djcfl1,

The ball could be too far and that would force you to reach out to it and probably lose your balance at some point and then you'd have to regain your balance getting back to your original position of too far from the ball. It is this last move that could force you to bring the club across the ball as you hit it. I'm just guessing from what you wrote so it may be something entirely different but it's worth a shot. It could be something else, like the shoulders turn too fast compared to the arms and other things that happen. One thing is for sure, you hit the ball with the clubface open so look into that as well.

About the distance you get with an old wooden driver and what you'd get using a new titanium driver. It will be approximately the same since the laws of the universe have remained the same. One thing that could make a difference is the coefficient of restitution or CoR which is a little bit higher on titanium drivers with the face that has spring like effect by about 10% (0.83 versus 0.76) which would translate into about a 3% improvement in distance over a wooden driver. So, 200 + (0.03 x 200) = 206.

What would make a bigger difference is the size of the head compared to what you use right now. The maximum allowed head size is 460cc, that's pretty big. What this is alleged to do is forgive your bad hits by making then look and feel like good hits. I don't particularly believe it but that's what they say.


Martin Levac