Can a driver go dead like an aluminum baseball bat?

Question

My uncle gave me a four year old driver because he bought a new one. He used it almost all the time whenever he went golfing. (he goes golfing quite frequently). I used it for the first time today when i was golfing and i out drove my friends a couple of times and they own top of the line drivers. Will my driver ever stop losing it's power like an alluminum baseball bat would? Thanks guys!!!

Answer 1

Interesting question. Yes, driver can go dead.

This depends on the material that made it. Mostly, the shaft will go first as lots of people said above. Iron get rusted. I've seen so many times that old shaft broken in half mostly in the driving range, with one of them on the back swing and nearly hit me. Graphite last ten years, so I was told. Not sure about these new technology ones, but I don't think they made things to last centuries these days.

The head of the driver these days although they made of titanium, they are spread out very thin and can be broken too after been hitting for a long time, esp with the people who loving driving range. At most you hit driver about 14 times in a round of golf, but you can hit 200 drives in a day. The driver face thin out and broken. I've seen many of them already.

The third important thing is the connection between the shaft and the driver head (or iron head for that matter). They glue them together, and the glue can lose it's property and the whole thing separated from each other (I mean head&shaft).

Ok, most of those can be fixed, including changing shaft which is not expensive, but to change the head of driver is same as buying a new one.

Hope that helps at little.

Answer 2

aluminum bats can go dead! they lose compression in the barrel over time thusly losing "pop". older model drivers, like ones made before titanium. could quite possibly lose something. but more likely the shaft will go first.

Answer 3

I've golfed for 10 years and I've never heard of a club going 'dead'. All I know is that you could lose confidence with it to the point where you want a new one.

Answer 4

The face of the drivers over time can become dead but i'm not sure how to tell.  Before  it goes dead (hopefully it doesn't) make sure to make some long drive bets with your friends and take some money!

All the best!

Answer 5

Maybe when they start making aluminum clubheads. I doubt as long as the head is structurally sound that it will go "dead."  

Answer 6

Aluminum bats don't 'go dead', but a composite one can (usually due to cracking).  I will assume the same for the club head, not so sure about a graphite/composite shaft.

Answer 7

First off an aluminum bat is obviously made of aluminum....a very soft metal.  A driver is made of steel or titanium  both very hard metals.....While I have heard of the old woods going dead...I have never heard of these new Metal woods  especially steel or titanium going dead