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Popular golf influencer Paige Spiranac is back with another one of her weekly “Beginner’s Guide to Starting Golf” videos.
This time around she tries to explain the differences between long irons, hybrids, and fairway woods.
“Did you know a lot of pros are switching from long irons to hybrids or woods?” Paige Spiranac asked in the description to her latest golf instructional video. “And you maybe should be too!
“Most people only carry up to about a five iron,” Spiranac begins the video. “Better players like to hit a four or a three iron. They’re harder to hit because, again, there’s no loft and so to be able to get it up into the air, you have to have a really fast swing speed to be able to do so.
“So, if you don’t have that, which, I’m sure if you’re starting out, don’t be afraid, because actually a lot of professional golfers are switching from having a three-iron or a four-iron into hitting hybrids or woods.”
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“So I only have fairway woods, but a hybrid is between a wood and an iron. So this is a fairway wood {holds up fairway wood],” Paige Spiranac continues. “This is my seven wood> And it has, as you can see, a bigger head, a smaller face, but it still has the same setup with the hosel, the shaft, and the grip.
“And this one, compared to my five-iron, as you can see [holds up five-iron], is again quite a bit longer.
“A hybrid is between these two clubs. So it’s going to have a smaller head, bigger than this one. And most people like a hybrid because it’s a bit easier to hit. I prefer a fairway wood. There is no right or wrong here. It’s just a personal preference on what you prefer, which you will find out, the better that you get and the more that you practice.
“So my setup is I have a seven-wood, a five-wood and a three-wood.”
That’s it. Got it? How to properly use each one of those clubs is apparently a lesson for another day.
For more helpful golf tips, Spiranac has a whole library of instructional videos that we have shared over the past few months, including her guide to the club names and all the “dirty” golf terminology beginners need to know.