What if your driver suddenly cracked?

[MarkT]

See Dustin Johnson’s driver cracked just before teeing off at Liberty National and his back-up was elsewhere. So he had to use a stronger lofted 3-wood that he doesn’t usually carry..

What would you do if your driver suddenly went on the day of a big one? Do you keep one in the boot/locker? I would likely start off with my 5-wood and lose faith very quickly and then try and hammer/de-loft my hybrid

 

[clubchamp98]

I think if this happened a lot of ams would be better off.
An awful lot of golfers should not own a driver.
It causes them so much trouble.

Get a demo from the pro shop if I don’t take my own advice!

 

[SyR]

It would be the perfect excuse to buy a new one...

 

[garyinderry]

I'd use my 3 wood.

We are currently not getting on that well. Only really use it on par 5 s 2nd shot and that isnt my favourite shot.

I've only broke par at my home course once and that day I only used the 3 wood all day. Didnt hit one driver. Had it on a string back then. Couple of years ago now. Plan to buy a new one for next season. Time to part ways.

 

[FuzzyDuck]

I quite often "bench" my driver for weeks on end and use the 3 wood.

 

[Diamond]

I would fly over to Canada and get a TXG fitting with Matty Boy. Those guys know their onions.

 

[Robster59]

I'd just switch to my 3 wood. Maybe even my 5 which seems almost as long as my 3 that I often question do I need the 3.

 

[patricks148]

I would prob just borrow aTM head from a demo driver from the pro shop. Shaft makes more diff to me tbh.

 

[Deleted member 1147]

I’d knock some loft off my 3/4 wood and get it round with that.
Then I’d book a fitting for shiny new big dog.

 

[Deleted member 23344]

I would use my 5 wood. I have two drivers, but the other one would be at home and unavailable if I was about to tee off.

 

[Imurg]

No issue using a 3 wood for driving..in fact that's what I'll be using today..

 

[G1z1]

I hit my 3 wood just as far as my driver but just less consistent, so would probably help my game lol. Keep saying im going to have a round with just the 3 wood.

 

[Slab]

I think nearly everyone will have an alternate club off the tee for where the flight or landing area is narrow or there's a hazard etc in play if they were to use driver, so they switch to a.n. other club

Surely folks will just use that club if the driver broke

 

[bobmac]

Something similar happened to me years ago to my Ping G2 driver, there was a crack in the face.



Fortunately, the nice guys at Ping gave me a G5 which is still going strong. If it happened again I've got a 3 wood which is 12 degrees so I'd just use that. Then I'd go on the hunt for a Ping G10 driver, spoil myself.

 

[Sats]

Go to the 3 wood. Then put in a claim for insurance.

 

[Backache]

I think if this happened a lot of ams would be better off.
An awful lot of golfers should not own a driver.
It causes them so much trouble.

I am not sure if this is true any more modern drivers are pretty forgiving things.
To the original question, I would go to my three wood, I used to use it a lot but with modern drivers I'm more reliable off the tee with a driver than a three.

 

[HeftyHacker]

I think I'd probably have to rely on my driving iron or hybrid seeing as I've completely lost the ability to hit my 3w nowadays.

Having said that, I played with the below for a couple of months until my Epic Flash arrived and it didn't actually appear to affect performance too much (it still flew everywhere but the fairway).

 

[Orikoru]

I'd just use my mate's driver probably. Or if it was a comp and this wasn't allowed, I'd go back and try and cancel my comp entry. And if I can't get that back.. I just tee off with my next longest club which is the 5 wood. Would be annoying though. That said, my longest 5 wood shot is probably only 15 yards short of my average drive. But I just love hitting my driver so the round wouldn't be as fun.

 

[jim8flog]

In play switch to the 3 wood.

At home there is often to use another driver whilst I source another one.

 

[jim8flog]

Go to the 3 wood. Then put in a claim for insurance.

You must have a good insurance policy, damage during usage is normally excluded.