Years ago, golf magazines published countless tips on how to hit long irons. They counseled that these clubs are easy to hit if you do it the right way. They were wrong. Long irons are the most difficult clubs for recreational golfers to hit and led to ruined scores more than any other club. Enter the hybrid iron.

Golfers who hang on to their long irons are missing a bet. Just put a swing on the ball and away it goes. Even if you can hit them well, you’re missing out on a club that will make the same shot easier. The ball flight of a hybrid iron is different, too. It’s higher, because of the extra weight on the bottom of the club. This gets the ball up higher, so it comes down steeper and holds the green better.

That’s not all. Do you have a greenside chip from a tight lie? That’s an easy shot to blade across the green or hit fat. Not with a hybrid iron, though. Hit the ball off the toe of a hybrid and you’ll be fine.

Ball in the rough? A hybrid will not be denied. Play the ball back, hit down slightly, and the ball shoots out. Ball stuck in between trees on the edge of the fairway? Take out a hybrid and give the ball a strong rap with a chipping motion. The ball will shoot out low and far.

Those are specialty uses, and you will no doubt find more, but from the fairway is where these clubs shine. Just put and easy swing on the club and stay out of its way. You’ll end up hitting as many greens from 180 yards as you do from 80.

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