06-24-2009, 11:09 AM
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|  Hitting up with the driver Brian, In another thread said you hit your Ping 8.5 250 yd carry while aiming well right of target (D-Plane) and hitting up. What is the recommended procedure for hitting up? Use axis tilt? Place the ball well forward??? Something else?? |
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06-24-2009, 01:15 PM
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| Not that the PR&J is exclusively for hitting up with the driver but I would guess that it will be a part of Pattern 13. But I would agree that axis tilt and the forward ball position are going to help your ascending hit with the driver. Last edited by savydan; 06-24-2009 at 01:18 PM. |
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06-24-2009, 05:17 PM
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Teeing the ball off your left heel should suffice for an upward hit.....any further and you will probably be too far forward leading to a fade/slice every time (because you will effectively be addressing the ball with a too open face).. | |
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06-25-2009, 12:22 AM
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06-25-2009, 02:51 PM
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06-25-2009, 06:19 PM
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This is based on my own experience... My clubhead arc starts rising just before the left heel position (I use a 12-15 inch width stance (at the heels))...yours may be different...  If the ball is too far forward, then the basic clubhead arc is in pull territory. Combine that with the face angle at address, it would become more open to the clubhead arc the farther forward the ball is placed, unless you want to pull it straight left........ | |
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06-25-2009, 06:29 PM
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| I don't think Clampett had access to Trackman or it wasn't even around when he wrote Impact Zone. IMO, I firmly disagree with the notion that you need to hit down with the driver to hit it accurately. I've seen golfers who hit the ball just as accurate and further by hitting up on the driver. Cristy Kerr is an excellent driver of the ball and she hits up about 5* with the driver according to Trackman. Much of Impact Zone revolves around the 'Aiming Point' concept prescribed in The Golfing Machine. But if you read The Golfing Machine it says pretty clearly that the aiming point moves more towards the ball with the longer the golf club and with a driver, it's pretty much at the ball. Another reason why I don't agree with Clampett's assertion that you should hit down with a driver because where he got that notion from (TGM) really doesn't say that either. I do like Impact Zone overall. Very good book for beginners and very good for many golfers who tend to worry about other things that are not important and have no idea about impact alignments. 3JACK |
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