Straighter or longer

[jim8flog]

I have trialling various shafts for my new driver and now have a slight dilemma.

Straighter or longer.

One shaft I have found I can hit very straight most of the time and the other I can only hit left to right. The latter is about 10 yards longer.

What would you chose?

 

[Bazzatron]

Middle of the fairway all day long.

 

[chrisd]

For the sake of 10 yards straighter all day long

 

[jdpjamesp]

Straighter. It's not a difficult choice in my book.

 

[Imurg]

How much left to right?
Is it constant?
If it's a controllable fade then that 10 yards could help.
If it's more of a slice than a fade then go with the straight one.

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Straight, straight, straight. Searching in the rubbish, 3 off the tee time and time again. There is no fun in that.

 

[Orikoru]

Always go straight. In summer with a bit of extra roll on the fairway that 10 yards difference might be more like 5 yards or less. (Assuming the other one is creeping into the rough more often.)

 

[Khamelion]

Think about it another way, think about your second shot. From a shorter straighter on the fairway drive you get a clean second shot, which you should get good distance from, or 10yds longer from the rough, perhaps behind a tree, you chip out sideways, have to hack out from long grass and end up playing a 3rd shot from not much further forward.

 

[Deleted member 16999]

Depends on the course, if 10yds longer is recoverable and takes out some hazards, then put that shaft in.
If it’s tight and you need accuracy, play the other shaft.

 

[Deleted member 21258]

If the flight is a controlled flight, for me it would be the longer one.

 

[USER1999]

I would go longer. I am not playing for a living, and long is fun. If i want to hit it short, i can hit a 3 wood off the tee.

 

[garyinderry]

Go test them again to see if you are still hitting it straight. if you are go for that one.

 

[mikeb4]

I have trialling various shafts for my new driver and now have a slight dilemma.

Straighter or longer.

One shaft I have found I can hit very straight most of the time and the other I can only hit left to right. The latter is about 10 yards longer.

What would you chose?

no brainer, straight

 

[Lazkir]

Depends on your course, if a fade suits most of the tee shots then that's the way to go surely?

 

[xreyuk]

I have trialling various shafts for my new driver and now have a slight dilemma.

Straighter or longer.

One shaft I have found I can hit very straight most of the time and the other I can only hit left to right. The latter is about 10 yards longer.

What would you chose?

I think there was a study that said for pros, being longer was always the better option, statistically they score better.

I realise we aren’t pro’s but as a single digit handicapper you’re obviously decent at golf, might be worth evaluating how you play out of the rough at yours course.

Long thick rough = straighter
Lots of semi rough = longer.

 

[patricks148]

Longer .

 

[Deleted member 15344]

For ten yards then straighter would be the preference- my drives are normally about ten yards shorter than a good number of players but it’s in the fairway most of the time

 

[Imurg]

For ten yards then straighter would be the preference- my drives are normally about ten yards shorter than a good number of players but it’s in the fairway most of the time

If you could have a controllable, constant, gentle fade and be 10 yards longer, would you want it..?

 

[TheDiablo]

Depends on your course. On mine I would take straighter every day - even in first cut you can have some shots impeded by overhanging branches if you're at the wrong angle. At other more open courses I have played the 10 yards extra would be great as being straight may not matter as much

 

[Deleted member 15344]

If you could have a controllable, constant, gentle fade and be 10 yards longer, would you want it..?

If it’s landing in the rough then no - if it’s landing in the fairway then for me that’s a straight shot ( as opposed to a straight ball flight ) . I regularly play with a gentle fade and the odd gentle draw depending on the hole but normally about 10 yards behind many