I’m sure you know all this, but it’s easy to forget. If you swing your driver at the same speed as you do your 7-iron, you’ll get all the distance your driver was designed to give you.

By speed, I mean the time it takes you to get from takeaway back to impact. That is right around one second, maybe more, maybe less.

Because the driver’s shaft is longer than your 7-iron, the clubhead has farther to go in the same time, so it will go faster by design.

By not swinging faster just because it is a driver you’re swinging, you will tend to hit the ball on the center of the clubface more often, which is the real source of distance.

If you don’t ask more of your driver to do than you do of any your other clubs, it is really the easiest club to hit.