Callaway Super Hybrid

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Golfers of all skill levels employ hybrids for varying reasons, but most either use hybrids as a more forgiving long-iron replacement, or as a more controllable fairway-wood replacement. Callaway has focused on one facet with its new Super Hybrid, however – distance.

Callaway’s goal with the Super Hybrid was to create “a hybrid that can deliver the power of a fairway wood,” according to the company. In order to achieve the distance of a fairway wood in a smaller hybrid head, Callaway says it took a different approach compared to the hybrids the company has been making for years.

The Super Hybrid has a titanium body – instead of steel that’s used in many hybrids — and a high-strength titanium face insert, which is supported by the company’s familiar Jailbreak Technology. Of course, Jailbreak is the name given to the internal bars that sit behind the face and connect the crown to the sole. This construction stiffens the body to create more “load” on the titanium face insert at impact, according to Callaway, and thus more ball speed.