It might be funny looking square golf drivers but They are one of the latest crazes to hit the amateur golfer market. Their promise of more forgiving tee shots, and a larger sweet spot can't be ignored especially if you struggle off the tee.
A square golf driver has a very high moment of inertia (MOI) when compared to regular rounded golf clubs. Do OK, so what does MOI mean? Simply put the MOI of golf club is it's ability for the club head to resist twisting at the time of impact with the ball. If you're consistently hitting the ball square and directly in the sweet spot then a square head golf driver isn't going to have dramatic effect on your game.It's those of us that don' t often hit that sweet spot that can benefit from this new technology.
An example will explain it a bit better:
Let's assume you're a right handed golfer. You swing and toe the ball off the tee.To normal driver head will twist at impact because you didn't have the club head to the ball, causing the ball to sail off to the right square. If you were using a square golf driver you wouldn't have the same twisting at impact because of the higher MOI. Therefore your ball wouldn't sail off as much as it would with the regular golf driver path.
These are more forgiving golf clubs.If you think back about six or seven years ago before driver club heads reached the 460 cc size they are companies started increasing the size of the sweet spot today so that amateurs could hit the ball straighter more consistently. This is the next step in that technology.We now have the size, and we now have to more forgiving club head with a higher MOI.
Tour Series notebook 455 square driver cc
Pine Meadow (a custom club manufacturer) has probably the best value on the market for a golf driver square.On their website they suggest you can compare this to other clubs in the head square driver $499 price range, while this club retails for under $100 bucks.
The offer the club in 10 and 12 degree head, and you can custom order it to your flex, grip, length, and shaft requirements. If you're looking to try out a Square driver this is probably the best value.There are over 100 positive reviews of this club on their site.
Check out the Tour Series notebook 455 cc here
Callaway FT-i Driver
To more expensive then the Pine Meadow club the Callaway FT-i is their premiere square headed driver.With a 460 cc club head you can customize it to suit your needs.There's more variety to the head lofts from Callaway club from 10 to 14 degrees.It's a nice looking club, but I might have a tough time justifying the price difference between that and the Pine Meadow notebook club.
Check out the Callaway FT-I driver here
If you're shopping for a new driver then I think it's worth while considering the new square technology.They're more forgiving, and land you in the middle of the fairway will more often.If you don't need a new driver then I wouldn't rush out to buy the latest piece just t of golf technology, but if you consistently hit your tee shots off the toe or heel of your club it's probably worth while considering trying one of these new square golf drivers.The Pine Meadow club I mentioned above would be an inexpensive driver to pick up and try, you might be very surprised with the results.
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