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Article #84: Golf Equipment - Choosing The Right Driver For Your Game

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The driver is such an important part of Weighting of clubs is a vital component
your golf equipment that it can sometimes of today's clubs as players can adjust
be taken for granted, particularly by the height they hit the ball or control
inexperienced players. Just think about shots such as a draw or fade. Slicers
this, the driver is the first club you eager to find a quick solution to their
use to commence most holes so why problem may go for a club with more of a
wouldn't you make sure you have a club draw bias and vice versa for a player who
best suited to your swing. tends to hook a lot.
Head size, loft ability and shaft With a larger club head on a driver, the
flexibility are all vital components of launch angle to penetrate greater
the lead off club and we will take a look distances is higher and golfers today are
at their characteristics in this article. tending to steer towards this direction.
Golf Equipment And The Driver A driver with a higher loft degree is
There are different variations to a golf highly recommended although if you are a
driver and players will use them where beginner and receiving coaching then
appropriate. In a standard bag of clubs check with your mentor first who may be
there are usually three... 1,3 and 5 wood keener for you to build a little more
however, the more experienced a player control into your game before you start
is, the more likely their golf quipment to worry about head design features on
will contain more drivers. The head of clubs.
the club is a topic of discussion. The Golf Equipment-Shaft Flexibility
larger heads are coming more into vogue There are three different types of swing
today for several reasons. speeds; slow, medium and fast. So what,
It's considered the bigger the head of you're probably asking. Well, swing speed
the driver the more chance a player has has much to do with the flexibility level
of connecting with the ball in what is of your driver shaft. Wondering why your
known as the sweet zone area. Take a look tee shots are all over the place? Check
at the pro golf circuit today and it the flexibility of your shaft. A good way
seems more and more professionals have a to determine this is to have your speed
club in their bag with a larger head. checked and then choose a club with the
They look a little ungainly in use but give and bend appropriate to your golf
their effectiveness in gaining more swing! Slower swings require more
leverage in power at the connection point flexibility while faster swings require
seems unquestioned. less. That's the general rule of thumb.
Club Weighting






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