Shortening a driver shaft

Driver shaft length is shorter better than standard length. Three wood shaft 234 feet average 23 feet off line driver shaft 315 feet average 31 off line on my andrew rice golf facebook page i asked readers if they had any experience with shortening the shaft of their driver and here are a few of their responses. This was the part that i was most interested in since my main. One of the most awarded certified clubmakers shows you how to cut a steel and graphite golf shaft using a variety of tools on tools of the. Now, im having a hard time hitting my 3 wood as solidly as my driver. Be aware of a change in lie angle, less of a problem wa driver, but be aware nonetheless. If you are going to shorten a golf club, there are a few things to keep in mind. Or better yet, have a new driver customfit and custombuilt not only at a shorter length, but also for loft, face angle, shaft, total weight, swingweight, and grip size.

The more shaft you cut off, the lighter, more stiff, and effectively flatter the club becomes. I have long monkey arms and drive the ball pretty far, ive been told by a few people that shortening my driver shaft may help me control the ball off the tee better. To tweak the balance after shortening, put a large worm clamp around the freshly installed drive shaft, leave it just loose enough for vibration to move it, itll find the balance. There are a number of items available to clubmakers to cut graphite golf shafts.

I have about a 97 mph driver swing speed leaving me at the border of a stiff shaft. Wed jan 15, 2014 by dave phillips drivers generally come standard at 4546 inches in length, the longer the driver shaft the potential exists for more distance, theoretically your swing arc would be wider and therefore you could create more speed. Who has shortened the length of their driver shaft and what effect did it have. The more shaft you cut off, the lighter, more stiff, and effectively flatter the club. When we realized that we had never tested the concept of shorter driver shafts being more accurate. In my case the shaft would bet just slightly stiffer than the original specs and it also adjusted the lie angle of the club slightly downward. Struggling with accuracy off the tee, rickie fowler shaved an inch off his driver length at the honda classic, using a 43. Club manufacturers have hidden the secret to consistently making drivers that go further year by year. Many threads on golfwrx about shortening the driver shaft. One of those was revealed recently when we realized that we had never tested the concept of shorter driver shafts being more accurate. Take an old driver to a certified club builder, get it shortened and reweighted, and give it a try, suggested wishon. With steel shafts, use a tubing cutter to trim the shaft. As most people know, the driver shaft lengths from oems are usually in the range of 4514 to 4612 long. I dont want to mess with the housing, only the shafts.

If i shorten my driver shaft will it help with accuracy of. Is it as simple as just cutting 2 off the butt end of the shaft what kind of things do i need to worry about. Alternatively, this is the difference between the length of the overall golf club and the length of the clubhead. Bought a ping g15 driver with stock reg flex tfc shaft last fall. Anyone ever shorten their driver shaft for more control.

You would actually want to add weight to the club head if you are shortening the shaft. Shortening a driver shaft toronto golf nuts greater. The standard length of a driver for men used to be 43. Shortening the driver shaft golf instruction iseekgolf. Shortening driver shaft length so ive been playing pretty seriously for about a year and i have gained control of almost all of my clubs except my driver. How to measure driver shaft length the length of the golf clubs shaft in relation to the overall length of the club defines the length of the driver shaft. I want to shorten it to 45 and wondered what the effects would be. Hi frank, first of all, i want to thank you for your suggestion on shortening the driver shaft. With the new trend of shortened driver shafts on tour right now, a question came to my mind.

This raises the immediate question, why is a relatively tall, obviously highly skilled player using a shorter than standard driver. Bring swingweight back up with a combination of a heavier shaft andor grip in combination with adding weight to your clubhead. For every 12 inch you remove, you will lose approximately. How does butt trimming a golf shaft affect playability. Most male golfers are wielding drivers that measure 45 to 48 inches, the maximum allowed under the united states golf associations rules of golf. A short driver shaft may help you hit a straight shot better and also hit the center of the face more than you usually do. The quest for a more accurate driver practical golf. I tried hitting a friends driver the other day that was cut down to 43 and i loved it. Im not concerned with losing a little distance or swing speed if it means hitting more fairways. If you have the red 9g weight in your driver now you would want to put in the blue 11g or maybe even the black 14g weight. Cutting driver shaft the 19th hole mygolfspy forum. The easiest way to shorten a drive shaft is by taking it to the shop and having them do the work for you, to include balancing.

You can choke to experiment with a shorter driver but if you like it shorter youll want to cut it down. There are three big issues with shortening the drive shaft ds. There was a tremendous drop in the dispersion of their shots as the driver shaft was shortened. One round my driver is great and i cant miss a fairway and the next round im all over the place. We immediately set out to fix that and discover whether golfers are helped or harmed by longer driver shafts. A lot of us fall back on our fairway woods for teeing off when we struggle with our driver its not uncommon to see many players hit their 3 wood as far as their driver simply. If you choked down so it plays like a 44 inch shaft, would it go further, the same, or shorter than if you had a shaft cut down to 44 inches and didnt choke down at all. I am getting ready to regrip and i figured this would be the time to do it. Similarly shortening a driver shaft will change the feel. However, in the 21st century a standard driver is considered to be 45 inches. Thinking about cutting my driver shaft down an inch. Imo it is a mistake to disregard the importance of sensitivity in the golf swing in favour of a concept of physics. Remove the grip from the driver using a hook blade or a utility knife, as well as the grip tape on the shaft. The nitty gritty to cutting graphite golf shafts efficiently.

Rickie fowler finds shorterlength driver to his liking. I have a 9 d2, im thinking about shortening my driver an inch to 44. I have a r580 and last year i really didnt have any consistancy with it and i read in another forum about someone shortening their shaft and it helped a bunch with consistancy. Shortening driver shaft clubs, grips, shafts, fitting the sand. Adding any sort of weight to a driver head will have an effect and any capable golfer will feel it because of the length of the shaft. I got it from a 97 exploder, and narrowed the drivers side by 3 inches and replaced that shaft with another passengers side shaft. Also does a shorter shafts allow more consistent control. Can a shorter driver shafts say from 44 to 42 help or aid in driving the ball more consistent as opposed to longer shafts. Right shortening the shaft will make the shaft stiffer for starters eg. After attempting to fit tires under this car, i have found that i need a bit more clearance, which i can gain by narrowing the axleshafts.

The stock driver length of most manufacturers taylormade, callaway ping, cobra these days is 45. If clubs are shortened and no weight is added back to the clubhead, the chances of the. Over the past twenty years, golf club manufacturers have been making clubs stronger meaning they have less loft on the face, and longer so that they can sell hopeful golfers the newest hot weapon that will knock the ball unimaginable distances. Cutting driver shaft length how much distance loss. Ive been playing around with the idea of a shorter driver, and since any option i could. I just decided to throw a 3 wood shaft in my driver 43.

Shortening driver changing shaft swingweight golfwrx. How to cut down your driver shaft length first, you gotta get that grip off. Many golf monthly forum members are increasingly inquisitive over the distance gains we see on readerfitting days, questioning where exactly the. Some weeks im good, most weeks its indifferent to bad. As in the case of shortening a shaft, you must be aware of what the. You may just be able to add a different heavier shaft you can play shorter with better results. Infact its pretty much been the bane of my golf since starting playing. Shortening the driver shaft posted in golf instruction.

The purpose of golf myths unplugged is to challenge the accepted wisdom of golf, but even we have blind spots. Struggling with consistency with my f9 driver but hit my 3 wood. There is an optimum driver shaft length with which golfers will. If you start down this road, id suggest a really smart and qualified fitter to help, or call tm customer service. In general i know it will vary from person to person, club to club, etc how much driver distance might i expect to lose for every inch i take off my driver. However, i can hit my 3iron hybrid pure 95 times out of a 100. Physically shortening the shaft and gripping back up the shaft will have a marginal effect on current feeling imo. My driver is an taylor made m2 with a sflex shaft that was given to me by a client. Although i was hitting it further and straighter than my previous driver 2007 r7 super quad matrix xcon 6 shaft, the tfc shaft just did not feel right. Shortening a driver shaft i have many shafts cut down to 44inches with only a very slight variance in performance. Shorten shaft for better driving accuracy golf channel.

The reason is, with a straightblade, you risk cutting into the graphite fibers, which will. Upon further research, i read that cutting a driver shaft will also stiffen the shaft. Shortening the shaft can make the golf club less flexible. Lead tape is a flexible way to play with the swingweight until you get it where you want it. Has anyone ever tried this and im just curious if you hit more fairways. I have a question about shortening the shaft on my driver. Discussion in the hokey ass message board started by tim, dec 1, 2003. Driver shaft length is shorter better than standard. I take it this is not what youre asking for though, so here goes. Effectively youre shortening from both ends to a preferred length without sacrificing hopefully the flex characteristics. Shortening the length of your driver swing weight and shaft flex you go into the pro shop or to your favorite club maker wanting to get your driver cut down one 1 inch what happens to the swing weight and the shaft flex. I am thinking of taking an inch, or maybe even two inches, off my driver. There is a good chance that your golf clubs are too long. Shortening the shaft 2 inches will probably remove a few gms of counterbalancing about 1.