BEST GOLF HYBRIDS OF 2024 | BEST OF 2024

This edition of the BEST OF 2024 series features the best golf hybrids of 2024. Each of these clubs is designed to provide ample distance and forgiveness, to help golfers with those tricky longer shots from the fairway, rough, or a bunker. The golf hybrids featured in this video include the Callaway Paradym AI Smoke, TaylorMade Qi10 Rescue, Mizuno ST Max, and Cobra DARKSPEED.

0:00 Intro
2:10 Testing (Mizuno ST Max)
6:36 Testing (Cobra DARKSPEED)
9:53 Testing (TaylorMade Qi10 Rescue)
13:37 Testing (Callaway Paradym AI Smoke)
17:10 Kevin's Picks

In this video, 2nd Swing's Drew Mahowald is joined by master fitter Kevin Kraft to test and review the best golf hybrids of 2024 with the help of Trackman technology.

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[hoppman]

This shows the importance of being fit, every one of these clubs and shafts were pretty different for his swing. That's what makes this so interesting.

[zacdavis]

I bought the AI smoke 6 and 7 hybrid and they’re my favorite clubs in the bag hands down!

[KG-hgje]

The Mizuno ST Max hybrid also has an adjustable loft which is a huge plus!

[kakimotoK]

2:28 - 2:38 normally hear this from my girlfriends, not 2ndswing!

[Kongguderod]

I think 92-94 mph clubhead is very realistic for many golfers. But the 4 hybrids... distance is not the major factor i think. I would look at this like a long iron...and look at landing angle, height and spin.

[scottwatson]

Great video guys, the Cobra Darkspeed looks fantastic and appears to be one of the lower launching and lower spinning hybrids out there so the 17 degree model could potentially be a missile launcher which would provide a more forgiving alternative to a driving iron or long iron as a fairway finder off the tee, so what are your thoughts?

[drgrzz]

Kevin is styling today.

Hybrids. I dumped the long irons for a 2019 Big Bertha Hybrid 3 & 5. Just easier to hit for a discriminating and 20+ handicapper golfer.

In my prime 20 years ago I went to a 7 wood Heaven Wood Warbird and it became my favorite club. A easy 220 every time but now older and slower. Boo hoo.

[windjackhealthfitness]

A sleeper is the jpx hot metal fli hi. Iron length and you can get it in steel to match your other irons. All at a bargain price. For me it gaps better and does a better job then hybrids I have had more then double the price. The lie angles are adjustable with a loft and lie machine which I feel keeps the integrity of the club better. Hardly anyone is aware of this hybrid. I have never seen one in a shop!

[ChihuAudioMan]

I'm kinda disappointed Cobra did away with the rails. I always thought that was a huge benefit to the club. I hope they introduce a new Cobra Tec with shallow rails. Put some tungsten in the rails if needed to keep weight low.

[clintwilliams]

What’s the rule of thumb for degree of loft on a hybrid if my 3 wood is 15 degrees and irons start at 5 , 22 degrees of loft. (Ping G430 irons).

[treeflip]

To be clear, if you’re looking at cobra for a 3 hyb, you need to get a 4 hyb. They’re incredible hot. Amazing hybrids. But you have to go up a whole club to offset the ball speed and launch 😂

[tannerb]

Would be interesting to see the dark speed vs his king tec.

[keyboardoracle]

The dark speed seemed to be a club down, why not use a 4 hybrid, so they go the same distance, because you would do that if you were gapping your bag.

[toddc]

So what have you seen out of these so far, Kevin?

They are good clubs and very very expensive.

[matthewwebb]

Why wasn’t the titleist, ping, srixon included?

[Kazlin]

it would be nice if you hit every club with the same shaft so we can see the true differences.

[smv]

Mizuno St is designed for Japanese courses😀

[smv]

If you're not 5'5" like Ricky Fowler cobra is not for you😄

[StevenDietrich-kw]

It doesn't help to have Kevin hit these hybrids. He's not typical of 90 percent of your viewers, who probably have driver swings under 100 mph. I'd rather see somebody hit the hybrids who actually would be a user, and somebody who swings the hybrid at 80 mph or less.