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- Callaway Mavrik Hybrid
- TaylorMade SIM2 Max Rescue
- TaylorMade Stealth Rescue Hybrid
- Callaway Rogue ST Max Hybrid
- Cleveland Launcher XL Halo Hybrid
- Callaway Big Bertha B21 Hybrid
- TaylorMade M4 Rescue Hybrid
- Cobra RadSpeed Hybrid
- Cobra LTDx Hybrid
- Tour Edge Hot Launch C522 Hybrid
Callaway Mavrik Hybrid
A great hybrid for the mid handicap player seeking an alternative to hitting the long irons and would benefit from slight draw bias pre-set in the club to minimize slice-spin. Callaway's technical achievements all in a hybrid:
- Artificial Intelligence generated individual faces.
- Jailbreak Tech.
- Facecup Tech.
- Flash Face SS20 Tech.
Meld into a low center of gravity, iron-like profile body, producing high MOI, COR, and terrific stability. The mid-sized option of the 3 Mavrik models, the Mavrik is available in lofts from 18 to 26 degrees or 3,4,5 and 6 hybrids and graphite shaft options in the Project X Catalyst shaft at 55/65/and 75 grams can be custom ordered to fit many golfer's needs.
A really great overall performer. Offers really solid ball speeds and consistency across the face, even on slight mishits. You won't be penalized on distance for your slight mishits.
Good loft and control here. Top hybrid technology in 2020!
TaylorMade SIM2 Max Rescue
Great club for getting the ball up and down the fairway, or out of trouble. When in trouble, you will still be able to achieve good distance to make your next shot count.
Great solution for tight tee shots, long par 3's and those very important second shots into par 5's when the day is going well!
Twist face design for maximum forgiveness across the face. Super fast face for great distance. Easy launch from any lie.
TaylorMade Stealth Rescue Hybrid
Made with all new Carbon layered face, the first of its kind. With a more sleeker looking and confidence-inspiring profile, this hybrid will launch the ball slightly higher with less spin, offering the utmost directional control. The new Carbon Crown saves 7 grams of weight, allowing this hybrid to have more mass to increase MOI, increasing forgiveness throughout. V Sole Steel design bolsters forgiveness as well and offers turf interaction, optimizing consistent launches. The Thru-Slot Speed Pocket behind the face makes the hybrid extremely hot without sacrificing forgiveness, especially on lower face strikes. You will not sacrifice any distance with the hybrid. A truly remarkable technological feat!!
The Stealth hybrid brings that carbon construction to the hybrid family while providing increased forgiveness and launch. This hybrid is ideal for low-handicappers as well as mid-high handicappers due to the lower CG to promote higher ball flight and more that higher level of forgiveness without compromising feel. Due the recent acquisition of Adams, Taylormade really brought out the square look to the this hybrid, which helps create confidence with regards to impact at address.
Callaway Rogue ST Max Hybrid
This is a game improvement hybrid with forgiveness and distance built in! Precision tungsten weighting, Jailbreak and A.I. technology create a high launch with distance to go with! A refined sole allows this club to glide through any surface type creating versatility while appealing to the eye! This club has a semi draw bias to help compensate for slicing tendencies!
The new Rogue ST Hybrid features an all-new A.I. Jailbreak ST design which pushes the structure to the perimeter to generate more stability. This allows the high strength 455 Face Cup to flex and rebound more, creating a trampoline-like effect that causes the ball to explode off the face at extremely high speeds.
Cleveland Launcher XL Halo Hybrid
Completed with rebound frame technology which adds a second layer of flexibility to the club face for more rebound and power. The Shaft in this club also has 8g of weight, adding counter balance and weight shift from the grip down into the head as you swing through the ball.
Action Mass (as you bring your hands down the weighting system helps you keep your arms closer to your body creating a better swing plane and straighter shots.)
A larger head and perimeter weighting creates the highest MOI in any Cleveland hybrid to date. Gliderails along the sole of the club also help keep the clubhead straighter at impact.
Callaway Big Bertha B21 Hybrid
Jailbreak technology, Flash Face design and max offset allows you to get the ball in the air from any lie - fairway, rough, or off the tee on long par 3s.
Get out of any lie - distance and forgiveness at its finest! Great for long shots into greens - this will pop the ball up and land softly.
Replacing longer irons for more forgiveness and ease of launch and control.
TaylorMade M4 Rescue Hybrid
This is an ultra forgiving option with fixed hosel technology. Designed for precision and shot making, do not let the thick clubface of the M4 confuse you with outdated technology because the M4 is packed with surprises. It has fixed weights that up the MOI by distribute the weight more evenly through the back of the club head
Improved forgiveness with a lower center of gravity help give you a higher launch angle and increased ball speed. They have also increased the head size in the M4 compared to the M1 and M2 models, this leads to a bigger sweet spot helping on unfavorable lies.
Low profile, two tone head head shape enhances confidence at address. Speed pocket design to increase ball speeds across the face. Perimeter weighting designed to increase forgiveness and stability.
Cobra RadSpeed Hybrid
Their signature rail system on the bottom of the club helps to make square contact even on the tightest of lies. The forged face insert and weighting of this hybrid generate high launch, low spin, and massive distance without sacrificing any forgiveness. The optional Cobra Connect system comes standard on all Cobra clubs.
The extreme front weighting promotes lower ball spin, faster ball speeds, and greater distance. The Baffler sole rails on the Cobra Hybrids make the club interact with the ground smoothly with the fairway, tight lies, deep rough, and yeah even those pesky bunkers.
The hollow rail system on the sole really helps push the club through the turf and helps the leading edge work through the rough, which both promote better contact with the face and more consistent distance. This also adds forgiveness.
Cobra LTDx Hybrid
Similar to the new tech in the LTDx driver, the new weighting system moves mass low and forward on the face. The PWR-COR tech decreases spin and increases ball speed, leading to larger distance gains. H.O.T. tech (highly optimized topology) is installed in the hybrids as well, creating 15 different hot zones on the clubface, where face thickness was added to increase distance. The hybrid's Baffler sole rails enhance the club's turf interaction, allowing the clubface to sweep through thick rough and bunkers with ease.
This hybrid is great for the golfer looking for distance and a buttery feel. The design of the sole of the hybrid allows you to make a solid ball strike with a wider face for the forgiveness on mishits. You can use this club in just about every lie with extreme confidence.
Tour Edge Hot Launch C522 Hybrid
All the same game improving technology featured in the C522 Series Driver packed into the form of a high performance hybrid! Diamond Face 2.0 power on the clubface along with the Power Channel an MOI boosting sole weight, replacing the long irons in your bag is a no brainer. Out of any lie, the Lightweight Mitsubishi Fubuki shaft helps get the ball higher and faster to maximize carry onto the green or over hazards.
Callaway Rogue ST Max OS Hybrid
Mid to high handicap players needing more forgiveness with their long irons. The Rogue ST Max OS Hybrids have optimized speed launch and spin. The larger club head design makes it much easier to launch and it has a slight draw bias to reduce your mishits from slicing.
This has a slight draw bias to help those that tend to slice. This club is designed for game improvement and has the highest forgiveness of the Rogue ST line. It promotes a high launch to maximize carry and distance.
TaylorMade SIM2 Rescue
You can adjust the launch angle up or down 1.5 deg depending on the course you are playing to get that perfect amount of spin. You will still be able to shape your shots and get out of the long sticky situations you may get your self into. The profile of this hybrid will let you get the distance you need out of the rough if you find your self there and still give you that amazing feel off the fairway.
The Sim2 hybrid has the face more similar to an iron, but much more forgiveness. The weight is pushed low and deep to help with distance and launch, and the revamped VSteel Sole will help with turf interaction in the fairway or the rough. It's a beast off the tee too!
It comes standard with the Tensie AV Raw Blue shaft and Golf Pride Z Grip.
Forgiveness on longer shots, Higher ball flight and softer landing into greens. Makes long approach less scary and gives more confidence to go for the green.
Cobra AIR-X Hybrid
These Hybrids are lightweight, easy to swing, and feature a heel weighted and draw offset design to help promote straighter and more accurate ball flights.
Tour Edge Hot Launch E522 Hybrid
These Tour Edge E522 hybrids are very easy to hit from any lie on the course and will give you confidence to make accurate strikes from the fairway and rough. These have the Houdini Sole technology that moves weight lower and deeper into the club head for higher MOI and greater forgiveness on off-center strikes. Plus these faces produce faster ball speeds for more distance!
Mid to high handicap players looking for a forgiving hybrid to replace their long irons. This club has a lower profile design to help "pick" the ball from tight lies and keep a low center of gravity and the v shape "Houdini Sole" is awesome at getting the club through rough lies.
Slice fighting offset and a shallow face, allows to help keep the ball straighter and launch higher and further. The diamond face 2.0 and cup face technology produce greater ball speeds and better performance on off-center hits.
Mizuno CLK Hybrid
This is the longest hybrid Mizuno has ever created. The CLK hybrid has a multi-thickness MAS1C maraging steel face which provides more efficient energy transfers from anywhere on the clubface for faster ball speeds and more forgiveness on off-center hits. The stronger material in the face allowed for a thinner face to be engineered as well as a flexible Wave Sole. This, along with the wider, confidence-building profile, the CLK produces higher, more controlled ball flights with optimal spin rates. Creates a wonderful sound a feel at impact.
Available in 16°-25° lofts (1-6 iron) the CLK was designed with one goal in mind -- to make a hybrid that would produce superior shots to the iron it was replacing. The CLK does just that. It features a compact players profile and with the perfect balance of distance and control, is meant to be used as a down range sharp shooter. This club was designed for better ball strikers, who like to swing their hybrids more like irons with an aggressive to neutral attack angle.
A new MAS1C Maraging Face allows greater energy transfer and faster ball speeds from across the clubface. New dual wave and wider profile encourage a higher flight and stepper landing angles. A wide, flat crown breeds confidence at address- encouraging a more positive swing.
Srixon ZX Hybrid
Rebound frame focuses more energy into the ball to increase ball speed and distance on every shot, especially center-face contact. Stepped crown lowers center of gravity to optimize launch and increase forgiveness and consistency. Tour preferred shape with smaller footprint, straight face angle and squared off toe
Great versatility and length. You can use this club off the tee, for your longer shots, out of the rough, hit it out from under trees and out of trouble. You can even use it to bump and run by the greens with some practice, but leading to quite unique and wonderful results!
Versatile from the fairway, rough, and even around greens.
Cobra F-Max Airspeed Hybrid
A perfect hybrid for slow to moderate swingspeed players searching for a lighter hybrid to assist with extending long iron distance. Back heel weighting and offset design both work to slow slice-spin gearing shots towards the target, while a lowered center of gravity from a shallow face optimizes launch for deeper distance. Hybrid options from 3 to 7 with lofts of 19 to 31 degrees fill a number of different long irons so players can regain confidence over these tougher distance shots. Cobra Airspeed shafts at 55 grams pair perfectly with the light concept to help players overcome swing speeds to achieve massive distance.
The F-Max Airspeed is Cobra's lightest hybrid. Its lightweight design helps golfers maximize club head speed and performance. It features strategic weight placement in the heel that aides golfers in turning the club over reducing slices and missed away from the golfer. It has a shallow face profile that lowers the center of gravity for higher ball flights and more spin. The offset hosel helps square the face for more consistency in ball flight.
Someone looking for a lightweight club with ease of distance.
Wilson D9 Hybrid
This is a really big step forward for Wilson in terms of performance. They have put a lot of research into their newer clubs to try to improve their ability to compete with the larger names in quality while still offering solid prices. The Wilson D9 hybrid is a really great option for someone looking for up to speed tech without paying a super premium price.
Callaway Women's Mavrik Max Hybrid
A perfect gap filler between 3 wood and your longest iron! This 4 hybrid will likely be your most used club in the bag. Very versatile and perfect to use off the tee, the fairway, rough, and even bump and run type shots around the greens!
It's a great club for people with slower swing speed that can benefit from using a club that is easy to launch. It's going to have a lot of forgiveness meaning the ball will go close to the spot you want even when you don't hit it great.
Adding distance and forgiveness to your long shots. Will be comparable to a 5 wood for distance but will be more forgiving and easier to get the ball up in the air.
Callaway Apex 2019 Hybrid
The Apex 19 is a players hybrid with a blend of work-ability and solid forgiveness. It's designed to appeal to better players and tour pros with little to no offset and making it easier to work the ball and control the ball flight. It's equipped with Callaway's Jailbreak technology which is basically two bars behind the face of the club that help create faster ball speeds at impact. It also features Face Cup Technology that is designed to increase ball speeds from a larger portion of the clubface.
Great turf interaction. Makes it easy to launch the ball higher with more spin for better accuracy and stopping power when you need it.
One of Callaway's best choices in hybrids. Dependable, workable, and long. Great feeling club and great from any course condition.
Callaway Rogue ST Max OS Lite Hybrid
The Callaway Rogue ST Max OS Lite Hybrid is designed to generate the added clubhead speed sought by golfers with low to moderate swing speeds. Built with lightweight materials to accelerate ball speeds while keeping shots on target. An oversized shaping and draw bias construction will instill confidence over the ball.
TaylorMade Stealth Plus+ Rescue Hybrid
Made with lighter weight carbon, the Stealth provides optimal weighting to enhance forgiveness, ball striking, and distance. The V sole, and tungsten weighting lower in the head and around the perimeter make it the most forgiving club out there right now. The ball comes off the face hot for great distance but launches high so it lands soft as a result of the low center of gravity and weighting. The face is also larger, which means larger sweet spot, as a result of the lighter materials in the clubhead forgiveness and distance, consistent ball flight and contact.
The TaylorMade Stealth Plus+ Rescue Hybrid is engineered for 0 - 15 handicap players wanting easier launch and added forgiveness then they get from the long irons or fairway woods in their golf bag. An adjustable hosel adds another layer of shot control to a forgiving hybrid construction that cuts through any turf condition for consistency and aggressive attacks at the pin.
A more compact hybrid for more workability. Still built with distance and forgiveness in mind, but added workability and consistency. The V-sole puts more weight in towards the bottom to optimize launch. The through slot speed pocket gives great ball speed especially on the lower face miss. The TM loft sleeve allows for 1.5* of loft change each way.
Callaway Big Bertha REVA Hybrid
Ladies graphite shaft. Light, easy to launch, same technology as in all the newest line of big bertha clubs.
Tour Edge Exotics E722 Hybrid
With a heavy club shaft and a slick, low lofted club head, the Tour Edge Exotic hybrid is no slouch. You may not have played Tour Edge before but their Exotics line is top tier and really moves the ball down the course, which is what you need for a utility club you can hit off the tee in a pinch or can stretch to reach those par 5s.
Callaway Women's Rogue ST Max OS Lite Hybrid
A lightweight hybrid to use in place of fairway woods and long irons. Should help to increase swing speed and therefore your distance, once you get the hang of the proper hybrid swing.
Callaway Rogue ST Pro Hybrid
The low handicap player looking for all the Jailbreak technology that Callaway is renowned for in a very workable and forgiving hybrid design. Workable for shot shaping and also geared towards high launch from any number of different lies.
TaylorMade SIM2 Max Women's Hybrid
Building on the incredible Sim rescue, the new Sim2 Rescue increases forgiveness and launch properties. The redesigned V Steel sole gives precision turf interaction and lets you make cleaner contact with the ball. The ultra strong C300 Steel face gives powerful ball flight and when paired with Twist Face, you get longer, straighter shots even on mishits.
Paired with the Aldila NV 45g shaft and Lamkin Ladies Sonar grip.
Everything. This is the longest hitting, most forgiving Rescue that TaylorMade (TM) has ever made. And they pioneered the Rescue. The SIM is super good-looking and really playable. Easily take on tough lies or huge shots. A 40-yard punch under the trees? No problem. This club is the most versatile weapon in the TM lineup.
Mizuno ST-X 220 Hybrid
This is a great option if you struggle with slicing the ball. This hybrid is designed with a draw bias and easy launch for a high and long ball flight.
Long and straight shots that can land and stop right next to the flag! Par 5's are going to be a cake walk with these.
TaylorMade Women's Stealth Rescue Hybrid
Lightweight design due to the carbon crown Stealth is known for. This allows for weight to be redistributed to the bottom of the club to assist in getting down and launching the ball higher. This weighting also makes this a very forgiving clubhead while not giving up the distance.
The Speed Pocket technology makes the sweet spot larger to give you confidence that you'll hit high quality shots from the heel to the toe of the club! Fixed rear weighting improves stability and helps you square the face at impact for straighter, longer ball flights.
Tour Edge Hot Launch C523 Hybrid
This is a great option for anyone that is wanting a hybrid for a great price that will perform just like any $250-$300 hybrid on the market. Forgiving, long and has a very attractive design!
Forgiving, performance , quality, distance, and versatility
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