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A couple months ago, I figured I would do much better replacing my existing 3-iron with a hybrid because I was getting much better contact even with my 2-hybrid than the 3-iron.  I shopped around and tried out a few different ones but for some reason, I hit the ball with the Callaway X-Hybrid the best.

I'm not sure if it's because of the stainless steel club head or the VFT technology, but I love how it feels and sounds on solidly struck shots. On the launch monitor, I could see that my balls were consistently flying higher than any other club and also farther, which also helped my decision.

Another decision that I had to make with this club was the shaft.  I was used to steel shafts on my irons and graphite shafts on my woods and hybrids.  For this particular club, I tried them both.  In the end, the steel version won my vote because of the extra consistency I was getting from the results on the launch monitor.  The distance differences were tighter on the steel version and there were also less shots going off line without any lost in distance.

Once I used it on the course, I was even happier with the decision.  It might've been the modified X-sole design that Callaway was advertising or something else but hitting the ball in the rough is much easier.  In fact, I can hit the ball with the hybrid much better than anything longer than an 8 iron.  Now when I'm in the trees, I choke down on my hybrid and do a punch shot back out to the fairway.  I can even get good distance with this shot so most of the time I'm not even losing a stroke by hitting it back out in the fairway.

One of the more talked about feature of a hybrid is using it to chip.  To be honest, this is not a shot in my arsenal and I haven't really practiced it so I cannot comment much but with the hybrid being much shorter than other similar clubs, I can see why a this type of club would work well with the bumping chip shot.

If there are any complains, it would be that sometimes the ball goes too high during windy situations but this is a minor issue for me because I rather hit solid shot after solid shot than tough it out on a windy day with my 3-iron.

Overall, I'm extremely happy with the decision to replace my 3-iron with the Callaway X-Hybrid.  For those that still have a 3-iron, I highly recommend trying this club at the local golf shop. Who knows, you might knock a couple strokes off your score!