Top 5 Easiest to Hit Drivers for High Handicappers

Here is a list of the top 5 easiest to hit drivers for high handicappers:

Also, check out the latest list of the Top 5 Easiest to Hit Drivers for High Handicappers 2020

Additionally, if you’re interested in what makes a driver easy to hit, please continue reading below…

Top 5 Easiest Drivers for Beginners and High Handicappers to Hit

Driver Description Driver Details BGST Rating
Callaway Rogue 2018
Triaxial Carbon Crown
Reduced Weight
High MOI
(forgiveness)
Adjustable Weighting
Boeing Speed Step
4.8/5.0

Cleveland Golf
Launcher Hi-Bore (HB) Driver
Throwback Design
460CC Club Head
Large Sweet Spot
Low Center of Gravity (CG)
4.6/5.0
TaylorMade M4 Driver
Twist Face Technology
Adjustable Hosel
Adjustable Weighting
4.5/5.0
Cobra F-Max Black Gold Driver
Ultralight Shaft
460CC Club Head
Draw Weighted
Low Center of Gravity (CG)
4.3/5.0
 
Ping G400 SFT Driver
Dragonfly Technology
Turbulators
Adjustable Weighting
Enormous Sweet Spot
445CC Clubhead
4.0/5.0

BEST IN SHOW: Callaway Rogue 2018 – Most Technologically Advanced


This technologically advanced driver from Callaway may be the best driver of 2018 for beginning golfers. It has all the features that make a driver easy to hit. It has a large sweet spot, high Moment of Inertia (MOI), it’s super light. It has a lot of other,  really cool sounding technical stuff straight from the Callaway website…”Jailbreak Technology, X Face VFT technology…”, titanium (a very light, very strong material) bars inside the head right behind the face and a lot of other really cool sounding shit (some of which, I admit, I don’t even understand).

What I do understand is that all this fancy technology allows me to hit the ball much farther with the slower swing speed of a high handicapper and straighter when I don’t hit the ball perfectly, but THE BEST PART: this club is actually affordable.

 

RUNNER-UP: Cleveland Launcher HB Driver – Simplest Set-Up

The coolest thing about this driver is its simplicity. There are no moveable weights, there is no adjustable hosel, there is nothing to set-up. And you know what? I freakin’ LOVE IT!!!!!! Cleveland golf must have thought about what makes a driver easy to hit for beginning golfers and came to the conclusion that NOT HAVING TO SET UP ANYTHING IS EASIER THAN ADJUSTING A LOT OF STUFF…GENIUS!

The best part is this club rocks! They set it up for you and me and almost any beginning golfer and it’s set up perfectly for any golfer short of Tour Pros. Thank you, Cleveland Golf, for saving me time and hassle and using tools. And, oh yeah, check out the recent price!

 

THIRD PLACE GOES TO: TaylorMade M4 Driver – Best Club Face Design


The new M4 Driver from TaylorMade has a curved face that makes it extremely forgiving. Known as Twist Face Technology, the face of the driver has been curved to counteract the negative effects of off-center and less-than-perfect hits. I wrote a detailed article about what Twist Face Technology is and this concept has really revolutionized the standard golf driver design.

The TaylorMade M4 Driver has a large sweet spot and is a very light club. The only negatives I’ve found is when looking down at the top of the club while in my swing stance I found it difficult to line up the golf ball with the large sweet spot. Not sure why, but maybe because the design on the top of the club is somewhat disorienting. The second negative is that it’s kind of pricey.

 

FOURTH: Cobra F-Max Black Gold Driver – Best Budget Friendly Driver


The F-Max Back Gold Driver is yet another club that high handicappers will love. It’s similar to the Cleveland HB Launcher is that it requires NO SET-UP WHATSOEVER! It is also a great driver for golfers on a budget. It’s very lightweight and sleek looking with its black and gold colors.

The reasons I didn’t rate this driver any higher is because it didn’t feel like it had quite the solid feel through impact that the clubs ahead of it had. I really like that low center-of-gravity (CG) feel and drivers that feel like they just won’t twist even when swinging with one hand. It seems like others may agree with my assessments of this club…

 

 

FIFTH PLACE BUT ONLY BECAUSE: Ping G400 SFT Driver – Most Solid Feel

 

The G400 driver from Ping may be the ideal golf club for beginning golfers and golfers with higher handicaps because you can literally hit the golf ball with almost any part of this club’s face and the result will still be a shot that is not horrible. And that’s saying something for a club with a slightly smaller head at 445CC.

This club has a titanium composite face for more flex and speed. The G400 is back weighted for a deep CG and a very high MOI that combines to provide amazing forgiveness on almost all off-center hits. This club sports a thinner crown and Dragonfly Technology (according to the manufacturer) for an improved aerodynamic feel throughout the golf swing.

I actually love this club. The sweet spot is generous for a club with a smaller head and when I tested it it seemed like the golf ball jumped off the club face like it was somehow repulsed by the club! The only, only reasons this club was not rated first or second by me was that it requires some adjustment (and I hate using tools) and it is one of the more expensive drivers on the list.

What makes a driver easy to hit?

And what the heck does easy-to-hit mean anyway?

Let’s talk about the meaning of easy-to-hit?

Easy to hit simply means that you don’t always have to make perfect contact with the golf ball and the result will still be acceptable….

I know that’s a pretty vague definition. Let’s talk…

An acceptable result (to me) is when the golf ball still goes somewhat straight and far enough for me (you can each determine what far enough means to you).

So an easy-to-hit driver is a club that allows me to not hit the ball perfectly and still get an acceptable result.

Now back to the original question: So what makes a driver easy to hit?

I classify a driver as being easy to hit (also referred to as forgiving in golf lingo) if it meets the following criteria:

  1. The golf ball goes relatively straight even if the contact with the club face is not perfect
  2. The club is light enough to swing all day without becoming fatigued
  3. The distance is acceptable for beginning golfers (who generally have slower swing speeds)

The factors that make all three qualities above possible are exactly what I look for when evaluating the easiest to hit drivers. So, let’s take each item above and see what aspects of the golf club makes that particular item possible.

Item 1: As a beginning golfer, I do not always make perfect contact between my club face and the ball, but I do not want a relatively small mis-hit to become a giant hook or slice. I still want the ball to go somewhat straight. In order for this to happen, I recommend beginners look for a driver with a large sweet spot. The sweet spot is the target area of the driver’s club face with which you want to contact the golf ball. The larger this area, the more off-center you can hit the ball and still have it go straight.

Item 2: The weight of the club needs to be light enough to swing all day long. Most newer drivers are made out of ultra lightweight material, but what I’m looking for when recommending an easy to hit club to a golfer with a high handicap is a material that is very light and strong, but also a little less expensive than a professional golfer may use. Affordability is another factor that comes into play when evaluating the top drivers for beginners.

Item 3: Amateur golfers generally have slower swing speeds than professionals. With that in mind, I still want to recommend a driver that anyone can get a reasonable amount of distance out of. And the factors that affect distance are shaft flex and Moment of Inertia (MOI). Think of MOI as a resistance to twisting when contacting the golf ball. So the drivers I recommend below are going to have a decent amount of flex (to accommodate slower swing speeds)  and a high MOI (or a high level of forgiveness).

Please understand that the reason I go into such detail above is so that you don’t have to just rely on what drivers this website or any other golf website tells you to buy, but so that you understand how to evaluate these clubs yourself to make the most informed buying decision you can.

So there you have it: The Top Five Easiest to Hit Drivers for Beginners and High Handicappers. I realize these are just my opinions and others may agree to disagree (as a matter of fact, please add a comment below whether you agree with my list or even if you have your own suggestions for a good driver for a beginner).

 

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