ridiculous high ball flight

[shewy]

So played in my first 4BBB yesterday and it was windy, my ball flight with the driver is ridiculously high, I mean 6 iron high,as a short term solution I need a seriously low lofted driver to offset whatever the hell I'm doing.
I'm going to work through a series of lessons through the winter focusing on getting my ball flight down.
In the mean time I recon I'm adding 4 or 5 degrees of loft at impact,would a 7.5 degree driver work for this, my thinking is the lower loft with the dynamic loft I'm putting on it anyway would probably turn it into a 11 degree driver anyway.
fwiw I was launching it at 19 degrees with the driver on trackman spin rate 3200,ss 90mph

 

[GasMan]

You'll probably just slice the hell out of a 7.5. Try teeing it higher and hitting softer rather than wasting money on a club.

 

[North Mimms]

All my shots go stupidly high. nice when you are trying to stop ball on green - bit annoying when you are trying to get decent length with the driver.
Lesson from pro told me that it is caused by the same thing that causes my slice- I tend to have the club face a little too open on impact which can add loft to the club. i am trying to square up face a little better and it is helping a bit.

 

[virtuocity]

I don't think it works that way if I recall correctly.

I had the same issues since I started golf and only recently figuring out how to swing a driver properly. I was hitting with a huge negative AAA and creating circa 4500 rpm spin!!!

I was told that lowering the loft would only allow side spin to become more of a 'undesirable feature' of my swing!!!

Out of interest, have you tried some impact tape on your driver at the range? Are you hitting the middle of the face?

 

[lyden]

It may surprise you to know not taking the wind into account you will carry it 4 yards shorter by dropping you launch angle 4 degrees. It may not run as far but that's not always a bad thing.

 

[talksalot81]

I suffer the same - driver tends to fly higher than any other club in the bag (and they all tend to fly pretty high! In my case it is down to a flip rather than a release. I can negate the effect with stiffer and higher kick point shafts. I have gone down to an 8.5 R510TP with speeder 757 shaft and don't have any real trouble with the loft giving me side spin.

 

[shewy]

I get no run at all! Maybe 7.5 is a bit drastic more 8.5,I do tend to hit my driver out of the middle.
Do you think AG would do a swop? The guy who sold it to me said it was my swing issues which were causing the high ball flight and to be fair it is but I would have been happier with a 9.5

 

[ScienceBoy]

Get a lesson first! Its probably technique based as a 10.5 should still not balloon.

I would bet you are hitting up on it too much with active wrists, maybe even flicking?

 

[shewy]

It really is 100% technique,and I plan some lessons to fix it through the winter,just wanted something to get me through the next few weeks.

 

[BrizoH71]

I struggled to get a 10.5 into the air for any length of time, hence why I've gone to a 12-degree driver. Difference is night and day.

 

[lyden]

From the numbers you've posted the only reason to lower you ball flight would be the wind. A tour player on flat ground gets 10 yards of roll with a 12 degree launch angle and less spin than you. If you launched at 12 degrees you would lose 9 yards of carry and maybe 4 yards roll. As I said in the wind the apex of your flight would be 110ft and they average 42ft, newtons laws of motion are on your side.... the elements are not.

 

[shewy]

Is it conceivable that a strong left hand can cause a high ball flight? Read Ben hogans 5. Fundamentals book again last night,and a quick range trip this morning with a weaker left hand grip had me striking the ball much better.