We can have a shaft which also transmits torque as well as balances bending moment and in the same way an axle can also function as shaft. This is another golf qna golf video from askgolfguru mark crossfield pga professional. What driver shaft length might help you hit straighter and longer drives. Im a very consistent and straight hitter but can use all the help i can get on distance since my typical drive is about 210 yards. If anybody on here says that they dont want to hit it longer, you would be lying through your teeth.
I just cant lauched it good until i look at the face and saw. I dont know if youve ever visited this site or know that it exists, but this is what the big. Using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length. When does a longer shaft produce diminishing returns. Ahead of time, look at the tape measure you are using. You should build your driver to what you are comfortable with length wise or what it was originally intended for to match the proper swing. This design also allows the player to putt at various lie angles with no need to adjust the shaft. A trackman comparison between a persimmon woodbalata ball and a modern. To that end, funk used a taylormade r9 at last weeks verizon heritage with a shaft. From the beginning of the 20th century all the way through to the middle 1980s, the standard mens driver length stood at 43.
Driver shaft length are you shorting yourself using a 46. The problem with bombing off the tee and gouging from the rough is that for us average golfers, it only works percent of the time, according to a study done by golf digest and trackman. For longer shaft you need to stand further away from the ball and teed your ball a lot higher than normal. So i was definitely going to test that ball, but was also going to swap out the r11 3 wood shaft 43. Deflection the deviation of the tip from the butt centerline. This last generation of balls, the distance just spiked eight, ten yards out there, on average. How to calculate golf yardages at altitude golf tips and tricks. See the rest of our articles on getting more distance. Driving it lonnngggg clubs, grips, shafts, fitting the. Somewhat surprising considering the distance race the big oems are engaged in. Funk is generally regarded as one of the shortest drivers on todays pga tour, but is always at or near the top of the driving accuracy statistics. Shorter driver shaft length and distance by norcalvol. Carry distance with the driver varies from 230 to 260 depending on how well im swing on a particula day.
With single length irons, the 7 iron is the unofficial standard in terms of overall club length. If youre struggling with your driver have a clubmaker shorten the length to. Measure the length of your stride with a tape measure or ruler to determine what. Can you still win on the pga tour even at your age, and with your lengthor lack thereof. So, should you try a longer shaft to get more distance. Fred funk pga tour champions profile news, stats, and videos.
Fred funk cannot hit a driver 280 yards in the air unless the wind is at his back. Pga tour player fred funk originally from college park, maryland is one of those people who. Bear in mind that fred isnt the longest hitter to begin with, so this tip may surprise you. Can you please define just how a shaft is measured. We have had several golfers try longer driver shafts, up to 48. Fred funk on hitting longer drives video im posting this older gca clip with fred funk because he has a very different take on getting extra distance from your drive. Due to an order entry mistake on my part i got my new wedges std length. You may need some weight adjustments to keep the same swingweight. If you are a good driver, meaning consistent contact and usually straight off the tee, try. Johan edfors is one of the longest drivers of the ball on the european tour but he hits his irons fred funk distances. There is no such thing as a standard length for a driver, they come 44. I have taken on board franks comments about driver shaft length, and note with interest a recent article which states that adam scott uses a driver with shaft length of 44.
If the driver shaft is so long that you are not able to make consistent sweet spot contact, all of the potential distance gained from the shaft length goes out the window. Driver length and impact efficiency tourspecgolf golf blog. By assigning a specific frequency number to a shaft, the shaft can be closely matched to a player. The art of putting is about controlling distance and direction. Typically there will be 10 cycles between shaft flexes. I started on the back 9 because there were lots of people on the front and an iron off 10 comparing balls, but when i got to 11 i swapped shafts. The effect of driver mass and shaft length on initial golf. There are many wonderful drivers out there today, packed with technology, the best materials and designs but no matter how great a driver is, its only good for you. Bend point the point of maximum bending on a shaft as measured by compressing one end of the shaft toward the other.
Jim furyk, for example, is one of the most accurate in the game off the tee, and his driver shaft measures 44. Get the right shaft to hit your driver straight and long bombing and gouging. Effect of driver length on distance ottawagolf forum. Senior golfers can gain more distance by selecting a longer driver shaft. Cut shaft length the length of a shaft after it had been trimmed and installed in a golf club.
Shot accuracy a simple way to think about accuracy as it relates to shaft length is to compare the way you hit your wedge to the way you hit your driver. The aim of this study was to determine how shaft length affects golf driving performance. A longer driver shaft will provide you with more wider swing arc and help get more distance from your driver. Take into account your ball flight, says fred funk. For example, a 43 12 pullout will build a 45 club driver length, and a 41 12 pullout would build 43 club 3wood length. I have a swing speed of 9095mph should i buy a regular or. Tiger, phil, john daly, bubba watson, fred funk, jeff maggert. Never the most elegant swinger, and certainly not the longest hitter, fred funk has built a terrific career on the strength of his driving accuracy. As your speed ability decreases, you may want to consider adding more flex to your golf shaft. Funk takes short and narrow path to successful career usga. If your driveshaft is of this type, measure the distance from the centerline of the front ujoint to the centerline of the rear ujoint. Since then ive improved my mechanics some so its probably hovering about 100 now.
How much difference in length is there between the driver shafts. The effect of club length on swing speed and distance. Also critical to the burner superfast tp drivers performance are its new matrix shaft configurations, which promote a piercing, tourlike ball flight and a stable feel. How about a 600cc centershafted driver with a face 80mm tall and 125mm wide. Care is taken to select two holes which face in opposite directions to counteract the effect of wind. A question that still begs to be asked is similar to one we asked about driver size. Best driver test tesults i ever had were with a miura driver fitted with an. At 52, fred funk needs to squeeze as much distance as he can out of his driver. Again, the proper shaft length weight, flex, tip and butt profile, swing weight and feel will help you find the sweet spot on your driver more consistently. I found out after i bought a taylormade superfast 2. Optimizing driving distance is a question of high ball speed, high launch angle and low.
Input from a few people is pointing me to a xflex shaft and maybe a heavier one. If it is a rearwheel drive, the power will be sent to the back wheel axles. The wrong length can equal lost distance, dispersion and poor impact, especially for many recreational and average golfers who have a hard enough time maintaining a consistent swing. Is the length measured to the upper surface of the club, or to the. He tried several sports, and even boxed for eight years for a junior boys club. Fred funk has always been a short hitter, but that hasnt stopped the 2009. Any folks here care to extol or demerit their experiences with shortening their driver shafts.
I am thinking of reshafting this driver with a ust low carb aflex shaft which i was very pleased with in my previous driver a cobra ss350. I am 20 years old so everyone tells me to go with a stiff shaft but they dont realize i dont have a fast swing speed so i went with the stiff years ago. What is the ideal shaft length for a driver golf club. Average rating from 22 customers who received a driveshaft replacement. At our request, wishon golf built four 949 mc drivers 43 12inches the old standard, 45 inches the new standard, 46 12inches and 48 inches the maximum length allowed by the rules of golf. Does shaft flex affect driver distance last time i looked it was between 95100mph.
Getting the proper shaft flex often requires taking a little off the bottom. Frederick funk born june 14, 1956 is an american professional golfer who plays on the pga. Driver shaft length i saw a segment on the golf channel this morning in which they said your driver, when standing up, should be just an inch or two above your belly. Your average drive will be longer and more of those drives will stay in the fairway. Ideally speaking axles are meant for balancingtransferring bending moment and shafts are meant for balancingtransferring torque. As the swing speed decreases with the shorter clubs the carry distance per mph is also reduced. Shaft length should be tailored to the individual, not a universal standard. Four years ago the average driver shaft length sold in retail shops was 45. Driver length about two inches longer on average shaft weights decreased by as much 50 percent typical steel shaft was 125 grams, now 6065 grams is common iron lofts two to six degrees. Get the right shaft to hit your driver straight and long. Having spent so much time in maryland, fred funk had visited this. I went 1 long to get the effect of a bit more upright lie and to get a little more distance with height mainly on the 5 and 6 irons.
I have a 2006 ti460 cleveland launcher, with the standard cleveland sliver aflex shaft, and the clubs length is 45. That the average on the pga tour is 4412 and also gave a chart based on hand to ground distance. Walk off the distance between your ball and yardage marker location. I own an old big bertha drvier now and its a stiff shaft. Thus if one shaft registers 250 cpm and another is 270 cpm, there is a 2flex difference between the shafts regardless of what flex the manufacturer claims them to be. The driveshaft of a vehicle transfers the torque or power from the vehicles transmission to the wheel axles. Is there a swing speed range for each flexweight shaft. Thats the biggest reason most tour pros stay below driver lengths of 45. Does shaft flex affect driver distance callaway community.
Should i stick with a stiff shaft or move down to a regular. I am looking for a new driver and i have allways thought about if a regular shaft would increase my distance. If your car is a frontwheel drive, the power is sent to the two front wheels. Now you can find drivers with shafts that are over 46. Such machine elements which function as axle as well as shaft are called axleshafts. Starting in the 1980s, all the golf equipment companies began to increase the standard length of the driver to the point that today, all mens drivers are made to. In fact, many tour pros use driver shafts less than 45 inches. In the simulator, a calm smooth driver swing averages around 116mph with my big bertha 9. Difference between shaft and axle in automobile basic. A typical 7 iron swung at 78 mph the average on the lpga results in a carry of 141 yards, a distance of 1. His driving distance was generally less than 250 yards, but he led the. The matrix hd6 65 grams shaft is in the s and x flexes, while the matrix xcon 5 54 grams is the standard rflex shaft. Pdf influence of shaft length on golf driving performance.
The impact of the length of a driver shaft on your game. Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity. In another thread wishon in his book the search for the perfect golf club says very few golfers can hit a 45 or longer driver. Freds drive shaft 1717 overbrook ave, clearwater, fl 33755.
Putter technology golf putter design bobby grace putters. How do you measure shaft length with a shaft already in. But we also know that getting 20 more yards off the tee can drop up to 3 strokes off your game. How to measure driveshaft length yourmechanic advice. We will add a custom back weight to any length mallet putter. But to answer your original question i think fred funk said in golf digest to hit the driver vs. Driver is a callaway xr16 pro with a stiff fujikara fuel tour spec 70 shaft. On the pga tour the average length cut off the tip on drivers is about an.
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