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1.52K viewsFebruary 1, 2023

Nwqb16 14 January 28, 2023 0 Comments

My mind has been reeling when it comes to correcting my excessive toe strikes with my driver. I rarely hit it out of the middle and never heel side. And my miss on strike is absurdly far out on the toe. Even standing close to the ball and changing ball position (which makes me really change my swing and smother the ball) hardly does it. I play a power fade even with the toe strike. I’ve bounced around with a few drivers over the last 2 years.

1- Exotics exs220 12 degrees ust mamiya proforce black xstiff 44.5 inches D1 SW

2-Maltby Ke4tc 11 degrees kuro kage silver xstiff 44.5 D1 SW

I have played a shorter driver thinking it would produce more control, but I remember back to my off the shelf days when I didn’t think about club building and fitting and I played a 12 degrees sldr at 46″ and I remember lots of heel strikes. Those were my better driving days to be honest. I play to low to mid single digit handicap, launch it low hence the 11-12 degree head. I have good speed I’m in the upper 1teens to 120 low SS.

Do you think a longer driver and heavier swing weight would produce that much of a drastic strike location on the face?

I’m contemplating building the the new Ke4 tcmax at 45-45.5″ with like a d3-d4 SW. I see that ping g430 has stock d3 SW.

Any thoughts?

theblake7 Answered question February 1, 2023

3 Answers

Answer 1 · 2023-02-01T02:09:34+00:00

I am fairly sure that heavier club ( or longer shaft) contributes to toe hits and lighter is heel hits and IMO D1 aint heavy for a dude who has 120mph head speed.

I think you really need to find an old school fitter (thats brand agnostic) with a trackman and sort your stuff out, somethings not right here.

Rather than look at different swing weights perhaps also experiment with Toe and Heel weighting, whilst most people just think that relates to correcting ball flight, theres more to it, it also affects how the head moves around relative to the shaft in your transition and downswing.

Answer 2 · 2023-01-29T14:23:01+00:00

One more tip to add, Make sure your left arm is firm against your body thru out the backswing to finishing with hands high.

Answer 3 · 2023-01-29T14:01:51+00:00

There could be several factors that could contribute hitting golf ball off the toe of club that nothing has to do with equipment. I have had the same problem

that arises at times. In my case case it always had to do with swing mechanics getting sloppy. Things to check out: Swing plane, Starting your down swing to fast, what segment of golf ball is your eye on? How much lower body is used in swing? I always review my set up religiously.

Remember a good swing is in proper sequence. Tips: check your swing plane (too flat?), start your down swing first with a slight kick of your right knee to transfer body weight, then drop your hands then accelerate your club head speed. Target the inside corner of golf ball for an inside to out swing;

Finally what is your right wrist angle at the top of your back swing? you want to avoid cupping your wrist

Last but not least check your grip mechanics and pressure. My mantra is firm left hand, right hand neutral with very light fore finger pressure.

You may know all these tips already, but I hope this helps. You can also go online for further tips

Good Luck! TBrandt