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For a long time now I have had comments to the effect of "boy I thought that was a way longer drive" It has confused and disappointed me forever because some were and I pretty much just accepted the fact that I just wasn't a consistent long driver. The thing that has haunted me is with my 3 and 5 woods I just walk up make the necessary adjustments for lie and smash them,the 3 I reckon often longer than driver. I have been playing with a 6 handicapper lately and he picked up on the fact that with driver I come in steep and out l i kewise possibly causing a topspin to drop the ball early. The light came on that the only real difference between fairway and drive is the angle of attack and the tee. So... if I was to put a tee in the ground front and rear of the ball and try to nick them in the swing, how much either side would I be aiming to flatten out ?

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Originally Posted by robin623

For a long time now I have had comments to the effect of "boy I thought that was a way longer drive" It has confused and disappointed me forever because some were and I pretty much just accepted the fact that I just wasn't a consistent long driver. The thing that has haunted me is with my 3 and 5 woods I just walk up make the necessary adjustments for lie and smash them,the 3 I reckon often longer than driver. I have been playing with a 6 handicapper lately and he picked up on the fact that with driver I come in steep and out likewise possibly causing a topspin to drop the ball early. The light came on that the only real difference between fairway and drive is the angle of attack and the tee. So... if I was to put a tee in the ground front and rear of the ball and try to nick them in the swing, how much either side would I be aiming to flatten out ?

Pretty sure golf shots don't have top spin on them.

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I think you mean backspin, not topspin - excessive backspin will definitely affect distance.

John

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