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I have been looking for a driver with the right feel. I was at the fitting shop and my swing speed on my driver was 133 mph. What loft will give me consistent distance. With higher lofts I tend to backspin the ball and lose distance.
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I have been looking for a driver with the right feel. I was at the fitting shop and my swing speed on my driver was 133 mph. What loft will give me consistent distance. With higher lofts I tend to backspin the ball and lose distance.

133mph swing? Jamie Sadlowski, is that you?

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I have been looking for a driver with the right feel. I was at the fitting shop and my swing speed on my driver was 133 mph. What loft will give me consistent distance. With higher lofts I tend to backspin the ball and lose distance.

Depends on more factors than just swing speed. You're going to generate more spin than most people simply from swinging faster than most people. Make sure you are swinging up on the ball and not contacting low on the clubface. There are a number of lower spinning drivers out there, but really, you should just go for a fitting. Not enough information provided to say for certain what the issue is. [quote name="MyrtleBeachGolf" url="/t/82171/right-driver-for-my-swing#post_1145389"] 133mph swing? Jamie Sadlowski, is that you?[/quote]Couldn't be. Not fast enough.

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Look up Dustin Johnson's WITB and look at driver and shaft

Something low spin

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Haha. Very funny. But seriously. I have a Taylor made jetspeed driver and I'm swinging at 8.5 degree loft. I still seem to be back spinning a little.

Pete Finch describes his setup. Your swing is probably different, but it might be a starting point?

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I have been looking for a driver with the right feel. I was at the fitting shop and my swing speed on my driver was 133 mph. What loft will give me consistent distance. With higher lofts I tend to backspin the ball and lose distance.

Hey, just so we're 100% on the same page because a few other posters have made this mistake in the past: You're sure your swing speed is 133mph and not your ball speed? Launch monitors make that confusing sometimes. I bring it up because Rory McIlroy's swing speed with driver is only (haha, *only*) about 120 mph.

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Hey, just so we're 100% on the same page because a few other posters have made this mistake in the past: You're sure your swing speed is 133mph and not your ball speed? Launch monitors make that confusing sometimes. I bring it up because Rory McIlroy's swing speed with driver is only (haha, *only*) about 120 mph.


And Bubba about 124, and DJ maxed at 127 (says the commercial)

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