breaking your driver

[lgskywalker37]

I have just recently gotten good at golf, and I used to hit the ground hard or the ball dipsencer at driving range which I am sure is not good for the driver. but I started hitting it good and useing tape and getting graet top face contact. but I broke my driver today and chrushed the ball about 295yds.

Does anyone know if hitting the high face of the driver give a better chance of breaking drivers..... or do you just think it was from the prevoius wear and trear from bad hits?
Is it posible that the shaft is too flexible and breaks clean at the hozzle?

thanks for the input, feel free to share you own driver breaking experiences

[lgskywalker37]

Re: breaking your driver

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[proshank]

Re: breaking your driver

yeah sounds like it all comes down to quality. im sure hitting it on the ground a few times wouldnt have helped either. One other thing that could have done it would be if you hit the ball at the hosel alot. causing a shank

[LowPost42]

Re: breaking your driver

A couple things that put graphite shafts in danger of breaking:

Weight and or foreign objects above the level of the hosel. This creates a stress point that the shaft wasn't designed to compensate for. A weight stem or excess epoxy are the likely culprits.

You can break a $10 shaft as easily as you can a $110 shaft.

proshank is onto another cause - hoseling or heel shots create stress and vibration - again, this all comes back to the shear/stress point at the hosel. This is also why most graphite shafts break near the hosel.

I'm not sure that you can break a shaft by over-flexing it, per se (like being a long driver swinging an 'L' flex club). You can cave clubheads in, that weren't designed for higher swing speeds (Like the Wishon 730 CL), but I'm pretty sure the shaft wouldn't be hurt.

Another cause could be an improperly prepped hosel. A sharp edge can cut a graphite shaft, causing an obvious break point.