Tunable Drivers with Adjustable Face Angle ... Huh? - Page 2

I would recommend a cheap one, and adjustable loft wouldn't hurt, but the face angle will be bad in the long run; it will make it more fun at first, but hide flaws and hurt improvement.

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Originally Posted by GregZ 

Would anyone recommend an adjustable driver for an aspiring high handicap player due to the ability to change almost every setting possible while they learn to hone thier swing? 

I would absolutely recommend one. Especially as someone that is working on their swing, you should have a driver basically fitted for you each time you progress. It beats the hell out of purchasing a new driver constantly. 

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Originally Posted by GregZ 

Would anyone recommend an adjustable driver for an aspiring high handicap player due to the ability to change almost every setting possible while they learn to hone thier swing? 

Yes, it just gives you a better chance to be fit for your clubs.  And like you said, as the player improves he might need less loft, face more square rather than left, can even get a different shaft

As a tall guy, I like the idea of having lie angle changeable as well. I could see it for the shorter guys, too. YE Yang's driver appears to have a flatter lie angle, but that could just be my imagination.

Guys, if you have a driver that is not custom made, or a tour version driver, then your own driver is at least a degree or 2 closed.  "Tour" drivers, or "Players" drivers, are square or slightly open, every other driver is closed, the reason being the average person slices the ball.

To answer the OP, YES it is a big deal to adjust the face angle open or closed, you can go from a regular driver to a tour version driver, it is NOT a matter of making an adjustment instead of fixing your swing.

IF YOU CAN CONSISTENTLY 9 OUT OF 10 TIMES MISS IN THE SAME EXACT SPOT, THEN YOU HAVE THE SKILL TO MAKE THE SWING CHANGE, BUT MAYBE YOU DONT WANT TO FOR ONE OF MANY REASONS, SO YOU CAN TUNE YOUR CLUB TO STRAIGHTEN OUT BALL FLIGHT AND MAXIMIZE DISTANCE.

It is not as simple as making a club adjustment and you'll be shooting even par as some people on here seem to be suggesting when they criticize the adjustability of these new clubs.  As I said above that would only be the case if you had the skill to hit the same shot 10 out of 10 times, which most cannot do.

Regarding the new Nike VR-Str8t Fit Driver;  How is changing the club head setting any different from rotating the shaft within your grip? 

Seems like those two options accomplish exactly the same thing.  In reverse application, couldn't you change the head setting and simply compensate for that change in your grip by rotating the shaft & club head back to a neutral position?  

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Originally Posted by sebsmash 

That's exactly what it does. It's the same as just rotating the grip in your hands.
I asked a salesperson at the local golf shop and he said that's exactly what it does.
I guess it is better because the clubs are manufactured in a way in which the shaft is oriented in a way that provides the best flex, so by just rotating the head on the shaft you maintain this flex.

Its hard to rotate the grip in your hands to exactly one degree, or two degrees, because those small increments are not really noticeable to your eye.

I understand you can simply slam the clubface shut, or open it wide, but you cant get the precision of a simple one or two degree change..

Ok...so let's say you've changed the setting of the club head to 2 degrees left to help reduce fade...

then do you grip the club using a reference marker on the shaft (or the grip) to orient the shaft the same way with the new setting as you previously had played it in the neutral setting?

The reason I'm asking these questions is because I purchased a Nike VR-Str8t Fit driver (10.5) a little over a month ago and, although I like it and am hitting straighter and a bit farther with it, (which could totally be all in my mind...new club-better results)

when I tried different head settings it seemed like I could have accomplished the same by just rotating the club in my grip.

Should  I be referencing a marker on the shaft or grip to maintain the neutral shaft/flex positioning after changing the club head, if, indeed, the shaft rotational positioning has anything to do with shaft design/flex performance?  The Nike manual says nothing about shaft referencing or orientation after adjusting the head.  Or at least I can't find anything on that. 

I realize this should be simple science but the overload of information in the Nike settings chart boggles my brain and seems to be just a diagram of nice art work and settings-mumbo-jumbo to justify the adjustable head system and make it look scientifically advanced.

I keep coming back to the simplicity of it and yet can't quite get my mind around the correct way to actually use the head adjustment system so that it's effective.   So for now I keep it set at neutral which totally defeats the purpose of buying an adjustable club to begin with.    Maybe I'm over thinking it.   Where's my old persimmon driver!!!??  It's in the garage somewhere!!

here's what Nike has to say about addressing the ball with an adjusted club head:

"set the club head on the ground in your stance and it will be adjusted to the new setting...grip it as you normally would"

The alignment aids are at the hosel;  red arrow, white arrow, and hash mark on the shaft.  

This reminds of when people tell me that they install their grips 2* open or closed. 

Wouldn't do anything for me, I don't use alignment aids on my grips, I just go by the leading edge of my clubface.