I'm now playing a 35" driver with 10 lbs of lead tape. 😆

That's why golf courses have small pencils, for accurate scoring 😏

Excellent video. I love the clear explanation and the easy approach. Really helped me tighten my dispersion.

Thank for the video, I always thought that I wanted to hit the driver in the center of the club. Used the powder, choked up ~1 inch and moved up to off center toe quadrant. Immediately noticed a difference in ball height, with slight but predictable fade, one 4 inch piece of swing weight on outside of M1 driver, I did not notice a huge change in ball flight, but feels really, really good. I am definitely going to test this on the course….

One of the best information driver fitting video out here... thank you

I playing my STZ @44 inches Tipped my tensi 1K 3/4 , hot melt in the head to make it D 3 1/2 , total weigh of the club is around 288 grams , haven't lost any swing speed and hitting it further and in the short grass . the feel of the club now is incredible !!!

I like how your left arm breaks down in the follow through.

KZfaq recommendations are insane. Been working on my golf game, but also gave a tip to my student to grip the pencil lower so their writing is legible and easier. I get home and then this video pops up lol

Are you sure you're not a Shaolin Monk A.J.? You talk a lot of sense very succinctly, thanks. Now if only I didnt swing it differently every shot I make.

I can’t tell you how many people I know shorten their drivers down to say 3W length and can’t keep it on the planet. Dri tac Lite grip is a good solution I’ve found I’ve gotten drivers sub 300G that are still D3 and has helped a ton with CHS Your videos are right up my alley, Great info, great explanations and good for people who want to get a better idea about how equipment works. Confidence is key and if you’re confident you have the right equipment and understanding of it then triple bogeys feel less harsh 🤣

This is really interesting. I'm a single figure golfer and so playing to a decent level. Got fitted into a Sim 2 a while back and when I catch it- it works well but I've been constantly complaining to my buddies that I can't feel the clubhead on these new drivers and so have no control over where I hit it!! One day I drive the ball great. The next-it is like I've never played golf before. Thinking of getting some lead tape!! Hopefully it will bring the good playing days more often. Thanks

I have been using lead tape to fix swing weight on my shorten clubs for long time. Doesn't always look pretty but get job done. Weighted ports on newer clubs has made these adjustments easier!

Great analogy AJ. I'm going to order some lead tape with my components. Also I think I need to tee my ball up slightly higher. Danny Maude also has lots of good swing tips.

OK.....2 hours on the range....sore back now.....cut 1/2" off shaft and changed loft by 1-1/2 degrees....swing weight adjusted to D4. More good strikes! Didn't see a lot of change in club head speed (app on my iphone). Need to get on a monitor to see if the distance change was any different (hard to tell on the range), definitely straighter!

Best common sense video on driver fitting! Thank you!

This is rocket science in simple English. Love it!

Excellent video! I tried out you suggestions on checking lie angle on my irons - another great video. It appears I'm ok on my lie angle. My consistency is a bit off. I'll apply some of the suggestions for consistency in this video. I've got the foot powder, just haven't used it yet.

I'm also a fitter/builder. I agree with your basic premise and I agree that many fitters look at golfers like a fox looks at a chicken... the correct shaft allows you to accurately return the club back to the ball reliably. Personally I like a very stiff tip but the other shaft characteristics matter very little to me. I can swing a regular, stiff, x stiff with very similar results. If average golfers try wildly different shafts, they'll be very close to a good fit when they see the results. Very few players need to spend more than $200 on an aftermarket shafts.

Thanks, this has been a lot of help! If is ever stops raining will try this info out.

Great video AJ. Tee height also an important factor. I see way too many folks at the driving range with tees too short meaning they always strike the ball south of the equator, and also encourage downward swing paths that spin the ball up. Tee it high, let if fly 😄👍

I will be heading out to the range tomorrow!! Callaway Epic Flash SZ

Fascinating tips. Will definitely try that. Thanks.

Great vid, RG ... but as a swing coach, I must confess that nothing's in stone here. Ex: I have a student who hits the ball pretty much in the same spot; mid equator yet her distance hasn't got much to be desired. Why ... because her go-to habit is to initiate her shoulder rotation faster than her release into the ball, hence her hands are late albeit her club face is square. She ( of course ) is executing drills to remedy this problem but again ... there is always something in golf that defies 'the norm.' I am aware however that what you suggest would work for over 90% of golfers. Love your vids. Major props! Keep up the good work & Thx!

Food for thought AJ. Thanks

If any golfer above a 5 handicap is using a stock length driver then they're nuts. Anything above 44.5" is madness in my opinion, especially when you consider that there are numerous videos showing a shorter driver losing no distance at all. What you may lose in swingspeed, you'll more than make up in ball speed from centered hits. And with today's drivers having weights it's so easy to make the swingweight correct when shortening the shaft.

I've just been gripping down about 2.5", my Triton driver was too heavy previously but feels like it was made for this shorter swing radius. Going to be fun taking this to the course 😁

I wish more adjustable adapters could include lie adjustments. I shortened my driver to 43 inches, and now I need the club has to be more upright.

White chalk on the ball works also.

AWESOME TIP! Makes sense. Let's go try it out...

Thank you! Good common sense and easy to follow suggestions. cheers

Enjoy the simple approach, thx

Very interesting idea

Great video.. Definitely going to be dialling in my driver with this 👍👌

Thx for a simple experiment to try.

Great Video! Thank you 🔥👏💪🫶

Fine content...solved a problem..thanks for your time..

Good sound advice. Story of muine yesterday. I took my old andnew driver to GOLF GALAXY (lol). I asked them to cut my new driver down to match the old driver length. Neither driver had grip on it- I was going to do that myself later. The alleged club master then precedes to weigh the both drivers on his machine then says: "if u cut the new driver shaft down u wont be able to swing it AT ALL"... as it fell outside "his parameters". Keep in mind he hasnt cut anything yet. The new shaft is like 4 inches longr than the old one. I tell him to just cut it please- even though he said this was against his professional opinion LOL. He cuts it (a sloppy cut at that)... I go home- regrip the club- go to the range and the new driver swings like a charm and better than the old one. I knew the GG guy was full of SH*T. Oh yea he never weighed them after cutting them. Unbelievable some of these ppl. I am glad I had enough sense to know better. This video helped with that. Thanks

I'll end up holding the club down below the grip. 😆. Interesting tips though. Something I've not heard before when trying to get more consistency with the driver.

Valuable lesson, many thanks.

This works for people who are using a driver that is too long. It doesn't work for somebody who needs a longer driver to have a proper swing path. The majority of golfers will do better with a shorter driver, but there are exceptions (like me). After much experimentation, I ended up with a 47 inch driver and I hit it more consistently than any driver I have ever used. I always used to have a tendency to cut across the ball and hit a fade. I now hit a straight ball with no adjustments to my swing. I am somewhat tall, but have a high waist which raises my hands farther off the ground. My arms are medium short and I have a swing path along my shoulder line - relatively flat. All of those point to using longer clubs. Somebody who is tall and fights a slice, assuming a relatively conventional swing, should look at having a longer test club made mto see what happens. He/she may be surprised by how much easier it is to hit well. Graphite shafts keep the club weight from getting too heavy. Also 2 inches of extra length makes a shaft play a whole flex softer. A stiff shaft will play as a regular flex for example.

Excellent, great video really helpful thank you.

Great stuff AJ Thanks a lot!!! Happy New Year!!!

Very helpful. Thanks.

Wonderful, thank you

I was just at the range today, and I tend to hit terrible slices, I decided to experiment with choking down on the grip, and while I did not use the spray powder I still hit slices, but they were no where near as bad, I do have an offset driver with a 12° loft that i want to try experimenting with as the one i was using today had a 10.5° loft to it.

Great information !!

Thanks again. Great stuff.

What an awesome video!

AJ, I just did a fitting with a Taylormade Rep who put impact sticker on the face of my Stealth Plus driver that I bought off the shelf unfitted. I hit every shot exactly in the same place, just where you said. Yet I sprayed the ball every where. It was at least 20 shots. Changing settings had no effect. I was not gripping down the shaft. Are the new drivers just so light that it’s hard to feel the head of the club? My understanding is that manufacturers are making drivers lighter with lighter, longer shafts so that people can swing them faster to hit the ball farther. Adding lead tape may give accuracy, but won’t reduce club head speed? I’m frustrated by the expense of a new driver I can’t hit.

Great video

Brilliant!

Hitting more than 1 good shot in a row helps, my biggest struggle

Excellent!

Great information for sure. Question: I have problems turning my head over to close the face at impact, Would lead tape help me and if so where on the driver. To get my head closed now for straight shots the ball has to be on the little toe of my left foot.

I play all my clubs at -1" . . . although I am 5'6" :)

I got fitted through pxg All woods are shorter $5000 later and they are sitting next to the furnace… Got refitted at superstore and they couldn’t believe I was fitted in these.. Dog shit

Excellent video! The KISS principle: keep it simple stupid lol. Would love to know your input on the following question. If two clubs have equal static weight but one is built in way that gives it a swing weight of C9 and the other club has a swingweight of D5 which club will you be able to swing faster?

Does gripping down cost distance loss due to less speed & smaller arc? I understand the concept of shorter = control but is loss of distance worth it? 1 other thing; what about lie angle with a driver?

Great stuffs

I have shortened my driver from 45.5in to 44.5in and have not adjusted swing weight i have lost a lot of distance can you guide me in right direction

I bet the simplicity of this video makes all the 'Gotta Have the Newest Technology Of Past 3 Months Driver' head's hurt. I mean come on, people... AI technology ? and Star Warz Lazer graphics ! --> You're being conned by experts of cons (sales advertising) and enjoying it, but not getting better ever 😂

Great video. With all the adjustable driver, do you start but seething the head to the neutral position? Thanks

Love your videos but then why do all the pro hit directly out of the center and that's what they strive for

Foot spray smells !!! Tried it a few times but never again! Maybe chalk spray exist …

Are the manufacturers driver heads typically the same weight from a five year span for example? Say you had a Callaway Rogue and wanted to put a shaft you like on a newer model head or would you have to fit for a different shaft?

I have the Taylormade sim set at the upright position 10.5 degrees. I purchased an aftermarket rear 21 gram weight to add head weight just under the limit. To me it adds more forgiveness to the sim. Would you suggest others use aftermarket weights instead of lead tape if their drivers are equipped with weights? My bad shots are left and sometimes too high. I am going to experiment at 9 degrees with the face more open. Hopefully that dials me in perfect.

Are you saying just choke down on the Driver grip until you gain control, or are you suggesting cutting down the shaft length from the butt end of the driver. Or are you suggesting that if you only have control choking down inches should you cut two inches of you shaft and choke down 2 inches? At what point does this method become an irreversible equipment modification?

I assume you cut your club down after, and not just choke down on it?

Thank you for sharing this video, I am basically hitting my driver in between the center of the clubface and a bit below the center as well. My driver has 10.5* of loft and is set in a neutral position. My driver has a lot of adjustments available ( Honma ) where do you suggest I start my adjustments to get my ball marks of the club face more in the desired position ( a little higher and toward the toe? Thank you for your help

What would you recommend for being a toe hitter who wants closer to center toeish Longer length or more head weight Playing a 45” driver now and 195 gram head My toe shots lead dead snap hooks 😢

Does slightly towards the toe give it a slight draw bias? As always, great videos.

What are you supposed to do with this once you figure out length and weight please? Presume you then either cut shaft down and add permanent weight somehow or you buy a new shaft? Sorry if that’s a slightly noobish question but I presume people aren’t then just playing with lead tape stuck to their driver and gripping down. If there’s already a video on this a link would really help. Great content TY.

does adding lead tape or adding swing weight help with clubhead speed or distance?

This loses you clubhead speed, no? I realize that might not be the priority if you’re choking up on your driver, but I’m curious.

I have a 12 year old driver & need to know if a newer design, adjustable hozel, would be in order. I konw that .83 COR is the max so what would be the advantage

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Does the rules allow for the placement of the lead tape on the crown of the head?

What about adjustable weights? Some OEMs have interchangeable weights, you namely have to buy the kits. Can you get the swingweight up enough with those or do you need lead tape as well?

AJ so does this process also work for your other woods and hybrids? What about irons?

Hi. I was wondering what driver length you would recommend for a person that’s 5’7” and with a wrist to floor of 30” ? Thanks for the advice.

after all of the chocking down, is it then OK to cut down the shaft, or does that change things again???

Do we then cut the driver shaft down a couple inches?

I have ping g driver with 7 gram weight could I change the weight to say a 12 or 16 gram?

After you choke up say 2 inches...and its right on for you... can you cut off those two inches in the butt of the shaft?

Looking to purchase a driver .. What is your advice for purchasing a driver? I had a 10 year layoff & started back golf during covid. I took a 7 iron and tried several shafts. I seem to be almost right b/t reg & stiff flex and currently using a DG R300 cut to where its half way b/t R300 and S300 flex. When using R300 as a reg flex I could feel it bending just before I make contact w/ the ball .. it wasn't a bad feeling just didn't know if I should feel that or not. Had descent results w/ the 7 iron using both R300 reg flex and R300 in b/t reg & stiff. S300 stiff flex had more inconsistent results. So, should I look for a similar flex in driver meaning half way b/t reg/stiff? Should I avoid the lighter driver shafts since the iron shafts are not light weight? Do you suggest any component heads or go for an older generation big name brand? Any advice appreciated.

Higher on the face? For me, sky marks ... here they come. ;)

So basically cut 1/2" to 1" of all your clubs and you will hit the ball better......seriously ?

So if I was to add 3 inches on my driver I would have to make it the head lighter?

Omg...this is ridiculous. Stop selling the band aid and sell the cure! Go get fit. A shit shaft, head combo match will never be accurate, regardless of where you grip it or try to strike the ball. You should never change yourself to match the equipment. Shaft flex, droop, bend profile, torque equates to a better strike. Not choking down and using foot spray. Folks do your homework

You are a genius. En argentina te diría q groso sos