Driver Advise Needed Please!

[Leeds]

First time poster.....

Wanted to get some advise on what is the optimal loft and kick for my specs.

I currrently have a Cobra Offset M Speed, 10.5 loft, regular shaft and hit it 250 consistently.

I am a 15 Handicap but feel my somewhat lack of distance on my drices are holding me back.

Would more loft help me? Higher kick less spin?

I am 6 foot, 205 and athletic but now in early 40's. I have a 95 mph swing speed.....

Any help or recommendations would be much appreciated.

Thanks

[Blades4me]

First time poster.....

This has been gone over many times and if you look thru the posts you will find many suggestions. To save you time I'll offer my opinion--remember, the operative word here is "opinion".

First, by enlarge the shaft is the most important part of any club. There really isn't that much difference between dirver heads, expecpt design,(square vs traditional). Most people are fine with a 10-10.5* driver, but realize that what loft is written on it is + or - 1.5-2.0* and the loft will NEVER be less than written on the driver. The only way to know for sure is to measure it yourself or have it measured at your local shop. Custom heads have much better quality control, but even they will tell you + or - .5*. If you really want to dial a driver/shaft combination in go get on a launch monitor with a knowledgable tech. You will get a plethora of numbers, but the only ones to pay attention to are, (IMO), ball rpm's and launch angle. Ball rpm's are determined by swing speed and loft of the club and optimem rpm's are 2800 I believe. Trajectory is more a function of the shaft and the launch angle, and I believe that 12 to 14* is best area. This will let you know what type kicking shaft is best for you. The choices are low kicking which tend to give a higher trajectory; mid kicking, or high kicking which will tend to give a low trajectory. After you have found what loft and shaft work best for your swing you are ready to go and try as many combination of those as possible until you fine one that is comfortable for you. If you want to see what the trajectory is and/or type of shot, (fade, draw or straight) take it to the range and NEVER believe a machine that says your drive went X amount of yards or your shot was a draw. These are only calculated, not actual; whereas the ball rpm's and launch angle are raw numbers. Sorry about the long post. Hope this helps.

[Stacey_E]

I'd say Blades pretty much covered it. My only input is this...at 95 MPH SS. if you are consistanly going 250 you sound like you are pretty near optimal conditions. A tweek or two might get you 10 maybe 20 more yards max. I go 240 with an 88 MPH swing. Even though I hit 70+ % of my fairways, I would love to add 10 or 20 more yards. At a 13 handicap, I'm quite sure my driving is not what is holding me back though.

If you are hitting a lot of fairways, you (we) could benefit more from hitting good approach shots and working on the short game. I know that gets really old hearing it, "work on the short game". But it's so true. I thought I had a good short game because it was better than most of the golfers I was playing with. Then I started to play with better players. I was wrong.

So Good luck! IMHO Play around with some drivers, but don't loose confidence in yours just yet.

[miller72]

i agree. Just take a bunch of drivers to the range with like different shafts that have different kickpoints and driver heads with different lofts and see which one you like best.