The Confidence Club: Finding the Driver You Can’t Wait to Hit Again!, Golf (Video) - by Pete Styles
The Confidence Club: Finding the Driver You Can’t Wait to Hit Again!, Golf (Video) - by Pete Styles

Most people fear their driver or love their driver, more than any other club in their bag. People go one way or another with it. They see their favorite club, they can't wait to tear their pie and hit it, and it gives them the biggest satisfaction or they just leave it in the bag or even in the car because they don’t take it on the golf course with them. So this club becomes really important in not just your game and your scores, but your enjoyment and your confidence.

And getting the right driver is as important as having the right swing to hit it. If your swing works with every club in your bag apart from your driver, maybe you need to look at getting that right driver for you. Now it isn't just a case of, well, Sergio Garcia, one of the weekend, and he uses that brand of golf club, therefore I'll go and buy that brand of golf club, that's what the marketers would like you to think, the adverts on the TV, the branding on the hats or the golf bags, it's all about "well if it works for him, it will work for you". And although that might make sense that they make some great drivers, it's still important to get the right driver for you. A 9-degree extra stiff shaft with a really thick grip on it's 46 inches might be really good for that tall player, but in your hands you might just hit it straight sideways into a bunker. It's important you get the right club fitted for you.

So the fitting options, the loft of the golf club, the size of the club head, the length, flex and talk of the shaft, the tight of grip and the grip thickness, all these different variations can come into it. So I think it's massively important that you don't just go out there and buy the latest branded golf club, but you actually go to a driving range or a fitting center, try out a few different golf clubs, work out which is good for yourself. Get yourself measured up and work out which is the right club for yourself as well. Thomasgolf.com has a really nice range of drivers, all different sizes, lengths, styles, types. They have some really good, clear fitting guides about how they can make the golf club suitable for you in terms of the options we talked about the loft, the shaft and the grip.

So whichever golf club you've got in your bag, if you're happy with it, if you're not happy with it, consider getting custom fitted for your driver. Make sure the driver suits you rather than you trying to change your swing to suit the driver.

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Most people fear their driver or love their driver, more than any other club in their bag. People go one way or another with it. They see their favorite club, they can't wait to tear their pie and hit it, and it gives them the biggest satisfaction or they just leave it in the bag or even in the car because they don’t take it on the golf course with them. So this club becomes really important in not just your game and your scores, but your enjoyment and your confidence.

And getting the right driver is as important as having the right swing to hit it. If your swing works with every club in your bag apart from your driver, maybe you need to look at getting that right driver for you. Now it isn't just a case of, well, Sergio Garcia, one of the weekend, and he uses that brand of golf club, therefore I'll go and buy that brand of golf club, that's what the marketers would like you to think, the adverts on the TV, the branding on the hats or the golf bags, it's all about “well if it works for him, it will work for you”. And although that might make sense that they make some great drivers, it's still important to get the right driver for you. A 9-degree extra stiff shaft with a really thick grip on it's 46 inches might be really good for that tall player, but in your hands you might just hit it straight sideways into a bunker. It's important you get the right club fitted for you.

So the fitting options, the loft of the golf club, the size of the club head, the length, flex and talk of the shaft, the tight of grip and the grip thickness, all these different variations can come into it. So I think it's massively important that you don't just go out there and buy the latest branded golf club, but you actually go to a driving range or a fitting center, try out a few different golf clubs, work out which is good for yourself. Get yourself measured up and work out which is the right club for yourself as well. Thomasgolf.com has a really nice range of drivers, all different sizes, lengths, styles, types. They have some really good, clear fitting guides about how they can make the golf club suitable for you in terms of the options we talked about the loft, the shaft and the grip.

So whichever golf club you've got in your bag, if you're happy with it, if you're not happy with it, consider getting custom fitted for your driver. Make sure the driver suits you rather than you trying to change your swing to suit the driver.