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Golf · Level 3: Pre-Intermediate · Sub-level 3.4

Driving

4 tests · 40 facts · updated 13 October 2026 · markdown

The tee shot: the driver and how it is teed, hitting up on the ball, keeping drives in play, and where speed and distance come from.

Each test below is ten questions on Insporta. The list under a test is what the questions check: one fact per question, with the source it was written from. Read it before the test, or come back from a wrong answer.

Test 1The driver and the teeTake a test

  1. Plus a small tolerance in testing.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Equipment Rules (2023) · recall

  2. The trade-off is control.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  3. Many crowns carry an alignment mark.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  4. Half the ball above the crown is a common guide.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. The feet sit outside the shoulders.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. The ball is teed between and behind them.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 6.2 · recall

  7. The teeing area is two club-lengths deep.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Definitions · recall

  8. Irons are teed just above the grass.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  9. The same routine as any full shot.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. An upward strike adds launch and cuts spin.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

Test 2Hitting up on the ballTake a test

  1. Upward attack raises launch and lowers spin.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  2. A downward blow raises spin loft.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  3. With the ball near the lead heel, the club is on its way up at contact.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  4. The ball pops up off the crown edge.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Further forward than any other club.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Trackman tour averages show LPGA players attacking upwards more.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  7. Same speed, better launch conditions.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  8. Only the teed driver is usually struck upwards.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  9. The ball is struck after the low point.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  10. The club is rising when it meets the ball.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · applied

Test 3Keeping it in playTake a test

  1. A fairway wood or hybrid gives up length for accuracy.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · applied

  2. Players use it when they must hit the fairway.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  3. A tighter pattern means fewer drives in trouble.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  4. They give up a few metres for more fairways.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  5. Tiger Woods made the shot famous.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · recall

  6. Teeing on the side of the trouble angles the shot away from it.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. 'Aim small, miss small' is the old saying.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  8. Distance drops as accuracy usually rises.

    Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides) · applied

  9. Plan the shot before swinging.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  10. Fewer drives reach the trouble on either side.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · applied

Test 4Speed and distanceTake a test

  1. Measured in miles or kilometres per hour.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  2. The rules limit how springy the face can be.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  3. Called characteristic time (CT), once measured as COR.

    Source: The R&A and USGA, Equipment Rules (2023) · recall

  4. More speed, more ball speed.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  5. Overspeed training with light clubs is common.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  6. Wet fairways take the run out of drives.

    Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides) · recall

  7. Courses in Denver or Mexico City play shorter.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  8. Speed passes on down the chain.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  9. A centred strike passes on the most speed.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · recall

  10. Ball speed divided by club speed.

    Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane) · applied

Sources

PGA coaching and general teaching guides, launch-monitor teaching material on ball flight, named books where a phrase is theirs, and the Equipment Rules and Rules of Golf where a number is set there; original questions authored, nothing reproduced.

  • Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane)16
  • General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides)15
  • General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides)5
  • The R&A and USGA, Equipment Rules (2023)2
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 6.21
  • The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Definitions1