Tee it up higher (boring thread)

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Does anyone tee up with a full ball above their driver head to promote + Angle of Attack?

I play with orange castles and STILL find these (visually) too low.
 
I used to tee it quite low but since I have stopped coming over the top I find the Pink castles perfect. Anything higher results in skyed drives
 
I generally hit the ball quite low (off the tee and with irons) is teeing it up higher the answer for me? Or something I need to look at deeper, perhaps with a pro?
 
WillC said:
I generally hit the ball quite low (off the tee and with irons) is teeing it up higher the answer for me? Or something I need to look at deeper, perhaps with a pro?
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I use a red castle for iron shots off the tee. I know some people use these tees for 3 woods! I just don't get a lot of height otherwise.
 
Surely it is the position of the ball that promotes an upwards hit, i.e. moving the ball forwards in your stance. This for when you are using woods. For irons you need a downward strike.
 
With my old driver I sometimes did it if I had wind from behind and I really wanted to go for it ... tee it up just in front or even slightly outside the left foot and really high. Made the ball go really high up in the air without putting too much spin on it. Haven't tried that with the new driver yet.
 
351DRIVER said:
Tee the ball has high as you can, if you are hitting a modern driver off a low tee you are doing it wrong
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Garcia tees his pretty low in comparison to a lot
Mine is about half a ball above the club
 
Dan2501 said:
Yeah, Sergio hits down on his driver, as do a lot of Tour pros. Are they doing it wrong?
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Nope. They have a swing speed that allows them to give up a few yards by hitting down on the ball, if it means more control.

I have the swing speed of a snail carrying a minibus on his back. I need to get this angle of attack up.
 
virtuocity said:
Nope. They have a swing speed that allows them to give up a few yards by hitting down on the ball, if it means more control.

I have the swing speed of a snail carrying a minibus on his back. I need to get this angle of attack up.
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Spot on

Try using the wooden blue tees and teeing it with half the blue showing - that should give you about a ball above your driver
 
You can tee the ball up and still hit miles down on it. get the ball forward.

[video=youtube;rcHUF_-hWcA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcHUF_-hWcA[/video]
 
My pro is trying to get me to tee up higher but I just sky it straight left. With a slightly lower tee (using the cheese string head tees as I call them) I find is the perfect height
 
The guy I have lessons off wants me to tee it lower, but then he wants me to hit a low fade.

The moment he is out of sight, I tee it high for a nice high draw. Hate the low fade!
 
garyinderry said:
You can tee the ball up and still hit miles down on it. get the ball forward.

[video=youtube;rcHUF_-hWcA]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rcHUF_-hWcA[/video]
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You can also put it back in your stance and hit up on it as per the video I posted.

I don't think there is one universal answer that will work for everyone.
 
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