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What is the ideal ball flight for a driver?

12-26-2006 , 11:48 PM   #6
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Think about it, the ground always provides more friction than the air. How much roll are you going to get in wet conditions anyway? If anything you might want to hit it lower in dry conditions to take advantage of the hard fairways. I always want to hit it high this way my ball won't roll into trouble as much. Find out how fast you swing on a real launch monitor and then go from there. For example, if you swing 100mph you should carry the ball about 250 yards with the driver. If you carry it between 235 and 250 then your doing fine but if your only carrying it 200-220 yards with that speed then something is wrong. Shaft might be too stiff, loft of driver too low or a combination of those and other things might be contributing to your distance loss...
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What is the ideal ball flight for a driver?