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What Driver Head Loft do I need?

Posted by: Darren Ramowski on Thu 15 Jul 2010

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Guest post from Sanders Longdrive, Club Builder, Swing Coach and Long Drive competitor.

This depends on each player. Swing speed and angle of attack are very important considerations. So, for example, a skilled player may hit the ball between one and four degrees on the upstroke and thereby increase 'dynamic loft,' that is how open the face truly is at impact. A player with a 'poor smasher' factor i.e. poor level of efficiency in converting swing speed into ball speed may possibly require more loft, particularly if his follow through is poor.

The following scale is purely a starting point guide, and assumes that the player has been correctly fitted with a top quality shaft:

Swing Speed	Driver Head Loft Required
70mph	15d
75mph	15d
80mph	14d
85mph	13d
90mph	12d
95mph	11.5d
100mph	11d
105mph	10.5d
110mph	10d
115mph	9.5d
120mph	9d
125mph	8.5d
130mph	8d
135mph	7.5d
140mph	7d
145mph +	6.5d