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Equipment & Fitting · Equipment Insight

Judge driver launch by CG, not the stamped loft

The loft number stamped on a driver head doesn't tell you how it will actually launch, because center-of-gravity location also shapes dynamic loft. Ian shows that two heads only two degrees apart in static loft can play five degrees apart in delivered loft, effectively a 13-degree versus an 8-degree driver, once CG (pushed back or forward) is factored in.

Channel: Club Champion

Watch official source at 10:15

Why this context matters

Illustrated by comparing an 11-degree and a 9-degree driver head that effectively played like a 13 and an 8.