Golf club suggestions

The Sonartec is a good hybrid -- if you're a better player. Otherwise, you're better off with one of the Adams Ideas, which are awesome.

 

Says golf boy....

 

I have a 23-degree 4/5 Cobra hybrid that I hit about 210-220 yards, and much more accurately than my irons.

By comparison I hit a 4-iron about 180, 185 and the 5-iron about 170.

Love the hybrid clubs.

 

I was never a fan of the hybrids, until I got a Ping 22* Hybrid about a year ago.

Love it, love it, love it.

The 22* is essentially a 4-iron, which goes about 220-225. Off the tee, I can stretch it to around 240, but I echo everybody else's sentiments about getting properly fitted.

 

Wasn't it Lee Trevino who said, "Even God couldn't hit a one iron"?

 

Really, get a hybrid or two, take a 4 wood maybe, then concentrate on your wedge game, chipping and pitching (and of course putting). Really.

Think about how many times you are really going to need to green something from 210-230. Yeah its a great thing to have but your short game is going to come into play more often.

 

I believe it was after he got hit by lightning. He said something like if he was ever caught in lightning again, he'd hold up a 1-iron because even God can't hit a 1-iron.

 

Thanks guys. I think I'm just going to go into a good golf shop and talk to one of the salespeople and hit a few in there.

I really feel like I need something, because I have no reliable club in my bag to hit the ball more than 200 yards. It would be nice on par 5s or on par 4s with a lay-up tee shot.

What usually happens is I just hit my 3-iron (which I do hit faily consistently), but if I'm like 300 out on a par 5, that leaves me 110 or so instead of being able to just hit a 60 or 70 yard approach. Not a huge difference, I know.

Just the other day I was playing a course and there were three par 4s where I wanted to be about 210-240 off the tee, and I had nothing. My driver typically goes 235-260 (and lately I've laid into a couple freak shots that went 270 or 280), so I didn't want to use it and take a chance, and the 3-iron left me too short.

Does anyone else have one of these Orlimar Tri-metals? Maybe I just need some tips on how to hit the damn thing. It's just such a narrow face that I seem to blade it a lot. The good thing is the ball usually rolls 120 yards straight when I do.

 

I seem to recall him saying something like that but, hell, he played with Nicklaus often enough to know better.

 

No, after he was struck by lightning, he said "only God can hit a 1-iron"

 

There's better than Orlimar out there.
Adams. Cobra, sonartec are all pretty good. Look for something in the 17-20 degree range. that should get you something for those 200-220 shots.
then you should dump the 3-iron and add a third wedge. And then you should procede to the practice range and practice nothing but shots from 100-yards and in for about an hour, and then go to the practice bunker for an hour and hit nothing but bunker shots, and then you should spend an hour making 3-foot putts.
you'll shave more strokes off you game by improving your short game. guaranteed.