Driving Iron Vs Hybrid Off The Tee

224 yards carry of the tee.

Driving iron vs hybrid off the tee.

For this test i hit 30 shots with my 4 iron and driver. While you still use a tee most golfers prefer to have it just off the ground enough so that you make contact with the center of the club without having to go too deep into the ground. Off the tee a hybrid can be treated like an iron. I want to see the difference in choosing a very conservative approach on a hole that has a tight fairway versus hitting my driver.

More recently driving irons have become a mix between a hybrid and an iron. Hybrid off the tee on par threes and for safety if you are an avid golfer there is a good chance that at least one or two hybrid clubs already reside in your bag. The driving iron will still be longer as it has much less spin the landing angle is flatter and therefore will still have a lot of roll. If i m looking for the ultimate safety tee shot my 4 iron is the club i use off the tee.

Probably the driving iron will be a good 10m longer overall even though the clubhead and ball speed is lower. First off if hybrids are easier for you to hit why would you prefer to play a driving iron. And for good reason hybrids are extremely versatile easy to hit golf clubs that have replaced long irons in the bags of many amateur golfers. Using my skytrak i m trying to track several parameters.

3 the tmb is a great iron but probably not for me. I can still flight my hybrids down a bit and could do it much better with the tmb but from a consistency of shot perspective i dont feel the value of a 220 yard shot off of the tee can replace the versatility of the hybrid in my bag. Titleist 718 t mb this full set includes a 2 iron with an l shape face insert and tungsten heel and toe weights that use more than 90 grams to improve ball speed on off center strikes. A driving iron or utility iron is a traditionally a low degree iron that is used off the tee block in order to hit the ball a great distance.

Thanks to all who responded. Hybrid and driving iron have almost identical values with approx.