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Originally Posted by Gohan2005777  Thanks RandomHero1090. Well, I've had a slice for the past year but now I have a draw AND a slice. For trajectory wise, I usually hit it high. I would like to hit it a little lower because I've noticed that my ball goes farther when I hit it lower. When I said no custom fitting, I meant the best club out there. I'm talking about how they rank to other clubs and which one is the best. |
Assuming your path is OK, it sounds like you're opening the face on the way back, and either a) forgetting to close it again [slice] or b) remembering to close it, and doing so quite actively [draw/hook].
If you're noticing a distance increase with a lower trajectory, you may want to try less loft, but be careful - less loft means less spin. Too little loft and you'll lose distance again.
You have much to learn, young Gohan. Sadly, there is no 'best club', or every golfer on the planet would play it. The 'best club' is the one that is fitted to you. Tiger Woods has been playing properly fit
clubs his entire golfing life. Yes, really. The late Earl Woods gave an interview where he talked about how he always made sure that Tigers'
clubs fit, even from age 2 (or 3).
Once in a while, you find a head/shaft combination that really cooks. If you're wise, you'll keep that club. If you're not, you'll sell it, looking for the next great thing.
You'll learn your equipment preferences. In this day and age, we have shaft profiling to help fit golfers. It looks at how the shaft bends as a whole (versus just getting a butt frequency meaning - essentially useless). We have different sized heads, different face angles, offset or no offset...
Personally, I feel I play best with 1° closed, 12° loft, and ~ 400cc's for head specs. No offset (I'd rather take 2° closed over offset). Shafts for me work best when they're of average weight (~65g), tip stiff and butt medium. Overall length no more than 44.5" (any shorter and I need to get the swingweight back up)
Now, which driver is that? None on the modern market. In fact, I'd be hard pressed to walk into any golf shop and buy one. First, there aren't many heads under 440cc's. Second, there aren't many heads at 12°. Third, you can't trust an OEM shaft flex. So how do I find this driver that I've ID'd as better for me?
I find a clubmaker/clubfitter. S/he gets me a head handpicked to 1° closed and 12° loft at ~ 400cc's. S/he finds me a shaft that fits the profile.
If you're going to go the 'off the rack route', then my best advice is to make sure you go home with the combo you demoed that performed well. It's still no guarantee it'll be the bomb every day (as your swing changes a bit every day) but it does guarantee that it's the club for you. As a clubmaker, I can tell you that I can get a club close to the demo that you hit, but I cannot duplicate it. And any clubmaker that says s/he can is lying.