5 Best Hybrid Golf Clubs for Beginners

If you’re a golfer — even a beginner — you’ve most likely heard of Callaway. And if not, they have a reputation for making some of the best clubs in the business, including hybrids. The Steelhead XR has everything you’re looking for in a hybrid — a larger club head and face, a large sweet spot, and a deep-back center of gravity. All of these features encourage easy launch, high flight, and forgiveness on off-center hits.

Callaway’s innovative Next-Gen Hyper Speed Face Cup Technology and Speed Step Technology promote faster club speed and extra distance. A 2017 Golf Digest Hot List Gold selection, the Steelhead XR is a club you can use both on and off the fairway and expect consistent results. And it’s Callaway, so you know you’re getting one of the best hybrid golf clubs on the market today.

One drawback might be the cost, but you’ll be getting one of the easiest-hitting and consistent hybrids on the market today. It comes in a variety of lofts — 3H (19 degrees), 4H (22), 5H (25), and 6H (28) — for men, women and seniors. Check out our post of the best Callaway irons for beginners and high handicappers if you’re in the market for new clubs.

The 2017 M2 Rescue Club brings performance and consistency in a sleek design unique to TaylorMade. The rescue/hybrid features an improved Speed Pocket, which has been made longer and more flexible than the last model, and that helps you generate more club speed on each swing.

The new two-tiered sole design improves turf interaction on any part of the course — on or off the fairway — for an extra smooth feel on impact. All of that will add up to easy launch, extra distance, and excellent forgiveness, even on off-center shots. Exactly what beginning golfers need to build on-course confidence.

Like the Callaway Steelhead XR, the M2 is roughly $200, but you’re going to get a very unforgiving, high-quality club you can use for years. It comes in four lofts — 19 degrees (3), 22 degrees (4), 25 degrees (5), and 28 degrees (6).

Coming off of two clubs which will cost you $200, the Pinemeadow Golf Excel EGI Hybrid can be had for under $60. While some players have trouble hitting the low irons, Pinemeadow has taken into consideration that some players don’t do so well with their high irons. So the Excel EGI Hybrid is available in 8 different lofts — 19 degrees (replaces 3-iron), 22 (4-iron), 25 (5-iron), 28 (6-iron), 32 (7-iron), 36 (8-iron), 39 (9-iron), and 45 (pitching wedge).

Hybrids were designed to be very easy-to-hit clubs, while helping out with distance, launch, and forgiveness. If you have trouble hitting traditional irons, a hybrid could be the answer in giving you consistency and confidence on the course. And with Pinemeadow, you have the ability to switch out all of your irons — including your pitching wedge! — for utility clubs.

As for the clubs, the EGIs feature balanced weight throughout the club with a widened sweetspot. That means you’ll get the benefit of the doubt when it comes to off-center hits. It features a low-torque Pinemeadow Hybrid graphite shaft, which will give you more flexibility than a standard iron. Each EGI Hybrid includes a headcover. For the value and versatility, this Pinemeadow item is one of the best hybrid golf clubs available.

Tour Edge’s Hot Launch 2 Iron-Wood does just that — launch. The heavy sole design naturally promotes launch on the ball, something new golfers tend to have a hard time doing. A new, larger club head has a bigger sweetspot, which is more forgiving, and the thin club face and hollow construction creates faster ball speed, which leads to more distance.

And like the Pinemeadow’s listed above, you can get the Hot Launch 2 Iron-Woods to replace all your irons and wedges. They are available in the following loft degrees (with iron/wedge it replaces) — 18 degrees (2), 20 degrees (3), 23 degrees (4), 26 degrees (5), 29 degrees (6), 33 degrees (7), 37 degrees (8), 41 degrees (9), 45 degrees (pitching wedge), 50 degrees (approach wedge), 54 degrees (sand wedge), and 59 degrees (lob wedge). The shaft, which is a UST Mamiya graphite, is available in regular, senior, and stiff.

It might be an older model, but the Cobra Baffler XL is one of the best hybrid golf clubs for beginners. The technology is still solid and useful and there aren’t any newer features like draw and fade changers on the head that can be difficult to work for newer players.

• Some of the top features are a low center of gravity (CG) and a shallow face design for higher trajectory that promotes lower spin and more distance; the oversized rails help cut through all turf types with less drag on the sole; and an added 20 grams of tungsten on the low and back of the head allows for a higher Moment of Inertia (MOI) for more forgiveness and distance on off-center hits.

The club is available in 2 lofts — 19 and 22 degrees — and 2 shaft styles — Regular and Stiff.