Driver - High Ball Flight

[atthepin]

I am having an issue with my driver. Not an issue with hitting it, the last 3-4 times on the course i have been swinging my driver excellent and confidently. The issue is that i make great contact, sounds great, yet only will go 210-230ish unless i really get a hole of it. The ball goes wayyy to high up and i feel like im losing distance. any suggestions?

[BostonSully]

I am having an issue with my driver. Not an issue with hitting it, the last 3-4 times on the course i have been swinging my driver excellent and confidently. The issue is that i make great contact, sounds great, yet only will go 210-230ish unless i really get a hole of it. The ball goes wayyy to high up and i feel like im losing distance. any suggestions?

Tee it lower?

[Kieran123]

Are you leaning way back on the swing?

Can you get a video for us to look at?

You could have a lot of backspin ion the ball, so even though you hit it dead centre and it sounds great, it launches because of the backspin

[MSUGolfer]

Different shaft needed? usually shaft stiffness / type is the biggest reason for ballooning ball flight. Along with a possible swing flaw, but without video as Keiran suggested we wouldn't be able to say which.

[atthepin]

Tee it lower?

I don't think that is it. I already tee it fairly low. I usually tee it up so that the top of the ball is barely over the head of the driver

Are you leaning way back on the swing?

I will take a vid when i play this weekend and post it.

Different shaft needed? usually shaft stiffness / type is the biggest reason for ballooning ball flight. Along with a possible swing flaw, but without video as Keiran suggested we wouldn't be able to say which.

I just switched drivers from a reg flex 10.5 to a stiff flex 9.5 so i thought that would help me out. I will def post a video

[atthepin]

I am also still in my first season too so i guess i can't expect too much. I never picked up a golf club before May....

[Zeph]

I would go ahead and make a guess that your weight is too far back and that you are flipping. A video would certainly help.

[mooregolf]

My guess is that your weight is to far back and you "scooping" the ball to much making it go high and short, this works great for wedges though!