Par4QC Iâm far FAR from a pro, but have pro level club head speed. When you hit the ball that far, you go with what your most consistent shot is, you donât try to force hitting it âstraightâ every time. Your misses get magnified by a LOT, a couple degrees of face angle off and you arenât near the fairway, for example, how much further off line are you with a pulled 9 iron vs a pulled hybrid? Generally, quite a bit, because the ball had more time to exaggerate that miss. The same thing is true for the average golferâs drive vs the pros, your drive (sorry just throwing out basic numbers here), might be in the fairway at 220 yards, but if it continued another 80 yards, on the same line, would it be? If it came off the face with more side spin and 50mph faster, would it be as easy to locate it? Itâs all fun and games to hit it long, but itâs a very sharp, double edged sword.
