# Driving · Golf Level 3: Pre-Intermediate

Golf · Level 3: Pre-Intermediate · Insporta Book (https://book.insporta.app/golf/level-3/driving/)

Driving in Golf (Level 3: Pre-Intermediate) on Insporta: 40 sourced facts behind 4 tests. Covers: the driver and the tee; hitting up on the ball; and more.

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.

## Test 1: The driver and the tee

- Plus a small tolerance in testing. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Equipment Rules (2023))
- The trade-off is control. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Many crowns carry an alignment mark. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Half the ball above the crown is a common guide. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The feet sit outside the shoulders. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The ball is teed between and behind them. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Rule 6.2)
- The teeing area is two club-lengths deep. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Rules of Golf 2023, Definitions)
- Irons are teed just above the grass. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- The same routine as any full shot. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- An upward strike adds launch and cuts spin. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))

## Test 2: Hitting up on the ball

- Upward attack raises launch and lowers spin. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- A downward blow raises spin loft. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- 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))
- The ball pops up off the crown edge. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Further forward than any other club. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Trackman tour averages show LPGA players attacking upwards more. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- Same speed, better launch conditions. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- Only the teed driver is usually struck upwards. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- The ball is struck after the low point. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- The club is rising when it meets the ball. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))

## Test 3: Keeping it in play

- A fairway wood or hybrid gives up length for accuracy. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Players use it when they must hit the fairway. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- A tighter pattern means fewer drives in trouble. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- They give up a few metres for more fairways. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Tiger Woods made the shot famous. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Teeing on the side of the trouble angles the shot away from it. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- 'Aim small, miss small' is the old saying. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Distance drops as accuracy usually rises. (Source: General golf reference (club, teaching and course guides))
- Plan the shot before swinging. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Fewer drives reach the trouble on either side. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))

## Test 4: Speed and distance

- Measured in miles or kilometres per hour. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- The rules limit how springy the face can be. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- Called characteristic time (CT), once measured as COR. (Source: The R&A and USGA, Equipment Rules (2023))
- More speed, more ball speed. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- Overspeed training with light clubs is common. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Wet fairways take the run out of drives. (Source: General golf instruction (PGA coaching and teaching guides))
- Courses in Denver or Mexico City play shorter. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- Speed passes on down the chain. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- A centred strike passes on the most speed. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))
- Ball speed divided by club speed. (Source: Trackman and launch-monitor teaching material (ball-flight laws, D-plane))

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.

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