Loft

[CarpeDiem]

I know that some pro's have their 3 woods 'bent' so that the loft is less that it states on the club, e.g. It says 15* but it's actually 13.5*. My question is, can this be done with a driver. I currently have a 10.5* Superquad and love it, however I want less loft without having to change club. I ideally want 9.5*.

 

[USER1999]

Can't you just put the weights at the front?

 

[Macster]

Pretty sure you cant change the loft like you can in irons.

 

[TonyN]

I think you can, I read somewhere (think it was on PGA website) that I think it was Stewart Cink has his driver bent to 6*

Stewart Cink also just told me Via Twitter he is thinking of changing from the Nike one tourD to the 4 piece Nike one Tour. Off topic I know, but now I feel like we buddies

 

[TonyN]

NO I was wrong, it wasn't Stewart Cink, he is 10.5 Nike driver.

What does Rory use?

 

[USER1999]

Rory has a 909D2.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

Can I ask why you want less loft on a driver you "love" as it is?

 

[Liam_Austin]

I was looking into this myself, because my 12* driver atm just sends the ball soooooo high when it hits the ground I get no role whatsoever. Been meaning to ask at the club for a while but find it a bit weird asking for a driver to be delofted.

You may say just go get custom fit because it might be the shaft that is causing the incredibly high ball flight. But being 16 I havent got the money to even consider a new driver and a quick fix to the problem would be to lower the loft of my driver.

 

[mono217]

Am sure you will be able to get the driver delofted

 

[CarpeDiem]

I want to have the driver de-lofted because it sends the ball ever so high, as a result I find myself with little to no roll. This means that other players are pitching way behind me but their ball is running past mine, even more so now that the fairways are starting to dry out. At the moment I can carry the ball 250 yds (no wind) but feel that there is so much more distance left.

 

[andiritchie]

It can be done

The person adjusting it will have to have a mould of the exact driver which will fit around the head before going into the vice

With a popular driver like a Superquad it could be possible although if you de-loft you also shut the face even more

 

[andiritchie]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9Vpnjt_2jw


There is a Cleveland being adjusted on 2 mins

 

[TonyN]

Just found this on another site


Article in GolfWorld this week. "Pros bend clubs to improve both performance and LOOK"

Although the drivers played on the PGA Tour look like the ones your and I play, fact is many of them aren't. They're drivers with a twist---literally.
That's because in the tour pro's quest to fine-tune equipment, many players (about 50%) bend their drivers for loft, face angle and/or lie angle. The tweaks can range from subtle (Retief Goosen has had his driver bent to the exact lof of 8.2º) to severe (John Daly turned a 10.5º driver into a 7.5º club so the face was more open, making a hook less likely).
Keith Sbarbaro, vice president of TaylorMake's tour operations, says bending is done for appearance as much as performance. Last year Mike Weir, for example, had a 10.5º club bent to 9º. Normally, a player would simply be fit into a 9º driver, but Weir felt his club looked too square and needed a more "open" look. Bending the higher-lofted club achieved that. Sbarbaro said most players prefer an open look, but there are exceptions. Darren Clarke, for one, prefers a slightly closed look.
Bending for lie angle is important, too. David Toms recently put a new driver in play that was bent 2º flatter to give him a shot shape that falls a bit to the right---his preferred ball flight.
In the days of persimmon, players shaved the heel or toe in an effort to close or open the face, respectively. Today options such as movable weights make things easier. Sbarbaro says he does half as much bending now because a ball-flight tweak can be done with weights. And when bending is required, he said it normally takes one try and then moving some weight to get it right. In years past it often took up to three bends before a player was satisfied.
Call it progress, with a twist. GW

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Why not go to a local demo day and try a few clubs out in different lofts and shafts and at least you'll get a feel for what works even if its not the manufacturer of choice. Then see what you can blag for birthdays etc or see if you can source something similar 2nd hand

 

[CarpeDiem]

I can't afford to shell out for a new club even if its 2nd hand, thats why I posed the question. Although it is looking as if I need to go down that route, if I desperatly want more distance .

 

[HomerJSimpson]

You say you can carry 250 (no wind). Is that realistic and measured? If so why do you need anymore distance. As you are young you are still developing and so distance will come with a good technique and age. My advice would be to concentrate on hitting fairways as its easier to score off the short grass than 300 yards down a hole hacking out of trees or rough

 

[CarpeDiem]

My 250 yd drive was measured with a skycaddie at 253 yds on my drive out from my Junior Captaincy. Homer, your proberly right and usable distance is better than all out distance.