One of the biggest keys to hitting your driver longer and straighter comes down to your ability as a golfer to hit the sweet spot. The sweet spot on your driver, or any club in your bag, can also be referred to as the center of gravity projection through the face relative to the club’s loft. But to make it easy we’ll keep calling it the sweet spot for now.
Now that we’ve cleared up the technicalities, let’s dive into the science.
Why it’s important
The reason that finding the sweet spot is so important, especially with a driver, is because it is the most efficient place to make contact on the head and will generally result in creating the most ideal launch conditions.
While it is possible to hit it slightly above the sweet spot to gain a small advantage when it comes to launching the ball higher with less spin, the farther you get away from the sweet spot (CoG projection) the greater the chance the golf ball will end up offline. It also goes the opposite way when you hit the golf ball low on the face below the sweet spot because strikes on that part of the face cause the ball to launch lower and spin more. That will quickly rob you of extra distance.
How to find it
The video below explains the process of finding the sweet spot on your driver and how to build the simple tool to help you do it.
Once you have your driver marked you can use it as a point of reference for the next time you go to the range or to the course to find out how your misses are affecting your driver game and how to make more solid contact.
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