OPEN, CLOSED, SQUARE FACED DRIVER / FACE ANGLE & ADJUSTABLE HOSELS

This video shows the connection between adjustable hosel golf clubs and face angle. How you can change the face angle using the loft sleeve.

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[mrgolf]

Finally someone explains this so we all understand the concept of closed or open face when adjusting loft, thank you so much ! That deserves a subscription !

[Drycleanerguy]

Ok, if I understand correctly, you can simply rotate the club to change both the lie and loft, or you can do it with the hosel. The advantage of doing it with the hosel is that you end up with a club that sits naturally in the desired position, and you can consistently reproduce that position.

[wesleyfontaine]

THANK GOODNESS for the video. No manufacturer speaks to this. All golfers I know changes loft without manipulating the face back to square and believe loft has been altered only to create direction issues with no loft change. Thanks.

[mariad]

Great explanation! I tend to pull hook, so I took a 12 degree and de-lofted to 10.5 to open the face and ended up shooting darts.

[slmmcgee]

This is one of the most effective and clear explanations of the function of adjustable drivers that I've ever come across. It has helped me understand my own Ping Anser driver even better than before. The Anser tends to 'fall, ' when the sole is allowed to rest on the turf, slightly open. Maybe a degree give or take, to my eye. So even the neutral setting is just a little open. In general, though I tend to prefer to cut the ball off the tee, I find it difficult to draw the ball from this position when I need/want to, unless I really work to shut the face during the swing, which can too often lead to pull hooks. Or I have to align my body so far right at address it feels ridiculous. Instead, I now understand that I can actually just aim my body and the club face right of my intended target and pre-set the face 'closed' a degree or two, take my grip and make the same swing I normally would to produce a draw. Great content!

[christopherdyer]

Thanks for clearing this up.explains why I tend to pull hook my 10.5 driver at 12 degree. Always felt like the face was to closed lofting up. Thank you

[slsgolf]

This is a fantastic video. So if I play my 9 degree driver at 4* open I am really playing almost a 10* driver even if I deloft it to 7.5*. This is the best explanation I have seen that I have tried to convey to friends.

[jayhales]

This is a reason I still play with my 2009 Cobra S9-1M offset driver. Just love the way it looks and preforms for me. I tinker with my golf clubs enough without a an adjustable hosel.

[josephroberts]

Fantastic explanation! Thanks AJ for explaining how hosel settings affect the club head!

[lunarneptune]

I was looking for more info on the weights, thanks for the vid

[MichealBacon]

*Decreasing* the loft opens the face and will fade the shot a bit.
*Increasing* the loft closes the face and will draw the shot a bit.

You can also shift or adjust weight by using lead tape to influence shot shape. Toe side for fade, heel side for draw.

On some drivers you can adjust the lie angle as well. This can counteract the fade/draw bias. To reduce fade, adjust the lie angle up.

If your shots fall out of the sky or hook/slice violently, you need more back spin: increase loft. It becomes a balancing act of distance (less spin with less loft) and accuracy (more spin, increased loft)

NOTE: if you have an outside in swing path (negative attack angle) you will want more loft. If you have an inside out swing path (positive attack angle) you will want less loft.

[joebouscaren]

A nice summary would be: 1) Driver adapter changes face angle if you let driver sit as it wants. 2) Driver adapter changes loft if you square the face to the target.

[VideosbyStew]

This is an awesome video for understanding what is going on with adjustable drivers!

[Gniverse]

Ok so my mind is blown...its contradictory to everything we have learned...increase the loft always equals more open face angle. This is crazy.

[johnherman]

Thanks AJ. So if you’re hitting a fade you could theoretically fix that by changing the loft. Good stuff my man!

[douglasgardner]

Couple year old video that answers a question I've had with a driver I'm working with. I'm playing with a PXG 0811 Proto Plus driver and feel like I need to hold it slightly open at address to get my desired ball flight. With my Taylor Made Sim 2 Max I get the ball flight I want with a neutral feeling at address. The PXG is 10.5 loft and Taylor made is 9 degree. I'll try the PXG at a lower loft setting to see if it gives me both the ball fight and the feeling at address that I prefer. Thanks for this info. I've been thinking of the loft adjustment as only that.

[huskerchris]

Thank you! I go get fitted soon and this will help take some of the mystery out of it

[seancook]

I play a G410 in the flat lie setting. Generally I don’t want the ball to go left and play a Small fade where possible. As Trevino said “you can talk to a fade; a hook won’t listen”!

[NovaScene]

We the enthusiast gear heads knew this, but it's great you made this video to spread understanding about what these adjustments so to a club. Ping G410/425 adapter does the exact same thing but on the flip side Cobra has upright settings Ping has flat settings.

These specs should be stated in every drivers spec sheet on the website of the model.

[Landnsea]

Very nice engineering evaluation of an adjustable hosel, I believe this is why you can't get any of this explanation from the manufacture’s websites. Just say it. For most golfers (non-pro) I believe an adjustable hosel will do nothing. Most golfer’s driver ball flight varies from shot to shot without any hosel change. It would work only if you can swing "exactly" the same every single time to see any difference in ball fight that is attributed to a hosel change. There are too many variables (wind, rain, sloping tee box, your back swing, grip pressure, ball position, head position, how your time your down swing with the release/whip of your club consistency is the challenge, making that same perfect swing every single time.