Shorter driver shaft accuracy speaks

I have always hit my driver better with a shorter length shaft driver. Youve been swinging the club wrong your whole life heres what to do and what not to do. Driver shaft length i saw a segment on the golf channel this morning in which they said your driver, when standing up, should be just an inch or two above your belly button. The harrison shotmaker is a usgaapproved removable insert which goes into your driver shaft to improve accuracy. Struggling with accuracy off the tee, rickie fowler shaved an inch off his driver length at the honda classic, using a 43. Make offer new cleveland grip dynamic gold r300 dst 94 std length rflex shaft cleveland hibore xli single 6 iron hybrid graphite 78g regular flex shaft 38. In short, this driver is definitely in our top 3 for this year but its adjustability is complicated. I am definitely more accurate with the shorter driver.

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. Would a shorter driver help my distance and accuracy. The average driver length on the pga tour is around 44. The perfect club driver is shorter than a conventional driver. Jul 26, 2016 youve been swinging the club wrong your whole life heres what to do and what not to do. I have pretty good results, but am not as accurate as i would like. With the shorter 44 shaft you have greater confidence and can cut loose with your swing. Its a great driver and its down to the correct allocation of not only its very precise technology but also the matching of the correct shaft to make the clubs adjustability work for you. Golfsmith tests show 50% of golfers show a less than 6% increase in swing speed. The average offtherack driver length in 2019 is 45. It takes a shorter club for most people to create the desired spine and shaft. As the swing changes so do the clubs part 1 the heavier and stiffer club setup update part 2 the dreaded driver many of us dream of hitting our driver long and straight consistently but the truth is that for many of us, hitting a driver is our worst nightmare. Even my playing partners couldnt believe how much straighter i was hitting my driver.

The reasons accuracy are important over distance are obvious, the more accurate you arethe more of a chance you have to land on the fairway. If i shorten my driver shaft will it help with accuracy of. Well, it had worked so to speak that im not strike the ball worse, maybe a little better. The quest for a more accurate driver practical golf. Having tested a few golfers with shorter shafts it seems to me that each golfer has a threshold length an ideal length that gives them the optimal combination of speed and accuracy. Its possible that the shorter club will send you ball higher with less roll and you might beed to address the ball a bit farther back. So why would someone swing a longer club slower than a shorter club. My question is if i was to take my older driver the older cobra f speed and take off the grip and take it down, oh say 1. Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity. 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. If its a modern driver, it is most likely 45 or more in length.

I know that a longer shaft provides more speed but hell, even tiger woods uses 43. Tom wishon claims 1 increase in length equals 2 yards of distance gain. The same thing happened on my previous driver several years ago. Driver shaft is one that he built for me too after talking to him. Is there an optimum shaft length depending on driver swing characteristics.

Also does a shorter shafts allow more consistent control. My swing speeddistance off the tee increased when i shortened my titleist driver shaft by one inch. Harrison shotmaker shaft insert improve driver accuracy. My driver is at least 7 inches above my belly button. D j trahan is 6 3 and, according to his father, plays a 44 12 inch driver and he wants him to cut it down to 44. Driver shaft length will be reduced by the biggest golf companies in the near future and they will market heavily the. We will then recommend shaft length, shaft flex, shaft weight, shaft type, shaft tip stiffness, loft, lie and head design for either reshafting your existing driver or recommend a new driver. This raises the immediate question, why is a relatively tall, obviously highly skilled player using a shorter than standard driver. I didnt lose much distance on slight mishits, but was in the short rough instead of behind a. If i cut off 6 inches of shaft length, and change the lie to something closer to my 5 iron, ill lose 12 yards. Select from regular, firm, stiff, ladies or seniors flex constructed from. For some that threshold could be 46 while for others they perform best with a 42 driver.

Choosing the best golf shaft is essential for getting the most distance and accuracy from each shot on the course. Shorter shaft hitting the sweet spot more consistantly thus keep or even gaining distance. I have no idea why, as the research definitely shows that you should be a lot more accurate if you shorten your driver, but for me, it did exactly the opposite. The taylor made r15 driver and how to get the best from it. This could mean the shaft is too long or too heavy. 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.

How did the length of the golf club impact the accuracy as well as the grouping of the. Jul 24, 2008 if its a modern driver, it is most likely 45 or more in length. The tip section of a golf shaft is the most flexible area of the shaft and as such it tends to deform and vibrate upon impact, and this inconsistency affects driver accuracy. If you answered the more accurate drive then you are already on your way to becoming a better golfer.

Shorter driver shaft can a shorter driver shafts say from 44 to 42 help or aid in driving the ball more consistent as opposed to longer shafts. Jason dufner speaks on his superrare graphite iron shaft. Shaft weight and torque make a bigger difference than shaft flex. Taking a look at the driver shaft length used by the tour leaders in strokes gained. Using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length. 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. Feb 09, 2018 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. So i picked up distance and accuracy, which is a doublebonus. Just a short time ago, professional golfers used strictly steel shafts in their irons. 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. But the reason the average driver length on tour has been 1 to 2 shorter than what is sold off the rack is because as good as these guys are, they know even they cannot control a longer length as well as one that is a little shorter. The hightensile, betatitanium crown, titanium soleplate and variable face technology produce plenty of distance and forgiveness with a. Golf channel speaks to the masses not to the type of golfer that would do research and use a forum such as reddit.

I had my driver shaft professionally shortened to either 44 or 43. My accuracy with my driver is terrible, but my distance is good. The perfect driver lets you play golf the way it was intended. Get the right shaft to hit your driver straight and long. Nov 28, 2015 cant say that i have tried a shorter driver, but i tend to hit my 3 wood straighter than the driver and i think that its because of the shorter shaft. The perfect driver lets you play golf the way it was intended to be playedfrom the fairway. Nov 07, 20 roughly speaking, if you hit a 43 inch shaft driver and a 44 in shaft drive exactly the same the ball should travel 20 yards further with the longer shafted club the reasoning behind this is simple physics.

Roughly speaking, if you hit a 43 inch shaft driver and a 44 in shaft drive exactly the same the ball should travel 20 yards further with the longer shafted club the reasoning behind this is simple physics. Sounds counterintuitive, and probably is, as i expect most people will experience some increase in accuracy by going down 12 to 1 inch. Most companies set their iron lengths with the 3 iron starting at 39 inches and the clubs get shorter by a half an inch as you go through the set. One thing i came across that i am going to explore in this article was playing with a significantly shorter shaft. The perfect club driver 370 vft perfect driver golf club. From the beginning of the 20th century all the way through to the middle 1980s, the standard mens driver length stood at 43. Longer shaft or shorter in your driver, mark crossfield changes the shaft in his ts3 driver and talks about if there are any more. Yes it feels light, but only when i try someone elses driver. Driving for accuracy better control with your driver which is more important to you.

Now i am wondering if the mini driver and 5 wood shorter shafts are playing any part in this. Tiger woods at his longest used a relatively short 43. The weight of the shaft is going to help keep the players swing on plane. Distance was a little shorter, but i think that was more the club and the gd tourad ysq just not matching my swing more than the 1 inch shorter shaft. Aug 20, 2015 using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length. The reasons accuracy are important over distance are obvious, the more accurate you arethe more of a chance you have to land o. For us, the argument for a shorter driver is really an argument for accuracy. In the march hotlinks, club expert tom wishon wrote that one key to real improvement with the driver comes from a shorter length. Drivers are getting longer only because the manufacturers claim longer distances. The stock driver length of most manufacturers taylormade, callaway ping, cobra these days is 45.

So i was definitely going to test that ball, but was also going to swap out the r11 3 wood shaft 43. The general golfing public has been conditioned and educated that shaft flex is the endallbeall when it comes to shafts and that simply is not true. After a comprehensive overview of my stats last year i came to the conclusion that if i want to get to the next level as a golfer, i am going to have to hit more greens, and that all starts with how i position myself off the tee. I have a tm 320 regular version with a prolite stiff. Can i shorten my driver shaft or should i just reshaft. Dufner speaks on his superrare graphite iron shaft. Driver shaft length are you shorting yourself using a 46. A shorter driver, he said, encourages center contact on the clubface, which leads to longer, straighter drives. This may have you tempted to grab the nearest hacksaw and start going after your driver but before cutting down your club, try using a shorter shaft club or just choke. Yet ive read on some websites like or the makers of the perfect club, that a shorter 42 or 43 inch shaft is best. Changes in shaft length changes a bit more than might be obvious and it does not equate to greater accuracy regardless of what frank thomas writes. I found a few studies that showed promising results.

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. Is it ok to cut down a 46 inch driver shaft to 43 inches. The folks at ping built me two identical g30 driversone at their standard length of 4534 inches, the other two inches shorter. Though we didnt undergo a full shaft fitting for this test, we were very. I took my current driver, which is the titleist d3 8. Now, these numbers are not 100% accurate but you see the point. In addition, if you learn to drive the ball with more accuracy using your driver or wood, you are showing control over the biggest club in your bag, which. Shorter driver length means better and more consistent contact which leads to better and more consistent distance. The average driver length on the pga tour is under 45 inches. Wishon also told me that the average driver length on the pga tour is shorter than the standard lengths equipment companies sell us. Driver shafts have gotten longer over the last few years. The distance the players hit the ball was also negligible between the two shaft lengths, with an average of less than 1. 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.

Since the mid 2000s, the average driver length on the pga tour has held steady at 44. Explains the importance of a properly fit driver shaft. I started on the back 9 because there were lots of people on the front and an iron off 10 comparing balls, but when i got to 11 i swapped shafts. Shorter driver shaft i went from 45 to 43 12 a few years back and have gained more control over my driver. Anyone ever shorten their driver shaft for more control. Jan 31, 2017 the stock driver length of most manufacturers taylormade, callaway ping, cobra these days is 45. Get the right shaft to hit your driver straight and long d. The ds i got is the model with tour ad f65 stiff shaft. You can make dramatic improvements in your score on the golf course by structuring your practice on the range to focus on just your top game priorities.

Cant say that i have tried a shorter driver, but i tend to hit my 3 wood straighter than the driver and i think that its because of the shorter shaft. More importantly that test showed a 28% increase in accuracy with the shorter shaft. Oct 30, 2012 shaft weight and torque make a bigger difference than shaft flex. Regular or stiff shafts for driver distance must read before you. Somewhat surprising considering the distance race the big oems are engaged in. Is that helping the average golfer or hurting them. Our driver fitting takes approximately one 1 to one and a half 1. A recent golf test i dont remember where, showed amateurs hitting the longer shafts 45. I had an opportunity to speak with surge this afternoon and in the. Driving for accuracy better control with your driver. Jan 03, 2017 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. The higher the swing speed, the stiffer the shaft flex should be. Rickie fowler finds shorterlength driver to his liking.