[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by Dr Winston O Boogie jr

I'd love to see a driver that produces a shot long enough to result in a three club difference to a green that wasn't available two or three years ago. Now if you're talking about a wooden driver with a steel shaft from the 70's and a wound balata ball vs a graphite shafted, titanium 460CC driver hitting a solid core ball you might see 3-4 clubs difference. But a driver from 2-3 years ago? I haven't seen a huge difference in distance since Ping came out with the TiSi driver back in the 90s. All the rest give you a bit more accuracy but since then I've seen maybe 4-5 yards more off the tee for good players. You can get a bigger jump in distance by having your driver and ball fit to you.

Originally Posted by kcrazorbackfan

Boom; I totally agree. I've hit the same 9.5 degree Razor Fit driver for the last 7 years and I can't find anything I can hit straighter or further. I did change the stock shaft to a Grafalloy Pro Launch Red right after I got it to help get the ball flight down.

I guess I needed to have spelled out WHY newer drivers give you more distance...ON THE AVERAGE.

It's the ability to adjust it to fit your swing and to maximize your typical off-center hits (probably 80%+ for a 15 index) and your natural flaws (slices/hooks)...not your best nutted ones.

I will admit however, that I probably should have said in the last 5-6 years...not the last 2-3.

Best Drivers 2016 - Golf Digest

2016

On the surface, the idea that drivers are still getting better today seems absurd, in a word, laughable. Why, the U.S. Golf Association, has instituted more rules limiting distance, and driver performance specifically, in the last 20 years than they had in their previous century of existence.

But this would be missing the point of what driver technology is about today. What we found in this year’s collection of the best drivers in the game isn’t so much the rush to make your longest possible shots longer. No, that’s already long since been taken care of, and besides, the rules limiting the face’s spring-like effect are clear and, we think, relatively impenetrable. Rather, while the center of the face and our most perfect hits are no longer fertile ground, what is most intriguing to the game’s brightest designers is how to make our worst selves so much more presentable—at least when it comes to our tee balls.

With new ultralight composite materials and alloys, plus new processes that thin titanium nearly to the thickness of a business card, those big drivers not only spring the ball with extra velocity when we miss the center of the face, they’ve also been designed to control spin so shots launch high but still fly with force and land with an attitude.

But the genius doesn’t stop there. What makes drivers extra special today is how personal they get thanks to the multiple levels of adjustability that are now commonplace.

It is not unusual with movable weights and rotating hosels that a typical driver can be 10, 20 or even a thousand heads in one.

Our testing shows the twist of a wrench can mean 20-plus yards of ballflight correction, either straighter or longer. It’s all a matter of finding the right setting to unleash the big hitter you always dreamed you’d be.

Drivers not getting any better?

Please.

Believe that and the joke’s on you.

And the difference in approach shots is due to the additional forgiveness of irons and the same philosophy of maximizing your worst impacts...as well as driver distance.

Now I realize that you're both probably golf club engineers and have a plus index (mine is only mid-single digit, so I'm at a disadvantage), but I think I'll go by the actual testing of a reputable golf magazine and their scientific results...over y'alls opinion.