Quick Question

spacecoyote

This may be obvious to someone, but its not so to me so hopefully I can get it clarfied.

My Driver is a 10.5 degree, my 3W is a 15 degree, but I consisitently have a much higher trajectory with my driver? Is there a specific reason for this that anyone knows of?

RD77

Probably down to what shafts you have in each club.. Some shafts are made for high launching shots and some are made for low launching shots

FlutterinBantam

Angle of attack would usually be the answer.

The angle the clubhead approaches the ball usually determines the trajectory.

Try teeing your ball higher for the driver and trying to hit it on the upswing.

stockdam

FlutterinBantam wrote: »

Try teeing your ball higher for the driver and trying to hit it on the upswing.

That's why the OP is probably hitting the driver higher than the 3 Wood. The driver is usually hit slightly on the upswing.

Sandwich

Angle of attack mostly related to ball position.
Classic left heel for driver, versus centre or slightly forward of centre for fairway wood will mean the driver is not only hit on the upswing, but clubface has effective face angle increase also. Each increases launch angle, product of both effects even more so.
In addition, driver clubfaces will be considerably more bowed than shallower fairway wood. You are probably hitting the 3 wood close to the bottom of the club. If hitting the driver high on th face, then face angle will not be 10.5 anymore but 2 or 3 degrees higher. Tee it lower to hit it lower on the face and face angle loft will be lower. Also again, most drivers are actually higher lofts than their labels indicate (real men hit low loft drivers syndrome), so the gap between your driver and 3 wood is probably not as much as you might think.
Add it all up and you'd almost be surprised NOT to hit your driver higher.

soundsham

shaft sfiffness,and kickpoint,
maybe a soft tip on driver