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DRIVING More launch, more yards Focus on your upper body to create more height and longer drives Fault: Loss of distance via low launch. Fix: Keep the chest behind the ball through impact to send the ball higher. One of the key things launch monitors have shown us is where distance comes from. By revealing how impact conditions like angle of attack affect ball flight, they have given us a better understanding of the technique we need to hit the ball further. For the vast majority of golfers, longer drives mean launching the ball higher. The good news for us is that while phrases like launch angle and dynamic loft sound complicated, achieving a higher launch is actually very simple. Here, I’ll show how a simple focus on your upper body can help you launch it higher, and hit it further. Kick a football When a striker balloons it over the bar, pundits groan “he leaned back as he struck the ball”. When your chest or sternum is behind the object you’re striking, you will inevitably hit it up. While that position may not be great for strikers, it’s perfect for golfers trying to hit the driver higher. Lean back and let rip Set up to promote this leant-back impact, with the ball opposite your lead heel and your trail shoulder lower. During the swing, fix that thought of a footballer leaning back in your head. As you swing down, aim to increase the feeling by leaning back through impact to send the ball up and out on a high launch. TG TOP 50 KEVIN FLYNN TOURNERBURY GC, HANTS Fellow of the PGA and a European Golf Development Consultant. 30 ISSUE 342 TODAYSGOLFER.CO.UK
Fault Fixer Shoot at the clouds If I gave you two golf balls and asked you to hit one at the clouds and the other along the ground, you would instinctively develop two different techniques to create those outcomes, the first sweeping upward on the ball and the second squeezing down. High finish One positive side effect of shooting for the clouds is that you will find it easier to make the full, free-flowing followthrough that is the hallmark of a powerful, high launch. Let it fly To develop your own high launch, think simply of sending the ball to the sky. Do this and that leant-away impact position, your sternum behind the ball, will take care of itself. MORE TIPS ONLINE www.todaysgolfer.co.uk/tips TODAYSGOLFER.CO.UK ISSUE 342 31
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