Interesting video on Adjustable drivers

[Markw]

Longish video but worth watching

[video=youtube;aj5KOk2oXU0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aj5KOk2oXU0&feature=player_embedded[/video]

 

[SAPCOR1]

Those creases in his "pants" could do some damage! Unfortunately I couldn't watch any longer than a few minutes as his voice was too much of a drone

 

[Khamelion]

That was an interesting watch, but I only have one question:

He talked about the true loft of the driver being different, if you opened or closed the face and the only way to get the true loft would be to sit the club square faced on the flattest part of the sole. Okay that makes sense.

So for arguments sake you close the face but increase the loft, but by sitting the club flat, the loft at address has not increased, the face is closed, but the loft has not increased. So he argues that to get the increased loft you have to square the club face at address, thus negating the adjustment to close the face.

It's this point that has me a little confused, I slice the ball, so from a square face at address, the club goes back but upon return to impact the ball I've opened the club face and hence I slice. Yes okay there are a multitude of swings faults as well, but we're not talking about what the body does here.

So you close the face at address, his argument is now any loft adjustment has been lost, but as I would take the club back and return to the ball, where as before my club face would be open, it is now square and the loft adjustment I made is correct.

The guy in the video, is assuming that an adjusted face at address is returned to impact in the same adjusted position, which as golfers we all know is not the case.

 

[garyinderry]

You haven't necessarily opened the face when you hit that slice.

In fact, if your slice starts left of target you have brought the face back closed to target but your swing path will be miles left of that.

 

[Khamelion]

You haven't necessarily opened the face when you hit that slice.

In fact, if your slice starts left of target you have brought the face back closed to target but your swing path will be miles left of that.

Yeah, I realise that a slice is combination of a multitude of things, out to in swing path, open club face, etc... I was just commenting on his point about the adjustable loft and how his argument could be flawed.

If you use his example of having a closed club face and you return to impact with that closed face and an out to in swing, you will end up with a pull hook, if you managed to get the face square, you'd get a straight pull and anything open is going to give a small fade to a mahoosive slice. I know I've had them all.

 

[Markw]

I think that's one of the points he is trying to get across, amateurs are not consistent enough to square the face every time so an adjustable driver does not work how you are expecting it, far better to get a driver fitted for your swing which the big name adjustable drivers cannot do.