Not way back, I wrote a narrative in regards to the rise in Mini driver choices and hopefully offered some insights into whether or not a mini may be best for you.
Alongside the best way, I recommended that maybe that, whereas intriguing, the mini method may not be superb for common golfers. Most of us may be higher served with a full-sized driver lower all the way down to extra playable (fairway wooden) lengths.
Having tried an identical construct, I can inform you that if straighter tee pictures are your objective, it really works as marketed (insomuch as shorter driver builds have ever been marketed).
The overall pondering behind these kind of builds is that, opposite to what many imagine, a 3-wood isn’t more likely to be extra correct off the tee than a driver and whereas higher off the tee than a fairway wooden, a mini driver goes to be more durable to hit off the deck.
It’s why one reader known as the mini driver a worst of each worlds resolution. Harsh, however if you wish to learn that mini drivers have a restricted viewers, that’s possible truthful.
Macro > Mini
Inside this context, it’s no less than fascinating that you just received’t discover PING among the many listing of manufacturers rumored to have a mini driver within the short-term pipeline. That’s to not say PING doesn’t suppose there’s worth in a extra controllable driver nevertheless it seems the corporate thinks that if that you must hit pictures off the deck with any regularity, preserve your 3-wood. In the event you don’t, you may wish to think about what is typically known as a “thriver.”
Merely, a thriver or what PING’s VP Becoming and Efficiency, Marty Jertson, suggests is also known as a “macro driver”, is a full-sized driver head with a shaft lower all the way down to 3-wood (43.5 inches), 5-wood (43) and even 7-wood (42.5) size.
Jertson posted the graphic under. It supplies some key insights into who ought to think about a thriver/macro driver in addition to some information from PING’s Proving Grounds exhibiting comparisons between a shorter driver construct and a traditional 3-wood.
The abstract model is that the … let’s name it a “macro driver”, I actually like that … hit 10 % extra fairways and produced 40 % tighter dispersion than a PING LST 3-Wooden.
Not like mini drivers, there’s no suggestion that the macro driver (I’m sticking with that) goes to work off the deck. At 3-wood size, it’s going to fly about so far as 3-wood however you’re getting added management.
Because the graphic suggests, that makes the macro driver a terrific choice for golfers who have already got loads of distance, want one thing extra controllable than a driver and should you’re going to drag your 3-wood, aren’t usually inclined to hit 3-wood off the deck anyway.
The place to begin
The beneficial place to begin for a macro driver construct is a 12-degree G440 head. PING has various supported shafts that help you construct to 3-, 5- or 7-wood size. Presumably, management will increase as shaft size decreases.
As with mini drivers, chances are you’ll not have a spot in your bag for a macro driver however should you suppose it may be a very good match to your recreation, it’s in all probability price spending a while with a PING fitter.
Have your say
Do you suppose a macro driver makes extra sense than a mini driver? Tell us.
The put up By no means Thoughts The Mini. Do You Want A Macro Driver? appeared first on MyGolfSpy.
