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8 articles tagged “ball flight”.
Launch monitors are now common at driving ranges, fitting studios and even in golfers' garages. They produce a screen full of numbers after every shot, but what do they mean, and which ones matter?…
A push starts right of the target and keeps going straight right. A pull starts left and keeps going straight left. Unlike a slice or hook, there is little curve, which tells you something important…
Hitting the ball straight is great, but controlling its height is what lets you play in the wind, get over trees, hold firm greens and keep the ball under branches. Good golfers can hit the same club…
Spin is one of the most important, and least understood, factors in golf. It makes the ball climb, holds it in the air, curves it left or right and stops it on the green. Too little spin and the ball…
Wind changes golf more than any other weather. It can add or remove several clubs of distance, push the ball off line, make greens play faster and test your patience on every shot. Some golfers dread…
Once you can hit the ball reasonably straight, the next step is learning to curve it on purpose. A draw curves gently from right to left; a fade curves gently from left to right (for right-handed…
For many golfers, a slight draw — a shot that curves gently from right to left for a right-hander — is the dream ball flight. It flies powerfully, runs on landing and looks like the shot of a good…
The slice is the most common miss in golf. Most amateur golfers fight it at some point: the ball starts left of the target (for a right-handed golfer), then curves sharply to the right, losing…
