30 October 2009
Hitting Long Golf Drives in the Real World
Posted by Mark Walters under: Golf .
The tee is where any golf hole starts. If you have difficulty driving the ball, then you're starting every single hole playing catch up. You might scramble a bunch of pars with a great chip, but you might well be putting for birdies if your drive had found the fairway.
For the majority of golfers, long golf drives and consistency with the driver are far from being impossible. Being consistent off the tee is a lot easier than most players appreciate.
Modern golf equipment means golf balls today get the best distance higher launch angles and a shallower angle of descent. It isn't about low carrying drives any longer. Long drives now come from high launch and long carry.
Sure, with their 120 plus mph club speed and clean striking, pros still manage to launch the ball high, even with low lofted drivers. For most club players however, playing a higher lofted driver will boost accuracy and carry. The majority of club golfers would get best results from drivers with 11 - 14 degrees of loft.
Fitting the right shaft is crucial when it comes to being long off the tee. The shaft has a vital part to play in all your clubs but the effects of playing the wrong shaft in your driver are magnified.
Most golfers play drivers with graphite shafts. Unfortunately, most golfers use driver shafts that are too boardy for their swings. That probably has a lot to do with the most common fault in golf, the slice. Use a shaft that is excessively stiff and you'll most likely slice the ball.
In part, that has to do with the common misunderstanding that graphite shafts are too whippy, too soft. That could well have been the case 10 years ago, but modern graphite shaft fiber patterns have given us outstanding models with very consistent playing profiles.
On the whole, golfers would improve their driving by playing lighter driver shafts with softer flexes and softer torque profiles. Lighter shafts improve your swing speed and you'll be able to load a medium torque shaft better during your swing, getting the club square back to the ball with the most energy. More energy, more yards.
Tip stiffness also plays a crucial role in how your drives will launch. Your launch angles will suffer if you use a shaft which is too tip-stiff. Long golf drives get going with the launch angle. Bear in mind, we're looking for a strong flight, not a low worm burner.
Matching your driver head and shaft specifications to your game type is the most crucial part of consistently long golf drives. Your driver should help your game, not fight against it.
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