While we have some discs that have been consistently good for both of us, the different throwing styles and techniques have a lot more to do with getting distance than do the discs you're throwing. With that said, there are clearly some golf discs that perform better for distance driving, especially for forehand throws. For me to get 300+ feet of distance from my forehand drives, I need a high speed disc with the right sized rim (not to thick, not to narrow) that is overstable, but not too overstable.
When I throw discs that have a high degree of turn, my sidearm drives turn over and crash into the ground without getting very significant distance or glide. My sidearm throw naturally goes anhyzer on my flick release, so in order to get maximum distance I need a disc that will recover from the anhyzer angle with a highly overstable fade.
While most discs with high turn ratings don't fly well for me for forehand throws, my two best discs, the Latitude 64 Bolt, and the Innova Monarch are actually fairly understable but these discs resist the tendency to turn over.
When disc rims are too thick, (Like the Innova Boss, Dominator, and Discraft Nuke) I have trouble releasing them and they turn over. When rims wing length is too thin, the same thing happens. After our first round throwing 70 different disc golf drivers, here are my top 10 drivers after the first round:
Alan's Best Distance Drivers for Forehand Throws
- Latitude 64 Bolt
- Innova Monarch
- Latitude 64 Flow
- Innova Destroyer
- Discmania DD2 Frenzy
- Discraft Flash
- Westside King
- Discraft Wildcat
- Innova Krait
- Westside Giant
We're taking our top 20 discs and doing additional throws so that we can narrow down the results and really answer the questions, "What is the best driver for disc golf?" at least for beginners and intermediate players who throw similarly to Kirk and myself...
Stay tuned for more results...
