The “Draw” settings indicated a more upright lie angle. Each loft is clearly labeled, and the one you select shows up in a window on the hosel. True to their “golf should be fun” ethos, Cobra has the simplest, best-labeled adapter on the market. Remember, when you add loft, the face closes when you subtract loft, the face opens. Then there are big and small plus and minus signs indicating that you can add or subtract 0.6° or 1.0° of loft.

Ping’s G30 adapter is fairly straightforward: there’s a circle which indicates that the club face is square and has the stated loft. This is code for making the lie angle flatter, neutral, or more upright, respectively. Instead of calling it a lie angle adjustment, most manufacturers talk about fade, neutral, or draw settings. The adjustment that most manufacturers have, but few talk about, is lie angle. Now, to get that face square at impact, you need to open that 10 degree driver a couple degrees, thus adding loft. By twisting it (changing the face angle), however, you are taking what was a 10 degree driver with a square face and making it a 10 degree driver that is, for example, 2 degrees closed. If it’s a 10 degree driver, it will always be 10 degrees, no matter how you twist it. Set it to the lowest loft and the face will be open.įor those interested in the “why,” here it is: the driver you bought only has one loft. Set the driver to the highest loft and you’ll see a closed face. This is counterintuitive, but if you experiment with your own adjustable driver you’ll see that it’s correct. When you remove loft, you are opening the face When you add loft, you are closing the face. Here’s the simple version of the loft/face angle relationship: Here’s what you need to understand: adjusting the loft means changing the face angle and vice versa. Six years later, the conversation has changed to adjusting loft. When TaylorMade launched the R9 family of drivers, they talked about hosel adjustments in terms of left and right, i.e. You aren’t sure how to adjust it Hosel Adjustments – Loft, Lie, and Face Angle If you read through the thousands of comments that have been posted on, you’ll notice a few themes – people thanking us for our informative reviews, people telling us our reviews are crap, and people asking for recommendations – but the most frequently asked question is, “How do I adjust my driver?” With that in mind, I thought I’d write a full length explanation of how adjustable drivers work and how you can get the most out of them.

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