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Forum Thread of the Day: “Higher-loft driver for added distance?”
Today’s Forum Thread of the Day comes from just plain bill, who discusses the advantages of playing a higher loft driver. While experimenting with driver lofts, just plain bill has found that the added loft off the tee has increased his distance, and our members share their experience using greater loft drivers, as well as their reasons behind why just plain bill has seen an increase in length.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire thread and have your say at the link below.
- Ri_Redneck: “Oddly enough, the proper launch angle and spin rate for your swing & SS will result in your longest drives!”
- Z1ggy16: “Golf is not a one size fits all and blanket advice like this isn’t really good to give to uneducated golfers or at least people who haven’t spent a decent amount of time on trackman being fit. I would suspect OP and his pals have fairly neutral to maybe even negative AoAs, possibly lower-ish swing speeds, such that 12º drivers are actually increasing their distance. If I ramped up to 12º my drives would probably be 150+ft in the air, and I’d likely lose 40-50 yards total distance because I have a very high launch angle and AoA. I need very low static loft and lower-ish spin. Lucky for me I actually know this about my swing.”
- grant2145: “A higher lofted driver can help achieve an optimal launch angle. For drivers, the dynamic loft (the loft of the club at impact) of the club accounts for about 85% of the launch angle. The angle of attack accounts for the remaining 15%. The ideal vertical launch angle for most amateurs will be in the 13-15 degree range. Example: A driver with a dynamic loft of 15 degrees at impact with a +3.0 degree attack angle will result in a launch angle of 13.2 degrees. (15*.85) + (3*.15)”
- just plain bill: “Played with two guys yesterday. They hadn’t played in a month, but definitely had game. One guy kept struggling with his 9°. Finally I had him swing the 10.5. Bingo! I really like the draw bias of the k15. Think I’m gonna get it in 12.”
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“We told the Ping guys to put … ‘Big Fridge’ on it, and I think maybe some bad cell service or something, and they thought I said ‘fudge,’ so they put fudge on it.”
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“The number 7 meal, the two cheeseburger meal, that was my McDonald’s order, back when I would have McDonald’s frequently,” Shipley shared.
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R
Jan 29, 2019 at 12:37 am
I think you need to maybe do more pushups. Next week, you will say that a 9.5 gives me more distance. Setup strong, resist rotation and hit the ball.
Tom Higgins
Jan 28, 2019 at 3:54 pm
My experience is that the more lofted driver delivers more accuracy/fairways hit, with some loss of distance. I broke my 10.5* driver a few years ago, and found my 15* 3 wood putting me on the short grass, alot…so I compromised ….12* driver works fine.
Sully
Jan 30, 2019 at 9:52 am
May have had something to do with the length of the 3 wood also. Typically shorter clubs produce tighter dispersion