Jump to content
IGNORED

Can you change a driver loft


Note: This thread is 5831 days old. We appreciate that you found this thread instead of starting a new one, but if you plan to post here please make sure it's still relevant. If not, please start a new topic. Thank you!

Recommended Posts

Can you change a driver loft by 1* ( a 907.D1), and has anyone tried it with this driver or any other.
And who did it for you?
Driver Titleist 905R 9.5* (Stiff Prolaunch Blue 65g)
Hybrid: PT 585.H 17 * (Stiff titleist 75g shaft)
Irons: 695.cb 3-9 ( Dynamic Gold S300)
Wedges: 735.CM 47* PW, Vokey 200 series 50.08 Oil Can Vokey Spin Milled 54.10 Tour chrome, Vokey Spin Milled 58.08 Oil canPutter: Wilson Staff Kirk Kurrie #1[CO.....
Link to comment
Share on other sites


I am interested in peoples response to this. Can you Change a drivers loft?? I don't see how you could, but you never know. I'd like to drop mine to 8.5*. bump

DRIVER - 907D2 9.5
3 WOOD - FIRESOLE
IRONS - TA3
WEDGES - 52,56 60
PUTTER - WHITE HOT

Link to comment
Share on other sites


I am also interested!!! I would like to get on a launch monitor and make slight adjustments if needed to get the absolute most out of my driver and I do not want switch drivers. Anyones help would be great. Thanks!

Driver - R7 425 9.5*
3 Wood - 980 15*
Hybrid - Rescue Mid 19* & 16*
Irons - 735.CM 4-9
Wedges - 248.06, SM54.14, & SM60.08White Hot Tour #5 Ball - ProV1 XHome Course: The Island

Link to comment
Share on other sites


I will answer you with a kind of. To bend a driver hossel is a dangerous thing. more then likly you will not find any proshop willing to do it (odds are the club will be ruined and they dont want responsibility) However there are now ferruls available for various clubs that have a little shim on it that will change the loft or the lie angle depending on what you want it to do. golfworks.com I know has them. Also you know that the tolerence for most club companies is 1degree, so your 9.5 may be an 8.5 or a 10.5.
Link to comment
Share on other sites


i was wondering if you could do it for a 3 wood.

Burner 10.5* driver
Burner 3 wood GD Pershing Shaft
Burner 5 wood GD Pershing Shaft
Tour Burner irons
Rac black 52* Rac satin 60* Red x 3 pro v1

Link to comment
Share on other sites


Some fairway metal clubs and metal drivers - stainless steel ones - can be altered, by bending, for loft. I think some clubs, OEM and component ones, have adjustable or replaceable hosels that can alter lie angle, face angle, and possibly loft.

But if you're talking about trying to bend a titanium driver, I don't think you'll have much luck doing it, or getting someone to even try.

My thought was that it's fairly difficult to do if not impossible with titanium, as the metal is hard and has a tendency to break rather than bend under the forces needed to alter loft. But I've read recently about some tour pro saying he had a driver "bent strong."

Maybe I read it wrong and he was referring to a steel 3 wood, or maybe he just has a special, strong lofted one made for him and didn't have one "bent."

If you want a stronger lofted club when you're buying new, by the way, you can always ask the store to measure the loft on several drivers and pick the one that's the strongest. Quality control is great with pro-line OEM clubs, but there is still some variation, and it's possible that if you measured 10 identical copies of any model of "9 degree" driver in a store, you'd probably find one that was a degree stronger than the others.

However, you might also find that those 9-degree drivers are actually all 11 degree drivers...this was more common years ago than today maybe, but I've heard that the stamped loft on a driver ain't always the real loft.

JP Bouffard

"I cut a little driver in there." -- Jim Murray

Driver: Titleist 915 D3, ACCRA Shaft 9.5*.
3W: Callaway XR,
3,4 Hybrid: Taylor Made RBZ Rescue Tour, Oban shaft.
Irons: 5-GW: Mizuno JPX800, Aerotech Steelfiber 95 shafts, S flex.
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM5 56 degree, M grind
Putter: Edel Custom Pixel Insert 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

Yes, you can do this. I've read in Golf Digest where players state that their drivers have been bent to a certain degree.

I'm guessing this is done on the Tour Van or by a very skilled PF.

Titleist 905T Accra SC75 M4 Shaft

Nike SQ 4W Accra T70 M4 Shaft
HB001 17* Hybrid with Mitsubishi Diamana Thump X Stiff Flex
Baffler Pro 20* Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Taylor Made 24* Burner Accra Axiv 105 Tour Hybrid Shaft

Mizuno MP-32 5-PW Black Oxide Finish Project X 6.0 Shafts

Vokey 52* Oil Can Finish TTDG S400 Shaft

Cleveland 588 60* TTDG S400 Shaft

Rife Bimini Blade Putter

 

Ball-White and Round

 

Link to comment
Share on other sites


Yes, you can do this. I've read in Golf Digest where players state that their drivers have been bent to a certain degree.

So you read this too. I couldn't remember where I'd read it, and I know I've read elsewhere that it's very difficult to bend a titanium driver, so I wondered if maybe I had mis-read it (do I sound like Hillary Clinton? Or Roger Clemens?).

Of course, this whole discussion begs the question: Why? Wrong loft sounds like a perfect excuse to buy a new driver! And if that's a problem - convincing the wife, perhaps, that a new driver is needed - you can always instruct someone to bend it several degrees and see what happens. When it comes back broken, you'll have no choice but to buy a new driver.

JP Bouffard

"I cut a little driver in there." -- Jim Murray

Driver: Titleist 915 D3, ACCRA Shaft 9.5*.
3W: Callaway XR,
3,4 Hybrid: Taylor Made RBZ Rescue Tour, Oban shaft.
Irons: 5-GW: Mizuno JPX800, Aerotech Steelfiber 95 shafts, S flex.
Wedges: Titleist Vokey SM5 56 degree, M grind
Putter: Edel Custom Pixel Insert 

Link to comment
Share on other sites

Awards, Achievements, and Accolades

I once took a fairway metal to a clubmaker and asked him to knock a few degrees off it, make it a few degrees stronger. He informed me that he can't do it. What you are doing is moving the shaft to toe in the club in, or moving the shaft back to fan it open. Loft is the angle of the clubface relative to the sole of the club. You can't change that relationship. It's a myth.

in the bag:
driver-titleist D2 10.5* w/aldila nv shaft
3-adams speedline fast 10 w/aldila shaft
hybrid-titleist 585 17* w/aldila shaft
irons-titleist 735cm w/ttdg s-300 shafts

wedges-cleveland 588, 53* and 60* w/ttdg shafts

putter-scotty circa 62 #1, gun metal finish

ball-pro v1

shoe-dryjoys

Link to comment
Share on other sites


your assumption that loft is decided by angle in relation to the sole is incorect. Loft is determined by the angle when the club is placed in the playing position. And this can be changed by bending the hossel, however it also changes the bounce of the club the ratio of one to one so if you have a 5 iron with 3 degrees of bounce and you bend it 2 degrees strong the bounce is now 1 degree. The club maker you took it was right not to try and change the angle of a wood (they very very often break but tour vans will do it for pros and they have a limitless amount of heads to work with) However if he said changing the loft of a club is a myth he is a poor club maker and I would look elsewere in the future.
Link to comment
Share on other sites


Note: This thread is 5831 days old. We appreciate that you found this thread instead of starting a new one, but if you plan to post here please make sure it's still relevant. If not, please start a new topic. Thank you!

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now


  • Want to join this community?

    We'd love to have you!

    Sign Up
  • TST Partners

    TourStriker PlaneMate
    Golfer's Journal
    ShotScope
    The Stack System
    FlightScope Mevo
    Direct: Mevo, Mevo+, and Pro Package.

    Coupon Codes (save 10-15%): "IACAS" for Mevo/Stack, "IACASPLUS" for Mevo+/Pro Package, and "THESANDTRAP" for ShotScope.
  • Posts

    • However, have you ever considered using small summer houses for such setups? They offer a great solution for creating dedicated practice areas, especially for an affluent audience looking to enhance their outdoor living space.
    • I've played Bali Hai, Bear's Best and Painted Desert. I enjoyed Bali Hai the most--course was in great shape, friendly staff and got paired in a great group. Bear's Best greens were very fast, didn't hold the ball well (I normally have enough spin to stop the ball after 1-2 hops).  The sand was different on many holes. Some were even dark sand (recreation of holes from Hawaii). Unfortunately I was single and paired with a local "member" who only played the front 9.  We were stuck behind a slow 4-some who wouldn't let me through even when the local left. Painted Desert was decent, just a bit far from the Strip where we were staying.
    • Wordle 1,035 3/6 ⬜🟨🟨🟩⬜ 🟨🟨🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Just lipped out that Eagle putt, easy tab-in Birdie
    • Day 106 - Worked on chipping/pitching. Focus was feeling the club fall to the ground as my body rotated through. 
    • Honestly, unless there's something about that rough there that makes it abnormally penal or a lost ball likely, this might be the play. I don't know how the mystrategy cone works, but per LSW, you don't use every shot for your shot zones. In that scatter plot, you have no balls in the bunker, and 1 in the penalty area. The median outcome seems to be a 50 yard pitch. Even if you aren't great from 50 yards, you're better off there than in a fairway bunker or the penalty area on the right of the fairway. It could also be a strategy you keep in your back pocket if you need to make up ground. Maybe this is a higher average score with driver, but better chance at a birdie. Maybe you are hitting your driver well and feel comfortable with letting one rip.  I get not wanting to wait and not wanting to endanger people on the tee, but in a tournament, I think I value playing for score more than waiting. I don't value that over hurting people, but you can always yell fore 😆 Only thing I would say is I'm not sure whether that cone is the best representation of the strategy (see my comment above about LSW's shot zones). To me, it looks like a 4 iron where you're aiming closer to the bunker might be the play. You have a lot of shots out to the right and only a few to the left. Obviously, I don't know where you are aiming (and this is a limitation of MyStrategy), but it seems like most of your 4 iron shots are right. You have 2 in the bunker but aiming a bit closer to the bunker won't bring more of your shots into the bunker. It does bring a few away from the penalty area on the right.  This could also depend on how severe the penalties are for missing the green. Do you need to be closer to avoid issues around the green?  It's not a bad strategy to hit 6 iron off the tee, be in the fairway, and have 150ish in. I'm probably overthinking this.
×
×
  • Create New...

Important Information

Welcome to TST! Signing up is free, and you'll see fewer ads and can talk with fellow golf enthusiasts! By using TST, you agree to our Terms of Use, our Privacy Policy, and our Guidelines.

The popup will be closed in 10 seconds...