I DIDN'T Expect This REUSLT...Driver Loft Test

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Driver loft players a HUGE role in accuracy, distance and curvature of your golf ball! Just making these slight changes could access you more yards of the tee with driver more often or even STOP your slice & hook.. You have to use the modern driver to your advantage and fine tune it to your exact golf game by getting the correct loft for your golf swing!
This is a mid handicap golfer driver test...I DIDN'T Expect This REUSLT...Driver Loft Test
This test is carried out on a cobra driver but all the driver brands such as Callaway, Cobra, Taylormade, PXG, PING and Titleist offer adjustable drivers int eh 2024 driver market! This is a Mid handicap drive loft test!
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@HowGoodGolf Месяц назад

*Driver loft!! Key if you want to really dial In your driver..lets put a mid handicap Golf to the test!*

@mathewmue5547 Месяц назад

But a lower loft would create much more roll at the end, right? So for him, lower would be better. Hello from Texas!

@jbweezer Месяц назад

Nothing wrong with playing 12 degrees as long as spin does not get out of control! Everything will be straighter and more forgiving.

@davidcarnicom5635 Месяц назад

@@mathewmue5547depends on course conditions. On wet courses more carry is better because you get almost no roll out.

@vanbalzup6481 Месяц назад

I much prefer this type of content. I’m kinda sick of the peak youtube golfer era where there’s so much conflicting advice on swing coaching, it’s nauseating at this point. But objective information about equipment will always be useful.

@adamozmin8970 Месяц назад

Yeah big time I can go away and do this myself and see

@sparkdog44 Месяц назад

Bingo!

@HowGoodGolf Месяц назад

thanks!

@DrewJZ Месяц назад

"This one drill was an ABSOLUTE GAME CHANGER AND MADE ME BETTER THAN TIGER WOODS"

@crispyduck1706 3 дня назад

Do you need a hug ? 🤗

@flapjackson6077 29 дней назад

The 12 degree loft was by far his best shots. It corrected his fade, which is obviously more accurate, and it translates to more distance. Stick with the 12, man!

@regi0317 19 дней назад

I thought so too. Definitely stick with the 12 degree setting.

@user-rb2uq8nd2p Месяц назад

His dispersion was best at the higher loft, that combined with the slight distance gain should be a definite game improvement for him!

@johnnewcomb5162 28 дней назад

I use a 12 degrees ping g20 with a low launch shaft, best thing I ever did, it's hard to miss the fairway. I will take 280 yards every time over 10-15 more yards and in the rough or behind a tree.

@toneyo4794 Месяц назад

I am a scratch player with a 110 swing speed. I have my 45.5 inch driver set at std lie, +1.5* loft added and is now set to 10.5*. This setting works best for me. I am 5 foot 8 inches tall so std lie does favor the left though I hit it straight. Point is don’t be afraid to try extreme settings then narrow it down to what works rather than what you think works.

@bobsundermann4280 Месяц назад

I have added loft. I find better forgiveness and no slices. An occasional pull hook, but that’s probably me either tired or trying too hard to bomb one. Thanks for the advice!

@rs1753 Месяц назад

Great video. I had a 9 deg driver that i set to 9.75 and it was an absolute beast. Now I have a draw bias driver standard loft 10.5 but I have set it to 9 deg and it also is a beast. Works either way. Draw bias driver also have weights at the heel and my stealth 2 hd sits quite closed at standard. I wish you had this video 4 years ago. Took me ages to figure loft out myself

@trustinflames1022 Месяц назад

I recently moved away from a 9.5 that I was struggled to get any loft with. I had a lesson and instructor suggested I tried a higher lofted driver. Now playing with a 12 degree driver and I couldn’t be happier. I may try lofting it down to 10.5 at some point but as it stands I enjoy hitting bombs with it.

@golfish8589 Месяц назад

When ever i drop down from 12 deg i start to spray the ball. 6 years ago i cut 3 inches off of the but of my driver and love it. I also put un some jumbo max grips and it feels so good. If i pick up a regular grip. It feels like a pencil. I am going to hit "Eleven" hybrid 3-pw set from England. They are getting great reviews

@Compete8 Месяц назад

Interesting I was looking for some content like this 👍

@bloggs730 Месяц назад

I think Josh is thinking a lower loft is something that looks good rather than what is actually best for him.

@jimcook4156 29 дней назад

That was my thought as well. A bit like my mid-handicapper friend who insists on always chipping from the fringe no matter how close he is to the green. Because that's what the pros do, that's what looks good to your mates. So since pros have lower lofted drivers, the lower the setting the better it looks. I think this is something that curses many amateur golfers, especially mid-handicappers. As for myself, I'm guilty of "going for it" when an approach shot is clearly beyond my realistic distance instead of laying up.

@wesleymccurry5427 Месяц назад

Very interesting !

@tuamgolfer Месяц назад

I’ve gone from a 10.5” driver to a Mizuno ST-G 9.5” with the weights at the back. I hit up 4 degrees and swing at 90mph. Dropped spin by over 600rpm and added 10 to 12 yards of carry and at nearly 60 that blooming marvellous. Being fitted is essential.

@Desmo- Месяц назад

I liked this review I recently purchased a Cobra RADx 12" and I am hitting further than my old driver, I think the higher ball flight gives better results when the fairways are a bit shabby a low flight on a smooth well cared for fairway will give you more roll.

@Power5 12 дней назад

This is great content. Been playing a 7.5 degree non adjustable for 15 years. I need new clubs. My tendency is to fade or terrible slice into the next zip code. So will definitely be looking for the lowest lofted head for my next driver so I can add loft and slightly close the face.

@scottdowd931 Месяц назад

I changed to a 9 degree recently but I don't have issues with my launch even on a miss hit... works great for me but I need to play around with my settings and testing to see if I can get even more!

@RU55IANROUL3TT3 Месяц назад

I like throughout the video how you implied launch angle is extremely important and can be influenced by loft - but also swing dynamics of "getting behind the ball" more on the lower loft settings getting a better apex. it is a relative thing - dynamics are the reason we all argue over our favorite settings (lol). This is a good video.

@touristguy87 23 дня назад

Not argue...just stating facts

@justmythought1586 Месяц назад

I set mine at 8. I just changed it one day because I was missing too many fairways. I find I get more roll, more distance. If I set to a higher loft, it flies higher but then just drops straight down. I do tee the a little higher.

@Kirtlington-Bandit Месяц назад

i was set up at 9.5 ping 430 from 10.5 found I was slicing. Returned to 10.5 and far less slicing, however going to the white castle tee from a pink also helped . Will have to have a play with the different heights.

@sms9106 17 дней назад

Nice Ventus shaft!

@petegalindez9961 Месяц назад

You left out the spin…which is absolutely critical when deciding which setting to go with….

@seanbaines Месяц назад

All other things being equal, more loft will be spinnier, unless he adapted by deliberately changing his angle of attack. But you probably knew that. 😉

@petegalindez9961 Месяц назад

@@seanbaines Not necessarily…it would depend what your original AoA is…if it’s not optimized for a lower lofted driver, your spin may go down as you add loft…

@seanbaines Месяц назад

@@petegalindez9961 As I say, all other things being equal. Angle of attack is a big variable. As you say, specialized situations come up. But most of the time, adding loft without changing anything else does add spin. But when do we not change anything else?

@petegalindez9961 Месяц назад

@@seanbaines I think you missed my point…If your angle of attack with a 9 degree driver is producing a spin of X and that’s not the optimal AoA for a 9 degree driver, but is for a 10 degree driver, that same exact swing with a 10 degree driver will have a lower spin rate due to the now optimized AoA…so, it’s not necessarily the case that all things being equal…

@seanbaines Месяц назад

@@petegalindez9961 And I think you are missing mine, so I'm probably not explaining myself well. Let me try again. I'm talking theory. I'm talking about the theoretical effect of loft isolated from all other circumstances that might affect spin. That's what I mean by all other things being equal. An AoA optimized for a 10 degree driver used by someone using a 9 degree driver is an unusual change from normal circumstance. That is not all other things being equal. Now, if memory serves, back when I was involved in fitting, situations where spin went down with increased loft were fairly unusual. But yes, they do occur. So when fitting, you do have to check the spin to catch the all other things not being equal parts. There's more going on that just loft, of course. But when discussing theory, it is absolutely true that, isolated from other factors, loft adds spin. That was my point. Apologies if I didn't explain it well enough at first.

@steveschwab922 Месяц назад

I will try higher loft this weekend.

@derekbrannen4060 Месяц назад

Guys , really like the video. I’m curious to see the spin rates . How did they change ? In the video Josh looked like he had a ton of control with the loft increased with the draw setting

@jonbuikema7399 Месяц назад

When I was fit last spring Mizuno fitter just says don't look, just hit it. Well, as a 98-100 DSS, I was sort of amazed at the numbers. The head is good (STX230), but what he did was up loft to 10.5, and a butt firm tip soft regular shaft. I'd not been using anything but stiff for 30 years (age 57 now) Results were launch window was higher, which to me seemed too high, but no. Spin good. Carry was 6-8 yards carry more and some are double that.

@jbweezer Месяц назад

I grabbed my non-gamer Cobra 9 degree (native) LTDx max driver and teed it up on a 4 inch tee on the range yesterday, as an experiment. Had to hit way up on it of course but I hit it so straight (and still high enough) even with a right-to-left wind, probably because it was so low spin. It just stayed in rails even the one I hit on the heel barely faded with this head and tee combo. I wonder if I stumbled on to something? Going to test it on trackman in a few weeks.

@azahansafetyman1161 Месяц назад

I love higher lofts because I tend to drive the ball low. Keeping the ball in play is my priority right now

@stuartrawlings9436 Месяц назад

really interesting so i tend to draw or hook my driver so what your saying is if get a 12 degree driver and loft it down to 10.5 it in feory help with this

@terryanderson8720 Месяц назад

Absolutely

@alexchoi2060 Месяц назад

I lofted up my 10.5 driver a degree , which has helped with launch --- but the one thing where it hurt me that when I was playing a slice wind-- the ball occasionally will go further right than my standard loft would in the same wind; even though at address, the face is more closed when I loft up. Not sure why (I don't hit moon balls which would be affected by the wind that much). .

@darrentaylor7788 Месяц назад

My wedges are the same as yours, just yardage different ❤

@DoubleBogeyBaker Месяц назад

What does the upright lie mean on my adjustable driver? It has lower, standard, higher, and the upright. I’m new to golf so I’m still trying to figure all of this stuff out

@Pud56 Месяц назад

Whilst this works, obviously loft that is standard plays different to loft that has been altered. Eg. I play a 9 degree Ai Smoke max turned down to 7.5 degrees, this opens the face, when i hit 8 degree standard driver, it goes left, the open 7.5 degree is straight.

@gcoffey223 9 дней назад

I think I am at set at 10° (+1) with stock weight settings. Get better carry, and still good roll. Ivam interested to see what you find. I swear, it was one of your videos that got me to loft up in the first place😂😂😂

@nataliedeyton6829 Месяц назад

I hit the ball pretty well .. most drives are between 280-300 and I hit a 11.5 driver .. when I try to lower the head I can’t hit the ball .. so I just keep it turned up .. I know its high lofted (swing speed is 110 ish ) but it just works for me

@deadlymantis4210 Месяц назад

Loft required is all depedeant on how you deliver the club. AoA, speed, launch, dynamic loft etc.......Its good to have a play around, try different settings to see what works best for YOU with regards to distance and dispersion.....Or get fit 😁

@davidvesseur Месяц назад

i always thought increasing loft opened the club face, not the other way around. Hence, why when you increase loft with a wedge you open the face...

@robertbain5076 Месяц назад

Don’t understand why Josh didn’t feel good about how much straighter his ball flight was with the driver set on 12 degrees, especially since he didn’t sacrifice distance AND he was dead center in the fairway!

@mistersooty Месяц назад

Ego. It says: "12 degree is for slow swing speed players". Reality is his launch angle is low so he gets most benefit from the higher loft. Nothing wrong with that, a lot of tour players now are using higher lofts and delivering lower launch. You're seeing 10.5* drivers a lot more on tour.

@alexchoi2060 Месяц назад

@@mistersooty Yup. PGA tour players average angle of attack is slightly negative with driver. LPGA players average angle of attack is slightly up-- and they don't usually use 12 degree drivers.

@mistersooty Месяц назад

@@alexchoi2060 Use whatever works for you best right?

@heathskrabak5214 Месяц назад

I don’t know why dude didn’t just admit that the higher loft setting felt better and resulted in a better shot , It was clear as day that those were the best and straightest shots . He’s asking if the data showed his original and lower loft were longer which they didn’t shows where his head is at . Who gives a shit if it’s 10 15 yards longer straight is what counts . Put the ego and stubbornness away try to think creatively and you’ll go from a mid handicapper to low .

@antonyvo4president Месяц назад

should've put tape on the 10.5 too

@vicpnut1 Месяц назад

Makes no sense he doesnt want more yrds ,better direction , higher launch Higher speed ….he heard some pro say lower loft is best (for that pro) and now he wants to mimic that guy

@darylhoskins5696 Месяц назад

I had an rusted up adjustment screw like that Driver and snapped it off trying to adjust it ,don’t dip into water to clean !!!!!!

@davidcarnicom5635 Месяц назад

I think his high luanch setting was most consistant. Very small left and right disperion.

@WisGuy4 Месяц назад

A better test would be to take five shots with each setting and then do a second rotation of five additional shots with each setting, taking the five best drives out of the ten total shots hit at each setting. That way, you minimize any impact from Josh being more warmed up and hitting better for the later tested settings. One other issue is fairway conditions. I question whether launch monitors get those distances correct when dealing with especially soft and wet, or especially dry and firm conditions. I have seen quite decent but high drives bounce only 10 feet or so after hitting a soft, wet fairway and have seen lower drives get 50 or more yards of roll on a dried out fairway.

@alainsimon3 Месяц назад

Congratulations RORY...😅

@juancarlosmaeso8350 Месяц назад

Hi Alex, nice video as always. Related to this, may I ask you, I'm waiting for the delivery of a brand new Ping G430 max 10k, 10,5° native, alta CB Regular, which I've thought to set at +1° (11,5°) and flat setting. Do you think that loft adjustment may neutralize the other (flat lie) in terms of left/right bias, so the final result would be similar to a square face impact? (I'm 65 years old, swing speed about 82 mph, total distance on a good shot with my current gamer (G425, 10,5; flat; draw setting) is about 220 yards). I was fitted with the 10k (10.5; alta CB reg) in trackman in standard setting and was consistently overperforming my G425. I also tried the alta CB Soft Regular but it "tasted" less powerful to me. Thanks a lot, congrats for this nice baby !

@HowGoodGolf Месяц назад

the loft should certainly help!!

@seanbaines Месяц назад

Setting 2. Slam dunk. Slightly longer. NOTICEABLY MORE CONTROLLED! He kept it in the fairway without losing distance, perhaps even gaining some. What's not to like?

@GONADSable Месяц назад

Way straighter at 12 degree

@stevemchattie2902 Месяц назад

And you are basing this test on 5 shots with each setting.....mmm!!

@jehosephophaniel3444 4 дня назад

Correct the word result at the headline, pls

@sparkdog44 Месяц назад

275 yd avg for a mid handicapper? Sounds like you need to work on putting better....lol Great content. the 2 setting looked perfect. 275 striped right to where your aimed ...why bother with 9deg which is harder to hit. Experiment with a shaft 1/2" to 1" longer if you want 290ish. You have a pretty good swing with decent tempo and balance. You can handle a longer shaft rather than a flatter face. Keep the 12 deg...you need it.

@seanbaines Месяц назад

Adding loft closes the clubface?????????? That's a new setup. When I was fitting, the adjustable settings tended to open the face when they added loft, and close it when they dialed it down. Just the same as when you close or open a face naturally. Different mechanism, I guess. I wonder how that works?

@alainsimon3 Месяц назад

Golf senior...65%of market😢..😊😊😊

@darrellludlow 29 дней назад

What "REUSLT" were you expecting?

@alainsimon3 Месяц назад

Speed.78 mh.13.5 degrés...senior..😢 sorry

@grahamfox7568 17 дней назад

Aye heading over in 5

@BoomsRiddico4868 27 дней назад

I dont know why my driver fitter didn't mention this to me. I have adjustments on my driver but I can't de loft it without having an apparent open face on the club. I probably should have got a lower lofted club and then be able to open up or add loft so as to counter my soft fade. No??

@user-ug4wi1qe8u 24 дня назад

Not correct. When you deloft the hosel setting it tilts the head open slightly, but when you (correctly) aim clubface at the target the face will be correct to the lower loft setting. The opposite happens when you increase loft on the hosel.

@Power5 12 дней назад

Adding loft closes the face for more draw. removing loft opens face for more fade. Upright settings will tilt toe up so the loft is angled more toward a draw as well. If you have a fade or slice as your main misses, then yes, should get a lower lofted club and then add loft till you get to your optimum outcomes.

@Willberight2moro Месяц назад

That tape just changed the swing weight lol.... Good vid, but would have liked the backspin and sidespin numbers plus carry distance.

@jeromekemmer8148 Месяц назад

I doubt that amount of medical tape changed the swing weight more than a 1/4 of a swing weight point.

@Willberight2moro Месяц назад

@@jeromekemmer8148 Aussie humour mate....

@jakesgaming4091 Месяц назад

G'day mate, I got it. Also amused by the fact your reply has the option to translate to English 😂

@jeromekemmer8148 Месяц назад

@@Willberight2moro Sorry about that. I was wondering. Thank you for taking the time to respond and I'll try not to embarrass myself in the future.

@Willberight2moro Месяц назад

@@jeromekemmer8148 All good champ....the nature of the game is to embarrass ourselves....

@nathaniverson6828 Месяц назад

This is so player dependent and really depends on cg placement. In a back cg I play a 8.3* in and forward cg I play 10.5* and numbers are identical in launch and spin rates. Take this type of info with a grain of salt.

@darylhoskins5696 Месяц назад

Wouldn’t the shaft have an lot to do with Height and Distance?

@Gottaloveit468 Месяц назад

Nobody’s going to say anything aboot the elephant in the ruum?

@geoffcohen613 Месяц назад

More loft in winter, less in summer.

@sm00v00 28 дней назад

He 's too macho to change..

@kevinreilly191 Месяц назад

280 yd drive mid handicap Josh’s irons must be below average 😂

@GolfSimulatorsbySpike Месяц назад

Thumb nail spelling alert!

@adamtaylor5846 14 дней назад

Drop your ego, and pick the and clubs that suit your game.

@touristguy87 23 дня назад

If you have to ask this question then you are not an expert

@irajyaghootifam3635 24 дня назад

I am agree with VAN , that there are a lot of Conflicting advise ,, Eg , on how to hold the Golf club in your hand , , milions different opinions , that , you wonder Which one is correct . Still ,thousands , ( of Those ,they call them Selves pro ) put a video in you tube , and swear to the God that This is the ultimate golf grip . That is load Of crap . That's, why I do not listen to these Fake experts and I go with my gut . Find out by your self , they are talking crap to sell Some thing to you .

@nickowaters1928 Месяц назад

Alex I must be dyslexic I couldn't hit a fairway at 10.5 Lowered it to 8.5 and am way more accurate How does that work 😂

@jeromekemmer8148 Месяц назад

My guess would be to read the post directly above yours.

@jeromekemmer8148 Месяц назад

Or, it gets it on the ground sooner so it doesn't have as much time to get off line.

@Tin5674 Месяц назад

probably depends on the spin you put on it with your swing

@nataliedeyton6829 Месяц назад

@CharlotteK2008 Месяц назад

Are you using your wife’s YT? If not then you must be a beast of a woman hitting that distance. Longer than every LPGA golfer 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 I call bollocks 🤣🤣🤣

@nataliedeyton6829 Месяц назад

@@CharlotteK2008 😂 some times I forget who’s name comes up 😂

@CharlotteK2008 Месяц назад

@@nataliedeyton6829 I’m a big hitter for a chick to be fair 🤣

@alainsimon3 Месяц назад

How many.putts??😅

@nataliedeyton6829 Месяц назад