Golf Tip: Adjusting Your Driver for Optimal Performance
By Pete Kelbel
In today’s golf tip, we’ll go over some best practices for adjusting your driver.
Most modern drivers are adjustable, but do you know where to put the weights and set the loft? In today’s golf tip, we’ll review some tricks for how to best adjust your driver.
If you have worked on your swing and are still slicing the ball off to the right, you should set as much weight as you can in the heel of the club. When giving lessons, I’m constantly moving the weights around for my students. I usually have to move more weight into the heel and put less on the toe. The more weight the heel has, the more the clubface wants to release and shut, or square up at impact.
I set my own driver with most of the weight in the toe, as I do not have any trouble squaring up the clubface at impact. Most of my bad hits are big draws and hooks.
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Most of the time, adding loft is a good solution for hitting too many slices with the driver. More loft equates to more backspin and less sidespin. This should at least reduce the slice you have, and it might even turn your slice into a less harmful and longer fade.
I find many amateurs with their drivers set at 9.5 degrees. Usually, they need at least 10.5 degrees.
Opening and closing the clubface settings can be helpful, but the process is often misunderstood. When you close the clubface, you are adding loft. Most players feel like they are reducing loft when they close the clubface setting. When you open the clubface, you are reducing loft. Most players feel they are adding loft when they open the clubface setting.
Consider the above information and set your driver to best suit your swing. If your swing is fundamentally solid, these adjustments should go a long way towards helping your game.
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