[grantc79]

To go a little further with it, I used to go with a higher lofted driver 10.5 minimum and hit down on it quite a bit. This gave me low launching high spinning rockets down the fairway.

This cost me quite a bit of distance and it got me in trouble because when you spin the ball a lot and you miss it a little the spin will amplify your miss. That 3 yard cut turns into a 20 yard slice OB in a hurry.

Hitting up with less spin means more carry, more roll, and obviously more distance but it also means if I miss it a little and I don't get dead straight ball or slight cut then it isn't amplified 10x by the high spin.

A mishit with 2500 spin on your driver vs. 3300 spin on your driver is a world of difference.