Struggling with accuracy off the tee, rickie fowler shaved an inch off his driver length at the honda classic, using a 43. Titleist 818 h1 h2 hybrid shaft tensei ck pro red white blue stiff regular. Now that you know what you should be looking for in a driver shaft, lets consider some of the most popular and effective shafts on the market. Driver shaft length will be reduced by the biggest golf companies in the near future and they will market heavily the far increased accuracy of the shorter shaft. Titleist adds cg adjustability, gives golfers the ability to control draw. There is a good chance that your golf clubs are too long. We look forward to testing this one out asap to see if they perform as good as they look.
The key factor to bear in mind is this fact loft change takes only place should you hold your titleist driver in midair and dont sole it. We will typically cut your shaft to precisely the manufacturers standard length but are happy to accommodate special requests. Cobra is actually releasing a 48 driver called the long tom for 2012. The guys at titleist have outdone themselves this time. And getting touring pros to change drivers in the middle of their season with so. In actual fact the best driver shafts can add a remarkable number of yards to. Michael breed, host of the golf fix, answers a viewers email question on driver shaft length. Regular flex, 44 length, 335 tip, 600 butt, with an excellent golf pride tour wrap grip. Accuracy, feel explain why some pga tour players have gone to.
Just click the title below to see overall specs and the recommended model in our current lineup. Multiple stock and custom shaft options allow the shaft to be fit for maximum ball speed and preferred feel. The feel off the face is great and the club cuts through the rough like butter but the stock a. In combination with the proper surefit tour hosel setting.
To increase swing weight from d2 to d4 you can add about 4 grams of weight to the club head, subtract 10 grams of weight from the grip or lengthen the shaft by inch. Whats the average driver shaft length on the pga tour. There is an optimum driver shaft length with which golfers will achieve maximum clubhead speed and it will vary from player to player. I purchased the f8 2 hybrid with the stiff shaft about four months ago. Aug 20, 2015 using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length. The shaft will be cut to manufacturers standard length. Stock shafts which have a stock length of 45 inches will include. This is a third party adapter, but quality and fit are guaranteed. Found the need for that simply by the fact that i already have to choke quite a lot on standard length shafts to get good hits. If your drivers clubhead feels uncomfortably heavy perhaps because youve switched to a driver with a lighter shaft adding some weight near the grip may help the club feel more balanced. When i pull the trigger on a new driver, that is something im going to factor in. I purchased the speeder pro 64 shaft that is 46 inches. Put a piece of masking tape lengthwise along the grips of your clubs and mark them in 14 increments from the top. Aug 15, 2011 im looking to purchase a titleist 910fd 3wood and probably a 910h in the future, but im going to be using a different shaft that i would like to install, but i have no idea how to remove the adapter and then reintall it.
Driveshaftpro driveshaft repair in southern california. My belief is that the optimal length of any club is the length at which you hit it properly. Nowadays, with seemingly never ending race to claim longer drives, driver manufacturers have even been selling standard shafts as long as 45 inches. Titleist custom driver shafts 917, ts2, ts3 custom shafts. Part of the graphite light family gl2 series, the executive player wood is designed primarily for the higher handicap player who has a slower transitionswing speed, yet wants to gain distance and accuracy. The average length of a driver 5 years ago was approximately 45 long. Altering the swing weight by changing the shafts weight is a little trickier, but you will increase the swing weight by approximately one unit for each 9 grams of weight you. What you need to know about the titleist 917 drivers the golf. The stock driver length of most manufacturers taylormade, callaway ping, cobra these days is 45. It is cut to precisely the manufacturers standard length, but we will be happy to accommodate special requests and custom specs.
This raises the immediate question, why is a relatively tall, obviously highly skilled player using a shorter than standard driver. Mar 02, 2012 by shawn zawodni cluboratory manager at miles of golf special to golfwrx miles of golf feels one of the very important parts of fitting a customer for a driver is the length of the driver. If you have a strong swing, you need something stronger than the stock stiff shaft. Nov 07, 20 if the driver shaft is so long that you are not able to make consistent sweet spot contact, all of the potential distance gained from the shaft length goes out the window. Gone is the gloss black that was utilized with 915, 9, and 910 drivers. Leveraging the tour and the club pro to drive sales has served titleist well. Dec 11, 2018 for example, if you are 6feet tall and your wristtofloor measurement is 35 inches, a standard length driver 44 inches for a steel shaft driver and 45 inches for a graphite shaft driver would be appropriate. Using the fujikura legacy guide below, you can still reference all the specs, even if the shaft is no longer available. The new surefit will draw attention with their tourvaninahosel because its design was inspired by the bending, shafting and weighting of metals that used to occur only within our tour vans. Driver length creep may be why you cant hit your driver. Sergio is an interesting player to bring up though, because while he does use a heavy shaft 90g, considered heavy for a driver by todays standards, he plays his drivers at 43 now a standard 3 wood length, so hes effectively using the heavier shaft to maintain the swingweight as a 5565g shaft would be unusable at the length he prefers. Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity.
Shop by club type such as driver shaft, hybrid shaft, fairway wood shaft. Im no longer a titleist driver fanthey lost me after the 910but the. Jun 21, 2018 driver shaft length is longer or shorter better. And he knows if he did use a longer driver, hed have even more trouble keeping it in play. This is a premium replacement shaft designed to fit your current driver. But before you march into your pro shop and demand the assistant lops an inch off the shaft in your current driver, remember that when you.
Increasing shaft length from 45 is perhaps the most untitleist aspect of. In the last 25 years, the average driver shaft length has gradually moved from 43 inches to 45. The best 2019 driver and shaft combinations dlance. We believe that the shaft is the part of the club that has the most impact on distance, consistency and accuracy, so that is why we are including our shaft recommendations in. The number of tour pros opting to use hybrids as fairwaywood replacements is another. Im 5 10 and have hit standard or plus length clubs all my golfing career. It is why the wheelhouse for driver shaft weights on. However, in the 21st century a standard driver is considered to be 45 inches. I took my current driver, which is the titleist d3 8.
I can kill my 3 wood, and at one point was even considering putting that shaft in my driver just to see what it was. The extra length of the shaft gain at lest 10 to 15 yards. Some players get good control and distance when they use this club. I know almost nothing about shafts so i was asking for your help to tell me. They have come pretty close to killing a decades old myth. Even though im usually a high ball hitter i suspect a 10. The marketing is for those who delude with my penis driver is longer than your penis driver even though i slice 30 yards off target with a stiff shaft too.
Over the past twenty years, golf club manufacturers have been making clubs stronger meaning they have less loft on the face, and longer so that they can sell hopeful golfers the newest hot weapon that will knock the ball unimaginable distances. Got 1 inch off from my driver shaft last summer and im planning to get shorter iron shafts for 2007. The low, deep cg generates greater distance by increasing dynamic loft and elevating moi significantly on both axes. A 44 driver helps golfers to achieve a distance of about 275 yards. If putting a titleist 917 driver in your bag is something youre considering, heres. For the testing, everybody hit the titleist 910 driver in the head d2 or d3 with the loft, face setting, and shaft of their choice. Im looking to purchase a titleist 910fd 3wood and probably a 910h in the future, but im going to be using a different shaft that i would like to install, but i have no idea how to remove the adapter and then reintall it. Clubs like titleists 910 have weight ports that can also be adjusted by the factory.
Have you ever wondered what the average driver shaft length is on the. From the beginning of the 20th century all the way through to the middle 1980s, the standard mens driver length stood at 43. Each player hit seven drives with each of three driver shaft lengths. Jan 25, 2016 i hit five shots with each driver on trackman iv, and to ensure as much of an applestoapples comparison as possible, i tested each driver head with the same shaft.
Jan 12, 2012 a lousy golfer will be equally poor with whatever length driver shaft, so they might as well buy the longest shaft driver and delude over hope. That is why the cluboratory, our fitting center, has drivers of varying length. Lights right for many pros, but heavy shafts still work for some. I have plenty of distance, but driver accuracy is an issue for me.
Titleist long drive stiff driver shaft 917 915 9 910. Our mission is to bring joy to all golfers by improving their game and maximizing their potential. True spec golf, miura, nicklaus companies, golf logix, club conex. Driver shaft length is shorter better than standard. Mitsubishi rayon diamana ahina 72 for titleist titleist diamana ahina 72 combines mdi technology and the slightly stiffer bend profile of next generation diamana ahina with a specific torque level for each flex. If you are 5 feet 4 inches tall with a 35inch wristtofloor measurement, the club should be onequarter inch longer. I recently cut 1 14 inches off my standard length iron set as an experiment because i started choking down on the club for a more consistent ball strike. Hi, i finally received my new titleist 910 d3 driver and what a beauty it is i bought it on ebay, but it took over a month until i got it, cause i ordered it with two shafts and titleist did not deliver the 2nd shaft in time. Find the perfect deal for titleist golf club shafts with free shipping on many items at ebay.
This mid60 gram shaft features a midstiff bend profile and low torque to provide a lowmedium launch and spin rate. This is a replacement shaft designed to fit titleists 910 drivers or 910f fairway, 9 drivers, 915 drivers, and 917 drivers. Later in the session, he started suggesting a shorter shaft. It got me to thinking and i realized i havent been hitting my 45 inch driver with the control and accuracy that i once did with a pers. Many golf monthly forum members are increasingly inquisitive over the distance gains we see on readerfitting days, questioning where exactly the distance. Length of shafts according to height in golf sportsrec.
Since our inception in 1995, fujikura composites america has been at the forefront of design and development to produce the worlds best golf shafts. Most male golfers are wielding drivers that measure 45 to 48 inches, the maximum allowed under the united states golf associations rules of golf. Every two years like clockwork, titleist launches a new model. Surefit tour adjustable hosel system that debuted in the 910 drivers, which. Titliest 910 adapter removal and install club making.
What you need to know about the titleist 917 drivers the. Woods was one of the last to forego a steel shaft for graphite and over time the weight in his driver shaft. I thought about going with the regular shaft but the stiff is working just fine. If he could hit the ball straight with a 45 inch clubhe would. Titleist 917 driver shaft fujikura pro 64 ts aldila rogue max stiff flex. Titleist ts, 917 915 9 910 diamana 70 stiff flex driver shaft 44.
Aug 26, 2012 i was reading the latest golf magazine and saw that luke donald had shortened his driver this year to 43. New driver shafts are made as long as 46 inches, requiring them to be cut down to size for most players. The longer shaft promises more speed but possibly less control while the shorter shaft promises more consistency, but which is best. For nongolfers or those just starting to get into the sport it can seem almost impossible that the design of the shaft will have much effect on the overall swing of the user. Effective today, june 21, the 910 drivers are approved for play in competition. Starting in the 1980s, all the golf equipment companies began to increase the standard length of the driver to the point that today, all mens drivers are made to a length between 45.
Im also 57 so im not sure if a standard length driver shaft is right for me. Get the best deals on titleist golf driver shafts when you shop the largest online selection at. Apr 25, 2016 i read this article and it made me think. Apr 16, 2018 as attempting to achieve maximum height and launch with this particular current mindshaft combination, the right setting could be a4. This extended shaft length is proven to increase ball flight and speed. All you need to do is order a customassembled shaft with. Using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length. Dec 01, 2019 what is the optimum driver shaft length. I was on a monitor and the fitter said i hit the ball high with a lot of spin and tended to pull it.
Buy custom shafts for titleist 917 d2 and 917 d3 drivers from wide world of golf custom. Golf legend jack nicklaus is among the pros who have employed this technique by adding lead tape beneath the grips of his clubs. A simple way to think about accuracy as it relates to shaft length is to compare the way you hit your wedge to the way you hit your driver. Accuracy, feel explain why some pga tour players have gone to heavier driver shafts. The 9 driver also features the same surefit tour adjustable hosel system that debuted in the 910 drivers, which allows you to change both the loft and the lie angle. Justin leonard used to use a nike machspeed at 48 a few years back which is also the usgas legal limit, but i dont know if he stayed at that length when he went to taylormade. In doing so, the swing weight decreased from the d1 range down to b7. Titleist 910d2 drivers, released in 2010, feature a 460cc fullpear shaped head designed for maximum playability and forgiveness, promoting a straighter ball flight with higher launch and lowtomid spin.
The standard length of a driver for men used to be 43. What is the average driver shaft length of tour pros. May i suggest you do the following i recently did this myself. Driver shaft length are you shorting yourself using a 46. According to titleist vp of marketing chris mcginley, the new 9 driver adds more length over the older 910 driver.
Free shipping on many items browse your favorite brands affordable prices. So be on the lookout on tour for one of my favorite looking drivers titleist has ever released. Titleists excitement about its new 917 drivers exists on multiple levels and started as engineers discovered upon completion of the new design that they had created a product that compared to its predecessor, the 915 driver, was more forgiving, generated less spin, produced faster ball speeds, and offered enhanced customization features. But the 910 d2 equals the length of the 905r best hits on its normal good hits and is several yards longer on its best hits. The standard length of a mens driver is roughly 43. Accuracy, feel explain why some pga tour players have gone. In 2011, the average driver length of the brands that we stock is 45. The average driver length for all the other pros on the pga tour today is 44. Each driver head was adjusted to the same loft, or as close as possible.
Rickie fowler finds shorterlength driver to his liking. The average driver shaft length on tour is roughly 44. Since the mid 2000s, the average driver length on the pga tour has held. In reality, the average length of a driver used on tour is 44. What our customers are looking for is what are the best driver and shaft combinations that we have fit so far in 2019. Fits 915, 9, 910 drivers shaft length 44 installed gives you a 45 driver length flex stiff weight 65g torque 3.