Getting an extra shaft for my driver that is .5-1 inch longer?

[Backspinalot]

Hey,

So I was wondering if it would at all be worth it to keep my shaft for my 910 D2 driver which is a STD length Kaili stiff flex and use it on most courses and then have an extra shaft I could use for longer courses that is like .75 inches longer because when I was demoing the Callaway RAZr driver or whatever it is which had my same shaft as my driver but the guy said it was .5 inches longer I noticed it was going an easy 10 yards farther with pretty good consistency and accuracy. With my driver (910 D2 9.5 loft with the shaft stated above) I can carry it about 245 and roll out to 265 average. I don't really have a problem with missing fairways also. One thing though, I am 5'5 or 5'6 IDK so I am not exactly tall, and also the rest of my clubs are standard length cut down 3/4 inch. let me know if you think this would be effective.

[rush2252]

Lengthening the driver will generally promote more distance with less control, however I have played with a driver 1.25" longer for about 8 years and went back to "standard" whatever that is these days and noticed little difference in accuracy once I had adjusted. The one thing I did notice was it changed the swing weight and I hit more consistent drives. Also, the the shorter shaft and on those 54 hole days I wasnt having any issues splitting the fairway towards the end of the day :)

Typically using a longer Driver will promote more right to left (draw) movement because you will subconciously change your swing path to compensate for the length.

If you want to mess around with it go have a plug put in, it is reversible and if you dont like it you can always remove it. Should cost but about $18 to have it put in a regripped and then just the cost of a regrip if you dont like it.

cheers!

[Stretch]

A longer shaft will only give you more distance if a) your swing speed is high enough and b) you can still manage to hit the ball out of the center of the club. A 90 mph swinger (not saying that's you, just the particular number I have here for reference) will only get about 0.8 mph more ballspeed (or 1.3 yards more carry) going all the way from a 42" driver to a 46" driver. But for every 1/4" by which that player misses the sweet spot, he will lose about 5 yards of carry. So a lot of people will actually go backwards, on average, when they start playing a longer shaft.

Anyway, a quick and dirty method to ballpark the driver length that fits you is to get your wrist-to-floor measurement for your dominant hand. Stand up straight, in flat soled shoes, shoulders level and arms relaxed. Measure from the first crease on the inside of your wrist (where the hand joins the arm) to the ground. If that's less than 41" (and I'm 6'7" and mine's 41") then you should probably be using an even shorter driver than the 45" club you have now. Basically, knock a 1/4" off the playing length for each inch off the WTF measurement down to 37" and then a half inch off for each increment from there. (ie. 41" - 45", 40" - 44.75", 37" - 44", 36" - 43.5" etc. etc.)