putter.
 
#2,856
#2,856
BigPapaVol said:
people still play them some, but mostly folks who can't use the other clubs. It's tough to have clubs in the bag that only serve one purpose, besides the putter.
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i may have to take it to the practice green. i rarely, if ever use my sand wedge.

are they legal to use on the tour?
 
#2,857
#2,857
doozer said:
i may have to take it to the practice green. i rarely, if ever use my sand wedge.

are they legal to use on the tour?
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they're legal, but nobody's on tour who can't use all the wedges like a champ. I suspect you won't see the chipper any time soon.

you can do so much with the sand / L wedge that I have begun using it more for all shots around the green. You can hit the low spinner, the flop, the runner.....
 
#2,858
#2,858
I'm the same way. I probably pitch/chip with a SW or LW 95% of the time. Dave Pelz would tell me I'm wrong, but I've always found it easier to hit one club a bunch of different ways than to hit a bunch of different clubs one way. It drives me crazy to try and figure out how high or low and how much a 8 iron is going to run vs. a Pitching Wedge or a 9 iron or a 7 iron etc.
 
#2,859
#2,859
When I worked at the pro shop we got some Callaway chipper/putters as well as a couple by Cleveland. To my astonishment, we sold out of them incredibly quickly. I'm guessing the people that bought them weren't too worried about the whole 13+1 club rule though
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#2,860
#2,860
GAVol said:
I'm the same way. I probably pitch/chip with a SW or LW 95% of the time. Dave Pelz would tell me I'm wrong, but I've always found it easier to hit one club a bunch of different ways than to hit a bunch of different clubs one way. It drives me crazy to try and figure out how high or low and how much a 8 iron is going to run vs. a Pitching Wedge or a 9 iron or a 7 iron etc.
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I used to use them all. Now I'm all PW and LW.
 
#2,861
#2,861
BigPapaVol said:
they're legal, but nobody's on tour who can't use all the wedges like a champ. I suspect you won't see the chipper any time soon.

you can do so much with the sand / L wedge that I have begun using it more for all shots around the green. You can hit the low spinner, the flop, the runner.....
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i have a gap wedge i like to use instead. it's 50*.
 
#2,862
#2,862
doozer said:
i have a gap wedge i like to use instead.
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whichever one's comfortable, but I've found, like GA said, it's much easier to manipulate one club than a bunch of different ones.

Tiger chips with one club all the time as do a lot of pros now.
 
#2,863
#2,863
BigPapaVol said:
I used to use them all. Now I'm all PW and LW.
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I used to be a PW and a 60 guy, but with my current 56 it seems I can do no wrong with it. I have always sucked at trying a bump and run with irons or any sort of putt that isn't on the green.
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#2,864
#2,864
volfanbill said:
I used to be a PW and a 60 guy, but with my current 56 it seems I can do no wrong with it. I have always sucked at trying a bump and run with irons or any sort of putt that isn't on the green.
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when I first started, the 8 iron punch and 8 iron bump and run was about 75% of my game. I still love the punch, but can control the ball better with the LW because of the spin I can give it.
 
#2,865
#2,865
BigPapaVol said:
whichever one's comfortable, but I've found, like GA said, it's much easier to manipulate one club than a bunch of different ones.

Tiger chips with one club all the time as do a lot of pros now.
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if i'm 75 yards or in, i almost exclusively use my gap wedge. i never thought of it in terms using one club for all the shots like GA said. i use it because it's definitely the one that's most comfortable.
 
#2,866
#2,866
doozer said:
if i'm 75 yards or in, i almost exclusively use my gap wedge. i never thought of it in terms using one club for all the shots like GA said. i use it because it's definitely the one that's most comfortable.
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I think we're all that way to some degree. If I can find a way to use my PW, I do. I don't actually carry a Gap. My P is 48, S is 54 and L is 60.
 
#2,867
#2,867
My current Mizuno set is almost a full club stronger than my previous Pings, so there was a tremendous difference between my wedge and SW. I picked up a 51 and it has filled the gap nicely. I also carry a 60. It is useful around the greens on occasion, and I honestly use it more than I would a 3i, hybrid, or another wood.

There is also something to be said for working on one stroke and changing clubs rather than using one club with a dozen different distances, particularly for folks that struggle to play twice a week decent weather like me. I have a chip, a half-swing, a 3/4, and a full, and four wedges covers just about every distance. I won't say it is a "better" system than dialing in one club from everywhere, but I have found that it it is much more manageable for me.
 
#2,868
#2,868
GAVol said:
I'm the same way. I probably pitch/chip with a SW or LW 95% of the time. Dave Pelz would tell me I'm wrong, but I've always found it easier to hit one club a bunch of different ways than to hit a bunch of different clubs one way. It drives me crazy to try and figure out how high or low and how much a 8 iron is going to run vs. a Pitching Wedge or a 9 iron or a 7 iron etc.
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Went back a page and found the exact opposite of what I was trying to post. To each his own, I suppose. For chipping, it is much easier for me to step off a distance, eyeball an addition or subtraction for lie, slope, grain, or whatever, and pull the correspoding club than to try to adjust the same club to take all of that into account from any distance. Again, a lot of that probably has something to do with the amount of time I am able to dedicate to the game.
 
#2,869
#2,869
Incidentally I ran into my buddy in the grocery store last night. He is Julie Inkster's caddie. I asked him if he had learned to speak Korean yet.
 
#2,870
#2,870
Lexvol said:
Incidentally I ran into my buddy in the grocery store last night. He is Julie Inkster's caddie. I asked him if he had learned to speak Korean yet.
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The way we spoke Hangul was simply take the English word and add -yda.

For instance: house = houseyda. That's perfect Hangul.
 
#2,871
#2,871
Just got done playing two great rounds here in florida the past two days. Had a personal best drive (253 yards, if the yardage on the fairway and the yardage on the score card were correct) and the best 9 holes of my life (48). Man, maybe it was the weather?
 
#2,872
#2,872
cotton said:
Went back a page and found the exact opposite of what I was trying to post. To each his own, I suppose. For chipping, it is much easier for me to step off a distance, eyeball an addition or subtraction for lie, slope, grain, or whatever, and pull the correspoding club than to try to adjust the same club to take all of that into account from any distance. Again, a lot of that probably has something to do with the amount of time I am able to dedicate to the game.
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That's probably the way most people do it. It's just never been for me. The idea of stepping off a pitch shot or a putt is completely foreign to me since I have no earthly idea how far anything flies when I hit a pitch shot. I basically just see the shot, figure out where to land it and what it's going to do after it lands and then it's all feel from there.
 
#2,873
#2,873
played 18 yesterday at Crockett's Ridge in Kingsport. Hit the driver well and my irons continue to be very solid. I was especially amazed that even though the air was so thick and damp, I was getting usual yardage out of my irons. I even have a high trajectory, so I'm wondering if maybe with how I have compacted my swing if I have actually started to add distance. Guess I'll find out next summer.

Also I was chipping like a champ. Couldn't putt to save my life, but I was fortunate enough to putt enough chips within 2-3 feet, so it made my score very reasonable in such wet conditions.
 
#2,874
#2,874
i respect his game, but i just can't get behind Vijay. i don't know why, but i've always wanted to root against him.
 
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