Most Forgiving Hybrid You Have Hit?

[Nateyeight]

Looking to see what everyone's thoughts on what is the most forgiving hybrid on the market, new or old.

[hammergolf]

Ping G425

[ChristopherMcDonald]

I found the Nickent 3DX-DC Ironwood to be a kinda sleeper option, very forgiving

[CUBuffaloes]

Ping G410. I haven't hit the G425 but I would expect it to be pretty good

[Nateyeight]

15 minutes ago, ChristopherMcDonald said:

I found the Nickent 3DX-DC Ironwood to be a kinda sleeper option, very forgiving

 

Interesting, will look into it

[Striker Ace]

The 2018 Mizuno CLK but too bad I traded it in before my swing has developed to where it is at now. There is a 4 at my pro shop and I'd buy it if Mizuno would ever reduce the dang price!

[Gooby]

Ping G425

[R5Two]

[fred faldo]

either the Nickent that has been mentioned or the Cobra F7, both were very forgiving

[kennyFpowers55]

Titleist ts2

[Mobert19]

1 hour ago, hammergolf said:

Ping G425

Yup. And it’s not even close

[KevCannon]

I haven’t hit the Ping g410 or g425 with anything but the stock shaft off the rack, but Titleist TSi2 hybrid is very good. It was super consistent and retained ball speed really well.

[SEP1006]

PXG Gen 2, knocked my Adams Pro A12's out of the bag and they were there for a number of years.

[kess13]

Cleveland launcher halo. I get similar distances from all over the face. 

[eric61]

G425, by far. It’s perfect.

[drumdude96]

Callaway Big Bertha OS

[OpusXcigars]

Yonex Ezone GT.   Very forgiving

[pak]

Tour Edge Exotics are very good in my opinion.

[Jmccas]

G425

[HarborMike]

41 minutes ago, Jmccas said:

G425

Hate to admit it, but yes. G425 is the most forgiving followed closely by TSi2. Performance wise, love the Stealth above anything else and is also a fairly forgiving hybrid. But as far as ‘most forgiving’ hybrid, can’t argue against G425. 

[mantan]

6 hours ago, CUBuffaloes said:

Ping G410. I haven't hit the G425 but I would expect it to be pretty good

 

I have had them both. My G410 head came off the day before a tournament. There was a 48 hour turnaround time to return it, so I treated myself to a G425 to replace it. After a month I sold it and got my G410 repaired.  Similar to the G425 Max driver, I wanted to love it but got better results from the G410.

[zrheisler22]

Tour Edge C721, you are welcome 

[Tee1up4]

Mizuno clk19

[Feelingofgreatness]

The hybrids/utilities in The Perfect Club collection. They make me look like a pro from 180 to 210y.

[m_w]

Ping G425 and Rogue ST Max

[m_w]

1 hour ago, Feelingofgreatness said:

The hybrids/utilities in The Perfect Club collection. They make me look like a pro from 180 to 210y.

Do you work there? You sure advertise them quite a bit lately 🤔

[LukeDonaldsTiger]

Also here to say Tour Edge Exotics. The EXS 220 is a little bigger in headsize and absolutely confidence-instilling. Easiest clubs in the bag for me. 
Have the 19* and 22* and both are automatic. 

[TreqJosh]

Srixon ZX deserves a shout but the G425 is hard to walk past.

[Valtiel]

11 hours ago, R5Two said:

[Feelingofgreatness]

7 hours ago, m_w said:

Do you work there? You sure advertise them quite a bit lately 🤔

Work there? lol

I'm in Canada. Just a VERY happy customer. The clubs have changed my long game.

The Philosophy flat out works, you don't have to buy The Perfect Clubs, you can build something similar using Wishon EQ-1 hybrids  or hybrids from Thomas Golf...

Basically...

1/ Shorter length (same as the corresponding iron it's replacing)

2/ Bigger diameter shaft... .37... lower torgue

3/ Heavier swing weight... D3 (most hybrids like Ping are D0/D1)

4/ More upright lie angle than a hybrid or FW (same as the corresponding iron)

4/ Fairway Wood style head with weight really low... anti left... gets the ball up really quickly.

 

It's similar to the Cobra Baffler concept:
"The new Baffler is designed to promote the high launch angle, forgiveness and distance of a fairway metal with the playability and control of an iron."

 

What makes The Perfect Clubs different is the sole design. I use the Ping G410 5w from the fairways and it's amazing but the head design works better from a fairway lie than a rough lie. The shape of the PCs make them ideal from both fairway and rough (and fairway bunkers).

 

The one knock against the PCs is they have offset which some people don't like. I think the company should make an offset and a neutral version. They should probably also change the name because it's associated with clubs that were sold using infomercials 20 years ago which give them a bad rep. Peter Kessler days.

 

The concept is sound and if you meet anyone on the course playing their clubs, they are always  their favorites in the bag.

 

Where the hybrid concept fails is most manufacturers make them much longer than corresponding irons; most golfers I play with on the course aren't even very consistent with modern hybrids. They should be iron replacements for the 90% of golfers that can't hit a 21* or 24* long irons. Heck, most golfers can't hit a 27* iron consistently. 

 

Although they no longer carry the driver. That concept is brilliant too... 43 inches, 10.5 to 11.5* loft, heavier swing weight.  Most golfers would cut their dispersion in half and probably wouldn't lose any distance over 100 balls hit because centerness of strike would improve.  I currently play a 44.5" driver only because I can't find a driver I like in the market which I can build to 43" and still maintain proper SW and lie angle.

Edited April 2, 2022 by Feelingofgreatness