Hitting Long Golf Drives requires a driver that Fits – Does Yours?
The tee is where each and every golf hole starts. If you’re having trouble driving the ball, then you’re opening every single hole at a disadvantage. You might salvage a bunch of pars with a great chip, but you could well be going for birdies if your drive had been a bit longer.
For nearly all players, consistency and long golf drives are far from being impossible. Hitting the long ball is easier than most people recognize.
Modern golf equipment means golf balls today get the best distance higher launch angles and a shallower angle of descent. It’s not about wormburners anymore. Long drives come from high penetrating trajectories, with most of the distance being carry.
With great swing speeds and on-center striking, pros still manage to launch the ball high, even with low lofted drivers. For the majority of club players however, playing a higher lofted driver will encourage both distance and consistency. Most club golfers would get best results from drivers with 11 – 14 degrees of loft.
Fitting the proper driver shaft is crucial when it comes to long drives and consistent golf. The shaft plays a crucial role in all your clubs, but the effects of playing the wrong shaft in your driver are magnified.
The majority of golfers play drivers with graphite shafts. Sadly, a large percentage of golfers use driver shafts that are too stiff for their swings. That probably has a lot to do with the most common fault in golf, the slice. Play a shaft that is excessively stiff and you’ll most likely hit a slice.
This has a lot to do with the common fallacy that graphite shafts aren’t strong enough. That could well have been true 10 years ago, but advanced graphite shaft construction has given us exceptional models with excellent flex profiles.
Most club golfers would get more consistent results from playing a light-weight, medium torque shaft in their drivers. Lighter shafts develop your swing speed and a medium torque shaft will load better in your back-swing, delivering your driver to the ball with more energy. More yards come from more energy.
Tip stiffness also plays a important role in how your drives will launch. A shaft which is overly tip-stiff will have an unwanted effect on your driving distance as the trajectories will suffer. Long golf drives get going with the launch angle. Keep in mind, we’re after piercing flights not low stingers.
Picking the proper combination of driver head and shaft specifications is crucial to consistent driving and long golf drives. You want your driver to help your game, not work against you.
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