Driver Offset ?

[tm22721]

Keeping my hands ahead of the clubhead has had a dramatic improvement on the consistency of my iron shots.

But you can't do that with a driver which makes it more difficult for me to sense where the club face is pointing resulting in slices or pulls. Some drivers have a built-in offset called 'draw bias' but it's not enough, only a couple of degrees of shaft lean.

Any ideas on how to get a driver where I can have my hands significantly ahead of the ball at impact ? You can't simply de-loft the club (as you can with irons) because there's only 9-10 degrees of loft to start with.

[allin]

I think your headed the wrong way here. Because driver is tee'd up and club is shallow, path is only a little down or up, forcing the hands ahead will not be a benefit. Make sure things are happening in the right order, as long as you don't cast the club and allow your hands to respond to the club instead of making the club respond to your hands, your hands will naturally be slightly ahead of the club and release at the right moment.

[TourSpoon]

Keeping my hands ahead of the clubhead has had a dramatic improvement on the consistency of my iron shots.

You have to remember ball position. When you hit the driver the ball is teed up hopefully near your left instep and you are hitting level or slightly on the upswing. At this point your wrists should not be "significantly" past the clubhead. Conversely, when you hit a wedge shot the ball is much further back in your stance and you will have more lean especially since you are hitting down through the ball.

Clubs with offset have that offset (or even woods with draw bias) to allow for squaring of the head through impact. If you are finding that this is still not helpful, you need to be working on releasing the clubhead. Proper release of the clubhead is the cure, draw bias is more of a band-aid.

[tm22721]

You have to remember ball position. When you hit the driver the ball is teed up hopefully near your left instep and you are hitting level or slightly on the upswing. At this point your wrists should not be "significantly" past the clubhead. Conversely, when you hit a wedge shot the ball is much further back in your stance and you will have more lean especially since you are hitting down through the ball.

Yeah it is tough for me to properly time release with driver because I am trying to maintain an inside-out club path and clubhead lag yet stay behind the ball. I will experiment with ball position.