Trackman / PGA data

[Brian Manzella]

Nope, the ones who "Hit up" are but there are plenty of guys playing higher lofted drivers because of the very reason you mention. There was a piece in the trackman newsletters about a euro player learning to use trackman to his advantage and went from like 10.5* hitting down motion with a soft tip shaft to like a 8.5* hitting up version with a much stiffer shaft and gained like 30 yards.

Pros, on average, still like to hit down.

Pros are starting to hit down less and hit up more.

One day, hitting down with a driver will be considered a trick shot.

DT went from 1° down to 2.5° up in the last two years.

You also might find it suprising that most pros just can't hit up with the driver even if they really want to.

Just need the right instruction.

Might take me 20 minutes.

Does Trackman take into account the way the club head is driven downward because of the collision?
Or does it accurately measure the AoA just before impact?

Bill McKinney, PGA
Marbella CC

The "information" the ball gets from the club head is mid-impact.

The "push down" is late impact/separation.

Will ask him next week in Madrid.
Hope you are keeping well Michael.
See you in New York.
Leslie

See you there as well.