Driver help Burner Draw 103mph swing speed

[runwme]

Dicks has good deal on Burner draw drivers for 119.99
Tomorrow Im riding up to check it out and get one....

What loft and shaft should I begin looking at?

I am 6'2 230 shoot mid 80s with 103 mph swingspeed and fast tempo
Currently Ive been playing a nike sumo2 5900 with regular shaft and 11.5 loft. This was great when my swingspeed was in mid 80s, but now its throwing ball wayyyy too high with horrible dispersity at 103mph swingspeed.

I hit all my clubs through 3 wood straight or with fade but my driver has been a constant struggle.
Current trajectory,climbs way high, starts straight and then fades right before dropping out of sky like brick.

I am thinking that a 9.5 turner draw ( weighted to help straighten me out) with stiff shaft is answer.....

what do you guys think?

[bruce]

Definitely a stiff shaft,9.5 draw sounds fine if you have a slight fade.

[Andy_Mac]

Id hit it first if the dicks you are going to has a sim. 103ss and a fast tempo may overpower the 50g noodle of a shaft with a quickness... I know it does with my burner.

[The Rambler]

I think you'll find that you'll hook the ball a ton, especially because your swing speed is pretty high and that the shaft in the burner (like the above poster said) will be pretty whippy thus ''enhancing'' the hook as well as the face being closed so much already

[Honea72]

First thing.. I had a draw club and when my swing speed got higher there was absolutly no way for me to keep my drives in play. I was hooking the ball right off the start and it was horrible. a slight fade is a great shot to play. you can teach yourself to draw the ball on command rather than get a draw club that will screw a lot of things up.. Just my opinion

[runwme]

You guys may be right... I bought the club 9.5 stiff ( just got back and read this thread)

Full of confidence I stepped up to first tee and duck hooked it into fairway to left... I had never done that before, so tee'd up again and yep.. another one.

So rather then play, I loaded up and headed to driving range.

To keep from hooking, I had to move ball back in stance, and really soften grip on club. This resulted in nice straight shot most of time, but I have to be really careful how hard I swing at it, because if I up amperage, then I get massive hook. I really like this burner, but may need to switch to non-draw model as my swing gets better.

My swing speed is much higher with this club. Today, I was consistently around 110mph swing speed with max around 114.

Just 6 weeks, I couldnt get 90mph out of a driver, but playing 5 days per week has really helped me with timing and to swing more with body and less with arms.


Right now though, I gotta admit to loving this driver... It is very nice to be able to see the ball launch with nice little draw sometimes. I really envy you guys with proper swings.

[wrx_junki]

How accurate are those things? Couldn't imagine it to be that accurate.

[runwme]

I think they are right on.... I took it with me to a golf galaxy once when taking a lesson and it matched within 1mph of what their ss monitor said on every cut. It uses a doppler radar just like dick's in house monitor.

I took it with me, because I thought it read too low because all I could get ( before lessons ) was 83-84 mph. Their pro took some cuts around and convinced me I just had very poor technique, that my monitor was reading accurately ( he felt)

I've had 20 or so friends get readings from it, and most all were between 90-102 mph. One guy got it up to 112, and another 111.


Even though those are better golfers, I feel having the swing speed monitor has helped me learn better techniques because it gives me immediate feedback when hitting into a net at my home. I have learned to use a lot of shoulder turn and lag to get my speed high, even though I still struggle with making solid contact.