Too little dynamic loft.

[andy2110]

I hit the Ball a decent distance, however, I don't think I'm maxing out. Been burned at fitters before and I like to tinker with equipment. Current gamer is the stealth 9 Degree although have had to loft up probably to 10.5 with an Aldila Ascent extra stiff shaft. 
 

I play to a 2 index and strike irons pretty well too. My question is, what are people's thoughts about going higher loft (10.5-12) and having a shaft a little lower launching/spinning?  I feel if I can just launch it higher initially and my ball doesn't dive out of the air, just want something launching a lot more off the tee.

 

Does anyone have any suggestions or experience with trying this?

 

Was at the range this morning and collected a couple of numbers

[ryanhitsballfar]

It would be pretty hard to get low spinning numbers off a 10.5 degree driver regardless of shaft, it's definitely possible since tour pros like Dj uses a higher lofted driver (10 degree). I personally use a 7.5 degree head on a 65g Mitsubishi AV X-stiff shaft, and can either launch high with low spin or medium flight. I dont like to see loft on a driver, but can understand someone who feels the complete opposite. Swing speed is also a big factor in launch and spin. Typically the faster you swing the lower loft you want, because this will likely counteract the height of the ball, since generally the faster you swing the higher youll launch it under general conditions. I wasnt able to see the pictures from the range session.

[dandoholy]

I have a similar issue where there's just too little dynamic loft at impact (~6 on Trackman) and my peak heights start to get wonky (~65 feet).  Playing with a higher lofted driver definitely helps but another thing that helped me was to embrace a cut shape which kept the face more open and presented more loft.  Ironically goes further than my draw simply due to launch characteristics.