| Why is it considered the most electrifying club in your | | | | A lot of the big oversized drivers are built to the |
| golf bag? Why is it the first club anyone talks about | | | | largest legal size specifications under PGA rules and |
| when equipment is brought up? Why is it what | | | | regulations. Combine that with the ultra thin super |
| everyone wants? | | | | springy club faces. What you get is a kind of loaded |
| The answers are simple - POWER. It's all about the | | | | canon. These clubs launch the golf balls high in the air |
| power of the long ball. The golfer who drives the ball | | | | and really long. We must emphasize really LONG. |
| the furthest is considered the man of the moment, and | | | | A lot of the club makers have even taken the |
| everyone wants to be that man. I guess it's an ego | | | | grooves off the clubfaces around the sweet spot |
| thing. | | | | areas. This is to reduce spin and allow the ball more |
| This mind game is played among all golfers form | | | | distance with less resistance. What this also causes is |
| beginner to professional. It is on of the main driving | | | | less accuracy off the tee. But most golfers are willing |
| forces behind the design of today's best golf drivers. | | | | to give up a little accuracy for more distance. |
| The manufacturers are continually coming up with | | | | Now if you throw in the new technology in today's golf |
| newer and better drivers that go further and straighter | | | | shafts it gets a little crazy. With all the different types |
| than the competition. They come in all shapes and | | | | of graphite, the raised and lowered flex and kick points, |
| sizes with the bigger is better attitude coming out on | | | | and now even tipping it almost seems out of control. |
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