How do you hit hybrid irons, should you sweep them like a fairway wood or pinch them like an iron?

Question

How do you hit hybrid irons, should you sweep them like a fairway wood or pinch them like an iron?

Answer 1

Hybrids are meant to be hit like irons. They are designed in a way to be hit like an iron. Play them a little forward of center, just like a long iron.

You could sweep them it would give you a little more distance, but less accuracy. If you hit them like a long iron you will have more accuracy but less distance. Whatever you would prefer.

Answer 2

I hit my  hybrid like a fairway wood.

Answer 3

They are made to be hit like irons. But if you need to hit a shot a little further than you usually do then you should sweep them. But be aware that when you sweep them you lose accuracy

Answer 4

They call them hybrid IRONS for a reason. I play mine about an inch off my left heel and make i SMOOTH swing DOWN on the ball.

Hope this helped.

Answer 5

The swing used with the hybrids is different than with the long irons. Typically the ball position is toward the front foot and the swing path is a shallow, sweeping motion, similar to a fairway wood. Then the ball is struck like a fairway wood with no divot.

Rick Martino Director of Instruction PGA America

Answer 6

The answer depends on what type of shot you are trying to hit and the lie you are hitting from.

Answer 7

Like fairway woods.

Answer 8

sweep them