| A standard off the shelf driver from ALL the major golf manufacturers is 45 inches. Where they got this arbitrary length is anybody's guess. For a man 6 foot whatever this is a perfect length club, what happens when your not 6 foot whatever. Its like trying to swing a telephone post and get it squared up at impact. If you research driver length using guys like Tom Wishon or Malby, who make custom clubs for the big boys, they both say that 45 inches in most cases is TOO long for the average height guy. They also strongly recommend getting fitted to your set of clubs, that means shortening every club in an off the shelf set. Not everybody has to have their clubs shortened, you could be that magic number that the golf companies designed their clubs for. But when guys like Tiger Woods get theirs cut down I think thats good enough for me.
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The shortest distance between any two points on a golf course is a straight line that passes directly through the center of a very large tree. |