==================================================== Newsletter - Issue 132 Date 03/24/10 ==================================================== ==================================================== TCT Quick Tips - Progress ==================================================== Progress in golf is evolutionary, not revolutionary. Inch by inch, golf's a cinch - mile by mile it's a pile. It takes time and repetitions, then the light goes on and we move to a different level of skill. Enjoy the ride. Enjoy, Tom ==================================================== Golf Tip: Tee It High or Low? ==================================================== In the last few years, most of the drivers being built by all of the major manufacturers have the sweet spot very high in the clubface. We're pretty much talking most of the 460 cc heads out there. Part of the reason is that for golfers who swing out and over the top, they come down pretty steep on the ball and tend to hit the ball high in the clubface. So the manufacturers moved the sweet spot so golfers can get a more solid feeling hit and get a little better distance. If you tee the ball high and swing slightly up at the ball, which is the generally recommended advice for a driver swing, there’s a high probability you could be catching the ball in the center of the clubface or even a little lower. So even if you’re catching it dead center, with the new drivers, you’re catching it below the sweet spot. This will give you a lower penetrating flight and eventually will not feel quite as solid and definitely not go as far. There is a big difference of how much farther that ball goes when you hit it dead solid but high on the clubface, the technical reason is gear effect. If you've been hitting the ball in what seems to be in the dead center of the club, where you think the sweet spot would be and you just don't think you’re getting the distance you should be getting, try teeing it a little lower. Even though you’re swinging up, tee it lower and hit it a little higher in the clubface. See if that doesn't give you a lot more “pop” of the ball off the clubface, which will give you a higher launch and, very likely, more distance. Try it, you'll like it. Enjoy, Tom