Clubface Roll – The Effect on Loft on the Modern Driver

There are numerous factors that affect how far you hit your drives, and one of the most significant isn’t your golf swing at all — it’s your equipment.

Today’s modern high-performance drivers are far more advanced than models from just 10 years ago, but certain legacy design elements remain unchanged. In this video, we examine the effect of the “roll” designed into the clubface and how it can dramatically help or hurt your driving distance.

As you’ll learn, the amount of roll on a clubface — specifically, the radius of curvature from bottom to top — can alter the true loft at impact by as much as 8 degrees or even more, depending on the particular driver design.

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This means that depending on where you strike the ball on the clubface, your 9.5-degree driver could deliver 13 degrees or 6 degrees of actual loft at impact. To illustrate just how significant this is, observe the launch data below:

In this scenario, the golfer has an average clubhead speed of 100 mph with a slightly ascending angle of attack, carrying the ball approximately 233 yards with a 10.5-degree driver. This assumes near-perfect contact on the sweet spot. Now, suppose that same golfer catches it low on the face, reducing the effective loft to just 6 degrees:

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