Advantages: Easy to strike, good ball control, flexible Disadvantages: Cost
...standard graphite shaft and the Ping G5 graphite shaft. All these clubs had a loft of 23/24 degrees.
I was instantly impressed as my first few shots with each club sailed well past the 185 yard mark with little effort, but whats important with this type of club is that you can hit them high enough to be able to get them to land on the green and stop quickly, not hit the green and bounce right off. I've found that I can hit the Ping 24 degree loft ... ...went for the Ping G5 24 degree hybrid was all down to how easy the club was to hit. I found the Callaway and Cobra hybrid to be slightly more unforgiving, some shots would fly very low and a short distance whereas the ping was easy to hit high in the air and accurately. Since purchasing the Ping hybrid I've used it for 4 rounds and absolutely love it. Its effective off-the-tee and off-the-fairway, but most of all out of the rough, some say better ...
ccundall 04.09.2007 (03.10.2007)
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Advantages: Price, quality and result Disadvantages: none
...with a handicap of 24, Ping clubs would be a luxury but wasted money in my case.
I had never owned a rescue club or recovery club as these hybrids are more commonly known and my golf suffered whenever I found my ball in the semi rough or slightly off the fairway. No matter what club I used I could never get any distance out of the crap I was in.
I did eventually discuss the rescue clubs, as I prefer to call the hybrids, with fellows golfers at ... ...majority agreed that buying the Ping, Taylor made, Callaway and other famous well used brands of the professional golfers would be a waste of money and to search for more reasonably priced hybrids.
With this advice I scoured both the internet and several golf shops before finally visiting American golf where I tried a number of the hybrids out in the store, all very reasonably priced before eventually deciding on the Golden Bear ( Jack Nicklaus ...
plod591 21.09.2007
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