Adjustable Driver Settings Chart: What Each One Changes

Every adjustable driver hosel changes loft, and most also change lie. On a TaylorMade the face angle moves with the loft. Step sizes and setting names are different on every brand, so the table below puts the five side by side and the sections after it give each maker's own settings.

The ChartAdjustable driver settings by maker

"Not stated" means the maker does not publish a figure. It does not mean the setting leaves the face alone. Loft is always counted from the loft stamped on the head, so a +1 on a 10.5° head and a +1 on a 9° head are the same change in degrees but land at different lofts.

CallawayOptiFit settings

The OptiFit driver hosel has two cogs that turn on their own. One sets the loft and one sets the lie.

Four loft settings times two lie settings gives eight combinations. Callaway does not give a number of degrees for the draw setting and does not mention face angle.

OptiFit 4 on fairway woods and hybrids

Callaway's newer OptiFit 4 hosel is described for fairway woods and hybrids. Each of its two cogs has three positions, plus, minus or blank, and each plus or minus is 1 degree. Seven combinations result.

In Callaway's words, a plus weakens loft or increases lie angle, and a minus strengthens loft or decreases lie angle. A plus and a minus together cancel out. Weak loft means more loft.

PINGTrajectory Tuning settings

PING's G440 driver pages give the range and the average lie, not a setting-by-setting list.

PING's pages say the lie angle is an average of the five adjustable loft positions indicated on the hosel. Golf.com's G440 report describes an eight-setting Trajectory Tuning 2.0 hosel with ±1.5 degrees of loft and a lie up to 3 degrees flat from standard. Five positions on one page and eight settings on the other are not the same count, so treat the number of settings as unsettled and read the markings on your own hosel.

Two outside charts list the G440 positions. They agree on the range and the 3 degree flat lie and differ on the steps.

TaylorMadeLoft sleeve settings

TaylorMade's tuning guides describe a 4-degree loft sleeve with 12 positions that changes loft, lie and face angle together. The numbers below are from the M6 and SIM guides. Look up the guide for your own head before you rely on the lie figures.

Two sleeve positions share most loft settings and differ in lie, which is why some rows show two lie angles. TaylorMade's guide also says each click of the sleeve changes loft by 0.5° to 0.75°, lie by 0.5° to 0.75° and face angle by 1.0° to 2.0°. The diagram shows 0.75° of loft going with 1.5° of face angle.

TitleistSureFit settings

SureFit pairs a numbered sleeve (1 to 4) with a lettered ring (A to D) for 16 combinations. Drivers and fairway woods move in 0.75° steps for both loft and lie. Hybrids move in 1° steps. The chart below is for a right-handed driver or fairway wood, counted from the standard setting.

Not every published chart matches. The Golf Hub's SureFit chart lists the same codes with different values, for example A2 as standard loft with a 0.75° upright lie. When a chart disagrees with the one on titleist.com or with your fitter, go with Titleist.

CobraFutureFit33 settings

Cobra says FutureFit33 adjusts loft and lie by plus or minus 2 degrees in every direction. There are 64 letter and number combinations, but only 33 unique loft and lie settings, because some combinations repeat. The settings are laid out as a map: loft runs up and down, lie runs left and right, and A1 sits in the middle as the standard setting. The corners and ends of the map are below.

The remaining settings sit between these on the same map, and Cobra's chart labels each one.

The RuleSettings cannot change during a round

Pick the setting before you tee off. The R&A and USGA equipment rules say the performance characteristics of a club must not be purposely changed by adjustment during a round. They also say an adjustment has to need a special tool, such as an Allen key, a Phillips screwdriver or a custom made device. A hosel you can turn by hand would not be allowed. The full list of what is and is not legal is in Is My Driver Legal? Club Rules in Plain English.

Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Equipment, Part 2, Section 2.1b.

Using itHow to use this chart

Find your maker and the mark on your hosel, then read across. Add the loft change to the number stamped on the head. Look at the lie and face columns too, because a setting chosen for loft also moves those.

Change the setting with the wrench that came with the club. TaylorMade's guide says to loosen the heel screw, line up the new setting with the mark on the hosel and tighten until the wrench clicks, and warns against tightening with any other tool.

If you are not sure which setting suits you, a fitter with a launch monitor can try a few and show you the numbers.

Watch forCommon mix-ups

The setting is not the final loft. Every chart here counts from the loft on the head. Callaway's S is the stamped loft. Titleist's chart is "from standard."

Loft and face angle can move together. On the TaylorMade sleeve, adding 0.75° of loft also closes the face by 1.5°. You cannot add loft alone. Check the maker's page for your head before you assume otherwise.

Left-handed heads use a different chart. On TGW's Titleist chart, A1 is standard for a right-hander and +0.75° of loft for a left-hander. Callaway's OptiFit 4 guide notes that a right-handed shaft in a left-handed head flips the loft settings. Cobra has separate left-handed charts.

Codes do not carry over between brands. A1 is the standard setting on a Titleist and on a Cobra, while Callaway and PING use S or a dot. Callaway's loft cog steps in whole degrees. Titleist's driver steps are 0.75°.

Outside charts can disagree. The two PING charts above differ on the steps, and The Golf Hub's Titleist chart differs from TGW's. The maker's own guide wins.

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