[Thom]

If I've got it right, Clampett has it about 4 inches in front of the where the ball is.

You *can* do it for drivers, but the Trackman devices are showing that basically you want the aimpoint for a driver before the ball because you want to hit up a little with a driver. Recent article showed that JB Holmes and Tiger had virtually the same swing speed, but Holmes was hitting about 3 degrees up with the driver whereas Tiger was hitting 3 degrees down and that is believed to be why Holmes hits it much further than Tiger.



3JACK

Clearly the Trackman wil show you that high launch/low spin is the recipee for distance. But IMO it's a dangerous swingthought.
If the club is on it's way up, it has passed the low point. If it has passed low point the clubface is closed. If the face is closed, you'll hook it. If you don't want to hook it, you'll have to swing your driver and use vertical hinging, which is a layback only procedure better used with the short game strokes.
The hit up thought, coming from all the launch monitor results, could be the reason a lot of golfers want open face drivers now a days.

I think the AP before the the ball is due to the driver being a longer club and it needs more time to square up. That's why you need to start the release ealier, and that's what an AP before the ball will do.

Maybe one of the pros can explain this much better!