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ballemore1029 Established Member

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Ok, i'm pretty new to golf but i was still under the impression that the newer more advanced drivers the have the adjustable heads are pretty certain to help your drive. I currently have a R9 460. 6 out of 10 drive are always pull hooks that vary is severity, no matter the head position. A buddy of mine has an old Burner R420 and at the range the other day i used in a good bit and realized that i hit 8 of 10 or so drive go completely straight and a good bit farther ( as far as my eyes can tell based on the ranges yardage markers.) Is there a particular reason behind this. Or do some people hit non-adjustable drivers better than adjustable? Thanks

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Adjustable drivers are designed so they can be fitted exactly for your swing.  If you don't have the driver fitted properly it won't be any better than a non-adjustable one.

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Originally Posted by newtogolf

Adjustable drivers are designed so they can be fitted exactly for your swing.  If you don't have the driver fitted properly it won't be any better than a non-adjustable one.



This.  The adjustablity of new drivers is by no means a cure-all for a bad swing and in no way will it fit everybody; it is just there to fine tune.  There is a possibility that the shaft in the Burner that your friend has just fits you better.  If the shaft in your R9 460 doesn't fit your swing then it won't matter the head position at all.

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sometimes the driver just is'nt right for you, i had a dunlop loco pro back when it first came out and used to slice the ball like crazy, eventually i decided to go test drive a whole bunch of drivers and ended up setteling on a bridgestone j33r wich i hit straight 90% of the time.

fact is usually your driver can be fixed/fitted for you at a pro shop fairy easily, usually the rigth shaft flex for your swing is all it takes

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I was going to compare shaft lengths, the shaft is measured from the hozel to the end of the grip right?

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Originally Posted by ballemore1029

I was going to compare shaft lengths, the shaft is measured from the hozel to the end of the grip right?



Grab a yard stick and sole the club so the scoring lines on the face are level.  This puts the club in it's designed lie angle.  Then set the yard stick as shown here (the red line under the club where it says "Length"), and measure from the ground to the end of the cap on the grip.  Not to the very end of the grip, but to the edge of the ring that is about 1/8" to 3/16" thick:

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measure to the end of the grip, not to any point just below it, but to the very end.

Originally Posted by glock35ipsc

Grab a yard stick and sole the club so the scoring lines on the face are level.  This puts the club in it's designed lie angle.  Then set the yard stick as shown here (the red line under the club where it says "Length"), and measure from the ground to the end of the cap on the grip.  Not to the very end of the grip, but to the edge of the ring that is about 1/8" to 3/16" thick:



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Shaft length is one part of it but by far the most important is the combination of flex and loft to suit your swing speed.

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Originally Posted by tweaky

measure to the end of the grip, not to any point just below it, but to the very end.

Sorry about that, you're right tweaky.  USGA says to the very end.  I interjected my personal way of measuring my own clubs.  By the edge of the cap I meant the very end, just not the bulge.  That seems to vary from model to model and maker to maker (my PURE grips are flat, but my old Winn's were rounded.... a difference of

ballemore1029 - Here's the ultimate authority! http://www.usga.org/equipment/protocols/clublength_r1_1.pdf

Note to self..... change the way I measure club length!


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