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You begin every hole you play at the tee. If you have difficulty getting off the tee, then you’re opening every single hole scrambling. You might rescue your par with a great short game, but you could well be putting for birdies if your drive had found the fairway.

For nearly all golfers, consistency and long golf drives aren’t impossible. Being long off the tee is a lot easier than most golfers understand.

With modern drivers and multi-layer balls, long drives come from hitting the ball on a high launch angle and getting the best angle of descent. It’s not about wormburners anymore. Long drives are now a result of high launch and long carry.

Sure, with their 120 plus mph swing speeds and clean striking, pros still manage to launch the ball high, even with low lofted drivers. For most club players however, using a higher lofted driver will increase both carry and accuracy. Most club golfers would do best with drivers in the 11 14 degree loft range.

Fitting the appropriate shaft is vital when it comes to long drives and consistent golf. The shaft has a vital part to play in all your clubs but the effects of playing the wrong shaft in your driver are magnified.

The majority of golfers fit graphite shafts to their drivers. Sadly, a large percentage of golfers use driver shafts that are too boardy for their swings. That probably accounts in part for the most common miss amongst club golfers, the slice. Play a shaft that is too stiff and you’ll most likely suffer from a slice.

This has a lot to do with the common mistaken belief that graphite shafts aren’t strong enough. That could well have been the case 10 years ago, but new graphite shaft designs have given us excellent models with very consistent playing characteristics.

A medium torque, light-weight driver shaft would give the best results for the majority of golfers. The light-weight will develop swing speed and the medium torque will allow the shaft to load properly during the swing, delivering your driver to the ball with more energy. Longer drives come from higher energy.

Tip stiffness also has a crucial role to play in how your drives will launch. Your trajectories will suffer if you use a shaft which is overly tip-stiff. Long golf drives start with the launch conditions. Keep in mind, we’re after piercing flights not low stingers.

To consistently hit long golf drives you have to select a club head / shaft combo to go with your swing speed. Your driver need to match your game, not fight against it.

We could all do with some extra yards and the easiest place to start is at our Clone Golf Clubs site.

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