How do pro golfers get the major roll on their drives?

[jim_0068]

I'm pretty sure matt was joking about the "top spin," notice the smiley lol.

ANYWAY

The whole "high launch/low spin" thing helps YES, but even those hitting super high fades with higer spin rates are STILL ROLLING IT OUT 20-25+ YARDS!

The simple reason why is due to the fairways. They cut them short as hell (3/8" i believe) and then they bake them out so that they will run FAST. It makes it harder to keep the ball in the fairway.

For instance i made a post on FGI a long time ago asking who has played before/after a MAJOR GOLF TOURNAMENT. Whether it be an amatuer event, PGA event, LPGA, Nationwide, Hooters Tour, ETC and i asked how much further were they hitting the ball on account of the "conditions."

The low was 15 yards further than they were used to and the high was almost 25 yards further than they were used to simply due to the faster fairways.

HOWEVER

Optimizing your launch conditions through swing changes and proper equiptment should help you yield the longest distance possible. then when you get on a baked fairway, the extra roll is a bonus