More Loft in Your Golf-Straighter Shots
posted in Golf Equipment |You may be able to hit your driver as straight as your wedges. The more loft you have on that new titanium driver the straighter you should be able to hit it.
Most golfers are able to hit fairway woods better than there drivers and there is logic to this delima. Fairway woods(metal) have more loft and are not going to put as much side spin on the ball as does the less lofted driver. The straighter the face of any club will naturally promote more side spin and miss-hit shots will curve off line more. The bigger drivers which can be legally up to 460cc, more loft has also come about. When metal headed drivers first came upon the scene, most golf enthusiast wanted very little loft. Unlike the high degree of loft that had been prevalent on wood head clubs the loft for most golfers had to be around 10 to 11 degrees for the player to get the ball airborne. The balls of this era also were not designed to go as high as they are today.
Then came the phrase launch angle, this terminology got the golfer thinking about how far he could carry his tee shots. The longer the carry the farther you can hit the ball. For most golfers he needs the proper shaft flex and higher degree of loft to maximize his abilities.
So the next time you get the itch to try a new driver you should find where a club or driving range is having a demo day and try all of the latest technology. Usually a shaft that is lighter, has a lower kick point and probably not a stiff as your old driver and also has 9 to 10 degrees of loft may do the trick. Hit em long and straight.
See you on the next tee.