Golf Driver: The Head

The strength combined with the weight of the golf driver is the key especially if your handicap is higher.

Titanium club heads fit this bill on both aspects.

Titanium club heads are both stronger and lighter weight than steel club heads.

Since you can create more clubface surface area with a titanium driver head for the same amount of weight as a steel club head, you then produce by default, a larger sweet spot on the club face.

Hence, higher handicappers will find this type of driver more forgiving for their golf game.

So, why doesn’t everyone go with titanium?

Although steel club heads are heavier than titanium, they are cheaper. Good quality steel clubs heads will provide the same distance provided you hit the smaller sweet spot.

Lower handicap players will generally go with steel clubs because they provide a greater ability to work the flight of the ball. Remember, the more ‘forgiving’ the club the less control YOU have over the flight characteristics you can impart on the golf ball. This is why lower handicap players prefer the trade off of forgiveness to get more control.

Let’s talk briefly about clubface loft. Most generally a typical golf driver has a loft of 8-12 degrees. The lower the number the lower the natural trajectory of the ball flight will be. A lower loft (lower number) will produce more distance if all things are equal. How does this equate to your game? Well, if you tend to slice the golf ball of the tee, you will want to opt for a higher lofted driver. Lower lofted drivers tend to accentuate any spin you put on the ball. Thus, a lower lofted driver will often add to your slice and your handicap.

Put a number on it?

O.K. Higher handicappers will probably want to go 10 degrees or higher on their drivers.

Hope this is somewhat helpful. Let’s talk about the golf driver shaft.

The Golf Driver: Big And Sexy

As you know, technology has changed the game of golf immensely over the past several years.

One of the biggest (or at least the most marketed) is that surrounding the golf driver. The driver is the biggest, longest, bad-est, sexiest, and most expensive golf club in your bag.

For the golfer, no other club in the bag sets the tone for the for round like our driver. The golfer’s driver…truly a love/hate relationship. And with today’s technology, who doesn’t like to go for the green in one on those beguine par fours!

As I mentioned a moment ago, no other golf club receives the marketing hype that the driver does. A lot attention to a golf club to be sure, but a club that, if you are not comfortable with will add strokes to your round off some 14 different tee boxes if you are really struggling. That’s a lot of strokes.

So, what type of golf driver should I be looking at? The short answer is one that gives you a feeling of confidence when you address the ball and execute your swing. If you’d like a bit more information on getting custom fitted clubs, I have a couple articles on custom golf clubs already written.

Where can you buy good clubs online?

Here are a couple of good resources for golf club drivers, irons and complete sets that I have had very good luck with.

There are some great variations for your that aren’t covered in our discount warehouse that I would recommend that you check out.

For custom made clubs and clones, Pinemeadow Golf has always been one of the top 50 custom golf club manufacturers in the world.  They sell a complete line of custom golf clubs.   If you are looking for a nice driver but don’t want to pay brand name PRICES then consider a clone golf driver. Compare to name brands such as Adams, Callaway, Cleveland, King Cobra, Taylor Made, Nike, Titleist and Ping but at 1/3 the price.

They also have an automated Custom Fitting Wizard to tailor the clubs for your frame. And if you are perhaps thinking about introducing a junior golfer to the game the Pinemeadow Nitrix Junior Golf Set for Ages 10-14 set is perfect for players between the ages of 10-14. The woods and irons are built with custom matched Pinemeadow NRG graphite shafts that are lightweight yet durable enough for junior golfers. All the clubs are built and designed with easy to hit characteristics making it simple for the new player to pick up the game.

Callaway Golf preowned is another very good option for you they offer largest selection of used Callaway golf equipment.  You can choose from over 40,000 thousand used Callaway golf clubs, drivers, fairway woods, iron sets, individual irons, wedges, putters, starter sets, and junior sets.  These are excellent clubs at a fraction of the price of new.