Shorter driver shaft length standard

There is an optimum driver shaft length with which golfers will achieve maximum clubhead speed and it will vary from player to player. With the new trend of shortened driver shafts on tour right now, a question came to my mind. From the beginning of the 20th century all the way through to the middle 1980s, the standard mens driver length stood at 43. Previously, the standard length for a womans driver was 43 inches. Odds are, youve tinkered with your driver shafts to help squeeze every last yard out of your swing, while paying little attention to your iron shafts. Rickie fowler finds shorterlength driver to his liking. 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.

The longer shaft promises more speed but possibly less control while the. The standard length of a driver for men used to be 43. The drivers and shafts used by the top10 drivers on the pga tour may 14, 2019 by andrew tursky, pgatour. As the driver length got shorter most of the golfers actually gained distance. In fact, testing shows an inch of extra shaft length equals roughly 10 yards in distance. If a shorter driver works for rickie fowler, chances are it could benefit your game as well. The folks at ping built me two identical g30 driversone at their standard length of 4534 inches, the other two inches shorter. Taking a look at the driver shaft length used by the tour leaders in strokes gained. Of course we hear about the random tour guys who use much shorter drivers because its news. The quest for a more accurate driver practical golf. Whats the average driver shaft length on the pga tour. Length of shafts according to height in golf sportsrec.

Most male golfers are wielding drivers that measure 45 to 48 inches, the maximum allowed under the united states golf associations rules of golf. Bill iseri, who fit me at pings phoenix headquarters, added a little loft to the shorter driver since physics dictated it would produce a slightly lower launch angle, spin rate, and clubhead speed. There is no question i have been an advocate for driver shaft length to be shorter than the current standard driver shaft lengths as offered by the various golf equipment companies. Drivers that exceed 48 inches in length cannot be used to play official tournaments and long driving competitions. The average driver shaft length on tour is roughly 44. Over the years manufacturers have increased the length of driver shafts considerably. Driver shaft length are you shorting yourself using a 46. There are no standards in the golf industry for just about anything, so each. However, in the 21st century a standard driver is considered to be 45 inches. For this video, weve used the gc quad launch monitor to gather real world data comparing two identical clubs that only differ in shaft length. Graphite clubs are slightly longer, with a standard driver at 45 inches, 5iron at 38. Each player hit seven drives with each of three driver shaft lengths.

The drivers and shafts used by the top10 drivers on the. The shaft nippon regio formula b and head were the same in each test, and the swing weight was held constant. However, the minimum and maximum lengths do not apply to putters. In reality, the average length of a driver used on tour is 44. Standard drivers for women are an 1 inch shorter than standard mens drivers. The minimum length for a driver shaft is 18 inches. Struggling with accuracy off the tee, rickie fowler shaved an inch off his driver length at the honda classic, using a 43.