Tee Shot - Hitting it High

[Saig55]

I've always hit the ball high off the tee. I am averaging about 235 on my drives either straight or with a draw.  But I feel I am losing some distance with the high shot.  It seems to just die.  I play a Taylormade 10.5 Burner with the ball slightly off my left heel.  The question is if I start moving the ball back in my stance will I hit more down on the ball or more level to drive the ball more?

I played Saturday and hit 11 of 14 fairways so I don;t want to mess up my accuracy.

Any thoughts?

[Zeph]

Do you have any launch angles? Does sound like you got some flipping going on, but it's hard to tell without knowing more.

[Golfer9]

Moving the ball only by one ball to center shall help you if you don't want to mess with your accuracy. I would suggest you do one change in your game at one time. Try if it helps or will suggest the next

[TourSpoon]

Originally Posted by Golfer9

Moving the ball only by one ball to center shall help you if you don't want to mess with your accuracy. I would suggest you do one change in your game at one time. Try if it helps or will suggest the next

I was thinking the same thing...play the ball just inside the left heel...nothing drastic, but just to where it feels a little different.  I have found that with the extra long modern drivers that the ball starts sneaking too far up in the stance.  I have gripped down and moved it back myself which gave me a flatter trajectory.  Let us know how you make out.

[Saig55]

Thanks for the tips. I will move the ball back and try this.  If I can I will video my swing now and post.

Thanks again.

[MiniBlueDragon]

Also take a few shots with impact tape and check it's not coming off the face too high which would add height to the shot.

I found as an example with my 3W I ballooned a lot of shots with a 1" castle tee so I swapped to a 1/2" and that immediately corrected it.

[Zeph]

Hitting it high on the clubface is plausible, worth a shot anyways. Distance is a result of many things, so a lower launch angle may not give you more distance.