Cobra Baffler: The Rail-Soled Utility Club That Started in the 1970s
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Cobra Baffler: The Rail-Soled Utility Club That Started in the 1970s

The Cobra Baffler is a line of utility clubs built around a wide, railed sole that helps the head glide through turf and get the ball airborne from rough, fairway and tight lies. Cobra introduced t...
Callaway X Hot Hybrids: What Changed in 2013 and Why They Still Show Up Used
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Callaway X Hot Hybrids: What Changed in 2013 and Why They Still Show Up Used

The Callaway X Hot hybrid is a 2013 model that thinned out the face of the previous RAZR X hybrid and moved the lofts a little stronger. Callaway launched it alongside an X Hot Pro version at $179 ...
The History of Fairway Woods and Hybrids: From Persimmon Spoons to Rescue Clubs
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The History of Fairway Woods and Hybrids: From Persimmon Spoons to Rescue Clubs

Fairway woods started as hand-shaped wooden clubs with names like brassie, spoon and baffy, switched to metal after TaylorMade launched its first metalwood in 1979, and then got a new sibling: the ...
Tour Edge Exotics: 20 Years of Fairway Woods, Hybrids and Irons
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Tour Edge Exotics: 20 Years of Fairway Woods, Hybrids and Irons

Tour Edge Exotics is the premium line from Tour Edge, first released in 2005 with fairway woods and hybrids, and it has since grown to include drivers and irons. The line was started by David Glod,...
Best Used Hybrids: Ping vs TaylorMade vs Callaway vs Titleist
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Best Used Hybrids: Ping vs TaylorMade vs Callaway vs Titleist

Which used hybrid to buy, which loft replaces which iron, and real used prices for Ping G-series, TaylorMade Stealth and SIM2, Callaway Big Bertha, Apex and Rogue, and Titleist TS hybrids.
TaylorMade Rescue Hybrids: Where the Name Came From and What Changed
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TaylorMade Rescue Hybrids: Where the Name Came From and What Changed

TaylorMade Rescue is the name the company has put on its hybrids since the original Rescue Mid launched at the end of 2002, and it is still used on current models like the Qi10 Max Rescue. A hybrid...
Best Golf Clubs for a 20 Handicap (and How to Buy Them Used)
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Best Golf Clubs for a 20 Handicap (and How to Buy Them Used)

A 20 handicap gains the most from forgiveness: a high-MOI driver, hybrids instead of long irons, game improvement irons or a matched full set, and a mallet putter. Real used prices included.
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Ping G430 Hybrid: Filling Gaps With Carbonfly Wrap

The G430 Hybrid pairs a flexing steel face with a carbon crown to fill mid and long iron gaps. Here's how it's built.