Adjustable Drivers......Poll.

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Ok, so I'm sat here once again fending off the irresistable urge to part with hard earned cash for a new 910 D3.....
But,..... just out of interest I thought, with quite a few Drivers now available with adjustable settings, how many people here use one of them, and honestly, has it made a discernible difference to your Driving ?

Just curious.........
 
Not bit yet...
I understand the temptation, especially as it is also a gadget to play with.
I guess that you can set it up to correct a fault, but if you are consistent, you'll never have to change it?
I'm going to try to resist the temptation.
 
I've had my R9 for about 18 months now and do occasionally adjust it.

Sometimes I get my fade back, if it stays for a few rounds and I don't have time to get on the range I'll close the club face until I get a chance to sort it out what's causing it. Then move it back to neutral.

But most of the time it stays set in the same position.
 
I see it more as a tool to allow the fitter to fine tune it to being the right club for you rather than a toy to play around with as you feel.
 
I see it more as a tool to allow the fitter to fine tune it to being the right club for you rather than a toy to play around with as you feel.
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I disagree, I think it is good moving it into the hands of the user. I do think the adjustments should be made under recommendation of the users teaching professional, or at least a GM forum member :D
 
But once you have your driver that bombs it 300 down the middle with a gentle draw, why would you want to change it?
This has always been my perception of adjustable drivers. Are we consistent enough to set it to a fade and hope to get it?
Put a shite swing on an adjustable driver and it still goes in the clag.
 
OR,......as I sometimes have done .......deliberately adjust the Club i your hands at address to close/open the face, pretty much the same thing ???
 
The adjustable thingymajig on mine was set by the fitter to get the right launch angle and spin along with the right shaft.

The fade/draw setting was left alone, although I've opened it because my dodgy address position makes it look closed to me.
 
OR,......as I sometimes have done .......deliberately adjust the Club i your hands at address to close/open the face, pretty much the same thing ???
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Not with the Titleist 910. If you adjust the club in your hands you will increase/decrease loft as you open/close the club.
 
Same with any Club Clive, closing the face delofts etc.

Without seeing the Hosel adjuster on the 910's yet, I fail to imagine how you can 'close' the face without it affecting loft too ? Or 'Open' for that matter ?
 
I still think it is not just for the custom fit at time of purchase.

I think it offers a quick easy re-adjustment. I am sure not all club fittings are spot on, probably very close to ideal but not perfect. This allows you to tweak and tune to get even closer to perfect, as long as you do it under advice from a professional of course!

Also players swings can mature and grow, with adjustability comes the ability to ensure your purchase remains ideal.
 
But once you have your driver that bombs it 300 down the middle with a gentle draw, why would you want to change it?
This has always been my perception of adjustable drivers. Are we consistent enough to set it to a fade and hope to get it?
Put a shite swing on an adjustable driver and it still goes in the clag.
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I have an R9 but it is set at neutral and until someone can show me some other setting would benefit me that's where it will stay. I did have a tinker with it on the range but couldn't tell much difference.

I'm intrigued by Aztecs saying spinning the face open gave him 20yds so maybe I'll get on a launch monitor sometime and try it but I hit it pretty straight at the moment so not inclined to change
 
I'm a little anti with the whole club adjustment issue. I believe that if you have a weakness in your driving that you want to cure then have a lesson and go down the range and sort it. Not adjust the club to cancel out your bad slice. Then what happens when you need to draw and fade the ball at will through the round? Do you have to adjust your club again and again to get the right shot shape for the hole?
I want to be able to do that simply through adjusting my technique and not my club. Are you allowed to change the setting of the club during a round??

I don't know if I'm missing the point here with these adjustable drivers but for me they are simply a quick fix to a bad drive shape that you want to cancel out.

Get down the range, work the problems out and learn to hit it properly...!! :) :o :D
 
Also players swings can mature and grow, with adjustability comes the ability to ensure your purchase remains ideal.
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See this I'm a bit lost on. Let's say for example you suffer with a slice on your drives, you obviously have an underlying issue weather it be setup/alignment/grip/swing or it could just be an incorrect shaft fitting.

If your changing your driver set to suit faults in your swing or any of the above, the surely this has to blanket down through your bag otherwise your going to have one shot shape with one club that's alien to every other club

I can see to many people adjusting faults out of their swing only to look for answers elsewhere. If we take Aztecs fitting as an example the fitters highlighed a shoulder alignment issue. No amount of tweeking will fix this, but you could mask it slightly by a weird set up on the driver, but the fault will still be there in the other long clubs.
 
I dod have an mp600 that was adjustable for swingweights but just left it alone after an initial tinkering. didnt think much of it tbh. I now have an i15 which isnt adjustable and is absolutely superb
 
Most drivers I pick up sit closed. My issue with this is I want to hit it straight. My bad shots go left. Alot left. Starting out with a club that points left is not good.

So what options are there.

Titleist drivers sit open, Ping I15, open, Taylormade TP, open, etc.

Drivers that don't sit closed, sit open.

I want one that sits square. Point it in the right direction, hit it square, bingo.

The only way to get a square sitting driver is to buy an adjustable one, and set it up square. tThen leave it alone.

Rotating the club face with your hands at address changes the loft, and is inconsistent.
 
I wish I had a swing that was consistent enough for me to be able to adjust a driver and get a benefit.

My swing isn't consistent from hole to hole so an adjustable driver would be pointless for me! Sadly. :)
 
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