Does straight = slight pull?

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Jared Willerson

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I had the opportunity to hit some wedges on a lined football field yesterday. I was basically lining up on a hash mark and trying to hit wedges as straight as possible.

Funny thing was, a straight shot, right down the hash line felt like a slight pull, a 3 yard push was actually the "eye pleasing straight ball"

What is the deal here? Is it too long losing my axis tilt through the ball that my eyes are used to that slight push being straight?
 
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glcoach said:
I had the opportunity to hit some wedges on a lined football field yesterday. I was basically lining up on a hash mark and trying to hit wedges as straight as possible.

Funny thing was, a straight shot, right down the hash line felt like a slight pull, a 3 yard push was actually the "eye pleasing straight ball"

What is the deal here? Is it too long losing my axis tilt through the ball that my eyes are used to that slight push being straight?
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Not sure what you are sensing but for me I don't like to see a ball go left of my right shoulder when I've finished. Kinda like train tracks?
 
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Jared Willerson

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A perfectly straight ball placed on the hash mark and continuing down the hash mark, would definately be left of my right shoulder, but that is a perfectly straight shot though.

I'm like you, don't like to see anything left of the right shoulder,but that is basically a 3-5 yard push.

So is a straight ball really a pull and we are really playing for slight pushes?
 
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It's all relative...

I see a push as a straight shot too, but am working on my perception a bit. I know a few pros that line up right and pull the ball on line, and view that as their straight shot. Heck, I know a great player up here who thinks his 3 yard draw is a "fade." :)
 
Mr Inconsistent

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I'm on board with this, I usually think my straight shots are very small fades. It's could be because I'm so used to seeinga draw though.
 
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The reason it seems like you have to push it is because the club swings on a circular arc.

The ball leaves the clubface on a tanget to that arc because there is not enough force to keep the ball on the clubface.

Below is an illustration of similar situation:

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As you can see the "tape" travels straight, while the car moves in an arc.

In the golf swing the arc comes toward the ball from the inside of the ball, momentarily is heading toward the target, then heads back inside.

http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/corf.html#ccx2

Here is an even better illustration and explanation.
 
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Bigwill

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Another thing to think about is that a pair of parallel lines will apear to converge in the distance. So that straight ball could appear to be a slight pull, even though it isn't.
 
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