Im hitting the top of the driver...

[Baraethon]

Putting impact tape on my clubface, it shows that I am hitting my driver in the center, but up near the top of the clubface. I've tried a couple things. Moving farther from the ball, moving it up near my left foot, and right now it is at the shop being reshafted (extra 1.5"). Oh, I also tried a slightly lower tee.

What else can I do to start hitting the ball lower on the clubface? This is costing me like 20 yards or more of distance.

[bruce]

Instead of grounding the driver try hovering it behind the ball,myself personally i hover the club.

[Stacey_E]

Putting impact tape on my clubface, it shows that I am hitting my driver in the center, but up near the top of the clubface. I've tried a couple things. Moving farther from the ball, moving it up near my left foot, and right now it is at the shop being reshafted (extra 1.5"). Oh, I also tried a slightly lower tee.

So you're missing the center of the face and ADDING 1.5" to the shaft? I realize that club fitting takes into account the physical characteristics of the golfer. But it should also take into account ball striking ability. Especially with the driver, if you are missing the center of the face you should try a shorter shaft. The distance of your average drives, not your best of 5 or 10, will actually go up with a shorter shaft IF you start hitting the center of the face. I added about 10-15 yards to my

average drive by going to a 44" shaft. Or you could go with a stiffer lower launch shaft or a lower loft head. Not that long ago this was the prefered method of hitting a driver. This was what they called the "gear effect" of hitting the top of the face where the loft was higher than the stated loft on the club. Good luck!

[Baraethon]

I hit it straight 9/10 times. Just far shorter than it should be for my swing speed. I had the driver cut short originally, because I had played for less than a year and wanted accuracy. Now that I hit the ball fairly accurately, I want a bit more distance. One way to do that is a longer shaft.

I'm just looking for swing changes. Ball position, grip, things like that.

[jaggy13]

I had a similar issue this year with the hozzle of the driver face. No matter how far I got away from the ball I could still over reach and hit the heal of the club.

Try tilting your shoulders more at address. Take your normal address position then tilt your spine so that your front shoulder is an inch higher.
This should give you more launch angle and help you catch it on the upswing a little more. Play around with it a little. You should find your shoulder angle will be similar to your launch angle.

[Baraethon]

Mkay, awesome. THanks for the help.

[Baraethon]

Went to the range today with a strip of impact tape for my driver (plus 2.5", it is already done :)). What seemed to work best was a slow relaxed swing, good weight shift, and a slightly flatter swing plane. It seems like I was swinging my driver with a swing plane similar to my irons, really steep (I used to have major dropping problems, as well as a really low swing plane). I am now hitting it more in the center, but since I am now really swinging hard at all, it isn't going as far as it could.

Does that sound about what is good?