Luchnia
You will never conquer golf.
So after a good amount of testing, I am back at the driver versus the 4 woods discussion. For quite a while I was hitting my driver and never found any real consistency out of it and still don't know why I am challenged by finding a stable swing/strike pattern. After some months of playing my woods off the tee box it is obvious the 4 wood is out performing (not always out distancing) my driver.
Here are some rough averages to give you an idea:
Driver 240-280. So when hit well 250 is not an issue, yet the percentages are probably 1 in 4 probably get to 250. When I hit it well I crush it, but hitting it well has been a huge problem for me. I will hit it low. I will hit it left. I will hit it right. Cannot seem to get a "dial in" on the driver.
4 wood 220-260. When hit well it is almost a guaranteed 230/240 or more. The higher percentage of 4 wood hits are in the fairway. Stats are around 40% on a bad day and as high as 80% or higher on a good day. The thing is on a bad day most of the 4 wood hits are playable balls and I can at least still scramble the hole. My scores have been greatly reduced since putting the 4 wood into play more on the tee box. The 4 wood performs, yet I feel inside I should be able to get a level of performance out the driver that should at least get some value from it.
I have experimented with various drivers, shafts, and so on and nothing really build any form of consistency in my driver hits. I was out on the range yesterday working with a stiffer shaft and was hitting decent shots at 250-270 average, but again still not something that would make me put the 4 wood up and hit the driver - the consistency was not there. It seems that for a measly 10-20 yards and not enough FIRs it isn't worth it.
The grounds keeper came over and asked me how the session went and I said it was good and that I was working some on the driver. He saw me hit my 4 woods and we got to talking about it and he said, "Why do you even bother with the driver when you hit a 4 wood like that? You don't need it at all."
I guess I like the challenge the driver presents for me to overcome, yet I am curious for those of you that feel you have a reasonable level of consistency with your driver, what do you think is your number 1 enabler of that consistency?
Here are some rough averages to give you an idea:
Driver 240-280. So when hit well 250 is not an issue, yet the percentages are probably 1 in 4 probably get to 250. When I hit it well I crush it, but hitting it well has been a huge problem for me. I will hit it low. I will hit it left. I will hit it right. Cannot seem to get a "dial in" on the driver.
4 wood 220-260. When hit well it is almost a guaranteed 230/240 or more. The higher percentage of 4 wood hits are in the fairway. Stats are around 40% on a bad day and as high as 80% or higher on a good day. The thing is on a bad day most of the 4 wood hits are playable balls and I can at least still scramble the hole. My scores have been greatly reduced since putting the 4 wood into play more on the tee box. The 4 wood performs, yet I feel inside I should be able to get a level of performance out the driver that should at least get some value from it.
I have experimented with various drivers, shafts, and so on and nothing really build any form of consistency in my driver hits. I was out on the range yesterday working with a stiffer shaft and was hitting decent shots at 250-270 average, but again still not something that would make me put the 4 wood up and hit the driver - the consistency was not there. It seems that for a measly 10-20 yards and not enough FIRs it isn't worth it.
The grounds keeper came over and asked me how the session went and I said it was good and that I was working some on the driver. He saw me hit my 4 woods and we got to talking about it and he said, "Why do you even bother with the driver when you hit a 4 wood like that? You don't need it at all."
I guess I like the challenge the driver presents for me to overcome, yet I am curious for those of you that feel you have a reasonable level of consistency with your driver, what do you think is your number 1 enabler of that consistency?