Calloway X/R.......immediately changed the loft to 11.5 and played 18 at Ellis Park.....hit the driver pretty well.....the other 12 clubs, not so much.
Bought a new driver today
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get rid of other clubs as well, buy all new - only way to fix bad play.
Being HROT I was expecting that you bought a new chaffuer.
I switched to a 12 degree SLDR with an XStiff shaft about 16 months ago. I carry it longer than any 8.5, 9.5 driver I have ever had. The spin rate is finally down where it needs to be, and the ball just seems to stay in the air. I have a high ball flight and would have never thought about going to that loft. I just put a new Speeder in it this year, and went back to a Stiff, just slightly tipped. I feel like it gives me a little better performance on those not so great swings. It does tend to bring left into play, but I adjusted the weight out a bit, and it seems to be pretty solid right now.
I have a Regular shaft. Probably should have a Senior, which is what I have on my irons. But I've never had a problem getting the driver around. I have had a problem getting it to hit the ball in the fairway. The 11.5 is a lot more forgiving, according to the experts, and based on my experience today, I would tend to agree.
I left the lie adjustment at "normal."
Note to non-golfers: The lie adjustment has nothing to do with what you write down on your scorecard.
Is that a new trend? (High lofted drivers)? I hit a 9.5 and don't really have any problems getting the ball into the air. Honestly, with as windy as it normally is where I play, I'm not sure I'd want to have my drives higher in the air but who knows. What is the advantage?
From what I have read, a higher-lofted club is easier to hit straight. It's more forgiving of bad hits. I am not an expert (except perhaps on the subject of bad hits) but this is what I've always thought was the explanation.
What was relatively new to me was the idea that bogey (and worse) golfers might well get more distance from a higher lofted club. This is counter-intuitive, but I guess it has something to do with spin. And, of course, you get more distance from a drive that lands in the fairway than from a drive that lands in the rough (or somebody's swimming pool, or the middle of a busy street, or the window of the clubhouse......
This. Think about how much straighter your wedge is, or rather how much more difficult it is to hit a draw with a wedge than with your driver. That's the extreme scenario, but it holds true. More loft=harder to curve.
Additionally, most amateurs need more loft simply because they consistently hit it farther in the air than they do on the ground. It ends up being a relatively simple exercise in physics - ball speed, angle of attack, spin, etc. Course conditions obviously play a role, and Not everyone needs more loft, but it is certainly the trend that most of us would benefit from lofting up.
I picked up the new Fly z +, cranked the loft to 10.5 with the weight in the back, and I've been bombing it.
The ironic aspect of this, of course, is that the conventional wisdom always has been that the less the loft, the farther the drive. I'm talking about the conventional wisdom among non-professionals. A small loft and a stiff shaft are the signs of a Real Man. Just like playing from the tips when you shoot 125 on a good day.
