Driver loft

[keb]

Resumed golf this year after years away from the game. Purchased new clubs including Callaway X driver. Austad sales rep recommending 11 degree loft after hitting in simulator. Now that I have been playing for awhile, I am wondering whether my driver has too much loft. Is anyone out there using 11 degree loft on driver? My drives are high, but I don't think extremely so.

[Spectrums]

The best way to get this set is by testing the lofts in a simulator where its possible to monitor launch angle.

I use a 10˚ and my drives go quite high.

[bwinger79]

High is good. I dont remember where I read it, but PGA Tour players drives get 90+ feet in the air. The longer its in the air, the farther it can travel....just have to watch your spin rates and ball speed.

[King Cobra II]

If you think you're hitting to high you could just tee it up a hair lower. I was using a 10.5 degree loft cobra and now I'm using a 9.5 r7, I don't notice a ton of difference in ball height, I donno 11 seems kinda high IMO, but I'm sure it doesn't make that big of a difference.

[P3R3]

Its all about whats right for your swing. Some nationwide tour players use a 12* driver.

[td67mustang]

Its all about whats right for your swing. Some nationwide tour players use a 12* driver.

I hit a TM burner with 10.5* when I need a lower shot i either tee it lower or move it more towards the middle of my stance. 10.5 is pretty common so 11 isnt anything crazy.

[CG031]

I use a 13.5° Ping G5. When I first got it, I felt kind of embarrassed because I didn't know anyone who had one, but my dad and my pro were telling me to get it because I had a low ball flight and this would give me better control, so I went with it and have never looked back since. I used to not really be able to hit a 10.5°. Now after a year of the 13.5° I could probably go down to a 10.5° but I'm in new rush because the driver has been one of my best clubs in my bag since the switch.

[Benefactor]

High is good. I dont remember where I read it, but PGA Tour players drives get 90+ feet in the air. The longer its in the air, the farther it can travel....just have to watch your spin rates and ball speed.

90 seems a bit too high. I hit a 8.5 driver and unless I get under it, the ball never goes that high. My ball probably never gets more than about 60 feet off the ground and I hit the ball as long as most pros (unless I have a big mishit or the ball hits a tree mid flight or something), anywhere from 280 to 340 (yeah, I know that's a big range) and that's under horrible driving conditions (SE United States with ridiculous humidity and spongy Bermuda fairways).

[P3R3]

I use a 13.5° Ping G5. When I first got it, I felt kind of embarrassed because I didn't know anyone who had one, but my dad and my pro were telling me to get it because I had a low ball flight and this would give me better control, so I went with it and have never looked back since. I used to not really be able to hit a 10.5°. Now after a year of the 13.5° I could probably go down to a 10.5° but I'm in new rush because the driver has been one of my best clubs in my bag since the switch.

I dunno if you can really call a 13.5* a driver, its more of a 3W that is 460CC. They work well if you have a slower swing speed or have a more attacking swing that reduces loft.

[Sand-Dweller]

I have heard a lot of talk in the last few months from teaching pros and club fitters about most amatuers being able to benefit greatly from a 12* or 13* lofted driver. I bought a new driver recently but went with a 10.5* because of cost considerations. I would likely do a bit better with a higher loft but most of the clubs that offered 12 or 13* were out of my price range.

[bwinger79]

90 seems a bit too high. I hit a 8.5 driver and unless I get under it, the ball never goes that high. My ball probably never gets more than about 60 feet off the ground and I hit the ball as long as most pros (unless I have a big mishit or the ball hits a tree mid flight or something), anywhere from 280 to 340 (yeah, I know that's a big range) and that's under horrible driving conditions (SE United States with ridiculous humidity and spongy Bermuda fairways).

36 cap....280-340???? Something there doesnt compute. Anyhow....you may roll em out to 300-320, but the big hitters on tour carry the ball that far. There is a huge difference.....and that difference is the height they can get with low spin rates due to their incredible swing speeds.

[Benefactor]

36 cap....280-340???? Something there doesnt compute. Anyhow....you may roll em out to 300-320, but the big hitters on tour carry the ball that far. There is a huge difference.....and that difference is the height they can get with low spin rates due to their incredible swing speeds.

Hmm, I never put that I am a 36 handicap, that must be the default setting for a profile or something. I'm around a 10 handicap. And I never said the "big hitters" in my post, I said "most players", which would imply the average to perhaps a bit above average. I was never comparing myself to Bubba Watson or JD.