Should I Shorten My Driver Shaft

Hack It Out Golf

Golf Swing Productions by Mark Crossfield Greg Chalmers and Lou Stagner

Golf, Education, Sports

4.6 • 488 Ratings

🗓️ 1 June 2026

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

A great, broadly applicable listener question today. In the past couple of decades, drivers have not only experienced increases in head size, but also in shaft length. In today's episode, Mark and Lou ask whether many amateurs might not be better off the tee with a shorter driver shaft. What are the trade-offs in shaft lengths? Is it possible that a shorter shaft might produce tighter dispersion and greater distance? And how should a typical golfer go about testing this?

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1:06.3	Welcome to the Hack It Out Golf Podcast. Today we are going to be answering a question from a listener.
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