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My friends driver has a huge dent on the top of it.. anyone know if this effects any of the shot direction.. i mean he used 2 hit it straight and now he has sort of a fade.. and the dent is on the right side 2.. so does anyone know this?

unless it is soo big that it is into the face it probably isn't effecting anything

It may have made the face slightly open, causing a fade.

by the sound of it, they weren't all straight. lol vjcouples is probably right, the face is bent slightly open.

If nothing else it would change the look at setup making it more difficult to line up the shot.

If the dent effected the face or bulg more then .25* open which is still closed for most standard drivers then you would definitely notice it. Point being is the change would be unnoticable "if" it possibly happened so I would bet more on the fact that your friends swing has changed causing a slight draw.

The other thing a dent can cause is a slight decrease in energy transfer and it would be very small as well.

^^ thanks guys, for your input hes getting a new one anyway now

I would get a new one too.

The one & only time I played Pebble Beach, went out and got a caddy. This guy was carrying my back and he wouldn't use the head cover on my driver. We'll needles to say while pulling out one of my irons he put a small scratch on my driver. Every time I went to tee off all I would see was that little scratch.........drove me crazy.