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You’re giving up your best rounds… 👀
Look, this isn’t about telling you to buy a new driver - if anything, we’re telling you you shouldn’t!
Here’s the simple truth ⬇️
The 1-3-5 rule for drivers:
👉🏽 1 year old: you’re fine.
👉🏽 3 years old: performance is slipping
👉🏽 5+ years old: you’re losing ball speed, consistency, and fairways.
Why it matters:
❎ Ball speed → every 1 mph = ~2–3 yards. New faces keep that speed alive, even on mishits.
❎ Consistency → tighter spin + launch means more playable drives.
❎ Forgiveness → higher MOI heads keep you in the short grass.
❎ Distance → 10–20 yards lost with older drivers is common. That’s a full club into every approach.
This isn’t about chasing the “latest release.”
It’s about not giving strokes away because your driver tech is a decade behind.
Transcript
Hey, Adam. Quick question. Yo. When should I look at upgrading my driver? Rule of thumb, after fifteen years of testing, we basically see about a half yard to a yard difference year over year. So rule of thumb is one three five rule we call it. One year probably no. You're only gonna be seeing very minimal differences in distance. What you're probably paying for is just cosmetic or marketing in a year over year. Three years maybe you might not be getting that much distance gains, but you might get enough between distance and forgiveness across the face, advances. Five years, if your driver's five years old, you might wanna start thinking about it. You're gonna get, you know, two and a half to five yards difference distance. You're going to be getting more accuracy. Anything over five definitively, you're going to see gains from buying a new driver. So one, definitely not three, maybe five, most likely anything over five, definitely. The only difference is this, if your driver is not fit, I don't give a damn if it's a year old or 20, we can find you 20 more yards if your driver's not fit.
