Impact of shortening driver shaft?
Hi folks. Sorry for the newbie question, but I was wondering what would be the impact of shortening the shaft of my driver.
I have a 9.5-loft Taylormade 580 with a regular flex shaft that I swing fairly well. However, having somewhat of an upright swing (with the occasional slice if I try to go for too much) I would feel more comfortable if it could be shortened from its 45 inch length to 43 or 44 inches (I hit my irons a whole lot better than my woods for that reason!)
Now I know that the cynics will say that I should change my swing and not my club :) , but I was wondering what impact doing so will have on flight, distance, trajectory, etc. Will shortening the shaft of a driver basically make it equivalent to a 3-wood, or would there still be advantages to hitting such a driver over a 3-wood?
Thx
Elrik
Impact of shortening driver shaft?
Thanks Geoff for the advice. Certainly seems worth it. Distance isn't all that it is cracked up to be. I used to joke to people that, with my new driver at the time, I had never hit it so far... into the woods! :-)
Elrik
Increasing Driver swing weight
First comment of a newbe.
If you shorten driver length by 1 inch, thus reducing swing weight by 6 points, is it acceptable to add tungsten powder (or such like) to raise swing weight to pre cut Driver length values?:meditate: