[BerntR]

I prefer my driver to have a trajectory with little enough spin to have a ballistic trajectory even with the wind in my face. I could probably get 10-15 yards carry with more loft but a more moderate trajectory works best for me regardless of wind direction.

Being a lefty from Norway I didn't find many drivers to test in the proshop. And for a while there good heads and good shafts were really cheap compared to ready-made drivers. So I basically e-shopped until I had something that worked. For a while there I had a huge andvantage when I had the modern high-launch/low-spin trajectory while everybody else were spinning the ball towards the moon....

I am currently using a Bangster OL head 9 degrees and Harrison FL 2.5 shaft with firm flex. Love the club except when it is raining. The club face is so smooth that I can still use it as a mirror, some 4 years after I started using it. And when the rain is pouring down and the club face is wet the club doesn't produce back spin. But apart from that it works great.

I have the ball as long forward as I can without compromising the stroke geometry. As long as you don't run out of righ arm and don't cheat with the alignments, you still strike down even if the club goes up - right?

300 Yards is still superhuman to me. It's reachable on the hard turf in Scotland links with benign wind conditions and a very good stroke but rarely else. I'm happy to be past 260.

And yes - I play blade-ish clubs. Mizuno MP 32. I was anxious to take them out on the course the first time because I do not always find the sweet spot. But they do deliver pretty well on off-center hits as well. The difference from my former 845 SS is that I can feel better where I hit the ball. And even more important: I can hit it hard and low when I want to. I think the sweet spot is overrated. As long as the stroke physics is good the result will be acceptable even though it feels like hitting with a plank. I will not hesitate going for a set of Mizuno muscle backs the next time. But I don't mind a large MOI as long as the COG isn't set to low and as long as the club looks good from fix. The last part is probably the most important to me and I HATE to look down on a huge offset.