Driver Loft vs. Distance #golf

Are you losing distance your driver loft is too low?

2nd Swing Master Fitter Kevin Kraft provides some fitting insights into this specific question.

When it comes to driver loft, I think so many people think the lower loft means someone’s going to try and hit it really far, but is there a point where the loft can be too low for a player and they suddenly lose distance? Absolutely. So, we want in today’s game high launch and low spin. Okay. So, if we’ve got somebody that’s that hits it hard but launches it low with low spin, they are going to get too much reliance on roll. The ball is going to fall out of the sky. So, you take a player like Rory Mroy who it’s at 130 ft in the air. He’s maximizing everything that he can possibly get out of that golf club by launching high and low spin. So that’s that’s always going to be our our target in a driver fitting is creating high launch, low spin. There are times where people think they hit it high and they’re stuck on a window and you try to talk them off that ledge and but ultimately you got to give people what they want. But at least educate them to, okay, you’re you’re we’re getting the same total distance here, but we’re getting there in two different ways. And on the wet days, you’re potentially giving up 25 yards, you know, and then let them make their own decision.