tee up on driver

[golf55]

is it ok to hoover the driver when in stance and do a backswing without touching the groud? Most people tend to start the driver from the ground.

[wrx_junki]

I hover and I think a lot of people do as well. I always see pros have the ball addressed on the toe of the driver on the ground then raise to a hover where it centers on the club.

[golf55]

  wrx_junki said:

Originally Posted by wrx_junki

I hover and I think a lot of people do as well. I always see pros have the ball addressed on the toe of the driver on the ground then raise to a hover where it centers on the club.

really? It seems that most pros ground the club and than backswing. I only know that kenny perry hoovers the driver and than start backswing.

[sean_miller]

  wrx_junki said:

Originally Posted by wrx_junki

I hover and I think a lot of people do as well. I always see pros have the ball addressed on the toe of the driver on the ground then raise to a hover where it centers on the club.

I'm no pro, but I am a person. I also hover.

[PaladinsPhotographer]

I used to hover, but I found it created additional tension in my forearms and a tendency to grip the club too tightly. Now I compensate by lining the ball up at the toe of the driver. This also prevents me from grazing the ground with the driver head.

[BrushCaddy]

I start with my club grounded to set my stance and then hover a bit before my back swing.  Helps me to pick the ball much better.

[TaylorMadeTaylor]

  PaladinsPhotographer said:

Originally Posted by PaladinsPhotographer

I used to hover, but I found it created additional tension in my forearms and a tendency to grip the club too tightly. Now I compensate by lining the ball up at the toe of the driver. This also prevents me from grazing the ground with the driver head.

This is exactly what happens when I hover, now I just rest it on the ground.

[Deryck Griffith]

  TaylorMadeTaylor said:

Originally Posted by TaylorMadeTaylor

Quote:

Originally Posted by PaladinsPhotographer

I used to hover, but I found it created additional tension in my forearms and a tendency to grip the club too tightly. Now I compensate by lining the ball up at the toe of the driver. This also prevents me from grazing the ground with the driver head.

This is exactly what happens when I hover, now I just rest it on the ground.

Ditto.  When I rest the club on the ground, I have an added sense of relaxtion in my hands and forearm which translates to a smooth takeaway.  Actually at times when I setup with the club sitting on the ground, the loosen and then regrip, loosen and then regrip (I repeat that action 2-3 times) which really relaxes my hands, arms, body, etc.  Hovering the driver would take that sensation away totally and could lead to a tense herky jerky take away.

[Gioguy21]

i start it on the ground...hovering tenses up my forearms as someone's mentioned. Bubba Watson is one of the biggest known 'hoverers' of the driver on tour i believe.

[sean_miller]

Ironically, that's just one of the reasons I hover - to prevent the herky jerky motion of picking the club off the ground before starting my takeaway. I started hovering a few years ago and now rarely have poor contact (poor aim is another story).

[Deryck Griffith]

Really eh?  Well I can definitely relate with the aim part because that is certainly one of my prblems at times...haha.  As for picking up the driver, I tend to bring it back, super low on the take away before it lifts off of the ground vs.lifting it straight up right away.  Just goes to show that there really isn't any right answer going back to golf55's OP.  Golf55, try out both ways and see which one works for you.

[inthehole]

funny - this topic has come up with me alot lately - makes more sense to hover (to me)

[lefty18]

I believe the hover is key because it decreases the chance of stubbing the club head which results in a poor shoot. However it creates more muscle tension on your forearms which can lead to a bad shot.

All in all I think it depends on your upper body strength and preference.

[B-Con]

I've played with both methods. I've found myself teeing it lower and resting the clubhead on the ground as of late to force myself to think more "down" and less "flip". I'm teeing it lower than I ever have before and I can't bring myself to start by hovering, as that puts the ball about halfway down the clubface to begin with. In the past, when I struggled consistently with a terrible slice, I would always hover. I think that the tension from that, while in no way was responsible for my slice, didn't help anything and likely just made it a little worse.

[Aquaguru]

You know what I have no idea lol.  I am going to have to check this out next time I play.  I would think I ground but who knows maybe I hover sometimes and sometimes I ground haha.