We can't say that there is a numerical answer to this but from what we've seen it happens at a very slow rate. We tell people that drivers are limited in the amount of ‘pop’ that they can have. If a ball were shot at a face at 100 mph, it can only rebound off said face at 183. It is a regulation that the PGA has made so drivers can’t exceed this ‘legal limit’. There has been many times where a person has a 10 year old driver and has put their driver on our launch monitor side by side with a new driver and have seen similar ball speed numbers. Center hit for center hit. How the companies are able to get more distance each year is that the maxed out ball speed area has increased from a dime size in the center to a lot larger portion of the face. They also are making them perform better through mathematics: higher launch, lower spin. That combined with your miss-hits having more ball speed your average drive increases in distance.
A good quality driver or fairway wood will last for many years if properly taken care of.
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