Cobra 3 (iron) Hvbrid swing like an iron for wood...

[jamesh]

I have been reading reviews of the Cobra Baffler 3 (iron hybrid) some say it must be swung like an iron, and others insist the swing should be more sweeeing like a wood. I haven't had the opportunity to hit the driving range yet, but I noticed in other literature that the lower irons should be hit with a sweeping kind of swing.

james

[LowPost42]

Re: Cobra 3 (iron) Hvbrid swing like an iron for wood...

Irons, by design, are NOT meant to be swept. Hybrids, by design, are meant to replace irons.

If A=B, and B=C, then A=?

[jamesh]

Re: Cobra 3 (iron) Hvbrid swing like an iron for wood...

Irons, by design, are NOT meant to be swept. Hybrids, by design, are meant to replace irons.

If A=B, and B=C, then A=?

I have been going to the manufactures’ websites looking for some info on this; they build the clubs they might have some suggestions on how they ought to be hit. I have been thinking about it, and it may depend upon your size, your type of swing, the length of the club and head design. A fair-way wood type of head isn’t going to take a divot… I have heard in some places, where the soil is hard, it is customary not to take a divot.

Indeed one of the greatest players in golf advises that he hits down on his irons, but he SWEEPS his longer irons.


James

[LowPost42]

Re: Cobra 3 (iron) Hvbrid swing like an iron for wood...

Don't get me wrong, James. I'm not saying you can't sweep a hybrid. I'm not saying you can't sweep a long iron. I'm saying they're designed to be struck with a descending blow.

[slater170]

Re: Cobra 3 (iron) Hvbrid swing like an iron for wood...

hi james
i have the cobra baffler and i position the ball same as i would for the corresponding iron.
i have my hands slightly ahead at address and i employ a long wide and easy swing taking a very shallow divot.
hybrids look like woods but definately should be hit like an iron!

[jamesh]

Re: Cobra 3 (iron) Hvbrid swing like an iron for wood...

Lowpost42 & Slater170

Thanks for your posts guys. Much appreciated. I finally had a chance to hit the Cobra Baffler - a very nice club. I swung it like an iron and it worked beautifully. I am surprised there isn't more info online about how to hit a hybrid. There are so many different kinds of hybrids that you wonder if they are all designed to be hit the same way. I finally found an article in 2004, Golf Digest, Butch Harmon wrote that for hitting the hybrids...

Take the club back low and make a smooth, comfortable turn. On the downswing, don't think of hitting down sharply on the ball. You want to make more of a sweeping-type swing, hitting down on the ball very slightly. You should take a tiny divot, if any divot at all.

Essentially you do hit down on the ball, as you could with a long iron.

James