In our forums, our members have been discussing mini-drivers and older drivers with smaller heads. WRXer ‘Yieeman’ is considering playing a mini-driver but is wondering if using an old driver may be just as beneficial and asks our members:
“What are the pros and cons of using an older small driver with a shorter shaft vs using one of the newer mini drivers?”
And WRXers have been sharing why they feel the mini-driver is the way to go.
Here are a few posts from the thread, but make sure to check out the entire discussion and have your say at the link below.
- Tupperwolf: “I assume a mini driver made in 2021 is going to be more forgiving on imperfect strikes than a driver made 20+ years ago. Materials and construction techniques have come a long way.”
- joelco: “This is an apt question for me. I have increasingly found difficulty squaring up a 460 driver head. I have two old heads that I recently acquired. A deep faced small footprint Cleveland 400. Also have a TM 360TI. Currently building them up to experiment as gamers.”
- uglande: “1) Proper weighting to match the length (my TM 300 mini is 208g). 2) Adjustable hosel. 3) Extreme sole weighting to allow for shots off the deck. 4) Great sound and feel (and things like Twist Face, if that matters to you).”
- turles20: “Most older drivers were designed to be played around 45″, so they will have head weights around 200 g. The newer mini drivers are designed to be played shorter and will have head weights closer to a 3 wood head and possibly removable weights to add more/less weight if needed. So if you wanted to play an old driver at significantly shorter lengths and maintain normal swing weight, you would need to add a lot of weight to the head. Most likely with a tip weight and/or lots of lead tape.”
Entire Thread: “Mini-driver vs Older driver – GolfWRXers discuss”