| The LOFT on your Driver needs to be matched | | | | machismo lead them to play with a shaft that |
| to your swing speed, your golf ball and your | | | | is too strong for their game,c) There is no |
| swing type (did you strike the ball with an | | | | industry standard that matches the various |
| ascending or descending blow). | | | | classifications of shaft strength to actual |
| | | | strength, so one manufacturer's regular can |
| Many of you will also know that your launch | | | | easily be different to another's. |
| angle with your Driver is also linked to the | | | | |
| flex on your shaft. A shaft that is too stiff | | | | Again, when I am matching a golf swing to a |
| for your swing speed will probably fly the | | | | shaft flex, there is a very personal |
| ball lower than expected (and with less | | | | solution. Two golfers might have the same |
| length) while a shaft that is too soft will | | | | swing speed but the smoother swinging golfer |
| probably fly the ball too high to get the | | | | will require a different flex to a golfer |
| best results. | | | | that is jerkier in both the backswing and |
| | | | downswing. |
| Of course a shaft that is too soft will also | | | | |
| probably bring the club head back to the ball | | | | And in conversation with your club fitter, |
| slightly closed and will send your tee shot | | | | while checking out your swing speed and type, |
| left (for right-handers) and a shaft that is | | | | if you are in between requiring a regular or |
| too stiff will most likely be open at impact | | | | stiff shaft for your Driver, you are likely |
| resulting in a ball going right. | | | | to advise you to err on the side of more flex |
| | | | NOT less. |
| So having established your fitted LOFT we | | | | |
| need to make sure that you are playing with | | | | Getting the right flex in your Driver will |
| the right flex on this Driver, and that is | | | | impact on both the distance that you achieve |
| complicated by three challenges:a) Most | | | | with the club and the accuracy. In 2007, get |
| golfers don't know their true swing speed,b) | | | | Fitted. |
| Even when they do, most MALE golfers' | | | | |