I also learned how to hit my driver 18 yards further! It turned out that I needed 2-4 degrees more loft on my driver (for optimum launch numbers etc) given the angle of attack I was using (aka hitting down)It turns out my driver was perfect for a +3 degree angle of attack. So, get a new driver with granny-loft, or hit it on the way up. I have never hit the modern driver well enough to think that it was a cheat stick...I am embarrassed by some of the drives I have hit in the last couple of weeks! It almost looks like a knuckle ball. Of course because the head is moving up and in you have to rotate the plane line a bit right.
Thanks Okie I really value your observations. I stopped hitting up on drivers for a while but now do it again occasionally when I need the extra distance. Homer would be cool with that as a specialty shot adjustment I believe. I used to always fade it when I did that but now I rotate the plane line to the right a touch and rotate the face back to the target......... Its a work in progress . Is that what you are referring to? Or do you just rotate the plane line?
I didnt like the look of a fade when I was going for more distance. And I agree it does look like a knuckle ball when you get the spin rate down. When I was a kid we used to tee up the ball on a golf pencil for extra height and hit way up with our old persimmons.....it was the "Kelley Murray" shot. He was a long drive guy back in the day here in Canada ...
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