Time to think twice?

Cast your mind back to last summer; pulling out the big stick and smashing one straight as an arrow down the fairway… then watching despairingly as it bounces, rolls and disappears into the rough. How did it feel?

It’s painful enough watching a bad drive getting away from you, but a good drive deserves a reward. As the image below shows, though, there is a way to counteract those firm fairways that come about in summer: hybrids.

The idea here is to take out a club that will get you close enough to the green for your second shot without the risk of too much bound & roll. That added control means you could be playing your second shot from the short grass rather than the rough or, if the Golfing Gods are feeling particularly cruel, somewhere worse. That gives you a much, much better chance of finding the green in regulation.

One fantastic option for a hybrid off-the-tee is the Cobra LTDx. This design reduces the amount of distance you’re losing from your driver through a PWR-COR weighting and H.O.T. face; increasing speed at impact and, in turn, distance. Add in straight, forgiving ball flights and you’ve got yourself a club that sets you up in prime position for your second shot.

Then again, you don’t have to know which is best for you – that’s the beauty of having a PGA Professional on hand: we can help you figure it out.