Click on Power Pointer #1 under Zuback's bio. Notice he's using the Cobra Speed Pro Shallow head model and not his usual Speed Pro Deep. I think driver off the deck can only be beneficial with a club who's center of gravity is below the golf ball's center of gravity. Deep faced drivers generally have higher centers of gravity.
Good point. I was actually thinking of having another driver in my bag for this type of situation. I think an older driver with the smaller face would work fine for me.
I can hit my FTi off the deck... either fairway or light rough... I prefer the light rough because the ball usually sits up a bit more. I don't do it often, as there has to be an advantage to be gained to make it worthwhile. As with most shots I play, there is no guarantee that I'm going to hit it perfectly, and there is less room for error on that shot.
How many yards should you expect for the driver off the deck?
I cannot hit my 5wood off the deck, right now. I just want a metric to hit one.
Depends on how tight the lie is, what sort of elevation (uphill or downhill) I'm facing, but generally I lose some 20+ yards over a shot that's on a tee. I also have a slightly greater tendency to hit a bit of a fade from a tight lie, but that isn't always automatic. It's far more pronounced on a sidehill lie with the ball below my feet. So if my average is around 260 off the tee, then I'd say about 240 off the deck. I've never actually measured it, so that is a very rough estimate.
Depending on your game and how your club yardages match up against the courses you play, driver off the deck might never even be necessary.
For instance, I used to play a 13 degree 3-wood. I hit it a mile. The problem is that I never needed to hit the ball that far because I play the forward tees (whites) mostly and I can generally reach par-5's with a long iron or a weaker lofted wood.
A great way to make a strong 3-wood that would rival driver distance would be to get your hands on an older Callaway head. The Big Bertha War Bird and even the Great Big Bertha (original model) are great from fairway or first cut lies. Grab one off of e-Bay and toss a 3-wood length shaft in it. An 11* would probably be good for a person who swing fairly hard. I played around with a 10* GBB last year and it worked pretty well.
November 2nd, 2007, 07:15 AM
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