My new 4-hybrid - Club or Confidence

How are you with hitting your hybrids and fairway woods? I’m not too good. I bought a 5-wood last year and I never use it. Seems I roll it 50% of the time but I need the distance it gives me. I also have a hybrid 3-wood which I also never use for the same reason. When I do hit it correctly it goes about as far as the 5-wood. So now I have two not-so-cheap clubs in my bag that I don’t use and still don’t have a club that gives me that extra distance. I took a lesson too! I still have no confidence in it. I need a club that goes about 160 yds.I call it “Time Out” and I literally put my clubs in the back of the bag and don’t use them. They are in "time out" until my confidence returns. Oh, and why is it that I hit it beautifully at the driving range? Then I get to the golf course and poof, roll it again.

Alas! Last week I tried a 4 hybrid. It’s wonderful! I used it a lot and maybe rolled it a couple times. Is it the confidence or the club? I also learned a lesson. When you’re not confident in a club, buy a used one online. This club retails for $229 and I got it on Ebay for $125. Now I won’t feel so bad if I don’t use it or lose confidence in it. I watch my friends hit these clubs all the time and they are successful, so maybe it’s in my head. I was using my 5-iron because that was the club I could hit 95% of the time but it didn’t go more than 140 yards. I guess my point is this…Is club selection, course management, or confidence the key to a good golf round? If you read this blog continuously you will know that I do have a huge mental issue on the golf course stemming from confidence. I go on Facebook all the time and see tons of tips and quick lessons about the golf swing but I never see anything about how to fix the confidence! 

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