Hi all,

Driving me nuts – I get a nice draw on all my irons and woods (verging on hook sometimes if I try to over do it), but my one hybrid (19 deg) keeps slicing right – tried all sorts of swing tweaks to stop it but nothing has worked – any suggestions why this one club would get such a different flight path to the rest of my bag?

Cheers, S

Is the shaft and/or flex different from the others in your bag? Perhaps a different manufacturer? Keeping in mind that there is no industry standard for shaft flex so company A’s reg may be company B’s stiff.

For some reason my 4 iron is easy to draw but I’m a natural slicer of all the other identically (uniflex) shafted irons in my set, and with all my other clubs. There’s just something about the 4i that wants to go left…..

hybrids are gay, stop using it…........

hybrids are gay, stop using it…….....

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Ah but that gay hybrid fills that 200m slot in my bag. When it’s straight that is.

hybrids are gay, stop using it………..

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

Ah but that gay hybrid fills that 200m slot in my bag. When it’s straight that is.

Hack

doesnt sound like “when it’s straight” happens very often

hybrids are gay, stop using it…….....

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Have you ever had one in the bag Mick?

hybrids are gay, stop using it………..

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

Have you ever had one in the bag Mick?

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

A Grade NTP winner Curlewis OOM
Human shamrock

pretty sure mick has a gay in the bag somewhere

Check shaft flex as Mububban suggests

Check shaft flex as Mububban suggests

Queensland – 7 Consecutive Origin Series

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So in theory the hybrid is slightly stiffer than the other clubs in the bag?

hybrids are gay, stop using it………..

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

Ah but that gay hybrid fills that 200m slot in my bag. When it’s straight that is.

doesnt sound like “when it’s straight” happens very often

A straight acting gay club?
What wound that have made you in the golf shop – buy curious?

And it started as such an innocent question…...

Also check the amount of any offset on the club, (as compared to your other clubs) as this too could impact your direction issues.

Also, Mekats post …....... good one.

Question, when you obtained said club, did you demo it?
Have you always hit a slice with this club from the get go?
Do you change any of your swing dynamics when hitting this club?

Like stated above, it can be numerous things like shaft flex, swing weight, moment of inertia, face depth, lie angle, offset, grip thickness, etc.

Get rid of it, if you find that it is a club that is not suited to your swing and replace it with one that is.

wouldnt lie angle in relation to shaft length be a contributor here? – perhaps OPs irons are set a little upright?

hybrids are gay, stop using it………..

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

Have you ever had one in the bag Mick?

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

A Grade NTP winner Curlewis OOM
Human shamrock

yeh, had 3 and 4 hybrids in for a while, made the game too easy…..

hybrids are gay, stop using it………..

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

Have you ever had one in the bag Mick?

http://www.golflink.com.au/...

A Grade NTP winner Curlewis OOM
Human shamrock

pretty sure mick has a gay in the bag somewhere

Ghetto train – get on it.
Bandit express.

Winner C grade OOM #3 Patterson River.

I’d put some of my gay into you sam, anytime…..

depends on few things

does your hybrid have any offset

do your irons have offset

shaft flex and weight

a shaft that is too light or too soft can casue a slice just as shaft is too stiff or heavy..tends to be a different slice

does the ball start straight then slice

or does it start left then slice

high or low flight?

one myth like I said is that a stiff shaft can casue a slice

swing path and club face angle casues the ball to slice

get a lesson to understand the relationship between club face and swing path

for what its worth I fade irons and draw my hybrids but its deliberate (most of the time)

yet I fade driver

I’d get rid of it. The game is difficult enouigh without having a club that you have no confidence in, in the bag. An alternative is a 7-wood or weak 5-wood in the 20 to 24 loft range. A strong 5-wood is 18/19*.

Thanks all for your responses. Leaning towards some new toys in the big end of the bag.

Cheers, S.