Stupid Golf Question
What is a hybrid golf club?
Your bag has a club that looks halfway between an iron and a wood
Plain answer first
The plain answer
A hybrid is designed to replace or overlap with a long iron while using a wider sole and deeper head that can make launch and off-center contact easier for many golfers.
The NPG answer
It is the club built for people who looked at a 3-iron and chose peace.
When it matters
It matters when long irons are hard to launch or inconsistent, or when you need a versatile club from fairway, rough, or tee.
What to do next
Compare a hybrid with the long iron or fairway wood it would replace, using carry, peak height, dispersion, and turf contact.
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