[nuke99]

Koc, what i know....

Though the 45 inch driver have 57-60 * lie angle, its more "hooked" than we know it ...

I think the trackman shows the ball can be hit on the downswing , level and even few degree on the upswing . we can play an 11* on the slight downswing or 8.5 on the slight upswing and get the same launch height but different spin numbers.

As long as we could get the ball leaving the face square to the path .. should hit a straight shot relative to where the path moves. say 4 deg to the left , but face square to the target .. 4 deg of Openness to path to contribute to slice spin.. thus it actually could be its easier to hook by placing the ball slightly back of stance because its easier to hit In-to-out path....

Regarding the side spin. the ball will have side spin and backspin. the wedge have the highest backspin and driver lowest backspin. But say given for both shot we have the equal amount of 3000 rpm side spin.. the wedge will give a small fade, but the Driver will give a pretty big slice. because the relationship, ie Ratio of backspin and sidespin will affect overall flight and if the sidespin overcome the backspin than the ball hits the neighbour... ie 3000 sidespin / 2000 backspin = 1.5:1 .. vs 3000 sidespin/13000 backspin... all physics... But the exact relationship... not so sure.. but you get the general idea why..


That makes the driver MUCH harder to hit. even much harder than a 3 woods. thus to keep the ball in the fairway, slightly higher spin is beneficial for driver. and higher loft ....

Though The driver being longer need a slightly longer time in order to reach the IN-Line conditions. Thus the "aiming point" is a touch back , OR , the ball position is a touch towards the target...