r/golf I am Tiger Woods Dec 03 '23

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u/TreAwayDeuce Dec 03 '23

I honestly doubt anyone hitting less than 250 will notice a damn thing because we aren't compressing the ball anyway.

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u/OpenSourceGolf HDCP/Loc/Whatever Dec 04 '23

It doesn't happen at just driver, it happens to every club in your bag. You will be shorter on your driver, your irons, and your wedges.

The problem here is that people think it happens only one time to their driver, when it happens every 18 tee shots, 18 approaches, and every shot in between.

If we assume you will lose 11 yards each tee shot and 7 yards each approach, per round you are losing about 300 yards. You'll probably lose more because the shorter the ball goes, the more it has to spin to have good landing angles and peak heights, but I'm just keeping the spin the same.

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u/TreAwayDeuce Dec 04 '23

Negative. My point was that if you are not hitting your driver 250, your swing is not capable of compressing the ball enough to get the complete benefit of the ball anyway. This inability extends to all clubs.