Cleveland LDI Hybrid Utility Iron

While the Cleveland HALO Hybrid Utility is intended more for the average golfer, the Cleveland LDI Hybrid Utility Iron (LDI stands for "Launcher Driving Iron") golf club is intended more for the lower handicap players. 

The Cleveland LDI golf club comes in both steel and graphite shafts, but does not offer as many lofts as their HALO Hybrid Utility golf club. The LDI Hybrid Utility golf club has a steel shaft  by True Temper called the Dynamic Gold Superlite. This is an excellent steel shaft and Cleveland has made a very good choice using the new lighter version of the Dynamic Gold in their utility golf clubs. The LDI has a graphite shaft called the Alida NV 105. This shaft is heavier than other hybrid utility shafts.

The Cleveland LDI Hybrid Utility Iron is intended to replace your long irons. The LDI comes in an 18 degree or 21 degree loft. They're not really intended to substitute any of your fairway woods. If you want to use a Cleveland LDI Hybrid Utility Iron to replace one of you irons then:

• replace your 2 iron with the Cleveland LDI  18 (18 degrees)
• replace your 3 iron with the Cleveland LDI  21 (21 degrees)

Cleveland HALO Hybrid Utility

The Cleveland HALO Hybrid Utility club (HALO stands for "High Angle Lift Off") is suited more for the average golfer. The HALO Hybrid Utility comes in both steel and graphite, and in sufficient lofts to make the club choice much easier.

The HALO Hybrid Utility comes in a new steel shaft by True Temper called the Dynamic Gold Superlite. The True Temper Dynamic Gold shaft is an excellent   quality steel shaft and Cleveland has made a very good choice to use the new lighter version of the Dynamic Gold in their hybrid utility clubs.The HALO Hybrid Utility comes with a private branded graphite shaft called the HALO Graphite.

The HALO Hybrid Utility comes in lofts ranging from 16 degrees up to 25 degrees. The model numbers are 1i for 16 degrees, 2i for 19 degrees, 3i for 22 degrees, and 4i for 25 degrees. If you want to use a Cleveland HALO Hybrid Utility to replace one of your irons or fairway woods then:

• replace your 3 iron with the HALO 3i (22 degree
• replace your 4 iron with the HALO 4i (25 degree
• replace your 3 and/or 4 wood with the HALO 1i (16 degrees)
• replace your 5 and/or 7 wood with the HALO 2i (19 degrees)

  

Callaway Heavenwood Hybrids

Callaway Golf has always been a company that focused on easy to hit golf clubs, but the market for golf clubs has been moving very fast towards replacing long irons and fairway clubs with utility-hybrid golf clubs. So now they have done it and they have done it well.

The Callaway Heavenwood golf club comes in both graphite and steel. The steel is Uniflex and it is supposed to fit everyone. If your swing speed is average and you want a steel shaft then go ahead and order the Callaway Heavenwood in steel. However the majority of golfers usually buy hybrid golf clubs with graphite shafts and the Callaway Heavenwood has an excellent one. It is the RCH 75w. The Callaway Heavenwood offers four different shaft flexes when you order it in graphite. They are Firm, Light (Senior), Regular, and Strong.

The new Callaway Heavenwood Hybrids golf clubs are offered in several models from 1H - 5H. If you want to use a Callaway Heavenwood to replace one of your irons then:

• replace your 1 iron with the Callaway Heavenwood 1H (14 degrees)
• replace your 2 iron with the Callaway Heavenwood 2H (17 degrees)
• replace your 3 iron with the Callaway Heavenwood 3H (20 degrees)
• replace your 4 iron with the Callaway Heavenwood 4H (23 degrees)
• replace your 5 iron with the Callaway Heavenwood 5H (26 degrees)

If you want to use a Callaway Heavenwood to replace one of your fairway woods then:

• replace your 3 wood with the Callaway Heavenwood 1H (14 degrees)
• replace your 4 wood with the Callaway Heavenwood 2H (17 degrees)
• replace your 7 wood with the Callaway Heavenwood 3H (20 degrees)
• replace your 9 wood with the Callaway Heavenwood 4H (23 degrees)
• replace your 11 wood with the Callaway Heavenwood 5H (26 degrees)

Facts About Hybrid Golf Clubs

What Is The Difference Between Hybrid Golf Clubs And Utility Golf Clubs

Utility golf clubs simply means it can be used in more than one way. It has "utility".
Hybrid golf clubs simply means it looks something like an iron and something like a wood, at the same time. Some hybrid golf clubs look more like irons and some look more like woods. The two terms "Hybrid Golf Clubs" and "Utility Golf Clubs" are used interchangeably.


Why Are Hybrid Golf Clubs So Popular

Hybrid golf clubs make it easier to get the ball up into the air and down the fairway from any place or lie. Hybrid golf clubs also tend to get the ball where you want it more accurately. Hybrid golf clubs move the weight further back on the club. Now they can have weight along the outside of the club and further back. Hybrid golf clubs have a lower center of gravity which allows the ball to get up in the air easier. The club will launch the ball higher without having to increase the actual loft of the club. Lastly, the shaft length for hybrid golf clubs are longer for the club that replaces the iron, or shorter for the club that replaces a fairway wood.