Driver head on a 5 wood length shaft taylormade says that in the early 90s the average driver shaft was 43 inches. I found a few studies that showed promising results. Struggled with it for a week or so and then it seemed great. We had a sweet driver shaft fitting at club champion in january. Best and worst cars for tall and short drivers consumer. Trying a longer shaft is a popular suggestion these days, but most players should, if anything, try a shaft half an inch shorter than whats in their driver. Com equipment insider jonathan wall takes a look at rory mcilroys callaway apex mb irons, the rise of taylormades spider putter on tour, the.
If i shorten my driver shaft will it help with accuracy of. The driver lie angle can make a whole lot of difference in a game. It is totally possible to find different bend profile stiffness designs among any of the levels of shaft weight that are out there. Most people do not lose clubhead speed with a shorter driver, but they make better contact and hit the ball straighterin other words, they hit the ball more accurately and farther with a.
Im hoping to gain a better understanding of the purpose or intended user of a counterbalanced driver shaft. Driver shaft length is shorter better than standard length. Players with a higher swing speed should opt for a stiffer shaft. Senior pros tom watson and lanny wadkins are examples of players with such swings. Best driver specs for those who slice their shots golf tip. The perfect club driver 370 vft perfect driver golf club. Taylormade drivers allow players to tune the driver s loft for a game that matches their technique. Time after time players see the ball start near the target line but then arc and swerve. Driver lie angle is the measurement between the shaft and the center of sole on a driver. When discussing the manner of fitting the shaft weight and total weight of a golf club, the conversation should also include fitting the swing weight, or better stated, the head weight feel of the golf club at the same time.
Aug 29, 2019 shaft length is only one factor and the gx7 has a 43 shaft length for better accuracy. Better consistency hitting the center of the face longer. When we realized that we had never tested the concept of shorter driver shafts being more accurate. I have a tm 320 regular version with a prolite stiff. The importance of shaft weight in fitting golf clubs cannot be overstated. Can a shorter driver shafts say from 44 to 42 help or aid in driving the ball more consistent as opposed to longer shafts. Feb 11, 2014 fair warning to long driver guys out there, if 350 yards into a 20mph wind was obtained using a 9. I have pretty good results, but am not as accurate as i would like. Jul 28, 2019 the other unique factor about the design concept is that the club length is several inches shorter than that of your average driver.
Might have to go to a heavier shaft to get some of the feel back, from playing a shorter driver. Feb 25, 2015 shaft weight on its own has no relationship to launch angle or trajectory or spin. But whats mostly likely to be happening and its just a guess but a. A shorter driver, he said, encourages center contact on the clubface, which leads to longer, straighter drives. If you prefer a short but straight shot, go up a stiffness in shaft flex. Families with differentsized drivers might consider the bmw x5, subaru forester, and the toyota highlander. Best driver specs for those who slice their shots golf tip slicing the ball with the driver is one of the most frustrating and common faults among amateur golfers. Oct, 2017 maintaining swing weight on shorter clubs hi, i am pretty new to fitting but i big fan of the fitting room podcast and just got a fitting at the performance center yesterday.
Also does a shorter shafts allow more consistent control. Shorter shaft if it would enable you to make center face contact more. Jan 12, 2012 the argument for playing a shorter driver has never been about distance. The shaft is actually black not sure why they call it white. Mar 12, 2014 i have a launch angle that is very low, whether the loft is 9. Im 56 tall and seem to really for well with those two clubs lengths, and considering trying a shorter shaft to see if it helps with clean hits on the driver head. Shortening the length of your driver swing weight and shaft. Mar 14, 2018 callaway rogue driver shaft length control and distance 45. How long should a golf driver shaft be if you are 52 tall. I am thinking about switching my driver shaft to a heavier model. Those elements are affected by the stiffness design of the whole shaft from butt to tip, what we call the bend profile of the shaft. I am am a little shorter than the average golfer but have long arms for my height so i was fit into a 0. Tiger woods at his longest used a relatively short 43. Importance of shaft weight in fitting dlance golfd.
The taylor made r15 driver and how to get the best from it. The perfect club driver is shorter than a conventional driver. Go get fit and if an astute fitter believes that you will do better with a driver shaft thats an inch shorter by all means do it. Lincoln if you had every companys driver head off the shaft to do a balance on the face check of the approximate cg location you would find that pretty much the only way vcog varies by more than a couple of mm is when you have one driver with a shorter face height vs another with a taller face height. Or, to give you another alternative, if you find that you can hit your driver better at a shorter than standard length such as 44 or 44 14 inches you may ultimately hit it even better by reshafting it with a heavier weight shaft like an 85 gram or 95 gram shaft. Graphite shafts can be used in drivers and irons, though they are most commonly found in longer golf clubs. How to cut down your driver shaft length first, you gotta get that grip off. Is the intent of the higher balance point so that you can use a heavier head or add more weight to the head achieving a heavier club weight without a high swing weight.
These vehicles make the most sense for short drivers. One thing i came across that i am going to explore in this article was playing with a significantly shorter shaft. I did much better with my standard 44 12inch driver, simply swinging a little harder. And the fact that i could get it out there farther than the driver. Subscribe to trugolf academy for more videos for free. In the march hotlinks, club expert tom wishon wrote that one key to real improvement with the driver comes from a shorter length. That said, it makes sense to use, for example, a 70 gram shaft as a starting point for a player who prefers a 60 gram driver shaft because, when its cut shorter, the shaft will feel similar in terms of weight. I know demo days are really hard on reps but he should have at least counciled with you once the demo period was over or given you his bussiness card so you good talk to him later. There are so many variables, that club fitters and players alike almost have to have a 6th sense to determine what is the best shaft for their game. Aftermarket driver shafts for sale custom golf clubs. It may seem surprising but the average driver length on the pga tour is slightly less, at 44.
Shorter driver length means better and more consistent contact which leads to better and more consistent distance. The best 2019 driver and shaft combinations dlance. The perfect driver lets you play golf the way it was intended to be playedfrom the fairway. The quest for a more accurate driver practical golf. From the beginning of the 20th century all the way through to the middle 1980s, the standard mens driver length stood at 43. Cutting driver shaft the 19th hole mygolfspy forum. If you have to cut it off, use a hookbladed knife like this one, available in the green lantern golf store. Call us at 8883407820 or request an appointment online at.
Can a shorter driver shafts say from 44 to 42 help or aid in driving the. The stock driver length of most manufacturers taylormade, callaway ping, cobra these days is 45. A handful of cars are especially versatile and are rated very highly by both tall and short testers. I have always hit my driver better with a shorter length shaft driver. Would a shorter driver help my distance and accuracy. Did you also know that many pga tour players have driver shafts that are much shorter than that. May 11, 2011 i used to play a 48inch driver, used to bomb that thingone out of 4 times.
Is it ok to cut down a 46 inch driver shaft to 43 inches waylandmy current 3wd is 42. Is it ok to cut down a 46 inch driver shaft to 43 inches. Choosing the best shaft for your game the golfworks. Department of health and human services, the average woman in the united states is 5feet4inches tall and the average male is 5feet9inches tall. Driver shaft length is shorter better than standard. The united states golf teachers federation states that a player with a fast swing tempo andor a short backswing will play better with stiff shafts. This may not seem like much but weight can dramatically change your. If the driver is properly fit there should be no appreciable loss of distance. Did you know that most stock shafts on drivers now are almost 46.
There is no question i have been an advocate for driver shaft length to be shorter than the current standard driver shaft lengths as offered by the various golf equipment companies. It has a shorter shaft for a better attack angle and more control. Over the last week i have experimented with choking down and have found that the distance is the same if not better since i hit the. You may just be able to add a different heavier shaft you can play shorter with better results. Now, after my 2ball putter, the club i have the most confidence in is my driver. Id go to 44 but, i like the weight of my current shaft and didnt want to add that much weight to my clubhead. Shorter driver, higher loft if you can read this, click here to learn how to become a full member. If you barely reach the 175 marker, you probably should choose ladies shafts. This is the easy and quick solution, but just looking for anyone that has made the move to a much shorter driver. Aug 21, 2012 in all this time i did go to golftec2 yrs ago to have my swing looked at. The reasonable shaft length makes it much easier to keep the ball in play off the tee.
Like the prgr egg spoon, its made for big distance with the difference that the ds is. I gave up no real distance and gained more consistency with the shorter shaft and higher loft. However with the introduction of larger heads and the competitive pressure to be the longest driver in the marketplace, the average driver shaft today has increased to 46 inches. Among our testers, the shortest is 5 feet 1 inch and the tallest is 6 feet 2 inches. Help with epic driver shafts wow, the responses you have gotten have blown me away, espically from the callaway rep at a demo day. Thanks for your detailed article of 2009 about are your golf clubs too long. How long should a golf driver shaft be if you are 56 tall. If you must decide which shaft you should have, the best measurement is how far you hit your driver in the air. I played the pro force v2 77g stiff in my ping g20 driver for several years, and my experiments with shorter shaft length gave me more fairways without any noticeable to me change in trajectory and just a bit less distance.
Shorter driver with higher loft what should i expect. I think the player who went from, say, a 50 gram driver shaft to a 90 gram fw shaft would be a significant outlier. Went to a clubfitter and lo and behold, a standard length driver, with the right shaft, was the answer. Far from ignoring shaft weight, some of the big oems have actually built ad campaigns around it. The driver lie angle will either be in the standard, flat or upright position. Apr 24, 2019 so the mini is kind of a tweener that cant offer the same amount of moi and forgiveness as a driver but definitely has more than most fairway woods, and with a shorter shaft should be. We also found that this driver is better with a shorter shaft length so we would recommend it be kept at 45. We immediately set out to fix that and discover whether golfers are helped or harmed by longer driver shafts. Shaft length is only one factor and the gx7 has a 43 shaft length for better accuracy.
Now i am wondering if the mini driver and 5 wood shorter shafts are playing any part in this. Theyve tried to brain wash you into thinking that picking the right weight is simple. The best 2019 driver and shaft combinations dlance golf. If you start down this road, id suggest a really smart and qualified fitter to help, or call tm customer service. A shorter driver doesnt give up as much swing speed as people think, but even if its a few mph, its negligible. However steel shafts that are long enough to be a driver shaft are very uncommon, this is because they are so heavy. The argument for playing a shorter driver has never been about distance. Can i shorten my driver shaft or should i just reshaft. What is gained though is the ability to hit the ball on the screws a higher percentage of the time, and the more often you can do that, the better you will drive the ball. Jds clubs offers hot deals on aftermarket driver shafts, for sale. For this video, weve used the gc quad launch monitor to gather real world data comparing two identical clubs that only differ in shaft length.
I work hard at the range to catch my driver on a better plane to get a better launch angle. The driver will be better aligned on impact for improved consistency and control which ultimately results in greater distance and better results. The suggestion as ive always interpreted it is that a shorter driver will be more accurate, and because youre better able to control the club, and find the sweet spot, more often, average total distance could actually increase. A professional clubmaker can probably get a shorter, modern driver playing like it should. You will make more consistent contact and have more control. Subscribe to the golftec scramble for the latest on instruction, news, equipment and more. Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity. We also found that this driver is better with a shorter shaft length so we.
This has worked ok for now, but just feels funny not to be at the end of the club. The reason is, with a straightblade, you risk cutting into the graphite fibers, which will. That will keep the swing weight high at shorter length. My 910 hybrids have heavier 80g shafts and i love the way they feel. Better yet, he didnt sacrifice distance jims yardage with the gx7 came within a couple clublengths of his driver. With the shorter 44 shaft you have greater confidence and can cut loose with your swing. Not only does the shorter shaft help with accuracy, the opti launch shaft aids in launch. This raises the immediate question, why is a relatively tall, obviously highly skilled player using a shorter than standard driver. Or there may be a slightly better flex for you, though that influence is likely less important. The other alternative is the new royal collection trc driving spoon or ds as they call it. Driver head on a 5 wood length shaft toronto golf nuts. If you look at the picture to the left, these are just a few of the steel iron shafts available and they run the range from 85 grams to grams.
For now i have moved almost down to the shaft on the grip, which seems to have taken approx. The reason is, with a straightblade, you risk cutting into the graphite fibers, which will weaken the shaft and cause premature and painful failure. Over the past decade, there has been a shift to give longer shafts to consumers. I have a decent swing speed 105 mph and dont have much of a problem hitting the shorter driver a good distance with good accuracy. I took my current driver, which is the titleist d3 8. Im the opposite, swing fast and aggressive so have always used heavier clubs so when i build myself 44 inch drivers i need to keep the total weight up so will add weight to the club, that can be through several means heavier shaft, heavier grip, more head weight or a combo of the 3 when i use a 12 driver i will usually jump up to x flex. Im 61 and the number of flush strikes are better and my distance has not suffered whatsoever.
Advanced ball striking view topic shorter driver shaft. Now if youve been paying any attention to our labs. Those with already fast swingspeeds are more likely to enjoy the control benefits of shorter shafts while higher. Many have heard that a shorter driver shaft can increase their consistency off the tee by allowing better contact. So the mini is kind of a tweener that cant offer the same amount of moi and forgiveness as a driver but definitely has more than most fairway woods, and with a shorter shaft should be. One of the most difficult aspects of fitting today is choosing the best shaft for a player. How to measure and adjust driver lie angle flat vs upright. Surprised more manufacturers dont offer shorter driver shaft options. Players with a slower swing speed should utilize a driver with a more flexible shaft. Pick a lighter shaft and youll hit it farther, they claim, and stronger players should play heavier shafts.
Lastly, that rogue shaft is typically low launchspin. Anyone ever shorten their driver shaft for more control. Once again, we feel that the shaft is of critical importance to getting optimum performance out of any club, but especially the driver. Now, with shorter shaft on my driver, and then cut 3 wood, and hybrids to make my set symetrical throughout, game is down 10 strokes, and getting better as i shot a 98 just before season ended. Cutting driver shaft page 3 the 19th hole mygolfspy forum. For the past few months, ive knowingly been flouting the 14club rule by carrying two drivers. Driver shaft length are you shorting yourself using a 46. So not a lot, strenght has a lot to do with distance, i. This may seem short to you but with their amazing club head speed and sweet spot accuracy the pros are still able to crush the ball a country mile, even with the shorter shaft. Maintaining swing weight on shorter clubs callaway community. I have a titleist 910d2 with a stock ahina shaft that is 58g. Aug 21, 2007 page 3 of 5 stiffest graphite driver shaft.
Also remember that there are positions or clicks as we call them inbetween the standard, lower and higher positions so you can tweak the settings half way. When fitting a driver, its important to get loft, lie, shaft, and grip sorted, but better driving may be hiding in a shorter shaft. Same if not better distance and the ball marks on the face were in the center and more tightly clustered than my longer driver. How to measure and adjust driver lie angle flat vs. Manufacturers have been gradually moving towards shorter lengths over recent years. Stiff shafts will allow you to better control your irons without sacrificing much distance. Even though, when swung correctly, a longer shaft will give you more distance, they can be harder to hit. The other 3 times it cost me strokes and time looking in the woods. Proper length shorter is better weight and flex can give you more distance, accuracy and consistency.
But as i noted drivers have also gotten lighter and longer than ever and for me, i cant swing these clubs consistently. Shaft length also plays an essential part in getting the most out of your driver. With all the reporting this week about rickie fowler sporting a driver with a shorter shaft, i started hunting for more info that might be of help for any of you curious to try it. Dec, 2017 the definitive guide to shaft length, what you really need to know to make sure your clubs are fitted to you. So a new driver isnt the answer for me i hit a 10 degree with a launch angle of 9. So i decided to not only experiment with a shorter driver, but also heavier and stiffer. Using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length.
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