Driver and loft change?

[schigara]

I have a driver coming on Wednesday and am curious what to expect. I currently use a Slazenger 460 with 10.5* loft and a stiff Harrison Striper shaft. Just in the last 3 weeks, I have gotten consistent with a nice and long 260-275 yard drive(gps measured) and playing 4 full rounds per week. I used to hit 230yd balloon slices. Now since changing my grip and actually feeling the release of the club, I am hitting the driver, woods and hybrids straight and long.


I still think I am losing distance with the driver to a high trajectory. The ball takes off kinda high and then continues climbing until it stalls and drops without much roll out.

I tee the ball up with the center of the ball at the height of the top of the driver head and position the ball at the inside of my front heel.

The new driver is an Adams Insight BTY 4350 8.5* with a ProLaunch Red stiff shaft.

I have always used a 10.5* driver. What do you guys think will happen to my drive with this combination of driver and shaft change? I got a great deal on this driver which is one reason I bought it@ $40 on Ebay and the curiosity of the loft change.

[Bug Bunny]

At that price, it's worth a shot!!! I hit the ball very low off the tee. Been thinking about trying an 11.5 degree and see what happens.

[deronsizemore]

What do you guys think will happen to my drive with this combination of driver and shaft change?

To keep it simple and quick... I'm guessing you're going to hit the ball much lower. You probably won't carry the ball as far as you do now but you'll likely get a little more roll out.

[grantc79]

The new driver is an Adams Insight BTY 4350 8.5* with a ProLaunch Red stiff shaft.

You are going to spin it less and hit it lower.

But you will also have A LOT more wayward tee shots due to the fact that as you go down in loft you lose a ton of forgiveness. I would honestly stick with the 10.5 and experiment with shaft changes before I went down to even a 9.5.