We’re not sure everyone is convinced by adjustable drivers.
How much impact on your drives is made by moving weights on the sole? And what does moving the weights actually achieve? These are common questions we hear from club golfers when talking about adjustable drivers.
Every single driver on the market these days is adjustable in some way.
The ability to take the head off and change the shaft with a few turns of a wrench is taken for granted. Ten years ago, all heads were simply glued on.
Some adjustable drivers have more to them than others.
Adjustable drivers test: The methodology
We think the new Mizuno JPX900 is possibly the most adjustable with weights that can be moved to a variety of positions.
There’s also a pad on the toe to open or close the face and loft adjustability in the hosel from 7.5-degrees to 11.5-degrees.
We wanted to test the JPX900 out with the weights in a variety of positions to see the impact on the shot shape and the Trackman data.
It was a job for our anonymous big hitter and our resident expert fitter James Whitaker.
Now, before a shot is hit, here’s what should happen.
Weight moved forwards should result in lower spin and lower launch with less forgiveness.
With the weight at the back we should see a higher flight with a bit more spin and added forgiveness.
