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Re: Driver Trajectory

• bpierce749 116 Posts

  Sat, Jun 16 2012 7:14 AM

  Wouldn't it make more sense to want a med/high trajectory over a high trajectory?  With a high trajectory, doesn't the driver stop faster?  Witha med/high, you could make all the dogleg holes and not have to worry about wind affecting your shot as much.  However, I was just thinking and wondering what all the experienced players thought and what their experiences showed.

  Bpierce

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Sat, Jun 16 2012 9:21 AM

  I like high trajectory, with it you have the option to ride the wind for more distance.

  Hitting into the wind a little top spin keeps it tame without losing a lot of distance.

• courteneyfish 15,796 Posts

  Sat, Jun 16 2012 9:23 AM

  I just hit and hope.

• bpierce749 116 Posts

  Sat, Jun 16 2012 9:47 AM

  Oh, well I have a med/high trajectory on my driver and it seems to lose 5-10 yds when going into a 13+ mph wind (with no b/s, dot on top of the ball).  I thought it would be worse on a high trajectory driver but I guess it depends on the quality (level) of the club.

  Bpierce

• MBaggese 15,367 Posts

  Sat, Jun 16 2012 10:03 AM

  You'll definitely lose distance into the wind with even the best driver, 5-10 yards would be expected...experiment with just nudging the dot up a bit at a time (into the wind) and find a sweet spot for your club and balls used.

• chris5214 1,937 Posts

  Sun, Jun 17 2012 6:49 AM

  i'm using RBallz driver for now, Med Trajectory .. some nice roll out on the fairways with that traj .. but i often turn it into a med/high traj just my adding lotsa backspin .. riding the wind like MB said .. or clearing a fairway bunker & landing soft to avoid a visit to the rough on the the opposite of the fairway .. BP comes to mind ..

  i prefer high trajectory though, more options for sailing the trees and precision driving IMO