Shortening Driver

alxmorgan

Hey,

Got a new driver and thinking of shortening my old stick a few inches to see if it makes a difference.
Anyone got this done or know how much it would cost ?

thanks

Webbs

alxmorgan wrote: »

Hey,

Got a new driver and thinking of shortening my old stick a few inches to see if it makes a difference.
Anyone got this done or know how much it would cost ?

thanks

Could you not grip down the shaft or do you already hold the club at the bottom of the grip?

alxmorgan

I can and do that but I wonder with the extra grip above your hands if that makes a difference to the weight in terms of how you hold it etc

G1032

alxmorgan wrote: »

Hey,

Got a new driver and thinking of shortening my old stick a few inches to see if it makes a difference.
Anyone got this done or know how much it would cost ?

thanks

Never got it done so can't help there but shortening the driver shaft will stiffen up the shaft and change the swing weight. I can't imagine it will cost a whole lot.

Almaviva

G1032 wrote: »

Never got it done so can't help there but shortening the driver shaft will stiffen up the shaft and change the swing weight. I can't imagine it will cost a whole lot.

If the shaft is shortened from the grip down, it will have no practical effect on the stiffness. The swing weight will be lower (which might even be a good thing for you). But you can add back the swing weight: with Taylormade type weight adjustable drivers, screw in higher wieghts. With other clubs, add adhesive lead tape. Roughly 12g per inch will keep the swing weight similar).

Costs 5 to 10 euro depending on how much you want to pay for a grip. Remove the existing grip. Cut the shaft with a hacksaw (tape up where you want to cut it first). Fit new grip. Add weight to taste if you feel you need to.

Higher handicap golfers will tend to see no loss in drive length and quite possibly an increase. They will see an increase in accuracy. Lower handicap golfers may see their drive length decrease, though not dramatically. They will likely see an increase in accuracy.

There are always exceptions according to an individuals swing, strength and skill, but the optimum driver length is generally considered to be 44.5". Most off the shelf drivers these days are 45.5 to 46.5, driven by the desire to be long off the tee. But not mentioning that that long one, while longer, is an increasingly rarer event. Increasingly common are reloads or hacks out of the rough.

BTW, you can always lengthen it again if you dont like it. Graphite shaft extenders a few euros each.

alxmorgan

thanks for that.

I think I'd still rather let a pro do it but it sounds easy enough