Long before the advent of launch monitors and long before 'hiting up' with the Driver became all the rage, Homer Kelley had it figured out. He said that when the ball is struck after Low Point (the geometrically correct way to 'hit up'), there is less Compression Leakage due to backspin. The ball goes further, yes, but the trade-off is that you have less control.
That's right Yoda, thanks for reminding us.
Can you explain further why there is less control? Is it purely because there is less backspin? Or are there other factors such as loosing the down-out-and-forwards Impact, or flail going into Angular Deceleration, etc.?
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