Driving Iron Too Much? Try A Low Lofted Hybrid

Playing golf on proper links offers challenges not typically found on courses in North America. With added wind and firm turf, many golfers prefer to move into driving irons over the more popular and forgiving higher-lofted fairway woods.

With a more forward center of gravity and overall shape, driving irons make it easier to produce lower-flying shots that run on the ground and avoid the wind, but for some golfers, there is just a bit of a problem—they're not very forgiving.

In a not so ironic way, hybrids offer a combination of iron control, but fairway wood speed and forgiveness thank to their larger size.

Modern hybrids generally utilize the same head materials and construction of powerful fairway woods, but have a more iron like shape that pushes the center of grvity more forward in the head.

This makes it easier to flight the ball lower while still keeping enough spin to help with carry. On top of head design, hybrids are also shorter than fairway woods which makes it easier to place the ball farther back in the stance to further assist with driver the ball lower when needed.

One thing to note is that not all hybrids are created equal. For example, most manufacturers design their hybrids to provide flowing trajectories based on loft. The Ping G440s (below) for example are uniquely designed to provide off the tee performance in the lower lofts, and more draw biased iron-like performance in the higher lofts.

This way stronger players looking for versatility can get that in their long game, while slower speed players looking to replace mid-irons for extra stopping power can achieve their goals with the same style club,

So if you're headed to play some links golf or are trying to just find a lower flying alternative to your fairway woods, a hybrid could be your ticket to success.