If you're toying with the idea of getting hybrid irons, it's really hard to find an honest review........until now.
3 moths ago, I bought a set of Ram laser hybrid irons from Ebay for £100 ($140). I had been toying with the idea of buying a set for sometime as I struggle to hit my longer irons and my ball flight is generally low. I'd seen some reviews but not a lot of time or effort had been put into these so it was hard to get a good, general review.
On first impressions they look absolutely awful BUT you do get used to them after a while.
The sound of the ball off the club is pretty hollow and whilst carrying them in my bag, I'm pretty worried they will chip.
I don't think you can work the ball too much with them and I don't think they carry as far as standard irons.
However, they are remarkably easy to hit with an amazing high launch and soft landing. They glide through rough like a knife through hot butter and after a few shots with them, you feel very confident standing over the ball.
I found them easier to hit then a standard hybrid.
Like I said, I bought these 3 months ago and have now only tried them out today......what a mistake to waste 3 months of the summer not using them.
There is a stigma behind these "game improver" hybrid irons that they are for beginner and high handicappers, but if they make the game easier, then why not use them?
Golf is a hard enough game as it is, and one of my main stumbling points is my pride! After using these for a trial, casual 9 holes of experimental golf, I think it's time to swallow my pride.
LOL! I appreciate the standing-O, @Ian "Twiggy" Jones!
By the way, I just created a new subcategory under the Playing Golf Help heading called Equipment & Training Aids. Would you mind copying your original post here and re-posting it in the new section? It'll be a good way to consolidate these types of posts, questions, recommendations, etc.
Thanks!
Tom
Totally agree. If the mission encharged to PGA members is to "Grow the Game" - and if that can only be accomplished by increasing the enjoyment of it (and last I checked, the level of enjoyment of golf tends to correlate rather directly to ball striking and scoring) - then why should anyone concern themselves with the type of legal equipment one deploys to do so??
So, to all the golf media elite, get off your freaking high horses and embrace the mission, lest your demeaning pontifications eliminate any demand for your own existence.
(Climbing down off my soapbox now...😎)
Nice firsthand review, @Ian "Twiggy" Jones! I know you'll be starting to run out of daylight soon, but hopefully you'll get a few more rounds in and can perhaps update your review with some real (i.e.: non-experimental) rounds.
And yes indeed - pride and ego has kept many a golfer from getting anywhere near their true potential. If the clubs are legal and they make the game more enjoyable for you, then who cares what anyone else might think (as you're kicking their tail)?... 😂