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Golf Tips Newsletter - Issue 284 - February 12th, 2014
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In This Issue  


- Tom's Featured Tip: Interesting Golf Facts
- Tom's Bonus Tip: Align Your Putterface
- Lesson Comments: What Students Have To Say
- Sponsors: Batavia Country Club   Chestnut Hill Country Club 
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Tom's Featured Tip:
Interesting Golf Facts


For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties .... well, you know what to do!

If you like science as well as golf, you'll enjoy these enlightening and entertaining facts.
  • The golf ball is in contact with the club face 0.0004 seconds. That is 800 times faster than one can blink an eye.

  • The average touring professional has the golf ball on the face of the club about 3 seconds for a full season on tour.

  • The toe of the golf club travels some 14-to-15 mph faster than the heel, and 7 mph faster than the sweet spot.

  • The highest ball speed ever recorded is 226 mph. The average ball speed on the PGA Tour is a mere 168 mph.

  • The fastest club head speed ever recorded is 151 mph . The PGA Tour average is 113 mph.

  • Bubba Watson led the PGA Tour last year with an average ball speed of 185 mph.

  • Every mile per hour you can increase your swing speed will net you about 2-to-3 yards of extra distance

  • Elite level ball strikers hit every club (driver to wedge) the same height. For PGA Tour players, the average is 30 yards (90 feet).

  • At impact, the force of the golf club on the ball is more than 1600 pounds.

  • A golf ball struck 1 inch toward the toe OPENS the face some 5 degrees.

  • A golf ball struck 1 inch toward the heel CLOSES the face some 5 degrees.

  • The average drive by a PGA Tour player is in the air 6.5 seconds. The average RE-MAX Long driver contestant hits a drive with a hang time of 8.5 seconds!

  • The average driver attack angle on PGA Tour is 1.3 degrees DOWN. The average attack angle in Long Drive Competitions is 5 degrees UP! One 2010 contestant recorded an angle of attack that was 13 degree up (+13).

  • A ball struck as little as ONE DIMPLE toward the toe or heel of the club can open or close the face enough to affect the shot.

  • On a driver with 10 degrees of loft, the bottom of the face will have about 7 degrees of loft; the top of the face will have about 13 degrees of loft!

Love your practice, enjoy your golf, own your swing,

Tom



Tom's Bonus Tip:
Align Your Putter Face

For the sake of simplicity, all advice on swings and drills is provided from a right handed perspective; lefties .... well, you know what to do!

When setting up to putt, take the time to be very precise when you align your putterface to the ball as you aim towards your target line. Notice that I said your target line, not your target.

It sounds ODD that this needs to be said, but it does.

Align your putterface for your target line, and don't get sloppy.

What good is a great drive and approach shot if they get compromised by being sloppy with your putting setup.

Precision rules in putting.

Love your practice, enjoy your golf, own your swing,

Tom



Golf Lessons

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Lessons are available for all ages and skill levels, please contact
me - Tom Tucker - at (716) 474 3005 or email me at ttucker@rochester.rr.com
for more information.

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All the best,

Tom Tucker
Teaching Pro, Plum Creek Driving Range & Practice Facility
WGTF ' "Top 100 Golf Teacher"
USGTF Class "A" Teaching Professional
Cell: (716) 474-3005
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