looking to get a hybrid

I'm thinking of getting a hybrid club but just not sure which to get??

i have been playing 6 months looking for a club to hit around 180 off the fairway and light ruogh.

Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

P.S i've been looking at the Adams pro black as my local golf shop has them in stock(i live in kuwait and there is only two shops to buy from and i like to try before i buy rather than buy blind online)

Many Thanks

Chris.

To adapt a famous saying "long irons are for vanity, hybrids (and low scores) are for sanity".

This definitely applies to the beginner. I would love to hit a 3 iron flush from a fairway but even after 6 hours worth of lessons would only give myself a 10% chance at best of matching my shot to my 'pictured, desired outcome'. With the hybrid it makes it that much easier.

Anyway.. back to what you wanted.. advice on hybrid choices.

I had a Golden Bear 3 iron replacement, too soft and rarely hit it. Tried and tested a few hybrids and the two that came out on top were the Taylormade Burner Superfast and the Mizuno MX700(I think).

The Taylormade won out and I am extremely pleased with my purchase.

If you look at some historical golf clubs, you'll notice that what we call a "hybrid" is in fact very close to some very old shapes - so there is certainly no 'ruining the image of the game' by playing a hybrid. As has already been mentioned, most pros sport one or more in their bag and they don't get paid for being able to hit a long iron out of deep rough 200 yards, they get paid for their ability to shoot low scores consistently!

Rant over!

Forgive my ignorance but what is a Hybrid?

As a complete Novice I am only getting used to 'Woods' which arn't made of Wood!

On a seperate but slightly related note - I have three Drivers (my 'Woods' I beleive?) 3,5 and 11 Degree - What's with one of these being in degreess whereas the others arn't?

Sorry if these are stupid questions but Golf has some strange idioms to the outsider.

If you are cotemplating swapping 4 and 5 irons for a hybrid then don't, as people have said learn to use these irons instead.

It is well worth considering swapping one for your 3 iron or I have taken out the 5 wood and use a 2 iron replacement rescue. I think it's versatility means it would get more use than a 5 wood.

I  had a Taylor made 18 degree rescue in my bag for about 3 years.

I bought it to replace my 3 iron which lay in my wardrobe unused until about 6 months ago.

The rescue is far easier to hit, but also much harder to shape than the 3 iron.

The extra height i seem to get with the rescue helps softer landings on long par 3s.

At the moment i am using the 3 iron, but buying a rescue did help my game.

As others have said, do not fall into the trap of replacing 5 and 6 irons with rescues as this is not the right way to improve.

Buy a rescue to help you improve, but not at the expense of lessons and practise.

I have been emtremely happy with the Taylor made, but you do pay a premium for their clubs.

who cares what club you use, as long as your enjoying this great game called golf. If you shoot a 10 over par using hybrids or irons dose it really matter, it still goes down on your card as 10 over par......!!!!!!!

I would much rather use a hybrid out of rough than a 4 or 5 iron. Mainly because I can use a normal tempo swing & know the ball will come out rather than having to 'lash' at it with an iron.

If hybrids are good enough for the pro's then surely there good enough for club players........even scratch ones!!