The bang p3 plus in the grid long drive driver with house of forge shaft was available for purchase as a complete driver, and new or used heads were also listed. The drivers used by the top10 longest hitters on the pga. However, the minimum and maximum lengths do not apply to putters. You can find a krank rage black 9 driver with an aldila authority tour shaft, and a krank adjustable long drive driver is available as well. Most male golfers are wielding drivers that measure 45 to 48 inches, the maximum allowed under the united states golf associations rules of golf.
From the beginning of the 20th century all the way through to the middle 1980s, the standard mens driver length stood at 43. Perhaps more than anything else, added shaft length has increased driver distances. Here you have a collection of some of the best golfers on the planet, golfers with incredibly good swings, yet on average, they play with drivers which are 2 inches shorter in length than what is being sold to regular golfers. Heading into the 2019 pga championship at bethpage state parks black course, which demands long and straight tee shots, pgatour. Both angle of attack and shaft weight are the base parts of your swing and your desired objectives.
If he could hit the ball straight with a 45 inch clubhe would. The average length of a driver shaft on the pga tour is 44. The problem with bombing off the tee and gouging from the rough is that for us average golfers, it only works percent of the time. To answer that question right away, we dont think so. However, in comparison to a professional long driver, no player on the pga tour would stand a chance of winning or even being competitive at the world long drive championships. And he knows if he did use a longer driver, hed have even more trouble keeping it in play.
There is no question i have been an advocate for driver shaft length to be shorter than the current standard driver shaft lengths as offered by the various golf equipment companies. What is the ideal driver shaft length according to. First, heres a tally of what the top 10 in driving distance on tour are using by driver manufacturer. The typical putter is nowhere near as long as the average driver. They hit fairways, off the tee and straighter shots more consistently with a 44.
In much the same way, the golf club shaft in your driver could be considered the engine that drives you down the fairway. Michael breed, host of the golf fix, teaches how to find the proper length of your driver shaft and gives a drill to maximize distance. Now doing more research i find that the average lpga driver length is 45. Drivers that exceed 48 inches in length cannot be used to play official tournaments and long driving competitions. 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. The average driver shaft length on tour is roughly 44. We immediately set out to fix that and discover whether golfers are helped or harmed by longer driver shafts. Driver shaft length is shorter better than standard length. This is backed up by the fact twotime world long drive champion joe miller uses a 50in shaft.
Get the right shaft to hit your driver straight and long bombing and gouging. 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. The average length of a driver 5 years ago was approximately 45 long. Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity. Many have heard that a shorter driver shaft can increase their. Nowadays, with seemingly never ending race to claim longer drives, driver manufacturers have even been selling standard shafts as long as 45 inches. According to our poll, 30% of you play a 45 inch driver, 19% play a 45. Driver length creep may be why you cant hit your driver. Miles of golf feels one of the very important parts of fitting a customer for a driver is the length of the driver.
Project x pxv is a replacement shaft designed to fit your taylormade sldr, r15, m1, or m2 driver. The purpose of golf myths unplugged is to challenge the accepted wisdom of golf, but even we. Check out breeds tip on how to determine whether your driver shaft length is too long or too short. I have learned at golfsmith clubmaking school in austin, tx that custom fit club length should be measured from wrist to floor so men with average height 510 will use driver less than 45 if they have long arm. While a 48inch driver is legal, the wisdom of using the longest possible club is questionable. If youre struggling off of the tee, the length of your driver might be one. Driver length has to do with with your angle of attack, and your desired shaft weighthead weight combination. Average driver shaft length pga tour setupcharts20s blog. If you are a golf fan you may have seen the news recently that reigning pga championship winner jimmy walker put a 42 inch titleist 917d2 driver into play at the pga tour events held recently in hawaii.
The golf club shaft length and driving distance relationship. When we realized that we had never tested the concept of shorter driver shafts being more accurate. The longer shaft promises more speed but possibly less control while the shorter shaft promises more consi. Since 2005, the average driver length on the pga tour has stood at 44. Either they want more distance or they want more accuracy. There is no legal limit to the length of a putter or its shaft. That is why the cluboratory, our fitting center, has drivers of varying length. Get the right shaft to hit your driver straight and long. I tend to believe him because when i was fitted by avery reed, a former tour van employee of taylor made, he told me that he never fitted a tour player for a driver longer than 45inches long in his time. Wishon also told me that the average driver length on the pga tour is shorter than the standard lengths equipment companies sell us. What drivers do the pga tours longest golfers use to bomb their tee shots. The problem with bombing off the tee and gouging from the rough is that for us average golfers. Get the best deals on long driver golf club shafts when you shop the largest online selection at. Many tour pros are opting for a shorter driver shaft these days, but why.
Driver shaft length custom fitting for the correct length to help improve your strike pattern and accuracy. The average driver length on the pga tour is under 45 inches. They can send the ball over a distance of 275 yards using this golf club. I took my current driver, which is the titleist d3 8. In fact, testing shows an inch of extra shaft length equals roughly 10 yards in distance. In reality, the average length of a driver used on tour is 44. Driver length is important playing the correct length driver will lead to more oncenter shots, and oncenter shots increase driving distance and accuracy.
Golf driver shaft length, options video lesson by pga pro pete styles if you were to consider looking at changing your driver, most people want to change their driver for two factors. Now that the 20172018 pga tour season is behind us, we can do a thorough examination. Whats the average driver shaft length on the pga tour. Com took a look into the driver setups of the top 10 players in. Only 33% of our respondents play a driver that is shorter than 45 inches. Taking a look at the driver shaft length used by the tour leaders in strokes gained.
The longer shaft promises more speed but possibly less control while the shorter shaft promises more consistency, but. Its a shame that most people are being hurt by the really long drivers and dont know it. Driver shaft length clubs, grips, shafts, fitting the. The folks at ping built me two identical g30 driversone at their standard length of 4534 inches, the other two inches shorter. Watson, one of the pga tours longest hitters, told golf digest in 2010 that he uses a 44. Struggling with accuracy off the tee, rickie fowler shaved an inch off his driver length at the honda classic, using a 43. Driver shaft length are you shorting yourself using a 46.
The only regulation with respect to putter length in the rules of golf is the general standard that all clubs must be at least 18 inches long. The drivers and shafts used by the top10 drivers on the. The standard length of a mens driver is roughly 43. There is an optimum driver shaft length with which golfers will achieve maximum clubhead speed and it will vary from player to player. Curious if shaft length would improve finaus flight and contact something rickie fowler noticed when he switched to 43. The longer shaft promises more speed but possibly less control while the. If they could hit a long 46in driver and stay accurate id hazard a. In the last 25 years, the average driver shaft length has gradually moved from 43 inches to 45. What length driver should you use with mark crossfield filmed at titleist tpi in the usa with their top fitting team. Contrary to what some might think, there isnt a run on. Cobra is actually releasing a 48 driver called the long tom for 2012. Michael breed, host of the golf fix, answers a viewers email question on driver shaft length. Rickie fowler finds shorterlength driver to his liking. Using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length.
However, in the 21st century a standard driver is considered to be 45 inches. The standard length of a driver for men used to be 43. 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. For men, the majority of drivers that are available in golf stores are lengths of 4512 to 46 inches long.
Michael breed give tips for driver length and distance. Project x pxv rf lex shaft is a topquality graphite shaft installed in a taylormade sldr shaft adapter. Driving hybrid length preference between 38 and 4348, otherwise hybrid will be mens standard length 41 loft. The average driver length for all the other pros on the pga tour today is 44. Golf driver shaft length, options video lesson by pga. Longer shaft or shorter in your driver, mark crossfield.
In the last 25 years, the average driver shaft length has. In 2011, the average driver length of the brands that we stock is 45. However, the average driver length for pga tour players is 4412 inches long. In concept, going to a longer shaft is a great idea since in most cases the longer the shaft the faster the head will travel. The minimum length for a driver shaft is 18 inches. I believe the average driver length on the pga tour is around 44.
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