That is a great picture for hitting really far. To my eye, his power package looks good TGM-wise, but his club is moving up because of the extreme tilt., which is a good thing if you want to win long drive contests.
You might notice how much the tilt has changed from the top. It is much more dynamic to change the tilt in the downswing than to pre-set it at address.
But.....Jason does not have to hit his next shot off the ground like a golfer would.
As for how high they launch it. You might try to find some launch monitor numbers for the long drive guys. It is a big adjustment to actually see the ball when you are standing next to them, because it launches so high.
You wrote-: 'It is much more dynamic to change the tilt in the downswing than to pre-set it at address."
It is much more dynamic to change from a slight reverse tilt (pivot) at the end-backswing to a large degree of secondary axis tilt at impact. However, I suspect that it far less mechanically efficient than Jamie Sadlowski's swing. He has no reverse tilt (pivot) at the end-backswing position. He has the classical reverse K position seen in Hogan's swing.
Are launch angles like hem lines going down this season?
Originally Posted by Hennybogan
Jeff,
That is a great picture for hitting really far. To my eye, his power package looks good TGM-wise, but his club is moving up because of the extreme tilt., which is a good thing if you want to win long drive contests.
You might notice how much the tilt has changed from the top. It is much more dynamic to change the tilt in the downswing than to pre-set it at address.
But.....Jason does not have to hit his next shot off the ground like a golfer would.
As for how high they launch it. You might try to find some launch monitor numbers for the long drive guys. It is a big adjustment to actually see the ball when you are standing next to them, because it launches so high.
Henny
As a side note and given your experience on tour:
When I get into a launch monitor for a driver fitting the techs are always trying to get me to launch it super crazy high. I can understand how this would max out carry etc but I hesitate to fully embrace it as a standard operating procedure. What do you see guys on tour doing these days? Are launch angles going up or down of late?
The fitting guys are also advocating the same procedure into the wind ,in the belief that a high, low spin ball will push through the wind better. I dont doubt their research results but am still hitting it low or moderately high into the wind, thinking that I dont want it to blow around up there. Perhaps Im merely dating myself. What do you see on tour into a strong wind?
Tiger seems to tee it low and hit it on the downswing a lot. Sometimes he tees it really low, almost old school if you will.
To get even further afield Im seeing some Titleist guys now going to the slightly smaller driver head.
I remember tennis racquets getting huge and then coming back a little.
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