I’ve been pondering this for some time, and thought I’d throw it out to see what y’all think. The last time I had a complete bag fitting from a top 100 fitter, he asked me a simple question with regard to the driver fitting. “Ken, are you looking for a couple of extra yards, or is hitting fairways more important to you?” My home course being a mountain course where accuracy is a must, I answered the latter. He said okay, let’s get rid of your off the rack driver with that ultra-light, longer than standard shaft and find the shaft that will fit your needs. He went on to say that all manufacturers have pretty much maxed out driver head performance to USGA specs (COR, etc.) so the big challenge is to find the shaft that is best fit for your swing, then pick a head that is aesthetically pleasing and instills confidence for you.
His advice was pretty sound from one perspective. Since that fitting and swapping out to a driver with the recommended shaft, I went from hitting 50% or less fairways, to better than 85% and really didn’t give up any distance, and that average has held up for over two years. I will be changing drivers this year (hopefully not shafts) and, being a typical greedy hacker, I want more—distance and accuracy.
It’s pretty easy to test shafts in the same club head, but not so easy to test different club heads in the same shaft. Hence the question, can the club head make a real difference?
Sorry I took so long to get to the question, but, I though it important that you know the background leading up to it.
His advice was pretty sound from one perspective. Since that fitting and swapping out to a driver with the recommended shaft, I went from hitting 50% or less fairways, to better than 85% and really didn’t give up any distance, and that average has held up for over two years. I will be changing drivers this year (hopefully not shafts) and, being a typical greedy hacker, I want more—distance and accuracy.
It’s pretty easy to test shafts in the same club head, but not so easy to test different club heads in the same shaft. Hence the question, can the club head make a real difference?
Sorry I took so long to get to the question, but, I though it important that you know the background leading up to it.