Head of golf driver keeps flying off. Time to scrap it?
27 Jun
Posted by Clubmaker as Golf Club Making
A friend gave me a used Ping driver last year, and on my 10th swing with it, the head of the club flew off into the range. The shaft was cracked at the bottom, so over the winter I had it re-shafted with a mid-grade shaft. My first time at the range this year, the head flew off again; this time the glue had merely failed with no damage to the shaft. I took it back to the golf store, where they re-glued it for free. I let it sit for a couple weeks, then took it out to the course this past weekend. While warming up at the range, the head flew off yet again on only my second swing. I’ve heard so much about how difficult it is to break a club, even if you occasionally clip the ground in your swing, yet I’ve apparently gotten pretty good at it.
Should I just scrap this driver and get a new one, or is this an issue of repeatedly poor repair jobs? I’m very reluctant to hit the driver anymore, and I don’t have the same problems with my 3 and 5 woods.
5 Responses
Lawrie
June 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
1Honestly, if it were me I would ask for a refund of any money paid to have the driver repaired.
Then I would go out and find a new driver. I couldn’t play with a driver that I couldn’t trust to stay in one piece. Golf has too many things to think about as it is without the added distraction of wondering if the head of your driver is going to fly off at any time and possibly hurt someone.
PLAYER
June 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
2Well the first time the shaft broke, the second and third the head flew off. Sounds like the golf store has some bad epoxy. It’s rare but does happen and has happened to me before, just bought some more epoxy’ clubs were fine then. Inform the shop their epoxy is bad and get your club fixed, pretty simple.
Ka-ne
June 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
3It sounds like the first time the shaft wasn’t a stiff enough flex for you and if you weren’t fitted for the replacement shaft your new shaft may not be appropriate either. If you like the head keep and get fitted for a proper shaft or get a fitted for a new driver, either way get fitted.
Randy D
June 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
4I doubt it has anything to do with the clubhead. Sounds like the repair work is just bad.
Also, improper fitting would cause erratic shots, not the club to break.
old pro
June 27th, 2010 at 5:26 pm
5Your first mistake was to have it re shafted at a golf store but since the damage has already been done it is now up to you to try and get the job done right. It is quite possible that the store did not prepare the inside of the head properly and thus the repair doesn’t work. Look at your club head and make sure that all of the old epoxy has been removed. If not you can clean it out yourself by making a sandpaper coil and working it down inside the neck to clean it out. Try to do as good a job as you can. Next clean the tip of the shaft of old epoxy and dry fit it to make sure that it fits all the way into the head. You can pick up some two part epoxy at the hardware store and don’t use the 5 minute kind. Coat the bottom of the shaft with a thin layer as well as the inside of the hosel. Put the two parts together and make sure to line up the grip before carefully setting it aside to cure for 24 hrs. before using it. So easy a caveman can do it. Good luck with that Ping.
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