Can You Still Golf with a Dented Driver? Here’s What to Know

There isn’t any feeling extra painful for golfers than inflicting injury in your golf equipment.

Except you bought mad and supposed to do it, then go forward. Nevertheless, regardless of their Frankenstein look, does it impression your efficiency? On this publish, I reply the query of should you can nonetheless golf with a dented driver.

I’ll clarify every thing it’s good to know to save lots of you from a coronary heart assault the following time you by chance scar your membership head.

 

Will a Dented Driver Head Have an effect on Your Shot?

In keeping with golf coach Mark Crossfield within the video under, clubhead dents don’t have any bearing in your efficiency. I can attest to that, being the disorganized golfer I as soon as was.

I hardly used wooden or iron covers, and once I did, I might be irritated with them after the primary gap and throw them into my bag. That meant that I owned a number of chipped and dented golf equipment, and so they labored effectively sufficient for me to finish my teen years as a low handicapper.

Nevertheless, my golf equipment solely had minor injury. In a video by Conan Elliot from Camas Meadows Golf Membership, he makes a special case to Crossfield. He explains that deep indentations on the clubhead have an effect on the aerodynamics and heart of gravity (CG) of a driver:

If the indentation is extreme, it may well injury the weighting of your clubhead and enhance the danger of instability by means of impression. Nevertheless, it takes excessive occasions to break your membership that badly. I’ve seen many snapped driver heads, however by no means one that’s dented past playability.

The most typical results of a dented driver is its hideous cosmetics. Each time you handle your golf ball on the tee, your driver’s head will remind you of your abusive actions. It’s going to fill you with guilt for a number of months, however you then get used to it.

 

Can You Repair a Dented Golf Driver?

When your driver comprises a crater the dimensions of Diamond Head and it impacts your sport, you may have 3 choices (detailed under). In brief, good luck to these hoping to repair it on their very own. The injury is close to unattainable for even your native golf membership restore store to execute.

Possibility #1: Ship It To The Producer

Contacting the producer is your first port of name to restore a dented clubface. If the motive force is from a serious model, you might have an area rep you’ll be able to attain out to. Alternatively, you’ll be able to speak to the particular person you bought the motive force from.

The producers are the one ones who can restore the top. That’s due to its complicated one-piece design that requires exact care. They may assess the depth of the dent and will cost you additional for the restore. The producer could discover that the top is irreparable and ship you a brand new one as a substitute.

Possibility #2: Preserve Utilizing Them

Vital concavity could impression CG and aerodynamics. Nevertheless, end result variations are usually minimal. Decrease handicappers and professionals could discover the slight distinction in clubhead pace, coefficient of restitution, and accuracy. Nevertheless, the typical golfer is not going to undergo important setbacks.

Subsequently, these gamers on a finances or who play sometimes can preserve utilizing the battered driver.

Possibility #3: Purchase A New Membership

Ought to your driver be historic and belong in a classic sports activities public sale, you would possibly contemplate buying a brand new membership. There isn’t any level in occurring a mission to repair it when you might snatch up a brand new massive stick. You should not have to buy a type of costly drivers. There are many reasonably priced choices available on the market.

 

Methods to Inform If Your Driver Is Too Dented to Proceed Utilizing

Look

The primary option to decide in case your driver is just too dented to proceed utilizing it’s to examine it with the bare eye. When you see a cavity on the clubhead or face, run your finger throughout it. Ought to your finger drop considerably into the indentation, the severity of the injury could also be enhanced.

Figuring out a dented membership is just half 1 in precisely figuring out in case your membership is fatally broken.

Take It To A Membership Fitter

If you spot a dent in your driver, I counsel taking it to an knowledgeable earlier than panicking. Go to your native membership fitter or golf restore workshop and get their opinion on the matter.

They might discover that the top can proceed, saving you a whole bunch of {dollars}. As well as, your native fitter could have the contact particulars of the related consultant to contact about fixing it.

Sound

This isn’t an correct check to establish in case your driver is severely crushed up. Nevertheless, you know the way a traditional strikeout of the candy spot sounds and may hear for that at impression. Ought to your membership produce a clicking sound, components could also be unfastened inside the top.

Clubhead Pace

It’s best to use a launch monitor to precisely decide whether or not the situation of your driver impedes your sport. These gadgets present exact knowledge on numerous parts of your launch, velocity, and yardage.

Some fashions are excessively priced, however you will discover reasonably priced choices that the typical participant can afford. A dependable and correct choice is the FlightScope Mevo.

If a private launch monitor is out of the query, strike a cope with your native professional store or membership fitter to make use of their gadget.

Arrange your launch monitor and hit 5 to 10 drives to obtain perception in your clubhead pace. In case you are constantly decrease than your common, then the dent could have damage the aerodynamics of the motive force. Which means it produces elevated drag and slows down by means of impression.

Ball Pace

Make use of the launch monitor once more to find out your ball pace knowledge. Tee up a number of photographs to make sure that you’re warmed up. You have to swing the identical method you’d earlier than the membership was broken. When you generate much less ball pace than common, your driver could also be injured.

On the odd likelihood, you discover that it produces elevated ball pace, I might cease complaining and preserve utilizing the motive force.

Launch

One other option to inform in case your dented driver has impacted your sport is to evaluate your diploma of launch. Have a look at whether or not you might be launching it greater, decrease, or the identical as earlier than. Any variations out of your regular outcomes is likely to be induced by your golf membership.

Distance

Such as you did on your launch and velocity assessments, use the launch monitor to evaluate your driving distance. In case your yardage is lower than earlier than, I might take a number of additional swings to make sure I’m putting the ball cleanly.

If you find yourself joyful together with your ball putting, analyze the outcomes once more. Whether it is nonetheless shorter than earlier than, the motive force could possibly be hurting your distance sport.

Accuracy

When you begin hooking or slicing photographs like by no means earlier than after denting your driver, you could pin the blame on the injury. These outcomes ought to immediate you to get the clubhead checked out and changed if essential.