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High Lofted Drivers
High Lofted Titanium Drivers
- A Waste Of Money!
By Roger Morton
Many golfers come to my workshop complaining that the ball flight with their
titanium driver is going far too high.
Sometimes the problem lies in the golf
shaft either fitted from new by the manufacturer or one that has been replaced,
proving unsuitable for the player. Soft tipped graphite shafts such as the Pro
Launch Blue, particularly in a regular flex is intended to give a high ball flight.
If your swing speed is over 70 mph then a stiff flex shaft should be fitted to
produce more ball penetration and control. Golfers who swing over 80 mph should
seriously think about having a stiff flex, high kick point shaft with a firm
tip similar to the Pro Launch Red shaft This shaft will give a lower ball flight
with much more penetration and produces excellent results for most conditions
and even better when played into a head wind and helps in achieving more accuracy
with less wayward shots.
However changing the shaft is not always the solution
to the problem for those golfers who have purchased a 10 ½ degree lofted
driver and above and in particular those who own a 12 - 13 degree driver.
 Today’s
titanium driver heads are the easiest to use since the game began in achieving
both accuracy and high flight. The way in which the head is constructed, allows
the ball to spin quickly off the club face and rise into the air. The term is
called “high launch”. Golfers are often advised that if they
slice to buy a more lofted driver. But this does not make sense because the distance
achieved with a high lofted driver is about the same a well-struck 3 wood off
the tee. In your set you would have two clubs near enough achieving the same
results.
Even drivers with 8½ degrees of loft are very easy to get airborne
and with a reasonable swing will give good straight shots.
Buying a driver with the
correct face angle makes far more sense in helping to control a slice. Make sure
that the face angle does not sit open, what ever the loft. A closed or” toed
in” face, sometimes referred to as a draw
biased face will help the slicer to hit a much straighter shot. An offset driver
without a closed face is also not the solution in stopping the dreaded slice.
Face angle, not loft, not offset, is the most important consideration.
In summary,
don't waste money buying a driver that will only give a similar result as your
no 3 wood. Don't be afraid of buying a straight face driver, even with 9 or 10
degrees of loft. As long as the face angle is suitable and the type of shaft
fitted is in your favour, enjoy the thrill of hitting long penetrating drives.
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