How to Choose the Best Golf Driver
Overview
Choosing the best golf driver is essential for any golfer. It enables you to create high swing speeds, promotes longer drives and ensures that shots are more powerful. If you want to have a great golf game, you should not choose a golf driver because it looks great or attractive. Majority of golf players use a golf driver whose loft is not sufficient or too long for the swing. Others purchase expensive drivers thinking that it is going to improving their game automatically. Here are few steps on how to choose the best golf driver
Club head design and size
This is the first consideration when you are looking for a golf driver. A golf driver with larger heads give a larger surface area to hit a “sweet spot” and creates more momentum. This improves the consistency of players who do not have much experience to achieve greater distances. Experienced players should choose golf drivers with smaller heads so that they can have better control. There are different materials for the club head. Titanium allows for a bigger head while still maintaining the weight while stainless steel drivers are much
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This is another critical part of your selection process. Choosing a driver with the right amount of loft will determine the trajectory of the golf ball. A golf driver with a higher loft means that the launch angle is higher and this equates to greater distances. Golf balls produced today and golf clubs with bigger heads require higher launch angles. It is therefore important to choose a golf driver that matches the style of play that you are accustomed. However, when you have doubts over the right driver to choose, always go for one with a higher loft. Golfers with swing speeds of less than 90 miles per hour should choose a golf driver that has more loft. This increases the backspin and keeps the ball aloft. For the average golfer, it is advisable to choose a driver with 10 degrees of
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To begin executing the proper golf swing, your feet must be shoulder width apart. When gripping the club, place the club in the joints of your left fingers with the thumb pointing down the center or slightly to the right of the shaft. (This is written for the right-handed golfer, all left-handers must reverse everything). Place the pinky of the right hand in between the index and middle fingers of your left. Do not grip the club any tighter than you would a baby bird.
From its initial existence R&D and innovative products had been the lifeline of CGC. When Callaway bought into the company his first initiative was to develop original products. Innovation and superior performing products are important in golf because equipment is thought to have a significant impact on player performance. Moreover, innovation was important because CGC had to be the technological leader to sell its products at premium price and continue to exceed customer expectations. The industry was also characterized as being driven by new product development because manufacturers were trying to bet each other to the next "best club" so CGC had to manufacture products that were differentiated from its own existing products as well as those of its competitors.
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To start off, Now, we come to the tee-box where we put our stretching and breathing into effect creating the positive mentality, followed by a few quick practice swings. You then tee-up the ball, making sure the ball is lined up with the center of the face of the club. Then, you line up your shot and swing away, sending the ball flying down the middle of the fairway, creating a sense of euphoria. Next, we approach our second shot, making sure to choose the correct club according to the distance from the green. Once again, you line up your shot and swing, letting the ball coast and land on the green, as close to the hole as you possibly could. Now, comes the trickiest part which is reading the green. You grab your putter, then step back and squat, all the time trying to visualize the ball path. You, determine then were you should line up your putt depending on the break which is in the ball path. You step up to the ball, line up your putt, and swing your arms like a clock pendulum. The ball sinks into the hole sending you into a jumping fit of excitement. Thus, neatly showing how you can successfully play a hole of
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