Getting more out of my driver distance

[sam lyons]

I hit my driver about 200 yards to 220 yds with a taylormade burner draw driver. So how can i get further and what set up do i need with  another driver where that driver is old taylormade burner  driver draw. I have a r1 taylormade driver white one and can not hit it slice evry time what weights do i need and set up and what golf balls for swing of 80 to 90 miles per hour.

   

[1badbadger]

A swing speed with a 10 mph variation is pretty big.  Even 5 mph between your low and high clubhead speeds is kind of a lot.  It also sounds like a guess. 

For us to give accurate advice it's best if we have accurate information.  Knowing what your average swing speed really is and your actual distance can make a huge difference in our recommendations. 

For the sake of this discussion, let's say you have confirmed your average swing speed is 80 mph, and you typically hit your driver around 200 yds.  I hate to be the one to break it to you Sam, but you are maxed-out.  There are no driver adjustments or equipment changes you can make to get that "extra 10 yards" that we all wish for.  I explained this in another thread recently...your ball flight boils down to mathematics.  For each swing speed, there are ideal launch conditions that will result in the most efficient trajectory.  For an 80 mph swing, theoretically the maximum the ball speed can be is 120 mph.  The ideal launch angle is 15.3* and the perfect amount of backspin is 2727 rpms with no axis tilt (sidespin).  If these conditions are met, your drives will go right about 197-198 yds.  Mathematically that is as far as the ball can go.  I think the analogy I used was a guy driving his car for an hour at 60 mph and expecting to travel 75 miles.  And I think it's a good way to understand the concept...no matter what changes or modifications are done to the car, 60 mph will only go 60 miles.  An 80 mph swing speed will only go 198 yds.  To change that, we either need to drive faster or swing faster.

[Lihu]

A lot of beginners or even intermediate golfers can vary a huge amount in swing speed because they don’t have very good sequencing. Sometimes they get it right and hit that 250 yard drive and mostly bad and average 200 or something like that.

That extra 10 or 20 yards a lot of places advertise is generally from getting the golfer better sequencing.

[boogielicious]

11 hours ago, 1badbadger said:

A swing speed with a 10 mph variation is pretty big.  Even 5 mph between your low and high clubhead speeds is kind of a lot.  It also sounds like a guess. 

For us to give accurate advice it's best if we have accurate information.  Knowing what your average swing speed really is and your actual distance can make a huge difference in our recommendations. 

For the sake of this discussion, let's say you have confirmed your average swing speed is 80 mph, and you typically hit your driver around 200 yds.  I hate to be the one to break it to you Sam, but you are maxed-out.  There are no driver adjustments or equipment changes you can make to get that "extra 10 yards" that we all wish for.  I explained this in another thread recently...your ball flight boils down to mathematics.  For each swing speed, there are ideal launch conditions that will result in the most efficient trajectory.  For an 80 mph swing, theoretically the maximum the ball speed can be is 120 mph.  The ideal launch angle is 15.3* and the perfect amount of backspin is 2727 rpms with no axis tilt (sidespin).  If these conditions are met, your drives will go right about 197-198 yds.  Mathematically that is as far as the ball can go.  I think the analogy I used was a guy driving his car for an hour at 60 mph and expecting to travel 75 miles.  And I think it's a good way to understand the concept...no matter what changes or modifications are done to the car, 60 mph will only go 60 miles.  An 80 mph swing speed will only go 198 yds.  To change that, we either need to drive faster or swing faster.

Where do you get the ideal launch and spin numbers? I would think the launch should be higher with a swing speed of 80. I’ve used the Flightscope Trajectory Optimizer below with my numbers and I got better carry with a higher launch. Just curious if you have a different source.

https://flightscope.com/products/trajectory-optimizer/