Face Angle on Drivers

[TheLauncher]

I have a couple of questions about face angle on drivers. In my experience in just seeing clubs and of golf marketing, it seems that a lot of clubs are closed, to compensate for a slice tendency and to add a little length. I may be in the minority as a less skilled golfer who whose tendency is a hook, but it seems like most clubs on the market cater toward the slicer and have closed faces.

I don't know where to find the specs for my Launcher 460Ti. It looks closed at address. I understand that if you hold the club open or closed it naturally has an affect on loft and it's a little difficult for me to feel comfortable holding the club open. I also realize that at my skill level the effects of these differences might be negligible.

I'm curious more than anything else. My questions are where can I find information on face angle on drivers from major OEM's and would a neutral or open face club be appropriate for a player prone to the hook, despite his being a higher handicapper? Is a closed face driver going to be detrimental?

[Doctorfro]

Most companies have the specs on the individual club's webpage. I know that Callaway lists all their drivers like that.

I know that switching to the driver I have now (0.5 degree open) has made huge difference in my game. I'm much more consistent off the tee.

[Stacey_E]

I had that very same driver with a NV shaft in it a few years ago. I'm sure it had something to do with my swing, but it was a complete hook machine in my hands. It actually turned me off of 55 gram shafts for a long while. I got it in my head that the light shaft was making me get too quick. I'm sure that was more the archer than the arrow.

If my memory serves me right, the 10.5* was 1* closed on that model. I've always prefered a square or slightly open driver myself, but with a slower SS (90 mph) and fairly low flight I need a high loft driver. Those are especially hard to find with a square face.

[jcrob902]

I have a couple of questions about face angle on drivers. In my experience in just seeing clubs and of golf marketing, it seems that a lot of clubs are closed, to compensate for a slice tendency and to add a little length. I may be in the minority as a less skilled golfer who whose tendency is a hook, but it seems like most clubs on the market cater toward the slicer and have closed faces.

Just google it clevleland launcher 460Ti specs and you should be able to get something on what the specs are, I did that on my old 990 irons so I could compare them with what I was going to buy and it poped right up

[TheLauncher]

OK, I understand now that "neutral" refers to weighting and "square" to face angle.

I can see where toe weighting and closed faces would help with getting a larger clubhead squared at impact, but I can't help but think this bias is hurting a player prone to hook like myself.

If I wanted to play around with some clubs that square to open and neutral or heel weighted, what would be some good cheap options?

Thanks everyone for your help.

[Stacey_E]

Ping G5s and G2s are relatively cheap used and have square faces. I can't say for sure what the weight biasing is on those. But the do seem to be pretty "neutral".

A lot of the drivers that have "pro" or "tour" in their names are neutral or slightly opened face. Also make note, a lot of drivers within the same model have differnt face angles based on the loft of the driver.

Good luck!