Thoughts on using the earth/ground as a tee (à la Laura Davies)?

[Dando]

if this is getting people to wet their pants then whatever you do, don't look for Charley Hull deliberatley taking dviots with her pratice driver swings at the Solheim Cup

 

[Hobbit]

One reason I’ve heard for this is to reduce spin on the ball. The idea being to get a few blades of grass between the club face and the ball, creating a flier. Personally, I feel it brings potential inconsistencies into the equation, i.e. do you get the flier you want or do you get a clean strike? If that is the reason, doing it on a par 3 seems counterintuitive where you’re wanting to hit a specific distance. I can see a benefit from a flier with a driving iron or driver but, again, there’s the will it fly ‘v’ won’t it fly inconsistency.

 

[chrisd]

I saw her do it live at a ladies tour event, i never understood why !

 

[patricks148]

So few people do it that it'd not really an issue.

A bit mad but hardly the crime of the century. I wonder what she does on a baked links.

Likewise, though ive only played for the last 17 years, but that includes hundreds of rounds with drawn playing partners and 2 summers caddying full time, and im yet to ever see anyone do this .... except LD on TV

 

[JayB]

Laura Davies explains this in a golf life video, sorry I know they're a hard watch. Skip forward to 9:30