Buying the right driver for your swing is invaluable. To get the optimum performance out of your big stick you need to get some tailored to your strengths. In order to do this, these are five things you must consider before you purchase a driver.
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1. LET THE EXPERTS TINKER
It’s amazing what a skilled club fitter can achieve with a wrench. But we see adjustability primarily as a fitting tool.
Unless you know what you’re doing, beware of the law of unintended consequences.
2. FITTING IS EVERYTHING
Almost every driver in our test was custom fit. And what became apparent was that this meant they all performed well.
Inside a driver fitting: NCG Ultimate Driver Test
At times, it was possible to move from one driver to the next and produce a series of shots that were difficult to tell apart in terms of ball flight and key launch characteristics.Certainly, the looks were different, as were the sound and feel, which is where personal preference comes into it, but the launch monitors were suggesting the flight and total distances were very similar.
