Which driver to use?

[Slowmo]

I was playing with shotscope data the other day and learned how to choose a specific tee club when looking at stats to better compare. I found some fascinating stuff, but it left me wondering which driver I should be using. I'll post some screenshots and ask you guys. I won't tell you what is what until later. What say you THP, which driver should I be using? BTW, this data is from all of 2023.

Driver A
First distances...

and then shots plotted.


Driver B

And accuracy/plotted shots


So, is the greater distance average worth the bigger dispersion/more predictable miss?

 

[amarkabove]

With the sample sizes being different, were the two clubs used in the same time frames or did Driver B come after Driver A?

 

[Scooby45]

the repeatable miss doesn’t seem to really be showing up in the penalty category so I think I take the extra yards

 

[Scooby45]

With the sample sizes being different, were the two clubs used in the same time frames or did Driver B come after Driver A?

Great question. If all of A happened early season…

 

[Slowmo]

With the sample sizes being different, were the two clubs used in the same time frames or did Driver B come after Driver A?

Driver B came after driver A. Iet me pull the previous year to have a bigger sample size with A

 

[amarkabove]

Driver B came after driver A. Iet me pull the previous year to have a bigger sample size with A

I feel like sample sets from two different seasons would also have to factor in differences in swing. Driver B clearly kicked A out of the bag at one point and I don’t think the slightly better dispersion in this data would be enough to switch back.

 

[Slowmo]

Driver A from the previous year...





Now that I go back to 2022 they look a lot more the same don't they. I will say I put A back in the bag for the last 2-3 rounds. I don't fear the left miss nearly as much with Driver A, but I do feel like I hit it considerably shorter currently.

 

[MonroeBob1955]

The one side miss of driver A would decide that for me.

 

[Jtubb17]

I think I’d lean A with a slightly better fwy % and a little more of a one way miss.

 

[Slowmo]

I feel like sample sets from two different seasons would also have to factor in differences in swing. Driver B clearly kicked A out of the bag at one point and I don’t think the slightly better dispersion in this data would be enough to switch back.

When I first got driver B I was crushing it! Then I developed a bad 2 way miss with it about Sept and started being scared to swing and developed this short guiding swing and lost a lot of distance along with still having the 2 way miss.

 

[Louis_Posture]

So, is the greater distance average worth the bigger dispersion/more predictable miss?

Absolutely not.

 

[bajapalm]

12 yards is one less club in
tough call

 

[Jimmy3864]

I chose driver B, maximum distance potential.

 

[1860VS]

Neither of them. Two way miss with a well over 10% out of play is really bad. Time for a fitting. Or a fairway finder like a Burner Mini.