[Mike O]

Good Discussion - Questions:

I'll start with a simple tip - "pre-drilling". For any ball that you tee up- at impact as the compressed ball flows out in all directions - it will push the tee further into the ground - therefore when teeing the ball - always insert the tee an extra distance into the ground and then pull it back out some distance before striking the shot - this way you are not wasting energy while the compressed ball pushes the tee further into the ground - or worse yet - having the ball flow around the tee if the tee was immovable.

Secondly,
The ball leaves the clubface at practically 90 degrees to the face. That doesn't mean that it flies where the face is pointing. Becuase it travels along with the clubhead and picks up that force vector - the actual flight of the ball is somewhere between the face and the clubhead path. Throw a ball 10 miles an hour off a train at "practically" right angles - for this example let's just say "exactly" at right angles to the track and if the train is moving 10 mph down the track - does the ball fly in a direction 90 degrees to the track - NO.