Driver lenght and distance - real world observations

[no3jacks]

Hello all I'm new here and want to see if anyone else has tried shorter driver shaft lengths. Here is my Accusport launch monitor test info. from last summer: 163.2 mph ball speed with 116.4 mph club head speed. These were averages from 10 drives and I definitely swing hard at my driver. My iron swing is a 3/4 move and comes in at 100-105 mph. At the behest of a group of our regular foursome I tried a shorter shaft as I routinely hit 50% of the fairways which is just horrible. Not OB, but always in the thick stuff.

Since going to a 43" from a 45" I can honestly give this real world observation. Sunday I hit 11-14 fairways and on average was hitting 1 club more into the greens...sometimes 2, sometimes the same club. The round before that I hit 13-14 fairways. I threw some lead tape on the heel and I can acutally cut a little bleeder that is just beautiful....I'm in love. I still swing just as hard, but I'm dead nutz on the center of the clubface much more often. I just cannot understand how 2" less can increase my accuracy that much with no real appreciable loss of distance. Wow, am I the only person who has tried this?