What Does Hybrid Mean in Golf?
Also known as Rescue.
By The Fairway Labs TeamReviewed
Equipment
Golf term
Hybrid
Hybrid in practice
Hybrids are also called rescue clubs because they “rescue” golfers from the rough — the wide sole glides through grass better than a long iron’s thin blade.
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