I wasn’t a hybrid guy until ping G440 ride in my bag: I tried it

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The hybrid is one of those clubs that is great for the very capable players and recreational amateurs alike, but also the one that can be very divisive.

I know about a long PGA professional who once played PGA Tour and refused to play hybrids in the 1960s because he said he hit them too high. The number of very capable players who dislike hybrids because as soon as they set one, they are afraid of a leftist Miss.

On the rolling side, there are couples Fred, formerly. 1 that there are now so many hybrids (3) as cuffs in his golf bag.

Growing up, I played two hybrids in the bag, but as I got old and developed more speed, I started falling into the camp fearing it left Miss.

The last hybrid I owned by this year was a Taylormade Sim Max Salvation I bought impulsively because it was A Rory Mcilroy Hybrid has ever played. But this was a club, despite some healthy lead tapes in the toe, I was never really comfortable with it. On the contrary, I played an iron driving that was really great in dry conditions, but it was difficult to hit from rough or as high as it was true to me.

I tried some different shafts in a 5-wood, but nothing really fits my gap properly until I’m fit The new G440 of Ping.

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I was lucky enough to get a visit to the Ping Basics Performance facility in Phoenix, Ariz. While I was in the city for WM Phoenix Open earlier this year. While I loved all the clubs in which I was capable of the G440 Max driver and 3-dude in the project handcuffs, the biggest improvement for me was the G440 hybrid over my current 3-rig.

After my mounting, James and I finished 3-dru, I was surprised to see him go directly to a hybrid compared to a higher wood.

I add a lot of attic to the club to the Impact, so getting the ball in the air has never been a problem, but it makes it really difficult to find a second tree of the road. While I think the 7-dude are great for most players, I have never had one. I hit her too high and they don’t go too far. Usually, a 5 wood hits the right number of gaps for me (about 235 in smooth air, with the ability to push to 240), but I often need to strengthen them in almost a loft 4 wood to get the right starting window.

Of course, James caught this and went directly for a 20-step G440 3-Hybrid. Since I was not playing a hybrid and I had no years, there was a test and wrong when it came to shafts, but we finally settled on NPPON NS PRO HYBRID GOST, also known as the Scottie Scheffler shaft plays in its car iron, in a TX Flex. It is a axis 112 grams.

Why do I need something so heavy? I’m not completely sure, but I tend to pull hard on the club’s glove from the top of the swing and something heavier is always useful for this.

But that combination of the shaft and head really brought my distribution. The nice thing about the trajectory of Ping’s Tuning 2.0 Hosel is that it can go flat, so after fixing the attic on a scale (to open even the face) and flatten the club (f – setting), almost like I was hitting an iron, but I was flying it 235 and setting up 120 meters in the air.

Using it in the course

Shocking, with the configuration we descended during my assembly, I never hit a left ball. Of course, it is a small sample size, and the fear of hitting the remaining hybrids does not leave so easily.

So as soon as Miss I didn’t happen, she changed the way I stayed over the club. And this is the best club I have found to solve my gap issue at the top of the bag, so I wanted to keep it in the bag.

The solution was stupidly simple: simply add a small stripe of Lead tape on the toe. That was just a few grams, and I haven’t hit the remaining one since I did it. It also makes sense as I have movable weights in both my driver and the mini driver moved to my toe.

Now I have a versatile club I used by Tee, Fairway, The Rough and About Green. I have hit him from as close as 215 uphill as long as 250. For reference, I hold my 4-hekuri 217 yards and my mini driver about 265 away from deck. I am certainly comfortable hitting the hybrid from 240 and taking it to stop quickly, and that is exactly the gap I need.

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This is another great example to be open -minded to try something new when you switch to a fit. I went to think that I was still not a hybrid player and left with a club that could be one of my favorites in the bag.

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