Question about Club Head Loft

[Paddy Gilmore]

I know it is impossible to get an exact answer when I am asking this question via an internet forum cause no one was there watching me swing etc. but I am just curious as to theories why this seem to be the case for me as of late.

After only golfing 3x in 3 years when 5 years prior to that I was golfing pretty regularly, I am back to golfing again and I am also getting the kinks out of a swing that has gotten severely rusty.  So as I have been out on the course and at the driving range, I am noticing something either simply coincidence or something that I do not understand.

The 3 drivers that I have had quite some time are these lofts:

8.5, 9.5 and 10.5.  No reason to get into brands because I honestly don't believe brands really impact that much, especially someone like me right now whom is getting the kinks out.  All three have stiff shafts.  All three are 460 cc.

I have been really struggling with my 10.5 degree.  I took the 8.5 degree out to the driving range because I figured, take the hardest driver to hit with so I can practice increasing my club head speed and getting the club back to square.  I figured if I could hit that driver decent, I for sure could hit the 10.5 degree decent.  However, to my surprise, I was coming around with that 8.5 degree on the driving range really well and the 10.5 I could barely save over a few good drives with it.  Then this past weekend, I took the 9.5 degree out and drove considerable better.

My question is, is it merely coincidence that day I was swinging decent at the driving that I was hitting the 8.5 degree decent on the driving range and not hitting what is supposedly a more forgiving degree worse?  If it isn't, then what are other theories as to why?  All I can think is swing speed would need to hit a lower loft driver, but I wouldn't think that say if my swing speed is high(I have never had it measured), I wouldn't think that would affect performance as much as just affect maybe distance or maybe I am not understanding how swing speed works with lofts.

Thanks for anything that would give food for thought.  Also, if I put this in the wrong forum, I apologize.  I thought it would be more fitting for equipment cause of the loft on certain equipment , so hopefully it fits here.  If not, mods please move it as best as you see fit.

Paddy

[Mr3Wiggle]

A ton of variables could be affecting your results.

3 different club heads with different weights and shapes.  Different materials, CORs, etc...

3 diferent shafts.  They could have different kick points, tourques, weights, lengths, etc...