Lady golf driver checklist and tips about head sizes and head materials.



When you're searching for a women's driver a few things are important to think about. We're talking about the club often used for the first stroke on the tee, with one single purpose: distance. Every driver has its own characteristics and is made for the special needs of the different handicap categories.

Do you need a standard, mid size or oversized head size lady golf driver?

What head material: titanium, HST Aluminium, 17-4ph stainless steel or 431 stainless steel?

What shaft length?

What shaft flex for your lady golf driver?

What about loft?

What swingweight?

What about the Center of Gravity of a womens golf driver?

What about Perimeter Weighting?

Head Sizes Of Lady Golf Drivers

Do you want to learn more about the terms I've introduced in the checklist above? Well, let me do some explanation. I've promised to keep it simple. Choose a standard head size of about 155 cubic centimeters if you are a good golfer who wants to have more control of the driver and who can also hit the ball well with a small sweetspot.

The sweetspot is the best surface on the club face to hit the ball. The larger your sweetspot is, the more mistakes you can allow yourself to make. It reduces the number of mishits, but you will not be able to hit that far. Low lady handicappers often choose a small sweetspot. If you hit the ball well, you can reach a great distance.

A midsize lady driver is a size bigger. The head is about 190 to 200 cubic centimeters and therefore, the sweetspot is also slightly larger. Very suitable if you are a mid handicapper and want to lower your handicap.

Oversized lady golf driver heads are between 200 and 250 cc. Characteristics: larger sweetspot, so fewer mishits, but harder to control as the weight has become heavier. Then, there are lady driver heads with a volume of up to 400 cc, sometimes called oversized Jumbo heads.

If you want to purchase a used lady golf driver of course pay attention to the condition values of the club, because big heads can easily be scratched.

Head Materials Of A Lady Golf Driver

The rule of thumb is: the harder the head material, the more your club forgives you. Although this also depends on the ball's compression - hardness. Aluminium and the different types of titanium alloys are nice to start with. But if you really want to have the better class of wood heads, then choose lady golf driver heads of HST Aluminium, 17-4ph stainless steel or 431 stainless steel. The best are titanium, maraging metal, bi-metal or tungsten.

Titanium is the hardest and lightest head material of which oversized heads with a large sweetspot are made. Ideal for beginners and high handicappers. But it is more expensive than steel.

Pay attention: if you see a too cheap set with lady golf driver and fairway wood heads of, for example titanium alloy, be careful. The fact is that this head is not made of 100% titanium. It is even possible that there is only a small percentage of titanium in it!

Stainless steel is cheaper en heavier than titanium and titanium alloys. Lady golf club heads made of stainless steel have smaller sweetspots due to a smaller head. But if you are a mid or low handicap golfer, this is good material.

Shaft Lenght

The rule of thumb is: the longer the shaft of your lady golf driver in combination with the right lie, the more distance you can make. But if you are a high handicapper: do not take shafts that are longer than 45 inches, because these clubs are harder to control. Many lady golfers with a slow swing speed use graphite drivers and fairway woods which allow them to make long-distance hits. Lady golf drivers with a titanium head are actually only manufactured with a graphite shaft.

Shaft Flexibility

And then, shaft flexibility. A graphite shafted woman driver is more flexible and lighter than steel, and it absorbs vibrations. A golf bag filled with graphite golf clubs or with clubs of steel: you feel the difference! Graphite lady golf clubs are slightly more expensive. They are available in various weights, strengths and flexibility.

Steel shafts are stronger, heavier, less flexible and less expensive than graphite shafts. If you are a mid or low handicapper with a fast swingspeed, then a steel shafted driver is fine for more control.

What Lady Golf Driver Loft?

Loft is the angle of inclination of the club face in relation to the shaft. If this angle is large - therefore a higher loft - you hit the ball higher, to put it simply, but it does not go that far. A lady golf driver with a high loft is more forgiving.

If you have a slow swing speed and/or you are a beginner, you'd better choose for Ladies flex drivers with a high loft of approximately 12 to 15 degrees.

If you have a faster swing speed and a regular shaft preferably opt for less loft of around 12 degrees for more distance. Very fast swing speed ladies with stiff shafts could consider a loft of less than 12 degrees.

Swingweight And Center Of Gravity Of A Lady Golf Driver

Manufacturers often tell about Swingweight. That is the distribution of weight in a club, expressed in a D-value for women. In other words: how does the weight of a driver feel for you. The higher the D, the more the Center of Gravity of the lady golf driver is located to the head.

Are you a high or mid handicapper then choose for a lady golf driver that is as light as possible with a deep low Center of Gravity. The Center of Gravity is the value of how the weight is distributed in a club head. A low Center of Gravity - C.G. - results in a higher ball flight.

Perimeter Weighting?

Perimeter weighting is the balance between the club head and the grip side. Let's not be too technical, but a good perimeter weighting can result in a larger sweetspot. C3 has the lightest club head and C9 is much heavier. Are you one of the better class of lady golfers then choose a C3 if you want to have optimum control of your lady golf driver.



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