Thinking about a new driver

[Khamelion]

I guess many of you will have read the thread subject and be thinking, here we go another not happy with his driver so he's going to change it to see if it makes things better.

Well, yes and no, my driver is the only club I didn't get fitted for, straight off the shelf, stock stiff shaft.

Now though, I've a little bit of spare cash and was thinking of getting a new driver, but this time arranging a proper fitting session. My dilema now is, do I go to a pro and try several makes out and possibly end up with a stock driver albeit from a make I may not had previously considered, or do I decide that, for arguments sake, go with Cleveland and arrange fitting day at a Cleveland center?

Or third option, try to make the driver I have work, persevere with it, but always having that niggling doubt that it might not be the right club for me.

 

[Fader]

Option 4: Try out a few you like the look of, then once you decide on a favourite so to speak go to that manufacturer for a custom fitting.

 

[Olivavu]

Option 4 sounds good to me.

Taylormade would be my first port of call. Had three or four of their drivers and like them all.

 

[the hammer]

or, go somewhere that custom fits, that can give variations of the same club, and numerous different makes of club, track them on flightscope and they tell you what suits you. Then you decide.

 

[RobbieD]

Agree with the hammer go somewhere that custom fits and try as many different Drivers as you can i just had my first custom fit and came away knowing i have a Driver that suits me and i am Driving the ball more consistently..

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Go somewhere that does more than one manufacturer and try as many as you can in as many specs as you can.

 

[RGDave]

I change my driver almost every season. I tend to go up and down lofts and try out different makes and shafts.

3 years ago, I had a Ping G5 I could hardly hit, no joke. Not so long ago (after a GM magazine trip to the Belfry) I tried a G15 and K15 in the Ping bay and couldn't get on with either.

What am I using today? A Ping G15.

My swing is never the same season to season. I have no issue with changing drivers, I just avoid paying top dollar and never rule out any particular make. Last year (as an example) I borrowed a Cleveland Launcher for a week and could do no wrong with it. I hit 12 fairways more or less dead centre around Little Aston with it. (That's a proper golf course, for those that don't know it). This year, I tried one at the Bridgestone Ball fitting (along with a G10 in TFC129) and it was a disaster.

As GB72 says (on a other post) it's a miracle us keen amateurs ever hit a good shot. If getting a C/F driver or changing lofts/shafts regularly helps gain a few yards or fix a bad shot, why not. Life's too short.

Putters and drivers, that's me. Won't be changing any other kit unless it's old and rusty....like my wedges were (?!)

 

[bobmac]

Stick with it.
If you were fitted for the 3 wood, 5 wood and hybrid and it matches them, how wrong can it be ?

 

[Khamelion]

Stick with it.
If you were fitted for the 3 wood, 5 wood and hybrid and it matches them, how wrong can it be ?

"How wrong can it be?" Well after the driver my 3 metal is my longest club, I can hit that off the tee or the fairway pretty consistently 8/10 being good shots, by good I mean going where I wanted the ball to go.

With the driver, it's just destroying my game, slice after slice from the tee, 50 balls at the driving range I might get half a dozen to go where I want them to.

Yes the club is longer and more difficult to control but the niggling doubt has crept in that because my driver wasn't fitted for me and was purchased before I had lessons when my swing was totally different, I can't help but think that it's the wrong club.

BY saying wrong club I might be being a bit harsh, it could be the shaft, I don't know, hence why the subject is "Thinking about a new driver", perhaps it should've been thinking about a new shaft?

 

[bobmac]

What I meant was if you were fitted for the 3 wood and that goes well, if the driver is the same as the 3 wood (make, model,shaft), you must be swinging it differently.

 

[kev_off_the_tee]

What I meant was if you were fitted for the 3 wood and that goes well, if the driver is the same as the 3 wood (make, model,shaft), you must be swinging it differently.

Agreed, I use Nike woods and I know I swing differently with the driver after being told by friends. I can do almost no wrong with my 3 wood but my driver is very hit and miss, literally.

Last round saw the driver left at home but to make up for it I had a session at the range and after a warm up focused mainly on my driver. It'll come

 

[Imurg]

What I meant was if you were fitted for the 3 wood and that goes well, if the driver is the same as the 3 wood (make, model,shaft), you must be swinging it differently.

This is it in a nutshell...

I've had this problem for years.
Every club in the bag goes well except the driver.
Every now and then (like now!) I work out what's going wrong and start driving well
Then somethng changes and it all goes to Rat-poo for a while until I work it out again.........

Don't forget - 200 yards in the fairway is better than 240 yards in the Bundu......

 

[Khamelion]

Don't forget - 200 yards in the fairway is better than 240 yards in the Bundu......

Very true.

I've a lesson coming up on this Thursday, then quite a few rounds over the following days. 26th Round at Whickham, 27th two rounds morning and afternoon, thanks to groupon voucher or Linden Hall, 2nd round at Whickham, 6th 2 rounds at Seahouses thanks to Living Social deal, 7th MacMillan Charity golf at Whickham, so 7 in total where I'd really love my drver to work.

 

[deanobillquay]

Very true.

I've a lesson coming up on this Thursday, then quite a few rounds over the following days. 26th Round at Whickham, 27th two rounds morning and afternoon, thanks to groupon voucher or Linden Hall, 2nd round at Whickham, 6th 2 rounds at Seahouses thanks to Living Social deal, 7th MacMillan Charity golf at Whickham, so 7 in total where I'd really love my drver to work.

I've got that deal at Seahouses, cracking value and love the course!