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I have tried not taking any practice swings, but I found that I was more likely to hit fat shots if I didn’t. I don’t really think of my ‘practice’ swings as practice. For me they are more of a rehearsal. I try to swing the same way I want the real shot to go, but only once. Then I hit the ball and sometimes watch it do something very different from what I had rehearsed 
. As for putting, you hit the nail on the head when you wrote "Done properly". Most mid and high handicappers just confuse themselves when they look at a putt from more than 1 angle. Hell, some pros confuse themselves when they look at a putt from more than one angle, Ray Floyd admitted as much in his book. I agree that there are some putts that really do need to be looked at from more than 1 angle, but only if the player knows what to look for! Otherwise he/she is just wasting time. Good Golf Dan – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Or people can do I like I do most of the time, Dan, and not take any practice swing at all. I like to approch my ball from behind, step up, take my stance and have it. I put in enough practice time at the range. I figure I don’t need any more on the course. And, since I turned 50 this year, I figure I have only so many shots left before the ol’ body starts to go. I don’t want to waste any on-course swings as mere "practice". <g I’m certainly no 5-handicapper, but I do like to read a putt from both sides of the hole, especially those on greens with tricky slopes. Done properly, it needn’t slow up play much.
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It also means only taking 1 (ONE!!!!) practice swing, stepping up to the ball and hitting it. It drives me nuts to see someone take 3,4,5 or more bad practice swings and then hit it 20 yards. Then we get to watch them do it all over again & again & again while I start screaming :-O.
Or people can do I like I do most of the time, Dan, and not take any practice swing at all. I like to approch my ball from behind, step up, take my stance and have it. I put in enough practice time at the range. I figure I don’t need any more on the course. And, since I turned 50 this year, I figure I have only so many shots left before the ol’ body starts to go. I don’t want to waste any on-course swings as mere "practice". <g The same thing applies on the greens. Unless you are a 5 or better handicapper you have no need to look at a putt from anywhere except directly behind the ball.
I’m certainly no 5-handicapper, but I do like to read a putt from both sides of the hole, especially those on greens with tricky slopes. Done properly, it needn’t slow up play much.
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No, it means playing what is called ‘ready golf’. As you are walking up to your ball you should be checking the yardages, the condition of the area where your ball is, deciding what club to play, etc. When you get to your ball be ready to hit. Obviously you should not go directly to your ball if you would interfere with someone else’s shot, but you can walk up the opposite side of the fairway or rough and stop when they are ready to hit. Be aware of where everyone else in your group is and where the groups ahead and behind you are. It also means only taking 1 (ONE!!!!) practice swing, stepping up to the ball and hitting it. It drives me nuts to see someone take 3,4,5 or more bad practice swings and then hit it 20 yards. Then we get to watch them do it all over again & again & again while I start screaming :-O. The same thing applies on the greens. Unless you are a 5 or better handicapper you have no need to look at a putt from anywhere except directly behind the ball. As long as it won’t interfere with someone else, get your putt lined up and take a few practice swings (away from the ball) while you are waiting to putt. Don’t do anything that will distract your fellow golfers, but prepare yourself as much as possible so you can putt as soon as it is your turn. If you miss your putt by only a couple of feet, don’t mark it, putt out unless you would have to stand on someone’s line to do so. On the tee box you should hit when you are ready (and the fairway is clear). Typically we only play honors when the course is already slow and we would have to wait anyway. Unless you are in a tournament, pick the ball up and put it in your pocket after the 10th shot, or if you start falling behind your playing partners or the group ahead of you. Always keep up with the group ahead of you, even if you have to run. If you can’t keep up, let the group behind you play through. Ask the starter or a pro at your golf course about ready golf. They probably have a poster or pamphlet describing ready golf and how it works. Read it, know it, play by it. Good Golf Dan – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Does moving the ball around the course at a decent speed mean picking up the ball and dropping it further on down closer to the green? Just wonderin’.
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Does moving the ball around the course at a decent speed mean picking up the ball and dropping it further on down closer to the green? Just wonderin’. Tod – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – no. not bad ettiquiette. out of consideration, you should be able to move the ball around the course at a decent speed. I starting taking lessons about 6 months ago and have finally gotten to a point where I can drive the ball a couple hundred yards straight fairly consistently. I am planning a 2 week vacation to Hawaii in August and would love to be able to take my clubs and find a pick up game while I’m there. My question is, is it proper for someone who is not that experienced a player to join a group of 2-3 other players who are? Would that be considered bad golf ettiquiette? Tod
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no. not bad ettiquiette. out of consideration, you should be able to move the ball around the course at a decent speed. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I starting taking lessons about 6 months ago and have finally gotten to a point where I can drive the ball a couple hundred yards straight fairly consistently. I am planning a 2 week vacation to Hawaii in August and would love to be able to take my clubs and find a pick up game while I’m there. My question is, is it proper for someone who is not that experienced a player to join a group of 2-3 other players who are? Would that be considered bad golf ettiquiette? Tod
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I’m a newbie too. I’ve played with other players with better capabilities several times. They never seem to mind and always are polite. Remember, no one can consistently play a great game all the time. Besides, once upon a time an experience player was a newbie too. My personal hints are 1) tee off from the front; I have nothing to prove. 2) after struggling a few shots, I don’t mind picking up my ball so I can move on with the group. 3) I always seem to strick up a conversation and get to know others. Golf is a game, afterall. Good luck and have fun in Hawaii. Watch out for the wind. swoo – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I starting taking lessons about 6 months ago and have finally gotten to a point where I can drive the ball a couple hundred yards straight fairly consistently. I am planning a 2 week vacation to Hawaii in August and would love to be able to take my clubs and find a pick up game while I’m there. My question is, is it proper for someone who is not that experienced a player to join a group of 2-3 other players who are? Would that be considered bad golf ettiquiette? Tod
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I starting taking lessons about 6 months ago and have finally gotten to a point where I can drive the ball a couple hundred yards straight fairly consistently. I am planning a 2 week vacation to Hawaii in August and would love to be able to take my clubs and find a pick up game while I’m there. My question is, is it proper for someone who is not that experienced a player to join a group of 2-3 other players who are? Would that be considered bad golf ettiquiette? Tod
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Good point Randy…it really depends on the club. My Orlimar is bottom weighted, so teeing it up low works much better.
See the "Driver sweet spot" thread. I assume you don’t have the hipTi. I believe teeing it a bit lower with the Orlimar driver (not hipTi) is better with a normal swing, unless you have trouble getting the ball in the air, which is why Orlimar lowered the center of gravity to begin with, I guess.
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Higher, yes. But not so high that the ball’s equator is even with the top of the driver. They don’t make tees long enough to do that with some drivers! HA! (Hey, Annika: You teein’ up on the end of a pencil?) Randy
I’ll have to measure, but I guy I play with has 3" or 4" tees – look more like railroad spikes. His ball at address is almost completely above the friver face and he hits it high, way high and a fair distance too. I guess that my ball would be 2/3 higher than the top of my clubface, with 1/3 below, using a regular tee. — David RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/sneddond.htm email: dsneddon AT attcanada DOT ca
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Good point Randy…it really depends on the club. My Orlimar is bottom weighted, so teeing it up low works much better. I suggest experimenting at the range
Although I do not play lcg drivers or 3W, my 7w is a lcg, similar to an Orlimar. My son’s #w is the same. I have found that you have to tee the ball quite low – 1/4-1/2" above the ground, with the top of the ball just above the top of the face, otherwise it will balloon off the tee. — David RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/sneddond.htm email: dsneddon AT attcanada DOT ca
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Higher, yes. But not so high that the ball’s equator is even with the top of the driver. They don’t make tees long enough to do that with some drivers! HA! (Hey, Annika: You teein’ up on the end of a pencil?) Randy I’ll have to measure, but I guy I play with has 3" or 4" tees – look more like railroad spikes. His ball at address is almost completely above the friver face and he hits it high, way high and a fair distance too.
I have some 3" tees, the longest I have seen, for use with my Integra 400cc. — F.
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Good point Randy…it really depends on the club. My Orlimar is bottom weighted, so teeing it up low works much better. I suggest experimenting at the range
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Today’s modern oversize drivers, many of which are bottom-weighted to assist average golfers to get the ball airborne, don’t require this kind of height. Besides, with many of the larger-headed drivers out there nowadays, you’d need the extra-long tees to be able to tee a ball high enough for its equator to be level with the top of the club. The truth is, if you teed up a ball high enough for its equator to be level with the top of, say, a Ping TiSI driver, you’d hit the ball over the moon. Same with many Callaway drivers, and in fact, the Callaway rep I talked to strongly urged against teeing the ball that high. Some of the Titleist drivers, however, don’t have as much bottom weighting, so there’s a variable that must be considered.
thanks, Randy. First time I’ve run across this idea, and I will try it out tomorrow, if I play, or Thursday, when I will, for sure. Explains a lot to me about my from-time-to-time balooning tee shots. I’ve tried lowering the tee height in the past, but got too many mishits or worm-burners. But now that my drive swing is getting nice, it’s time to try again. Peter
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Higher, yes. But not so high that the ball’s equator is even with the top of the driver. They don’t make tees long enough to do that with some drivers! HA! (Hey, Annika: You teein’ up on the end of a pencil?) Randy
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Still, you want to hit the ball in the sweetspot of the driver. Some of today’s drivers have very deep faces. That means the ball needs to be teed at *least* high enough so that the ball is up to the sweetspot, with the club soled, and probably a bit higher, since you want to have a bit of leeway, and hit with a bit of upswing. Jeff – last month’s Golf Digest did a couple of page spread on various drivers and their sweet spots. They vary in size and location on the face – some higher, and some lower than others. I just wish they had tested more drivers than the limited number they did. Me too. Interesting to note w.r.t. this topic, that virtually all of the sweetspots were higher than the center of the face. Another reason balls should be teed a bit higher! Almost center/very slightly high: Taylor Made 320, Wilson Deep Red Slightly high: Titleist 975D, Yonex V-mas 350 High: Adams Tight Lies ST, Callaway BB Hawk Eye VFT, Cleveland Quadpro Ti, Mizuno T-Zoid, Orlimar hipTi, Ping TiSI
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Sweetspot contact is not determined just by setup of the height of a tee. Let me explain: the body senses the center of gravity of a clubhead through the sensors of the arms and hands and skin. The arms connect to the body at the shoulders. The computer inside the brain feels "where" the c/g is – not the eyes, since the club gets to the ball from behind the range of vision and moves too fast to make it arrive at the ball by sight positioning of it: same as a baseball batter feels the bat and aims where his eyes tell him the ball will be. So there is a process of VERY complicated spatial decision-making that works through FEEL, not VISUALLY, to get the c/g on the ball. Obviously the ball needs to be high enough FOR the c/g of the clubhead to make perfect impact. Hence a very low tee with a high c/g club will not have a chance. But a very high tee with a low c/g DOES have a chance. The trick is managing one’s clubhead orbit! And THAT is done in two dimensions: DEPTH control (from sole to top of club), and TOE/HEEL or C/G control (front to back). EACH one of these has different considerations. When the club is attached to the left hand, arm and shoulder, obviously at the moment of impact the EXACT height of the shoulder affects how deep the clubhead strikes or misses the ball. If I lower my shoulder 1/4 inch, that lowers the clubhead 1/4 inch. So depth control is left shoulder height control (given that the armclub when stretched is predictably long and reliably the same from shot to shot, which it is!). So for me to get the right depth relationship to the c/g of the club I have to know either by hand/eye coordination where exactly that ball is from "me" (vertically speaking), OR I have to MEASURE correctly BEFORE THE SWING STARTS just how high the shoulder needs to be so that the depth IS right when the club gets back there. Hand to eye coordination of the length from you to the c/g of your clubhead during the swing is extremely rare as a natural ability. As for whether the orbit of the c/g of the club is directed truly to the center of the ball, there are other things applicable: 1) is there anything that is causing the club to travel OUTSIDE of the ballplace (heel impact or shank) or INside (toe impact).!! Those things are functions of forces on the orbit, since the swing involves forces acting on it (like pressure on a rope hanging from a tree with a tire swinging from it; any touching of the rope during its simple swinging back and forth deflects the orbit) – and there is not much room for deflection with the sweetspot of a half inch circle to work with on a surface located 60 inches away from where YOU are standing during impact! So the orbit must be pure! Untouched! Uninfluenced by forces that would change its intended path. The human eye DOES know where the ball is and the sensory skin, muscles, and feedback to the brain DOES know where the c/g of the club is. BUt it is subject to deflection if you do not know how to control the forces or work with nature. Gravity is a huge one. This is why all – repeat ALLLLLLLLL instruction tells you to let your arms hang down at setup. This is because gravity will pull your arms out of orbit DOWN towards the ground – pulling the orbit closer to your feet to cause toe impact if instead you "reach out for" the ball. Also, the downward force you put upon your exertions at the arms and shoulders to "hit down" are forces that can deflect the club below the ball – bringing the orbit closer to your feet than where you would like it to travel. Being off plane – below the axis, as it were (with a too low backswing and a roundhousing motion ) causes SHANKING because the force of the turning body throws the club OUT too far and UP, i.e., off plane in the opposite direction from the drop caused by arm fall. So these things must be LEARNED CORRECTLY as to how they affect your ability to swing preCIsely on plane – the plane of the center of the ball with the center of gravity or mass of the clubhead! So the simple question "should I tee low or high" has anything but a simple answer. The greatest golfers learn to manage dead center impact. It is learnable if you learn how to use and cooperate with logic and gravity and forces and planes. It will always elude you and you will be fumbling in the dark if you do NOT know about them. The tours, I promise you, do not have anyone playing there without incredibly astute control of c/g impact and plane control/depth control. It is "job number one" at that level (top 5000 talents in the world of millions – a VERY small percentile.) Something to chew on. George Hibbard – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text –
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Your body temperature will take care of that automatically. When it is hot the scrotum will lower your testicles away from your body, and when it is cold the other way around.
The higher the better, so the butt of the club doesn’t hit them during the swing. Trust me on this one
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – Still, you want to hit the ball in the sweetspot of the driver. Some of today’s drivers have very deep faces. That means the ball needs to be teed at *least* high enough so that the ball is up to the sweetspot, with the club soled, and probably a bit higher, since you want to have a bit of leeway, and hit with a bit of upswing. Jeff – last month’s Golf Digest did a couple of page spread on various drivers and their sweet spots. They vary in size and location on the face – some higher, and some lower than others. I just wish they had tested more drivers than the limited number they did. Me too. Interesting to note w.r.t. this topic, that virtually all of the sweetspots were higher than the center of the face. Another reason balls should be teed a bit higher! Almost center/very slightly high: Taylor Made 320, Wilson Deep Red Slightly high: Titleist 975D, Yonex V-mas 350 High: Adams Tight Lies ST, Callaway BB Hawk Eye VFT, Cleveland Quadpro Ti, Mizuno T-Zoid, Orlimar hipTi, Ping TiSI
I know that I tee my ball a lot higher with my 975D than say with my KZG Maraging. I am able to get a much higher trajectory, which is what I was looking for. — David RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/sneddond.htm email: dsneddon AT attcanada DOT ca
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Still, you want to hit the ball in the sweetspot of the driver. Some of today’s drivers have very deep faces. That means the ball needs to be teed at *least* high enough so that the ball is up to the sweetspot, with the club soled, and probably a bit higher, since you want to have a bit of leeway, and hit with a bit of upswing. Jeff – last month’s Golf Digest did a couple of page spread on various drivers and their sweet spots. They vary in size and location on the face – some higher, and some lower than others. I just wish they had tested more drivers than the limited number they did.
Me too. Interesting to note w.r.t. this topic, that virtually all of the sweetspots were higher than the center of the face. Another reason balls should be teed a bit higher! Almost center/very slightly high: Taylor Made 320, Wilson Deep Red Slightly high: Titleist 975D, Yonex V-mas 350 High: Adams Tight Lies ST, Callaway BB Hawk Eye VFT, Cleveland Quadpro Ti, Mizuno T-Zoid, Orlimar hipTi, Ping TiSI
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – It’s true that the position Felicity has described was once thought to be the ideal height to tee a ball when hitting driver, however, most of the instruction pertaining to this matter was written back in the day of persimmon woods. Today’s modern oversize drivers, many of which are bottom-weighted to assist average golfers to get the ball airborne, don’t require this kind of height. Besides, with many of the larger-headed drivers out there nowadays, you’d need the extra-long tees to be able to tee a ball high enough for its equator to be level with the top of the club. Still, you want to hit the ball in the sweetspot of the driver. Some of today’s drivers have very deep faces. That means the ball needs to be teed at *least* high enough so that the ball is up to the sweetspot, with the club soled, and probably a bit higher, since you want to have a bit of leeway, and hit with a bit of upswing.
Jeff – last month’s Golf Digest did a couple of page spread on various drivers and their sweet spots. They vary in size and location on the face – some higher, and some lower than others. I just wish they had tested more drivers than the limited number they did. — David RSG Roll Call http://u1.netgate.net/~kirby34/rsg/sneddond.htm email: dsneddon AT attcanada DOT ca
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Your body temperature will take care of that automatically. When it is hot the scrotum will lower your testicles away from your body, and when it is cold the other way around. Impressive how people don’t read the questions before they answer… Rgds, Magnus – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I’m new to the game of golf, and I have a question. When I’m using a driver off of the tee, should my balls be high up, or should they be low down? Confused — This post was anonymized at http://www.xganon.com Come visit the newest xganon server http://www.xganon.org providing rights and freedom related news. —
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What about other woods? I tee up my driver and 3 wood so that the equator is about at the top of the club. I switch my 5 and rescue wood – as I use these clubs from the grass a lot. I want to get a stable setup, but haven’t decided on what is best. I tee up all of my irons short – to make the ball seem more like fairway shots. When I tee up higher, I tend to pull the ball, at least with my longer irons.
Sounds OK to me.
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It’s true that the position Felicity has described was once thought to be the ideal height to tee a ball when hitting driver, however, most of the instruction pertaining to this matter was written back in the day of persimmon woods. Today’s modern oversize drivers, many of which are bottom-weighted to assist average golfers to get the ball airborne, don’t require this kind of height. Besides, with many of the larger-headed drivers out there nowadays, you’d need the extra-long tees to be able to tee a ball high enough for its equator to be level with the top of the club.
Still, you want to hit the ball in the sweetspot of the driver. Some of today’s drivers have very deep faces. That means the ball needs to be teed at *least* high enough so that the ball is up to the sweetspot, with the club soled, and probably a bit higher, since you want to have a bit of leeway, and hit with a bit of upswing.
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I’m new to the game of golf, and I have a question. When I’m using a driver off of the tee, should my balls be high up, or should they be low down?
The ball should be high enough on the tee so that the middle of the ball is about even with the top edge of the driver head. David Laville, G.S.E.M. The Golfing Machine Authorized Instructor Contributor of spam free golf advice
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What about other woods? I tee up my driver and 3 wood so that the equator is about at the top of the club.
For my 3 and 5 wood I tee it up a little lower so only about 1/4 of the ball is above the top edge of the club. David Laville, G.S.E.M. The Golfing Machine Authorized Instructor Contributor of spam free golf advice
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– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What about other woods? Presumably the same if you’re teeing them up?? What’s the difference apart from the loft, path, approach angle, plane due to shorter shaft length..but you can still hit on the upstroke I assume??? I found the section in Jack’s book btw – "TEE HIGH FOR DISTANCE – teeing the ball almost as high as possible for the driver enables me to hit slightly on the upswing and catch the ball flush near the top of the clubface. The result is a high carrying ball which, in my opinion, will cover greater distance than one teed short and hit low. By contrast, iron shots should be teed low, since the ball must be struck near the bottom of the face with a more desceending blow." This was written in the early sixties, when woods were woods (and men were men – lol), but I don’t see why it shouldn’t apply now, do you?
I don’t know – which is why I asked. But I am thinking specifically about a low rescue wood that I practice more from hitting on the grass. It also doesn’t have a lot of leeway height wise. I am thinking the same way as you, but I’m not sure.
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Watch the pros. They always tee their ball much, much lower when hitting fairway woods. Barely higher than they do when hitting irons. Randy
– Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – What about other woods? Presumably the same if you’re teeing them up?? What’s the difference apart from the loft, path, approach angle, plane due to shorter shaft length..but you can still hit on the upstroke I assume??? I found the section in Jack’s book btw – "TEE HIGH FOR DISTANCE – teeing the ball almost as high as possible for the driver enables me to hit slightly on the upswing and catch the ball flush near the top of the clubface. The result is a high carrying ball which, in my opinion, will cover greater distance than one teed short and hit low. By contrast, iron shots should be teed low, since the ball must be struck near the bottom of the face with a more desceending blow." This was written in the early sixties, when woods were woods (and men were men – lol), but I don’t see why it shouldn’t apply now, do you? — F. I tee up my driver and 3 wood so that the equator is about at the top of the club. I switch my 5 and rescue wood – as I use these clubs from the grass a lot. I want to get a stable setup, but haven’t decided on what is best. I tee up all of my irons short – to make the ball seem more like fairway shots. When I tee up higher, I tend to pull the ball, at least with my longer irons.
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..but I think, *think*, that the most popular height to tee up a ball for use with a driver, is such that the ball’s equator is level with the top of the face of the club…
"Popular" is not necessarily the "most effective." It’s true that the position Felicity has described was once thought to be the ideal height to tee a ball when hitting driver, however, most of the instruction pertaining to this matter was written back in the day of persimmon woods. Today’s modern oversize drivers, many of which are bottom-weighted to assist average golfers to get the ball airborne, don’t require this kind of height. Besides, with many of the larger-headed drivers out there nowadays, you’d need the extra-long tees to be able to tee a ball high enough for its equator to be level with the top of the club. The truth is, if you teed up a ball high enough for its equator to be level with the top of, say, a Ping TiSI driver, you’d hit the ball over the moon. Same with many Callaway drivers, and in fact, the Callaway rep I talked to strongly urged against teeing the ball that high. Some of the Titleist drivers, however, don’t have as much bottom weighting, so there’s a variable that must be considered. There is no "rule of thumb" anymore regarding this issue, since some drivers — mostly the ones made for lower-handicappers (like the Titleists) — don’t have the same "bottom-weighted" characteristics, thereby producing a lower, more "boring" trajectory. So a mid-handicapper who uses those drivers might need to tee his ball higher, or maybe not, depending on his swing. In other words, it’s different with each driver, and indeed, it can even be a bit different for each player. Not only have I not answered your question, but I’ve given you more questions to ponder. Always trying to help. :-) Randy
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What about other woods? I tee up my driver and 3 wood so that the equator is about at the top of the club. I switch my 5 and rescue wood – as I use these clubs from the grass a lot. I want to get a stable setup, but haven’t decided on what is best. I tee up all of my irons short – to make the ball seem more like fairway shots. When I tee up higher, I tend to pull the ball, at least with my longer irons.
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What about other woods?
Presumably the same if you’re teeing them up?? What’s the difference apart from the loft, path, approach angle, plane due to shorter shaft length..but you can still hit on the upstroke I assume??? I found the section in Jack’s book btw – "TEE HIGH FOR DISTANCE – teeing the ball almost as high as possible for the driver enables me to hit slightly on the upswing and catch the ball flush near the top of the clubface. The result is a high carrying ball which, in my opinion, will cover greater distance than one teed short and hit low. By contrast, iron shots should be teed low, since the ball must be struck near the bottom of the face with a more desceending blow." This was written in the early sixties, when woods were woods (and men were men – lol), but I don’t see why it shouldn’t apply now, do you? — F. – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text – I tee up my driver and 3 wood so that the equator is about at the top of the club. I switch my 5 and rescue wood – as I use these clubs from the grass a lot. I want to get a stable setup, but haven’t decided on what is best. I tee up all of my irons short – to make the ball seem more like fairway shots. When I tee up higher, I tend to pull the ball, at least with my longer irons.
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I’m new to the game of golf, and I have a question. When I’m using a driver off of the tee, should my balls be high up, or should they be low down? Confused — This post was anonymized at http://www.xganon.com Come visit the newest xganon server http://www.xganon.org providing rights and freedom related news. —
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I’m new to the game of golf, and I have a question. When I’m using a driver off of the tee, should my balls be high up, or should they be low down?
You mean how high on the tee? Depends on the face depth of your driver. It shouldn’t be high or low, it should be just right Personally, I see more people tee the ball too low than too high, especially with some of today’s drivers.
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I’m new to the game of golf, and I have a question. When I’m using a driver off of the tee, should my balls be high up, or should they be low down? Confused
Welcome to the group, nobody. Though I’ve packed a lot of off course work into the last 18 months…..I’m relatiively new too, so this is worth what you’re payong for it… ..but I think, *think*, that the most popular height to tee up a ball for use with a driver, is such that the ball’s equator is level with the top of the face of the club… …maybe so that you will be hitting up slightly on the ball, and/or so that you hit the ball high up on the face, as espoused (once upon a time??) by Jack Nicklaus. — F.