Byron Nelson

[Damon Lucas]

"I saw Nelson do a clinic for his long-time sponsor, Wilson, in 1977 at New Orleans Country Club. In all my years of golf, nobody came close to hitting it as straight as him.
He hit a few shots off line, but the ball never curved. It just went a yard or two to the left or right.

The fairway he was hitting drivers down was very narrow—maybe 30 yards wide—but after a few tee shots, it was obvious he could hit balls all day and never come close to hitting the ball off line."

I thought a new thread would be more appropriate for this, so ...

Brian, what are the main attributes that went into Byron's ability to drive the ball like this?

 

[Ricky1990]

Im interested in this thread because I need to hit alot more fairways! Not giving myseld enough birdie chances because im not hitting enough greens because im not hitting enough fairways HAHA!

 

[hue]

"I saw Nelson do a clinic for his long-time sponsor, Wilson, in 1977 at New Orleans Country Club. In all my years of golf, nobody came close to hitting it as straight as him.
He hit a few shots off line, but the ball never curved. It just went a yard or two to the left or right.

The fairway he was hitting drivers down was very narrow—maybe 30 yards wide—but after a few tee shots, it was obvious he could hit balls all day and never come close to hitting the ball off line."

I thought a new thread would be more appropriate for this, so ...

Brian, what are the main attributes that went into Byron's ability to drive the ball like this?

This is a very good question. I would like to know the answer also.

 

[Bryan Drennon]

ditto.

 

[Jim Kobylinski]

Straight plane line.

Plane is the boss, if you are on plane with the right hinge action ball goes straight.