The driver, which is used to get distance, is the longest and most delicately constructed club in a golfer's kit and is the evolution of generations of experiments. Many golfers carry two drivers, one with a stiff shaft and the face squarely up and down, to be Used when one wants to keep the ball low, and another with a spoon face to sky the ball when playing with the wind.

For the shaft of a driver nothing is better than hickory, split hickory being preferable to the sawed, because more elastic and therefore sending the ball further. For the head of a driver well seasoned beech is best, as it is more elastic and sends the ball further than one of hard wood, and if the grain runs towards the face, the head will not split away as quickly as when the grain runs lengthwise with the head. In purchasing a driver see that the shaft is of such a length and at such an angle with the head that the sole is flat on the ground when standing in the proper position for the swing.