He uses a titleist 9 d2 to reach third on the pga tour driving distance statistics. Richard sorell and your team at vidauban golf club, you guys rock. Players nicolas colsaerts kings of golf by optima at royal. Before we go any further, the rules of golf tell us the maximum driver length shaft is 48 inches. Current cobra l5v is standard length which i think is 45. The different length of stock shafts in drivers across manufacturers only re enforces the importance of a custom fitting. In fact, testing shows an inch of extra shaft length equals roughly 10 yards in distance. Nicolas colsaerts 14 november 1982 is a belgian professional golfer currently playing on the. Nicolas colsaerts pga tour profile news, stats, and videos. Belgian golfer who has competed on the pga tour and the european tour.
What happens if you cut down the shaft length on your driver and. That said, it makes sense to use, for example, a 70 gram shaft as a starting point for a player who prefers a 60 gram driver shaft because, when its cut shorter, the shaft will feel similar in terms of weight. For the past few months, ive knowingly been flouting the 14club rule by carrying two drivers. It determines impact position on the face, interaction with the turf, and posture at address. At what persons height does a club fitter consider a longer driver shaft. The latest stats, facts, news and notes on nicolas colsaerts of the golf. Includes graphs with current and historical rankings, peak ranking and more. In actual fact the best driver shafts can add a remarkable number of yards to a shot and can vastly improve the users game. Recently, i figured out how to hit my 3 wood a satisfactory distance with control. With the new trend of shortened driver shafts on tour right now, a question came to my mind.
My length off the tee, the eagle on my 36th hole and my 2 cards of 67 are the good. What is the ideal shaft length for a driver golf club. Nicknamed the belgian bomber for his length off the tee, he comes from a. Using trackman my idea was to test the same golfer, clubhead and golf ball, but change the shaft length. I have a burner 2007 ht draw driver with 45 shaft and it is marked m flex senior but it plays closer to regular since the stock shaft is 45. Continue to the next page to see nicolas colsaerts net worth, estimated salary and earnings. This weeks fully equipped mailbag takes a closer look. Check out nicolas colsaertss yearly results, profile information, lifetime earnings, and more. We all know how important shaft length is for an iron. Piercy might not be a household name, but he is an excellent player, and long driver. What happens if you cut down the shaft length on your driver and long irons. The total length, including the driver, totals 52 inches making this a really long driver shaft.
The first callaway club on the list of the top ten, colsaerts uses a callaway razr hawk tour driver that is reported to have 8. Nicolas colsaerts is a belgian professional golfer currently playing on the european tour and previously on the pga tour. Cobra is actually releasing a 48 driver called the long tom for 2012. Belgian nicolas colsaerts shot a superb fourunderpar 67 in the french open third round on saturday to take a threeshot lead into the final day at le golf national. He played his first professional match on his 18th birthday in 2000. Nicolas colsaerts secures french open title by one shot margin. Nicolas colsaerts official world golf ranking home. Equipment accurate as of the waste management phoenix open driver. Due to an eye condition, the longer clubs have become rather difficult to hit. The perfect driver lets you play golf the way it was intended to be playedfrom the fairway. In the modern 460cc driver, the shaft now rests close to 1 916 above that ground line meaning that the cut length of a shaft for a 45 driver is 43. Quiross length starts with his perfect setup which, like mcilroys, has zero movement. You might be thinking well wouldnt a driver with a longer shaft go farther.
Many golf monthly forum members are increasingly inquisitive over the distance gains we see on readerfitting days, questioning where exactly the distance. Nicolas colsaerts in his last five euro tour starts, colsaerts has three top10 finishes, including a runnerup at the portugal masters in october and a t4 at the isps handa wales open in september. Kings of golf by optima will be held at royal zoute golf club on the 5th of october. If you choked down so it plays like a 44 inch shaft, would it go further, the same, or shorter than if you had a shaft cut down to 44 inches and didnt choke down at all. And when we look at their drivers, we typically see one commonality, their driver shaft length. The top 10 longest drivers on tour bleacher report. If the driver shaft is so long that you are not able to make consistent sweet spot contact, all of the potential distance gained from the shaft length goes out the window. Find out is nicolas colsaerts dating anyone right now and who at celebscouples. My length off the tee, the eagle on my 36th hole and my 2 cards of 67 are the good assets for the following tournaments. Former ryder cup star nicolas colsaerts ended a sevenyear winless run on the european tour with a dramatic oneshot victory at.
Stay up to date with golf player news, rumors, updates, analysis and more at fox sports. Colsaerts turned pro on the day of his 18th birthday in 2000. Configure and embed the worlds top 10 widget into your website, it will always be up to date and its free. Get the right shaft to hit your driver straight and long. Colsaerts uses his height he is 62to his advantage, keeping his hands high.
The impact of the length of a driver shaft on your game. Nowadays, with seemingly never ending race to claim longer drives, driver manufacturers have even been selling standard shafts as long as 45 inches. While its relatively simple to predict his income, its harder to know how much nicolas has spent over the years. Everyone, i am toying with changing my driver length. Get the right shaft to hit your driver straight and long bombing and gouging the problem with bombing off the tee and gouging from the rough is that for us average golfers, it only works percent of the time, according to a study done by golf. Represented belgium when golf returned to the olympics for the first time since 1904 in the rio 2016 olympic games. But the shot he hit on wednesday in dubai was the one he had been waiting to hit for 30 years. Have you ever wondered what the average driver shaft length is on the pga tour. Nicolas colsaerts profile page, biographical information, injury history and news. Online estimates of nicolas colsaertss net worth vary. Driver shaft length creep clubs, grips, shafts, fitting.
But, when i hit my driver, the shot is a consistent push to the right with a little bit of a fade. The official pga tour profile of nicolas colsaerts. The standard length of a mens driver is roughly 43. The stock driver length of most manufacturers taylormade, callaway ping, cobra these days is 45. For nongolfers or those just starting to get into the sport it can seem almost impossible that the design of the shaft will have much effect on the overall swing of the user. A shorter driver, he said, encourages center contact on the clubface, which leads to longer, straighter drives.
Nicolas colsaerts has hit some pretty memorable shots in his career. What is the proper driver shaft length and how much does height. Plus, this is one of the most reasonably priced models that offer excellent value for the money. Michael vanmeerbeek, long term technical coach to nicolas colsaerts, offers his in depth, nicolas colsaerts swing analysis. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page.
Altitude has always been my enemy and combined with the hard grass that causes. Information on players includes yearly results, profile information, a skills gauge, equipment information and much more. Nicolas colsaerts is a 37 years old golfer, who was born in november, in the year of the dog and is a scorpio. Ust mamiya attas 3 international series let3000 bk7 3 wood. Nicolass birthstone is topaz and citrine and birth flower is chrysanthemum. You might be surprised that most pros have an average driver shaft length of 44. The callaway epic driver with the blue shaft is the. Newport, wales nicolas colsaerts has hit the longest drive ever recorded on the european tour en route to grabbing the clubhouse lead with a 5under 66 on the opening day of the wales open. Follow your favorite pro golfer, nicolas colsaerts.
Pga tour stats, video, photos, results, and career highlights. Driver shaft length is shorter better than standard length. Whats the average driver shaft length on the pga tour. View nicolas colsaertss official world golf ranking from 2009 to 2020. I just read an article that asserts that tiger woods for most of his career used a driver of 43. Nicolas colsaerts hits longestever european tour drive. The perfect club driver 370 vft perfect driver golf club. If you have the red 9 gram weight, you will want to purchase a black 14 gram weight or your other option is if you have a standard 5052 gram grip, you can keep the 9 gram red weight and regrip with a grip that weighs about 812 grams less so a 40 gram grip. No doubting nicolas colsaerts drive if burning desire was a key factor in making this years ryder cup, nicolas colsaerts name would already be deeply etched in the plans of europe skipper. I may be off be 12 but it is not that important to my question. The average length of a driver 5 years ago was approximately 45 long.
I took my current driver, which is the titleist d3 8. Driver shaft length custom fitting for the correct length to help improve your strike pattern and accuracy. Find the right driver shaft length for your game golficity. He successfully captured his european tour card at that years q school tournament.
Open at the olympic club and made the cut for the first time in a. Nicolas colsaerts bio, facts, family famous birthdays. Ive made this very long driver into a versatile driver. So, if this is what you are looking for, this is one of those timeless designs that will provide you with maximum playability if the size meets your needs. Titleist pro v1x click here to see what golfwrx members are saying about colsaerts bag in our forum. This raises the immediate question, why is a relatively tall, obviously highly skilled player using a shorter than standard driver. For every 12 you cut off the driver length, you will reduce the swingweight by 23 swingweights.
Nicolas and i have worked together since he was eight years old and we. Clicking on the date or event column header causes the table to be sorted accordingly single click ascending double click descending. Head weights, shaft weights and balance points oh my. Belgian nicolas colsaerts captured his first european tour title in seven years on sunday, winning the french open by one shot after a final round of 72. Nicolas colsaerts stats, news, pictures, bio, videos espn. The perfect club driver is shorter than a conventional driver. Discussion driver shaft length and a persons height. In the march hotlinks, club expert tom wishon wrote that one key to real improvement with the driver comes from a shorter length. I think the player who went from, say, a 50 gram driver shaft to a 90 gram fw shaft would be a significant outlier.
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