Often times in life we don’t notice the obvious even when it is
staring us in the face. This can be true in golf as well. The
”
obvious
”
that I am referring to is the tee height that you use when
teeing your ball up either with a driver or and iron/fairway wood
on a par 3. Let’s start with the driver.
Often times in life we don’t notice the obvious even when it is staring us in the face. This can be true in golf as well. The “obvious” that I am referring to is the tee height that you use when teeing your ball up either with a driver or and iron/fairway wood on a par 3. Let’s start with the driver.
With today’s super jumbo titanium models it is very important to get that tee height up so at least half the ball is over the top of the club. This allows the clubhead to be lower than the ball and strike the ball on the slight upswing in the CENTER of the club, thus resulting in a nice high, long drive. This slight upward arc projects the ball up at a slight angle to complement the 10-12 degrees in loft that the club already has.
If you tee it too low, you risk bumping the ground before impact, thus taking away clubhead speed. Also, if you tee it too low and don’t make contact with the ground, you will strike the ball on the BOTTOM of the clubface thus resulting in a lower shot. Many people get an opposite result from teeing it down low. This causes them to chop down at the low tee shot, thus hitting the bottom of the ball on the way down resulting in a pop up.
With an iron or fairway wood, simply tee the ball up as if you had a perfect lie in the fairway, about 1/4 inch above the ground. Strike the ball just as if it was on the ground and you will hit a nice solid shot.
Teeing an iron up too high will either force you to swing up at the ball which is a bad habit to get into or if you make a good swing with a high tee height you will contact the ball high on the clubface resulting in poor distance.
So, start with the beginning of every hole and look at your tee height. It may be the start of good things to come.
