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I am sure that most of you have seen the advertisements or commercials regarding the various variable fit drivers out now, similar to this one.
Now I have to say, my very first thought on seeing one a few months back was "Geez, I don't need no stinkin' $500 or more driver to do that, I do that now....Okay, not on purpose but that's what my drives look like averaged over a few rounds."
So I am curious who has bought into the marketing and why. I think that if I always swung my driver the same way everytime, and had the same shot shape every time, then maybe this would be useful (only if I wanted to hit a particular type of shot on every hole since I couldn't legally change it during the round). Or I thought maybe if I had the same swing all the time, I could, over time with one of these, determine the best loft and face angle for my swing. Anyway, this driver tech just doesn't make sense to me. A teaching pro, working with an accomplished student with a repeatable swing could use it to help them determine best club for them, but beyond that I can't see the average golfer really using this club to advantage.
Anyway, thoughts?
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Goynes42
5/18/2009 4:34:37 PM I 100% agree. The golf swing, even at the highest level of play, has too many inconsistencies from swing to swing for this to work like they say. It's not that the technology doesn't work, it's that we, the golfers, don't always work! Another problem is this: Say you battle a slice, so you get a draw-biased driver. Now you have an automatic draw. Cool. But now here comes a golf hole that requires a fade--say, your draw is likely to plunge it into a lake. Now, with your draw-biased driver, you would have to make drastic compensations in your swing to hit a fade, much more so than if you had a plain-old square-faced driver. I think any club that makes you do that kind of compensating work is detrimental to your game. we, the golfers, don't always work! Another problem is this: Say you battle a slice, so you get a draw-biased driver. Now you have an automatic draw. Cool. But now here comes a golf hole that requires a fade--say, your draw is likely to plunge it into a lake. Now, with your draw-biased driver, you would have to make drastic compensations in your swing to hit a fade, much more so than if you had a plain-old square-faced driver. I think any club that makes you do that kind of compensating work is detrimental to your game. |
