Driver Angle of Attack, Pros vs Ams

Hack It Out Golf

Hack it Out Golf - Mark Crossfield, Lou Stagner, Greg Chalmers

Education, Sports, Golf

4.8 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 14 December 2023

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

There's a chart of PGA Tour Trackman averages that indicates that the Tour professionals hit down with their drivers. And yet, we're regularly told that we should be hitting up on the ball. Why the discrepancy? In this episode, Mark, Lou, and Greg answer this question from a listener and give advice for what you should be trying to do when you're hitting driver. Where to find us: Mark Crossfield's weekly newsletter: https://www.crossfieldgolf.com/subscribe Mark Crossfield on Twitter: https://twitter.com/4golfonline Mark Crossfield on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/4golfonline Lou Stagner's weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.loustagnergolf.com/subscribe Lou Stagner on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LouStagner Greg Chalmers on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GregChalmersPGA The Hack It Out Golf Podcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HackItOutGolf Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.5	Had a really good question from a listener of the Hacking Out Golf Podcasts on our social
0:34.9	channels asking why do tour pros hit down with their driver
0:39.9	when they're all told to hit up at it with their driver?
0:44.5	I thought it was a really good question.
0:45.7	Let's discuss it.
0:46.6	Lou, you hit up at it with your driver, so you are a good boy.
0:50.5	Greg, you are a tour pro.
0:52.1	Do you hit down or up with your driver?
0:53.5	I was down. I'm now neutral to two degrees up.
0:58.5	Okay, Matt.
0:59.0	Depending on it, how motivated I am.
1:01.9	Oh, it's like a movie this, because Greg has basically given the answer to this question at the start,
1:07.9	which we're going to go full circle to get back to that answer,
1:10.3	because he's basically nailed the idea of this question on the start, which we're going to go full circle to get back to that answer, because he's basically nailed the idea of this question on the head here.
1:15.2	So if I look at trackman data from Tor averages, it says that a tour player averages 1.3 down with
1:24.0	their driver. Does anyone know why would they be hitting down with their driver where
1:28.9	people definitely now understand that hitting up might help with distance? Why would they be hitting
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