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I have been hitting my driver like crap lately. So before I went to take a lesson, I wanted to hit some balls on a launch monitor to see if I could figure it out and/or bring this information with me to my instructor.

I have been hitting pull slices, meaning they start left and then fade. I can get these in the fairway no problem, but the distance is bordering on pathetic for my given ability.

So I went to Golfsmith and brought my own club and hit some balls. What I found was interesting. I have a 9.5* driver, and my average launch angle was super low, in the 7-9* range. Below that stat on the screen is another number, which I assumed was the angle of the club to the ball. This number was was around -22*!!!

So this made perfect sense to me, I am hitting down on my driver causing a low angle out and also pulling it.

For those of you familiar with launch moinitors, what should the angle of the club be to the ball with a driver?
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On the upswing, around 5 degrees. I doubt you were really swinging down at -22 - you should have looked to see what that was and to check to see whether it was at all accurate.

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DaveLeeNC Well Established Member

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If you really were coming into the ball with an angle of attack of -22 degrees, you probably wouldn't even be seeing the ball get off the ground.

5 degrees positive angle of attack would be really good - level can be very workable and very slightly negative is not a killer (but also not optimum). IIRC, Tiger hits his driver with a slightly negative angle of attack.

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