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If you are new to golf and trying to get all of the terminology and lingo down, chances are you have heard the word “hybrid.” A hybrid golf club is a conglomeration of a fairway wood and an iron. Players from professionals to high handicappers have hybrid golf clubs. Here’s a deeper look into what a hybrid golf club is, if it’s necessary and how this concept came about.

What’s a hybrid golf club?

Hybrid golf clubs are exactly what they sound like: a blend of a fairway wood and a long iron.

They combine the best features of both to provide golfers with a more versatile and easier-to-hit solution.

Unlike traditional long irons which, thanks to their lower loft, can be intimidating and unforgiving, hybrids offer a larger clubhead with a lower center of gravity. This makes it easier to launch the ball higher and land it softer.

Compared to fairway woods, hybrids are shorter and more iron-like in swing feel, giving you more control and consistency from a wider range of lies.

This one’s for all you guys and girls rocking the golf visor out there. Whether you do it to look cool, stay cool or just want to emulate Bernhard Langer (I don’t blame you), this list holds some great options. It’s time to feel the wind blowing through your hair and let those locks flow!

adidas Men’s Golf Tour Visor

Featuring the bold three adidas stripes front and center, this lightweight visor is designed to ensure all-day comfort. The hook-and-loop closure helps you to find the perfect fit. This visor is also made with at least 60 percent recycled materials which represents adidas’ desire to help end plastic waste. Supporting the environment while looking fly? That’s a win-win!

Callaway Men’s Liquid Metal Visor

The Liquid Metal visor from Callaway features a low-profile design and cooling sweatband for those hot days on the course. An adjustable Velcro closure gives you the flexibility to fine-tune your fit for optimal comfort. A unique metallic logo adorns the front of this visor.

PUMA TECH P Visor

This visor from PUMA features the bolded “P” logo from the brand. A high-crown look adds to the bold element of this visor. Internal moisture-wicking mesh will help to keep you cool while thick brim stitching helps to maintain shape over the course of wear. Finishing this visor off is a Velcro closure, ensuring you’ll find the perfect fit.

NIKE Adult Dri-FIT Ace Swoosh Visor

This visor from NIKE is made with Dri-FIT fabric designed to keep you cool and playing your best. Its unstructured style helps it conform for a perfect fit and provides low depth and shade whenever you need it. A hook-and-loop closure provides adjustable comfort.

Scottie Scheffler padded his lead Friday at the Byron Nelson, shooting an 8-under 63 to reach 18 under through 36 holes as one of the early finishers in a weather-delayed second round.

Haeran Ryu tried to keep her eyes on the fairways instead of the black lava rock framing them and it worked in her favor again Friday for a 5-under 67 that gave her a two-shot lead going into the weekend at the Black Desert Championship.

Here are nine nuggets for your weekend. Among the items is a story on how I experienced my greatest loss thanks in part to Nelly Korda.

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Here's why correct lie angles matter, how static vs. dynamic lie angles differ and how the correct angle improves consistency

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Want to hit more fairways? This simple drill will boost your performance off the tee and help you find the short grass more often.

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There are several types of bunker shots in golf, each suited to a specific lie, distance, and situation. Mastering the right shot for the right scenario can shave strokes off your score and boost your confidence from the sand.

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1. Greenside Bunker Shot

• Purpose: Escape soft sand near the green and land the ball softly.

• Technique: Open stance and clubface, hit 1–2 inches behind the ball.

• Key Club: Sand wedge or lob wedge.

• Tip: Use the sand’s bounce to “splash” the ball out.

Bryson DeChambeau and Talor Gooch share the lead at 7-under at LIV Golf South Korea after the opening 18 on Friday.

How to watch the 2025 CJ Cup Byron Nelson on Friday, including full CJ Cup Byron Nelson TV coverage and streaming info for Round 2.

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In a commercial world that entices us endlessly to upgrade our gear to the latest and greatest, it’s refreshing when you find a product that withstands the test of time.

Since he was a young teenager, my now 51-year-old dad has used the same Honda lawnmower to cut the grass. For nearly 40 years, this beast of a machine has seen him through college, adulthood and more. Have better mowers come out since? Sure. But why get something new when the ol’ Honda is still churning and burning?

The same applies to golf gear. While we’re wise to encourage you to upgrade your gear when it’s starting to hurt your game, in the breath its our job to tell you about gear that you can buy once, and have it for life.

Here are our favorite “buy it for life” golf products.

PING Hoofer

How many old PING Hoofer bags do you see walking around your local course? The best stand bag of this generation withstands the test of time, no doubt about it.

I’ve never been quicker to reach for that little thin piece of plastic.

I’m a self-appointed melin fanboy with hardly anything bad to say about the brand. However, my one (very personal) gripe has always been the lack of orange in their lineup.

I guess I bugged them enough, because their new Summer Daze drop consists of five new colors, including a freaking sick orange hue they call “Canteloupe Cooler”.

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Purple Haze, Blue Lagoon, Colada and Whatamelin (a watermelon-themed color scheme) round out the collection.

Each of the five colors is available in five styles, including my personal favorite, the Legend. The elevated dad-hat is the perfect fit for my noggin and my still new-ish title of “Dad”.

When it comes to golfers getting the most out of their equipment, I suppose it boils down to two things:  performance and personalization.

Performance is all the stuff manufacturers build into a club – technology, exotic materials, whatever it happens to be that makes it universally better than what came before it (hopefully).

Personalization is the fitting stuff that makes it perform better in your hands, or, in some cases, the aesthetic tweaks that make it look better or maybe cooler to you.

Callaway’s Apex Ai iron offerings broadly fit first the description while the addition of Custom Color Weights to the Apex falls under the latter.

Admittedly, there’s no performance benefit here – at least none above and beyond what you get through fitting – but the new Custom Color option does give you the ability to personalize your Apex a bit by way of blue, silver, black, or copper weights.

Vessel is launching two new entries in its Lux golf bag series today. They’re stunning to look at and, given Vessel’s track record, it’s a safe bet they’ll last a hell of a long time.

But here’s the thing: Vessel insists on calling the new Lux Stand and Lux Looper “lightweight” luxury bags engineered for walkers. Lightweight, in this case, is 5½ pounds.

So, I have two questions. First, is lightweight a relative term? Second, and maybe more importantly, is 5½ pounds too heavy for a bag designed for walkers to carry?

Let’s explore.

Vessel Lux Stand and Lux Looper: Light and luxurious

 In its press release, Vessel calls the new Lux Stand golf bag its “most opulent lightweight stand bag to date.” I’ll give you opulent. It was a four-way velour-lined top with full-length dividers, hand-stitched genuine leather zipper pulls and handles, a magnetic rangefinder pocket and cooler-lined bottle sleeves. While Vessel says it’s designed for walking, it also has a cart strap tunnel and comes with a sleeve to protect the bag from wear.

It’s been almost a month since COBRA released a limited edition DS-ADAPT driver.

I trust everyone has been able to cope.

Seriously, gang, we’ve said it before, and we’ll say it again: No one does limited edition drivers like COBRA. No one.

If you need evidence to support that conclusion, I submit for your approval the Augusta-themed Season Opener, the island-vibed Palm Tree Crew collab and the Arnold Palmer Bay Hill Invitational gem. You may love ‘em, you may not, but you have to admit no one is doing these things quite like COBRA is.

And for the record, I am a fan.

The common narrative is that only budget-conscious golfers buy used clubs. But that’s not the full story. In reality, many savvy golfers are turning to the second-hand market, not just to save money, but to make smarter, more strategic gear decisions. There are benefits to buying used golf clubs that go beyond price, and some of them might surprise you. Let’s take a closer look at used vs. new golf clubs and the advantages to going second-hand.

Keeping your bag current without breaking the bank

Staying within two to three generations of the latest technology can make a measurable difference in performance.

Instead of sinking $4,000 into an all-new setup every few years, savvy golfers use the second-hand market to upgrade wedges, fairway woods, or irons incrementally.

The idea here is to keep the bag fresh without overextending the budget. It’s a smart way to ensure every club still meets modern performance standards but there’s room in the budget to play a few rounds.

Buying transitional gear during a swing change

When you’re working through a swing change, your equipment needs are likely to shift.

There‘s a lot of cool gear in the golf world that doesn’t always fit into Most Wanted Tests or Buyer’s Guides. You still want to know how it performs. In our We Tried It series, we put gear to the test and let you know if it works as advertised.

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